THE Waihi Daily Telegraph. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER Wednesday: may 10, 1905

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1322, 10 May 1905, Page 2

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

Wednesday: may 10, 1905

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■ .APPREiiBNSigN isfelt by those using .. the . WailiirKatikati road in coming into Waihi that tlie carting of timberfrpmßond'smilljWliichissituated abouta mile, the other side of Kati- ' kati township, will have a bad effect Orvthe thoroughfare;; There soeins to be no reason for any such fear Prom all appearances the road has'beeu markedly improved, espec ially, the portion ; coinmeiicing at the. top. of the Athenree cutting and ending opposite the Waihi wo;.course, The explanation is. simple. : F.pr years tho metalled portion of the road—the portion the fear is about-has bcenaßOurce of much inconvenience to users from the Waihi endon account of thorough,prolriid.'ug metal which is met with along its whole course, owing, firstly, to°lhe hirgo size of metal, and secondly, to the fact that practically the whole of the vehicular traffic is done with inuh-aml-a-half tyred wheel*. These tyres have been too narrow to submerge or crush the large stones. Oil the contrary, they have only made the condition of the road worse, by leaving . exposed the larger pieces of partiy-embdddod metal. Every Ifard of the road from Athenree to the racecourse is metalled with boulders rising anything from throe to six inches above the surface. This has been brought about by the narrow-tyred wheels coming in contact with the protruding metal and slipping oil one side or other of it, and causing a deep depression of the surface of the road, without wearing down to any appreciable extent the boulders. The consequence is, us already stated, that for years the rocky projections have been a source of great inconvenience and the cause of much complaint by those who have occasion to travel over it from the Waihi end. It may seem a curious anomoly, but nevertheless it is true, that the heavy timber traffic which some people are complaining about is rendering good service, The btoad.tyred wheels I .(six inches wide) of the timber waggons cannot slip off the protrud. ing boulders, with tho result that the stones are either pressed down to l he level of the surface or crushed. They are, in fact, acting as a kind of roller, and np to the present a much desired improvement has been effected. Instead of complaining, our Katikali friends ought to be thankful that the metal is being crushed free of chargel'tp the coun I y • : and they, should also ,; be delighted that tho expletives hurled, at them by drivers qf,•vehicles, anil the people in traiißit who have, been jolted high unto death will now cease, and that i rejoicings will lili.the air. : * :/ '

ThoTamiiki Sawmill Goinpahy advertise foe sale a draught ! horse, dray, harness, aiiucbv.>r,...

Mr -R. Goooh, land and estate agouti advertises a number of properties, situated conyouionily to tbo town. Special attention is direotedto Messrs' Hetheriofjton Arid Go's, replace advertisement.hppearirjgon nrnr first pigo. Afewof the lines enumerated are men's and youths' clothing in the newest designs and most up-to-date cloths. A new stock of w«llfover boots bas just been imported, in sizes and quality to suit everybody.

In onr yopt! rday's issue an error crept into one icv.oi". ot (he tp.'cial meeting of the lloioiigli Council The Major was reported to have s:iid dwt the waicrworliß had coht £15,000 when tho wodc could have boon done for £II,OOO, What ho really said wns that tbo work had cost £15,000, and could have been done for a thousand pounds less, An exciting bolt occurred in Mainstreet the other day. One of Mr. fi. Oartwright's horses, fully harnessed, got away on its own accountat the upperedd of the street, ur.d, curoerintj down the main througbfare, s'artkd Mr, A Dick's horso, attached to his grocery cart, with the result that it too joined the runaway, Ilia incident attracted tho attention of a large number of people, somo of whom made an attempt to stop the galloping horses. A young rnau named Binns pluokily darted aoross the road towards the jolting cart, and dexterously clambered on at the back, and, seizing tho reins, succeeded in pulling the horen up. Meanwhile tho first runaway stated another horse and cart further down tho Rtroet, but luokily it was stopped before doing any damage,

Wo regret to record the death of Mr T. C. Hammond, accountant, who was found dead this morning, scaled in his chair by tho table in his residence, Consolestreet. Ho was between 60 and 70 yours of age. Decease! had long been connected with Wuilii, having assisted in promoting the hospital and borough movements. In his youth Mr Hammond was a volunteer under Garibaldi, and fought in tho campaign which secured the Ireedom of Italy Ho emigrated to Now Zealand in 1860, and was actively engaged in the Maoti War then going on, After tho war ho settled in Hamilton, Waikaio, Ho came to Wailil in 1896, where ho had sine) resided, Dr Olaiidgo examined tho body this afternoon shortly after it. was discovered bv Mr 'J'olinor, who called at the house on bnsinoss, Life had bt,en oxtiiw for about 14 hours. An inqtiosfc will tako place to-morrow morning. The usual weekly ruoeting of the management committee of the Waihi Rugby Union was held as Meyer's Hotel last night, Mr. T. Sheen in the chair, Each of the newly formed districts nominated a senior and junior toam for cup matches On the application of tl.o Mataura Club, it was docjded to alter next Saturday's senior and junior cup fixtures to Waihi v Wimete, Donations of 12 2i from Mr D. McLian, and of £1 Is from the manager of tho Ohinemuri Coaching Company were acknowledged with thanks. Tho secretary was instructed to write a letter of condolence to tho relatives cf the late Mr Garvoy. Mr Leslie was appointed to refsree in tho senior cup match next Saturday, and Mr Johns'on in tho junior, both matches to bo played on ground jiwt across the Taurang« Bridge. A new ccbeino for the insurance of playors was considered, and eventually it wu? decided to give it a trial for the season. Under, this arrangoment eaoh plijer who wishes to participate in the bom-fits lo bo derivod from insurance, pays the sum of one shilling for taoh match in which ho pl'iys; tliesn payments aro added to a sum set asido by the Union, w.d injured; players who aro financial aro entitled to receiyo accidont pay'or a -p-.-riod not ev ceodihg six weeks a> £1 per week, Mossrs Cullci), C'fti'llin, and Stioon wn'e appointed a weathof ooinmitloo, and it was arranged that wlion a ms.cn was po'tponed a flag should be flown from tho National Uunlt flagstaff. Several acoonnts were pawed for piyment, and the usual compfimen; to tho chair terminated the meeting, i