NEWS NOTES FROM WAIHI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11642, 2 May 1901, Page 7

NEWS NOTES FROM WAIH I.

♦ EXTENSION OF THE TOWN. BUILDING if, brisk in Waihi at present. A temperance boardinshoi&e, with two shops on ground floor, a lar-rn luit':he, , 's shop for Mr. Jos. Tanner, and several other buildings are baing erected, till in. the main street. In Post Office-street two fine shops, with dwellings attached, are just upon completion, to the order of Dr. Porter, wlula quite a number of residences, from two to six rooms, axe being erected in different portions of the town. Two commodious boardmghouses are tinder construction, an.i the Waihi Hotel is being considerably enlarged and alterations effected to meet the pressing demands of the travelling public. Mr. F. H. Lees is a .out to erect four new shops on his section J joining the Church of England property, and other pro-perty-owners contemplate building in the near future. WAIHI GUN CLUB. An interesting inanimate pigeon match was held in Hollis' paddock on Saturday afternoon, April 27, there being a, good attendance of local shootists. Although a stiff breeze was blowing, with occasional showers of rain, the shooting was very fair. The following are the results of the three sweepstakes:— W. Simmons, with a handicap of one bird, scored four out of five, and won. In the second match Messrs. J. Kirov. P. Hamad, and W. Kiddie tied for first place, and divided the prize. The third match resulted in Dobson (scratch). Hind (four point*), and Betmau (six points) t-vinc and dividing the prize money. At a previous match, held in Worth's Paddock, Mr. W. Kiddie won the Gun Club's prize, which consisted of a handsome photographic shield of local views. WAIHI BAPTISTS. The Rev. A. H. Collins, president of the Baptist Union, and chairman of the Conciliation Board, officiated in connection with the Waihi Baptist Church on Sunday last, preaching to )ars;e congregations in the morning in the Forester's" Hall, and in the evening in the Academy of Music. POST OFFICE ACCOMMODATION. The much-talked of extension of the Waihi Post Office has not yet taken practical shape, and the postmaster and staff are working under serious disabilities for lack of proper accommodatnu to cope with the volume of business daily transacted in the several departments. The one main room serves for receiving and sorting incoming mails and the despatch of outgoing mails, the telegraphists' table being: at one end of the room, and in close proximity to mail-sorting operations. The one public counter served from the room aforesaid is used for receiving telegrams, delivery of letters, post office orders, stamps, post" office savings bank, and other Government business. There is no privacy afforded depositors in the post office savings bank, in the shape of a partition, and the grime annoying public gaze meets the sender of telegrams, who is at present obliged to hand in messages over the open counter. The present Waihi Post Office is only suited for a township of the size of Otahuhu. SULPHOLINE SKIN LOTION. Tiio only effective remedy for SKIN TROUBLES. Sulpholine quickly drives away Eruptions. Pimples, Eczema, Acne. Blackheads, and all Disfigurements, developing a fair, spotless skin and beautiful complexion. Try Sulpholine Lotion, the English Skin 1 Bemedv.