WAIHI NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13306, 12 October 1906, Page 7

WAIHI NEWS.

, [lIY TKTiKOBAPH.—OWN nOBHKSrOXDKNT.] Waiiii, Thursday. i The monthly meeting of the Wesley Band I of Hope took place last night. An inj teresting programme was submitted, , Mrs. Wood, wife of Mr. J. M. Wood, - of Adams-street, met with a painful acci- ; dent yesterday. It appears that while in . the garden her foot slipped into a bole, I causing a compound fracture above the I ankle/ In the report in the Herald of the pre- ! sentation of a silver inkstand to the choiri master of the Knrangahako Church the J name of Mr. W. J. Leach appeared in- ; stead of Mr. W. J. Searle. > The Waihi Liedertafel journeyed to Te - Aroha. last night where they gave a capif tal programme before a large audience. - Mr. ('. Rayner conducted, and the ac- ' companiments were played by Miss Morf gan ' , A great deal of interest is being taken j in cricket this year, and some interest--5 ing competitions are promised. The varit ous clubs have been greatly strengthened 3 by players from Australia. 1 Miss Anderson, the victim of the recent s burning accident ,-it Waitekauri, has re- ' covered sufficiently to return to her • parents' home at, 'Cbromandcl. At the monthly meeting of the Waihi Borough Council to-night one case of ' typhoid fever from WaTmsley's Road and, one case of diphtheria from' Barry's Road were reported. Mr. Lambert, of Auckland, notified the purchase of 11,8990z of } gold within the borough of Waihi. The , manager of the National Bank wrote stat- - ing that Hie district funds account had been credited with £1.584 18s, being '' amount received from the Government as ; gold duty for the month of August. He ; also reported the receipt of £2000, being the first advance on account of the. £4000 loan granted for the extension and cbm- =. pletion of the waterworks. A letter was -> received from, the Commissioner of Crown I Lands recognising the desirability of havt ing a standard survey made of Waihi, but • regret was expressed that the pressure, for settlement surveys all over the district ' renders it impossible at present to detail ~ a staff of surveyors , for the purpose. , The manager of the abattoirs reported f that during the past month 112 cattle, 485 , sheep and lambs, and 58 pigs had been - slaughtered. The Finance Committee recommended a. grant of £20 to the Kati- • kali Domain, on the same terms as here- - tofore. Accounts amounting to £947 10s 2d, were passed for payment. '. 1 r