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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1238, 31 January 1905, Page 2

Messrs Jordan and 3ons, grain and coinmiasiDn agents, Tauranga, are offering co deliver chaff at £ A 5s per ton.

Liast week Miss Evans, daughter of Mr. J. H. Evans, returned to Waihi after an absence of a year spent in various parts of tho South Island,

The Chairman of the Wanganni Library Committee writes thanking us for supplying tho reading room for the past year with a free copy of the Waihi Daily Telegraph.

We ate informed bv Dr Slater that young Roycroft, who was dangerously wounded in the abdomen by a shot from a pea rifle, is getting along splendidly, and is now out of danger.

Messrs Orchard and Arsbott intimate to the public that they have commenced an auctioneering business in premises in the lower end of Main-street, and intend instituting weekly auction sales of fruit, furniture (new and saoond hand) clothing, crockerv etc.

Mr. W. Lloyd, who with his family, has been encamped at Mount Stewart, the home of Mr. B, Blakeney, for the past five or six weeks, returned to-day, in order to resume his teaching duties at the. public school to-morrow, the rest of the family remaining in camp.

Since the new year Mr N. L. Noakes, dental surgeon,.has made several improvements to his chambers in Haszard-street, including the addition of a commodious and well-furnished dental apartment. The rooms generally have been refurnished, and altogether present a comfortable and elegant appearance.

"A point of interest which is constancy cropping up and leading to friction in educational circles is touched upoa in a letter written to the Minister tor Education by Mr. Wilford, M.H.B. The letter deals with a case at Petone,-and. after referring to it, Mr. Wilford adds : "1 desire to bring under your attention the anomalous position of school committees in this colony—clothed with a barren title of lit'le importance, and called upon by the Education Boards to look after all local matters pertaining to the school curriculum, but passed on one side when the most disastrous local effect may be brought about, through an injudicious appointment It is a wonder to me that men of energy and ability will seek to fill such positions. Will you take steps in the near future to have the powers and functions of tbe school comciictees defined and elaborated, so as to change the present state of things under which, though the committees may become liable for wrong doing, or even accident to an employee, tbeir power on matters of ordinary school appointments is absolutely nil."

At tbe inquest on the body of Sarah ' Ellen Johnston, who was drowned on Fri. day last at the Thames, Thomas Johnston gave evidence that the deceased was his sister. She was 28 years of age. He last saw her on the 17th inst. She had been in very indifferent health for some time, and was often in a despondent state. Mrs. Keith, in her evidence, stated that she resided at Parawai, Deceased was her sister. She last saw her alive at noon yesterday. She had been ailing for the last six weeks, and was under medical attendance part of that time. Witness left home shortly after twerve o'clock yesterday, and left the deceased in the bouse in bed, and on returning about four p »n. found the door locked and the key in th 9 usual place. On entering the house she found that deceased had gone out, and on examination found a note in her sister's handwriting, as follow*: "To My Brother Tom,—You will find Annie -has £l4 of mine iu her keeping: That will help to pay for my funeral ex. pences. lam tired of life, being nothing but trouble and worry to myself and everybody belonging to me." The jury returned a verdict that the deceased, Sarah Ellen Johnston, drowned herself in the Kauae- 1 ranga River on January 27, while in a state of temporary insanity. ,

By the favour o f the Kev J. L Patullo have received for : perusal six unique postal cards issued by the Arc Publishing Company, Glasgow. The series hits oft humorously and pictoriilly the trouble between the Free and United Free Ch.urches of Scotland, about which all parts of the empire have heard so much lately. The pictures are in colours. And are splendidly printed. The first is entitled " Home to Our Mountain Let Us Return," and depicts three elder* of the Anil Free Kirk, smiling triumphantly, and each with a bag of money, the fruits of victory over the Uniteds, hurrying with erratic gait to Drunroohtie, awiv up in the Highlands, where the Free Kirkites are strongest. The second shows five 6lders of the same Eirk marching in duck order, weighted with smiles, money, and immense nasal organs, and carrying a banner with the classic de-» vice, "-We've got all the btwbeeH " No. Bis mournful. It is called '• The U F Elders' Lament," and depicts three elders of the United Church standing round an empty collection plate. Their features betoken <t fear that in this world all is lost to them, and that the doers of the next may Le shut against them The next is an elder of the United Church standing on \ a ro id holding a jam-tin, an > with a placard in front of him bearing the inscription. " Kind friends, can you spare a copper for the U F. K'rk?" There are no friend", kind or

otherwise, to be seen in the picture, and the tin looks empty No. 5 shows ari elder of tne Free Kirk leaving the sacred precinc r 8 with bags of money totalling £12,000. On the opposite side of the road are three elders of the other kirk, who are pennilesp and looking wistfully at the ma r with the money, and he is bawling Ait to them ""Se'il a' be frens wi* us now." No. 6 is a prophesy that will undoubtedly come true if the Free Kirk end the other kirk do not cease the worreting, which is Scotch for wrangling. In the oentre is a milch eow, representing the Auld Free Kirk. An elder (typical of one church) holds her by the head ; and another (typical of the other church) by the tail, and both are pulling strenuously; and while this is going on a lawyer of Israeliiish appearance is milking the cow—scooping the pool* The caricaturing is good, and the card is a great novelty,