THE Waihi Daily Telegraph. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1124, 20 October 1904, Page 2

THE Waihi Daily Telegraph. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904

lloro shall the I'roso tbo I'uonln'H omnitniii Unaweil b/I niltuinoo aii'j imbribcd by ?aiu; Horn patriot Truth lior kI-.'Ni'us pwoopts dnu, Plfldjed to HoliKion Liborty, lni] Lai?

In the work of subduing the Horeros (■formally bus a contract before her that she never bargained for. The war has now been in evidence a year and from all accounts the end is far oil. It has already cost immense sums of money and thousands of lives, and the statesmen of the Fatherland are beginning to wonder if the game is worth tho candle, Twico within a week we have had it cabled that other kindred tribes are joining (lie Hereros, from which it has to be inferred that a much larger force than is now in the field ,will soon bo required. Tho Germans have always had trouble with the Hereros, There was an open rebellion in 1800) though no reports concerning it wero published in Europe until quite recently. The idea of the authorities seems to have been to conciliate the blacks and to protect tliem against tho settlers, Thus storekeepers and traders had no power to collect debts from tho natives that had been owing for morn than a year, and the natives had lung been permitted to purchase arinsand ammunition. The traders, being cubject to rather severe restrictions, were never very gentle in their dealings, and iu more than one district the natives were pruvokod to violence. Then the authorities determined that the tribes should be disarmed. It was the attf mpt to collect the rilles that led immediately to the Herero rising. Germu i South-west Africa is a territory at loast twice as largo as the Fatherland It has long been regarded as ratli sr poor country, but recent ropo'ta are much moro encouraging. E (tensive irrigation works have beei planned, and will have to be carried out if ever the colony is to make auy substantial

progress. Cattle-raising is the principal industry, and excellent results are said to have been obtained near Angra Pequena, on some Government plantations.

One of the compotitons at tho bazaar tonight wil' bo n lazy stick palling contest. . A prize of 12 first and 10s second is offered to the winner. Frizes will bo increased i( competitors exceed twenty, Tho Waihi Goldmining Company invito tendors fot cross-cutting in various passes at 80 feet below No. 7 level in tho Kogiua lode, Tenders cloao at 11 a.m. en Saturday, 22nd iust. Tho secretary of tho West Cricket Club wishes to announce tho following donations towards tho ohib funds:- Mr. \V. H. Horries, Patron, £1 Is; Vice-Presi-dents, Messrs, H. E. Moyer X'l, H. L. Simmons 10s 6d. Tho following players will represent the Wost Cricket Club against City on Saturday : Seniors, I'. Donoghue, If. Lang, H. E. Moyer, J. Ryan,Power, J, McLcod, G. Gable, J. Wilson, H, Cameron, C. Ho ! lis, A, Walters; emergencies R.Huge, T.Cuilen,N. Bongo. Juniors: C. Harrow, J. Line, 0. Morton, E. Bedford, K. Huge, f. Oullon, J, Bnflett, It, Brooking, J. Irwin, T, Smith, J, Tumor; cmorgencios, H. O'Neil, J. Graham, I', Rohan, T, Thomas, E, Woodward. Itotornn, the home of tho tourist, is a town ol boarding houses, my a recent visitor. In glancing through n railway tinii'-'.ablo on routo to tlie world famous springs, he discovered pages of boarding bouse advertisements', nnd subsequently, in a preamble round tho town he found that the advertisement pages did not represent a twentieth of the number of this class of residence in Rotorun. And yot in tho tourist soaaon proper (because all tho year round lliero aro visitors) the accommodation in tho town is ofton taxed to its utmost. It is a wonderfully improved town, and thoro is every indication' of coutinuod improvement. The Y.M.I C, mock parliament last night, was vory well attonded, tho room being crowded, Mr A. H. Clark acted as Premier, and introduced " Tho Japanoso Exclusion Bill." Ht was supported in his advocacy of tho tneasuro by Messrs Donaldson, Livcsey, Catforth, Gilpin, Calov and Keller, On tho Opposition benches Wore Mossrs G. Cotbett (loader), Foster, McSporran, Hicks, Astley and Motrin, Tho Speaker's chair was occupied by Mr Mclndoo, and Mr Lawlor was sergeant-nt-arms. Tho debato throughout was very interesting, and tho various points of order, etc, raised woro the cause of ondloss amusement. Alter two hours of keen argument, the motion for the second reading of tho Bill was put to tho House, and was, by a substantial majority, rejected. i At tho list monthly meoting of tho Thames School of Minos, held on Monday last, tbe directors' report was road as follows:—''Tho attendance for tho third krrn stows an increase over that of the

first and second terms. Hie total class attendance is 58, uot inoluding Saturday scienco, which numbors 2-1 Registered students 29, surveying 6, metallurgy -1, geology 3, mining 4, drawing 7, i»athomatics b, chemistry 5, assaying 10, electricity 11. In the assay department 29 assays havo been made during this t 'tm, Ono lot has beon treated in the battery, and one lot is undor troalmont, On Saturday, October 15th, a conference of tho Directors of tho School of Mines was hold here.

Wo discussed tho syllabus examinations, otc., and on those mattors will bo made to tho Minos Departmont," A slight diversion was created in tho Academy of Music, last nigbt by a llaro up from an ovorhcated oil stove behind ono of tho stalls, Tho large hall was packed chiefly by women and children, a number ot the former carrying babios in their arms. Father Brodio was appealing to tho busy, humming throng for quietness, as tho Mayor was about to open tho bazaar, when the startling cry of " Firo" was heard : but owing to tho hubbub from all parts of the large building only a per coinage of tho pcoplo heard tho cry, It was fortunato that this wos so, Even as

iiwns tho panic that set iu wis serious enough. In a moment, thoro was a wild scurry, tho oxcitcd crowd jostling togothcr in every direction. Thoso immediately in the vicinity of thi maiu entranco streamed out into tho street. Tho cause of the excitement was quickly reaioved, and in a fow minutes order was restored.