WAIHI NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 252, 22 October 1907, Page 3

WAIHI NEWS.

' ' (By Telegraph.— '■'■■ WAIHI, Monday.-.: .A. young women's .Bible, class,,, with, a membership of about' forty; was ' formed last -nighti-and a dwelling-lias been secured .at the eastern end of the ,tqwu .for the. purpose of commencing a Sunday-school. : The, many- Whangarei- and Waihi : friends .of, Mr and Mrs C.. Eyles .will, learn with ■regret of the' rather sudden death of their •youngest daughter. ; The-' ; chlld -had been ill-: with pneumonia, and appeared' to .be making • good ■ progress,, .but at- about four this morning it' Euddenly ; "expired.' ' •In the' : Magistrate's : Court to-day. ■ Mr 7 E. Gerard, liquidator -in; the .'estate of '.the. :WaHii Workers', and CJo-operative Society,; sued the Waifii Coal 'Go-operative Society,' claiming £15 4/8. After some argument the patties announced .that the "ense had .been settled'out of Court.' 'Among the other cases dealt with were the following:—H. , McCarthy v. B.: Blackburn; a claim for £1 18/8,.. balance, of. money,, lent. ~.Mr, Mueller appeared .'for the 'plaintiff, and Mr JackEon for-tne defendant. After th<e evidence of x>rties concerned. had been taken, •- the gave judgment for the amount claimed with costs. Judgment for the plaintiff was given in the following cases:— J. Craig v.- Smith", 10/6' and costs""»/; E. Gerard (Official Assignee) v. P.. Meehan, £1 16/11; E. Hicks -v.-F. Martinson, ••£l.- J -. / • ■ ; 'St." Jos'eph|s bazaar was continued" t»; day, and bo far . has .been . a decided success. Miss Stokes, -of-Hamilton, who acted as judge in-the doll competition, awarded the prize to the/bride doll, dressed byiMiss-May Ba'rke.- .'The bazaar concludes on■ Wednesday night.. At the. Police -Court "to-day .the defendant in. a maintenance' case "w'asr'remanded for three days to . permit of his. being married to the complainant—"A.charge was made against A. Trenibath, "sen.j of having failed to comply with an order of the Court for the -maintenance- of his .daughter at the Industrial school: j The Bench made an order, for the payment of the amount due, viz;; £2 16/, in default 14, days' imprisonment. F. Booth, for being fennd .on licensed premises on the 13th lust.,.-was fined 10/ and costs. A prohibition'order was granted against—Henare-Mareroa.--— - • A.cricket eleven-from Waihi paid a visit to Walkino. on .Saturday,..the.latter having joined the "Waihi Association, and defeated them by '« large Next; Saturday the crip" matches commence at .Waihi, - when the West v. Waikino and City v. Suburbs matches in the senior division will be played on the. local ground; In tjtf! junior round. Suburbs play Waikino at Waikino on ovember 9th. A ■ Parnell. cricket" eleven will pay a visit to Waihi during the'season. '._ ' '''■" "'"■ 'WAIHI.' this. day. \ The matron of-the hospital (Mlse Doherty) has-resigned; and Charge-Nurse Shillingtdn has been installed temporarily in her place. Mr Ivy, one-of the- Waihi G.M. Co.'s enginedrivers, and Mrs Ivy; who are on the eve of their departure for Auckland, where they will permanently' reside, were last night the recipients of:a valuable present from the. members of- the Presbyterian Church. The. presentation was made by the Mayor (Mt'T. Gilmour)/ J ■'

At the Primitive' Methodist Church last night it was "reported" that' the local Home Mission contributions this year had exceeded all'previous" records :by 25'per'cent;;.'