WAIHI NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 148, 22 June 1918, Page 6

WAIHI NEWS.

[ About fifteen Waihi men left for Paeroa j ou Thursday to attend the Military Medical j Board lor examination, including three well known business men, Messrs W. Hicks, 15. K. Muthieson, ana Joseph Sncli. it is understood tuat tne two last named tailed to pass the required test. The athl men who left tor camp this week Included -Messrs W. AlcDerinoU, VV. J. L. Smith, and ,1. Mooreheaa. They were turewelled by the Mayor. Word has been received of the death lv Aucklaud of one of Waihi's oldest and most highly respected residents, in the person ot Mrs Brown, wife of Mr W. J. Brown, Deputy-Mayor. The defeated lady' hau been in a poor state of health lor some time. As a mark of respect, flags were . Mown half-must at the bu'.ough cuambers aud the fire brigade station, Mr Brown j j being a member of both the borough Coun- I ell and the I'ire Board. Tue funeral takes I jiiuee at Thames ou Saturday, and the .jiuyor (Mr Doualcsou) and councillors will I lepresent the Waihi Borough Council, and ! IMr WaUuutt (chairman) and other ohiclals, I the "Waihi Eire Board. I i The second stage of the Red Cross Queen , campaign ls now lv lull swing, and all I fortes have combined to work in the in- ' terests of the Queen of Waihi—Mrs W. P. I Gauraiu, who is competing against Mrs Held, of Nethertou, tor the Ohluemuri , queenship. The crowning ceremony of the ' I\\ aihl (jueeu will be held In the Academy j Theatre on July 2. It is the intention of the Borough Council Ito go ahead with the erection of municipal 1 saleyards, and though the farming industry here is but in its infancy there is every indication of the surrounding districtthe Waihi Plains and the adjacent bush lauds developing into an important farming centre. Efforts are also to be made to have a creamery established in the district. The recent torrential rainover >i inches being recorded in 24 hours—caused an Immense amount of jammed timber iv Walmsley's Creek to break suddenly away, with a wall of water behind it. It swept down the creek with considerable force, ".ud was subsequently the cause of the carrying away of the Mataura and Raturna bridges. Workers in the bush state that .they had never previously witnessed anything like the rainfall which took place in the bush ftsalf. It was simply astounding, and though the fall in the town was big, it was nothing compared with the former.