News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1347, 8 June 1905, Page 1

News in Brief

A bowling club bn'saar at Hustings ,• netted over £2OO. Tho Wellington Garrison Bind raalijed over £SOO last year. Father Hays ,is expected in Auckland tbe first week in July. Twenty paront3 were fined at Wellington for failing to send their childrou to school. Prohibition ordors made in tho colony • Inst year numbered 1426, moulding 116 (■gainst womcu. Wo learn that a subsidiary School of Mines is to bo opened at Watkino, under ' the uispiccs ot tbe Karaugahako Council. Last woek a young man resident in Kakarainea (Taranakij, while out shooting, had the misfortuDo to Bhootoff two of his toes. Tho Lund Commission hope to eomplote the taking of evidence by June 15, bo that there is uo.do-.ibt a repurt will be availablo for Parliament iu tbo coming session', Tho complaints of the travelling publi as to the condition of tbo Waihi-Pacroa" road uro many and loud, ' The road for most of tho Wfiy, they say, is in a fearful condition. Remorse to tho extent of Is 8d has bitten iuto tho soul of sumo unknown individual, and tbo Treasury is aDcordiugiy •. enriched by thai amount, sent in as" conscience monoy."—Wellington Posi The soarch for the young man named Kin», who has been missing on Mount ligmont since Monday, lGih iiH, hne prove! totally unsuccessful, nni there can he no doubt that ho has suffered a terrible fate, succumbing cither to accident or exposure, A gentleman who has a'gooddcal to do with tho natiye rsce (fays the Hawera. Mar) gives it, us his opinion that tho Maoris are dying out in Taranaki far mora rapidly than in any other part of the island. 'Two of the causes suggested are fever and consumption. At a meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board tho chairman (Mr J. Mcleod) said tho cost of tho medical supplies in Auckland was certainly excessive compared with other cities in New Zealand, The comparative cost per head was: Auckland £l4, Dunedin 19, Christchnrch £7, Well- • ington iC7. At the Tbnuies ou Monday a young man uamed Gcorgo Daltou mot with a Eorious accident, While jumping ho happened to slip, and fell heavily on a concreto flooring, sustaining severe injuries to his head, which tendered him unconscious*. Ho was at once conveyed to tbo hospital, where it was found that he wa3 suffering from a fractured skull.