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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1543, 29 January 1906, Page 2

In out advertising columns Mr E k-vorl, of Moresby Avenue, invites applications for the position of houiekeeper, A special meeting of the members of the Waihi Miners' Union will bo held in the hull on Saturday evening noxr at 8 o'clock. The busmtss.cf (ho meeting will bo to consider tho Arbitration Court's award and to olect delegates. Members are also requested to attend ut 7.30 to consider correspondonco from ilia Inangaliuu Union regarding the lock-out now osisiing in Beofton.

Wo ft.ro informed by Henry Hughes, patent agent, Quecn-afcreet, Auckland, that tho following applications for pa'onts lmvo been filed sinco tho Ist January by residents in the Auckland, province :—E. F, Chnifie'd, fish drainer; J. F, Petors, baking tin; T. Harkins, shaping machine for tiuß'iiiths; B. Ashton, preventing horses from kickinp; T. Harkins, receptacle for tea; A, T. C, Firth, sleepers, A. Liman, boot-polish; S, Armstrong, leg rope grip; T, McKenzil, easy choir; J. W. Fowler, door buffer; J. 0. Dow, funnel; T. li, George, distance measurer. J

The town was onlivonod this morning by tho strains of tho fcalvation Army Bnnd, who marohed down Main-street at iho head ol quito an army of (Juuday School children, in charge of their respective tencherc. Gaily coloured and arie»tically inscribed banners, borne by iho children representing the schools, added grimily io tho inteio4of tho procession, which was m route for Hollia' paddock, They marched in flie Allowing order; —Baptists. Pnnitne Methodise, WesleyMil', I'n-bytPiiansß'id Church qf Chris'. Mr. J. K, Slovin, mounted on a lively n'Hi'il, mi odasmarsb.il, The ohildro'i of tho combined schools, on arriving nt their dosiini'ion inchni'ne of their rospociivo ■eacliors, engaged in the uitiul gamos th t nppial bo much io tho heart of the juvonilo,

Mr Groreo Hutchison, at ono lime M,H R for Put' a, and who hna just roturncd tn Welling in from South Africa, doi g not aiiticipnift ilirtnny f-lmnyo in nspi ct 10 Chin so labour in tho lrnui-va-I will result from tho coming imo power of tho Lihi nU at Homo except that no further permits will bo until repre6entutivo jii|. vcrninent is given to iho Tronsvna. He fays:—" It will then bo {or thai L gish. luro to say whet jhai] ho done- with referonco to iho Chinese, It k a tnola-choly fuel that tho Legislature will endorse ihe fu; ion of the Into Imporiiil Government in importing Cliinesc I biliovo djmo is no doubt of it, Tho Bonv, who number about half tho European popn latioii of tho Transvaal, and who m united ns a party, nro somowlmt indiUmcnt on die subject, or look upon it an a temporary mailer nt'censury for tho milieu and aH'cciiiifjtlicm indirectly, in tlio wiy tlitii if die Cbinoso wire not thorn ilicrc would bo h {jro-iti-r demu'"l 1 fur K llir labour, and pruli'ib v iuo>o te bo puiil for the aiwitiltinw of lUlhu en thiir firm-i. The other white popuhuiun of the Tumsvial will prubdily bo iloininat il by tho finanoiftl inlluiiiioo of the mine uwnom, who tln'iuien 10 ulmio iljmn 'ii il ttuow otr of t inpayment iio'onlv ih'i K Hi'" 1 Glen hi-, but die porco'ii. •lue of whi'i'!. hi pip-cut cniployi-d I'.irU'ti'i't will tlii'iefo'e, most lilnly, Mi'Chi" iJliun'ii' I buiin r>, diotijjh pnilmlily i> Will pir a limit on lip |i|i|;ilior, Tlnf winili) ha qi.iio la Hip inmo O'lUieiß, hiTius- tht-v fiml ilmt tho i!|i:. : iiujo uri- by no means i'io chotip Ir •, n> they anticipaUij,"

Nominations for Couch and Tom's " promoter's handicap " will be received by thn secretary (Mr A. Smith) up to Mondny, sth Febm ,n, for die orei>t which takos place on the foot bill [.'round on Saturday, 10. h February.

I'lio G6th anniversary of iho foundation of tlio culouv isbuii'g observed to-day in Waihi ah a public holiday, iho business pi ices, Courthouse, and Borough Chambers being closed. Apart trom the combined Sunday schools' picnio at Hollis's paddock, and St. Johns' Sunday school pionic at Waitekauri, nothing particular is happening intho town to celcbrato the occasion.

At a meeting of tlio Cambridge Chamber of Commerco on Friday last die question of public holidavs was ditCiwsid. It was decided 10 recommend iho ]3oron«h Council to observe only iho following in addition to tho statutory ones:— On tho second day of tho ■ Wiiiknto Central Show in Cambridge, a half day, and wtiolo holidays on tho days of tho Waitato Slinwat Clnudi lands, IMnceof Wales pnd King's liinhdus, and Anniversary Day. It was resolved that when oublic holidays occur on Saturday or Sunday to observe them on Monday.

While the sioamor Miner wns lyin? at Dnnwichpier rooinly (says tho Daily Mail, Brisbane) somo of ihoso on boa d hooked a largo shaik which had been noticed .-ruisti g rteur dio vessel, It was hauled partly out of the water, nnd Captain Craig shot it through iho hind, kidins it. Aftetwan.s the shark was cut open, and thoso on tho miiurwero shocked io find that it contained a human skull and some libs. Tnere was somu luir on tho hoad, which is said io be of the samo odour as that of young Fnldii.g, who lost his life ai Radium! Bay on tho, 30 It Dec rubor. At the time it wifl ihoiiglii by tunny people thot Fidiiing had beon taken by a shark, as ho was too good a svviuiraer to bo drowned in such a inaunor, and if tho rc« mainr provo to be his, confirmation will bo given to tho ihcory then put forward,

St-veral days ago a farmer at Hastwclh in tho Eltotahuna district, heard cries in some bush near his property. Ho proceeded io tho locality from whence the ouch came, and foun a innn lying on hi« back struggling as though in 'a fit, The farmer iinsucessfully attempted to a 'minister brandy to tho sufferer, who died soon hftorwards, An inquest concerning the death showed that tho man died fromsyn copo following on an epileptic fit, but there was no ovidonceto show who the deceased wns. riiß Wellington police have a photograph of tho body in their possession, and aro anxious lo havo H ideniified. According to tho polico report the dewed was a man about sft lOin height, of still build and fair comploxion, with a firm sot chin and Roman nose. He was evidently of tho labouring c'ass, and would bo between 80 and 40 years of ago. Beside him ihoro was found a largo swag and pipe,

Mr. H, McGregor, of Wellington, and formorly ol Dowie's Zion City, in tho course of a letter to \hn Evening Post save:—" I havo a letter bj last mail from a Now Zoaland woman, who Btyles herself as heartbroken in that miserablo place, and who i? suffering persecution f.om those who sbculd pi'oteot her fir speaking hor mind. This stato of things might pa«s in the dark ngoa, There is suoh a cystem of spying upon you by Lundrods of deacons and desconosses, policemen, guards, and deleodvos, that the people speak in whispers with closed doors, and those who cannot get out ovontually become hypocrites. Ihoro are many of tin in nt Dowie's City; they are as plentiful as weeds in a garden. I would warn people not to bo influenced by any letters lhat come from Zi«n Cty speaking in favour of the place, for they arcinlcndod io mislead."