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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1333, 23 May 1905, Page 2

Tlio first practice of the Ladios' Hockey Club will bo held to-morrow nftornoon in Worth's paddock, at 3.45 o'cloek. Tho ordinary general mealing of shareholders in the Pride of Waihi Uoldmining Company U convened for Wednesday, Jlsl May, at half pnsfc twelve, at the Company's oflice, Auckland. Mr 8. Kahn, jeweller, fancy goods denier, and liAborilaahcr, noiifus that, ho hai removed from Campbell's Budding lo premises lately occupied'by J, ami Si Rob) crts, Main-street,

lu tho three men (flat) event in connection with the Fire Brigade competitions on Saturday afternoon last- the second prize.', presented by Messrs J. Hagno Smith and Co. and W. H. Phillips undCo., were won by Firemen Clews, McGeoand Bedford.

Wo loam that Messrs Bond Bcos, Imie sold thoir complete interest in tho Kotikati sawmill, and are leaving tho district. The now purchasers are Messrs Of-shnioro Bros., of Auokland, who will bo quite an acquisition to tho place, They aro practical timber mou, mid under their own and Mr Wm. Judd's able management tho phnt will be increased, with a eonsrquontlyincronsed output. Tlioy contemplate erecting planing, tonguoing and grooving machine?, Some considerable ahenitioiis have taken plane in the j.ersonnol of the staff, and nbor'ly tho wbolo v)ill bo au up« to-date timber concern, uniior a first-clasF, efficient, and we hope financially successful management.

Those of tho admirers of Oh»r!e3 Dickens who attended tho Academy of Music last night must have been well plowed with tho Rev. David Parry's treatment of "-ouio of tho ch'ir.ic cr sketches in tlio eminent authors works. Ab a monologue entertainer the rev. gontleman's reputation goes ftr afield, and lust night 1m handled m en admirable mannor such well-known characters as Oliver Twt, Sairoy Gamp, Pecksniff, Daniel Pegooiy, Mr Micawbor, Bill Sykes, Sum Wclior. Sam Slick, and soveral other equally interesting oharuotors. His Worship the Mayor, Mr. T. Gilmour, who presidod, at tio conclusion of (ho enteriainruon*. proposed a vote of thanks lo iho l Rev. Mr Parry for th<t very interesting and enjoyable evoning he had given ihcm, which was carried by acclamation.

Tbo usual weolilj mee'ing of the Waihi Rugby Union wits hold last-nigh', Mr Cullen in tho chsir. Tuo Mataiwn Cluli applied ior and ob'aino'l loavo to play M. B. Mooro its a junior. It was decided to impress upon the ohibs tho necessity of sorting «ul t matches promp ly, and that for thin purpose aftor next Saturday tho rule providing for tho game to staitat 3,15 would bo strictly enforced. It was also decided to havo tickets of admission for pliyors printed and iss-ied to iho competing •earns, Mr Losho was appointed refcreo for the senior match on Saturday and Mr M Murphy for tho junior, Mr MoWhirtor handed in his resignation as a inembor of tho committee, as he had decided to again don the Jersey for his district. Tho resignation wus accepted with regvet, and Mr Barbor was appointed to fill the vacancy- This being all tho business, tho mot-ting adjourned. Tho Parisian comic illustrated. papors—straws which unmistakably show how the Boulevard wind blows-appear with revolting caricatures of Emperor Nicholas, who (says a correspondent) is reproaemed as tho" Czar Rogue," with iho biOod of msssacrod workmen streaming' down his white tunic, mid with tho lotterpress toom-' ing with incriminating quotations from I Victor Hpgo's " Chaiiinems." The Gri it Paris " of March 4th publishes pictures of trio Czar with tho infant Czarevitch in his arms, aido by side with tho portrait of Maxim Gorki, who also has a child of iho people perched on his shoulJers, and tho title appended to this is tho qusry, "To which of the two does the future belong ?" Tho Atsielte. an Bettm of the sauio dato comts out with a flaming frontispiece in rod, white and black, pourtraying tho " Red Virgin," surmounted with the Cap ot Libo.'ty. Iu tho popularfarcocalled "Chopin," which is having a successful run at tbo Palais Royal Thoatro, tho principal clmrnctor is a Russian general, who gives an ordor for tho manufacture of shoos for his troops with tho option of furnishing soles of pasteboard instead of leather. Tho concm in ills nightly produce skits of the Czar, tbo Grand Dukes, and tho Russian Government that public opinion would not havo tolerated a year ago,

Describing tlio spy system in Huarii, the St Jama' Budget says that revolutionary spies occtsionally find their way into tlio police. Such a ono was KlkochiiikofT At first they ovnployod him us a mere prowler of the sireots; hut ihis was not the work ho wanted. Hn said to his chief, "I am short sighted • it is no use expeciing mo to recognise people in the street, I write a good hand; give- me some copying to do" Documents of no importance were giyon to him; ho worked ussiduously, and littlo by littlo obtained eh/lit and knowledge of papers of supreme «niue by copying for a lazy colleague, By and by the deoposi srerots of the Third Suction who Kliotochinokofl's, dud from liim thoy paustd to the leadoia of iho pa4y, Thus it was known who was being most clojoly watched, who was next 10 bo arrested, who Wire the rcid and fonnidali s agents (if police, mid »o forth, But tlio arch spy 1 11 i.i his turn, Barannikoff was to be airosied, an 1 Kli„»tochnikoff went at night to Ins houso to bid him puck and fly The houso was quia:, ■ho siifcy signal in tiio window and the Kilnli-t gavo the knock that ho know would admit him, Tho door was opened by a cdonel of gendarmes. Barannikoff had been seized the day before and the polico were in ambush for Khctoohnikoff.