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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1233, 25 January 1905, Page 2

The Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company invite fresh tenders for the supp* ly of 1500 eubio ynrds of spalls. Tenders dose oc ivtouday, 3Uih inst. ' According to one of the returned ceuipers from Mount Stewart Point «ome good sport has been obtained with; the fishing lines The captures of last week inoluded two stingarees and one shark seven feet in length. The Waihi Borough Oounoil invite tenders from local tradesmen for the supply of sawn timber, ironmongery, iron pipvs, and com en t, also earthonwara pipes. Tenden will be received up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, 2nd of February. "' The other day » borough employee named Skinner, had a narrow escape from what might have bean a serious acoidont. He was employed at the Council's quarry, and was driving a loaded dray, when ono of the wheels suddenly oame off. Fortunately he was pitched dear of the falling stones, and beyond a bit of bruising escaped unhurt, Mr L, 0, Beal, mining engineer, of Dunedin, is a visitor to Waihi.' His mission here is in connection with the Waihi Grand Junction, in the oxeroise of his profession. Mr Riddoll, th 6 victim of ptomaine poisoning, particulars of which appeared in our telegraghie news from Dunedin in yesterday's paper, is wellknown to Mr Beal, both being intimate friends. He saw Mr Eiddell the day he left for Waihi. In a letter from Durban to a friend in Wellington, a former resident of tho latter place writes:—"lf you take my advioe you will not come to South Africa, Tbis is no country for a poor man. There is absolutely nothing to do. You could dio in the ditohos, and you would not be missed, Wages are very poor, and I don't know how any one lives. They are paying here 112 a month for a six-roomed house. The head of tho family with whom I am livinsj is working on the railways, and only getting £l3 a month. Peop'o are compelled to take in boarders to make both ends meet. You have to pay 18 a month for board, which is far from good. Thingß are as bad in British East Afrioa." A funny incident is reported from Hawera. On a recent night an elephantine proportioned Maori tried to edge his way into tho oircus without paying his entrance fee. He was confronted by one of the diminutive Japaneso wrestlers. "Get out my way," exolairned the Maori. The Mikado's subject graspe i him by the legs and had him up*ended before ho knew where he was. In falling the native hit against one of the pegs, which lacerated his face Bomewhat. The Maori, crestfallen, vamoosed, Later, he turned up with a policeman, to whom he had told the story of the Japanese knocking him over and kicking Mm when down. No -arrest, kow?ver, was made, but later the Maori laid an information against'the son of Japan for assault. The polioeman's task is generally a thankless one, but occasionally the "man in blue" does oome in for a ktle praise, says the Otago Daily Times. \The other day, in the City Police Court, Dunedin, a lawyer, appearing for a man who was charged with attempted suioide, said the acoused's wife bad requested him to public ly thank Constable Curtis for doing everything possible to proyent her husband, then orazy with drink, from doing further injury to himself after he (the accused) had attompted to cut his throat. The constable had stayed in the house an hour or more holding and trying to paoify the man and accuseds wife said she was very grateful to the oonstable. The magistrate said that his experience of the police was that in oases of this sort they oarried out their duties with care and discretion.