THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1076, 25 August 1904, Page 2

THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904

Wo l'omind our readers of tlio Presbj* torinn Church choir social to bo hold at tho church this ovoning. A very eboico musical programme is to bo presented, aud we liava no doubt thcro will bo a largo attendance, A collection will bo takon up in aid of tho choir funds, A peculiar incident oecurrod up Manaia wny, near Hnworn, last week, Somo pigs wcro being removod from a (arm in a dray when they Began to mako the hideous uproar that animals of that class can do. The hones in tho shafts took fright, got beyond control, ardrugged tho dray into a dam, where liurses and pigs wore drowned, and the cart smashed up, It was a heavy loss 10 occur in half a minuio 01 so, Tho following playors have been choscr to represent Auckland and Waihi in the hockey iratch on Saturday: WaihiGoal, Ashley; backs, Howe,(!ook; halves, Give, Gray, McKinloy; forwards, Seeby Ulrich, Roberts, Burtiell. Emergencies Huszaril, Noakes. Auckland—Goal, Dr Noil;hackp,Court,Hill; halves, Kavanagh Sheriffs, liroadfoot; forwards, Sptight Gorrie, Mason, Lepine, Miller. Tin Federal Baud havo kindly oHored thei: sorvicos. To-morrow ovening, in tho Academy o Music, tho first annual ball under tin auspices ol tho united friendly socictie takes plaoe. A representative committei has been energetically working up tho do tails in connection with tho function foi some considerable time past, and every thing is pointing to its proving most successful. Spocial music will bo provided, whilst tho floor will bo specially proparod by an oxpert sub-committoo. Mrs, Evonson, who for yearn hns been catering in tho fruit nnd confectionery lino for the Waihi public, has added another branch to her prosperous business, by inaugurating dining and tea rooms in the adjoining premises, During tho past threo weeks tho building, which was lately occupied by Mr, J, Wilcox, has been in tho hands of the carpenters and decorators, with tho result that a completo transformation has boon effected, and tho interior, with its division of rooms, presents an attractive and oomfortablo apptaranco. Iu» eluded in the interior arrangements is a private room for ladies, which will be found to bo a voritablo littlo snuggery for afternoon tea In the larger room thoro aro four tables capablo of accommodating eighteen people. Mrs. Evenson, who has had a good deal ol oxperionco in this kind of catoring, will loave nothing tindono to ensuro tho comfort of her patrons, Tho ostablishmont, which is fiunishod and equipped on similar lines to city diningrooms, ft ill bo oponed to-morrow, At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr R, S, Bush, 8.M., was ongnged tho wholo ttlternoon in hearing a oaso in which Henry QoUhau, carpenter, ondoavoured to recover a balance of account to the amount of £l3 lis, alleged to be owing by Kaiheriuo Selina McCatiley, for supplying material aud the eroction of it lean-to, 26x10, comprising two rooms, Plaintiff stated that ho was asked to supply an estimate of tho cost of tho matorial by Mrs. McOauky, He gav6 her a rough ostiuiato on a pieco of paper, tho amount being £I ( J 2s. Tho arrangement was that ho was to purchase tho timber on bohalf of defendant and do tho work on day labour at tho rato of 10s per day, and 8s pot' day for an assistant, Tho work had to bo done in lmsto, as tenants were coming to live in tho house, and the house was occupied beforo tho work was comploted. He was also considerably Baadicapped in tho execution of tho work in consequouco of wot weather. He completed tho work in accordance with instruct tions from dofondant, Ho was paid .£ls l'2s on account, and ho now claimed tho balauco, £l!i lis. Dofondant produced a copy of an account for timber and other material from Messrs, Format aud Clark for Xl 9 2s, less 10s for valuo of unusod timber returned. Mr. Jackson, who appeared for dofondant, said that his client denied having made any arrangement to pay plaintiff 10s a day. It was contract, and tho terms of tho con* tract wero that defendant was to supply tho material, loss a portion agreed to bo supplied by his eliout's husband, and do tho work for .019 2s. These woro agreed upon in tho presonco of defendant and two otlior witnesses, Thoro wus no mon(ion of day labour; it was purely nnd simply a contract. Counsel further contended that tho rcoms woro not erected in a workmanlike manner. Dol'endant stated that sho mot plaintiff in a friend's house, and ou that occasion plaintiff said tho ostiinato he had givon, 110 2s, was to ino lido everything. She was (juite positive about this, and her friends, Mr and Mrs Tyrell, who woro present, would corroborate this statement, Sho said tho work wasdisgracefitllydono, Walter Tyivll and his wtfo gave corroborative evidenco as to hearing plaintiff state that hie estimate of I'l'J 2s was lo include everything, A Nottlinglwui, manager for Messrs. Forrest and Clarl;, slatod that Iho account of HQ 2s. prusontod by plaintiff, was corrod, and the itrnu rrprraentod tl eina'ona! supplied to him for defendant. He had seen tbo building, and its construction showed that the.work had hoon hurriedly done. After hearing a good deal of similar ovidonco Mr, Bush gavo judgement for plaintiff for B 19<r, with costs,

Tondors aro called by (he Waihi Goldmii.ing Couiptiny foi tho construction of about 76 chains of bush tram vny. Mv M, Holpor, draper annoiiiK'na tho last few days of a grunt cloara.ice salo of general drapery in premises adjoining the Starling Hotel, Ho also states that bo has nrndo further reductions of 25 to 40 per confc in order to oft'eot a speedy sale, and adds that uo reasonable offer will bo rofusedi Tho advauco shoot of tho"NewZea* land Olllcial Year Book" for 1904 gives tho population of the four principal cities and suburbs as follows: Aucki land—City, 04,215): suburbs, 33,013; lotal 07,220. Cbristchuicli •—City, 17,538; suburbs,39,oo3; total, 57,011,' Dnnedin -Oity, 24,879; suburbs, 27,fi11; total, 52,390, Wellington—City, 13,0118; suburbs, 5706; total, 49,344, James Gordon Dennett, editor of tho Now York Herald, orrivod in New York recently on his steam yacht, Lysistrata, eight days one hour and thirty-seven minutes out from Funchal, Madeira, llio Lysistrata carries nearly a hundred men, and Eennotc is captain in fact as well as in name. Ho navigates the vessel as oarofully and skilfully as tho commander ol a crack Atlantic liner pricking her off on tho chart, and "shouting tho sun" as accurately as the saltiest of tlicm all. Personally, Bennett ; is as nervously orcot as over, his faco becomingly bronzed, and his eve bright,