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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1347, 8 June 1905, Page 2

On Saturday next the two local volmitcor companies will shoot for the trophy presented by Messrs E, Porter and Co. Mr, R, Good), land and ostnte agent, advertises in this issue a number of properties for sale. At tbo Police Court this morning, Messrs It, H. Holmes nnd H. W. Moore presiding, Peter Olarkin was fiuod 10a for being drunk, this being his second offence within six months. Tho annua' gentwt meeting of shareholders in the Waihi South Gold-mining Company is convened for Wednesday, Hth June, at tho offico of tho company, Victoria Arcade, Auckland, at 3 p.m. As a foqucl to tho milo event between E.W.Roberts and Sponcer Barnes last Tuesday afternoon, in which the late was beaten by a few yards, a match has been arranged betweou Roberts and J. Foster for k% aside. Tho distanco is to be half n mile, Wc extract tho following from tho Kalgoorlio Miner of a recent dato:—Mr Geo. Punch, who has been foreman and amalgamator at Morton's Howard for some time pist, has resigned his position, and has boen succeeded by Mr J, 8, Ritchie, of the Golden Horsoshoo battery staff, and p'eviously of tho Waihi (N,Z.) cyanide staff.

Tho following temn will ropiwotit tlio Waitoto Football Club in their match against Mataura on SaUii'dayi-Full, 11, Dick: throe,quarters, Coots, Poudroll, Marriott; fivo-cighth, llYaser; half, Darby; wings, Oottte and Loiiimrtl; forward?, Cunningham, Ann, Quick, Cooke, Lockyer, Ryan and Woods, Emergencies: Galland, CUrto, Campbell, and 1, Dick, Tho following football team has beeu selected to play a game under British Assdc.iaiion rules ngniust Waikino on Saturday, The coach leavos Myar's Hotel at 2p,m. sharp:—Goal, W.Dumi'; hacks, Meyer, Walker; half-backs, Goodwin, Kamsdcn and Bullon; forwards, Burnoll, Ballingor, Honry, Andorson, Lovat; emergencies : Cave, Banks, Saunderson, Messrs C, W, Casoy and D, Pretty, who shortly leavo for Tasmania to take part in the Championship Axemen's Carniva' will give an exhibition of chopping and sawing in the Academy of Music on Wednesday next. Mr Casey is at present the world's champion double-handed sa>vyor withC. Htitton, and with D, Pretty holds tho world's record in 18-ineli and 2-foot block swing, Bith aro opon lo mako a match with any man in tho world, D, Pretty will attempt lo lower tho Few Zoiilaml record for 18-inch blocks. The prices of admission aro fixed at 2s and Is, and ladies are specially invitod, At the Dental Conference, Wellington, on Tuesday, Mr A. E. Smith, of LiverI cnrgill, in a pnpes on " Facial Itostoration," told how some five years ago he mado a man a new face. His cliont had been disfigured by a gun accident to Midi an exlont that ho could not go among his fellows without attracting unpleasant notice, So Mr Smith mado him a r.ew face, consisting of a now glass eyo and a mask comprising nose, skin and whiskors complete. Mr Smith, wis so-successful that his client was now able to go about without any of his former unpleasant notoriety. When the face was completed it had lo bo duplicated, as ono of iho faces had to be periodically soitt to the dentist's to bo cleaned, Much amusement was causod as Mr Smith unfolded his remarkable story. "After I hud filtod in a glass eye," ho said, "I set to work to find a man who had a beard that matched tho red of the patient, Pcoplo in Invoreargdl thought 1 was mad, for I would rush ,out of tho surgery and accost every rsd board J saw passing by, At last I got the very hair I wanted, anJ sirango to say it was on tho faeo of a man who camo into my surgery to iiavo his boy's teeth attended to. I rushed at tho man and cried, 'You'ro tho vory man, I want yonr beard!'" Mr.Bond said he had seen tho ease demonstrated by Mr Smith, and had taken.photographsof the mini to England, Whilst in London ho hud tilled the caso over with ono of England's experts, Mr Fnrmar, and could not find any cases in London that had boon so successful as Mr Smith's.