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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1544, 30 January 1906, Page 2

A special meeting of the Pentpcostal Longue will be held in tbo Bjptist Church this evening,

A notice of interest to all owners of unregistered dogs is inserted in our advertising cdnmns by the Registrar under the Dog Registration Act, 1880. Mr, C. F. Spooner, auciioneer, holdn an suction bblo of stationery and fancy goods at his Cemral Auction Mart, at Holhs' old forge, to-morrow (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. An acotdent occurred at Paeroa yesterday, whm a man named Martin fell off a telegraph pole and broke ono of his legs, and badly bruised ths ether. Ho was conveyed to tho Thames Hospital. A largo crowd assombled in the street opposite the Council Chambers laft night at tho close of the meeting in connection wiih tho half-holiday question, and an anima'od disousaion was commenced and continued fcr the bos' part of an hour, I The crowd then dispersod

Last night tho usual fortnightly mo'iing of C urt Waihi. A,<>,F, was hold at the Foresmrs' Hall. Chiel Ranger Bro. B irrett oemtpiod the chier Thf.re was a largo amount of COrrespindinct' boforo tho meeting, but a< ihere was not a full attendance discussion on the most imporian' uint'e 8 whs postponed to wv meeting. Four new members wore initiated ami one proposed for initiation next mcet'ng, At th< conclusion of tho bunines" a Foresters' fire was accorded to row members in usual style.

An extraordinary e'atement »n mado by Mr. 1!. Mooro, lb" Opposition candidate for Kaiapoi, at a bm qupt tendered to him at the place nsmei on Friday evening. Replying to tho toast of " Our Guest," ho Btill that a man in the Government sor«iee told him that jnst before the cltcion they were to rcceivo an extra shilling a day, and fonr days after the election they woro notffiod that tho inereaso had been stopped. The man gave his name, and eaid it could be used, Mr, Mooro said he questioned the man again in iho presence of anoihor workman They both repeated that ibey had mads no misiako, and wero willing to allow their names to bo used,

As a result of the action of tho Borough Counoil in resolvine at a former meeting to suspend its final deoision as to whether Saturday or Wednesday should bo tho statutory baWboliday until tbo li»ts pre* sented had been checked, and also to take into account the withes of employees favourable to Wednesday, tlin petitions last night showed that a good majority wore in favour nf Wednesday, At the former meeting tho Saturdayites had a sbghi majority, but sinoo then six employers, who woro ebuont from town when tho petition was taken round signed for Wednesday as well as 44 assistants, giving last mghi 116 votes in favour of Wednesday aud 77 in favour of Saturday.

We have teceivod from tho Government Printer (i bound copy of tho thirteenth annual report of tho Department of Agriculture, containing illtiJimlions of the potato loaf and tho potato itself bb they appear under various singes of the blight, with iiwrnctiona us o tho method of treatment. It contains nlso illustrations of tho roots of broad-bean plants Bhowing the devol»pmenfc of tho nodulos due to inoculation of the seed 'with nitroem-fhng bacteria, wth an article on the value of the new method of 'ncrn' ainp; 'ho crop' °f l'Kuminotta plni:ts, There are nlso illus<ra<cd articles on Rep-Cul'uro, Applo Bight, DUaas« of fwide Turnip, App'n ami Pear Canker, Apr cot Coral 8p t, Onion Mildew, liroad B*an Runt, Hollyhock Riji, Ditto-gum Soalo, Roso Spot. C'ibbago Club Hoot, diiiDugo dono iiy white ants on Pnriri blocks and Kauri timber, and also illustration of tho Mniiricnvillo primary school flower garden and vigotuble gurdous.

At tho mooting on SviHay of tho Kaiikaii Domain Board tho chairman (Mr G. V. Stewart) raised a discission on tho habit of dynamiting Gob at dio Honda and at VVaibi Point, many cnmpl lintf haying; boen made thai lino and not fialierun'ii alike could get no sport this season. Tho imii'seln on largo areas had boon destroyod, iiml, as ono compl liiiiint pat ir," morn ex. plosivoa go into the wnior than nro uiod in tiie mines on tho ho'cb." It was repolve I on tho motion of ihn ohairraan and Mr MacMillin as follows:—"That this Board respectfully requests tho oo operalion ot the Waiki lioroti«h Council in its endeavour to piovont tho dynamiting of li«li at thn Hohls and ihn brnoh, and aug* gt-sla ihat a reward of say ton poumln should be jiindv oll'md for tnich privite infoMuaiioii an WII kftd io the convict on of p»rßonß({uiiiy of-nrh -'uturil y coinltict, in not mil) destroying nn ai belt! of fio , but in d ivwg away the hMi from tho neighbourhood of«holiday rcsuri." A ao, on tho iiiiitinii of Mmm Killcn n:ul Winhiy, that iho Minister of Justice ho asked to appoim an officer to tango tho ehoro hoiwi'im Katiknti entranco and Gtokawu under section 49, fJ a Ftsheiios Act, 1891. Tins provide* for a lino of MO or two months' hnrd lalionr, with onus ot proof on thn di-fend'iiii, end if ci forcid would p'rtectly 'uoet local troubles, as it applies to deetruotiun by explosives of either fish or mussels or other shellfish,

Mr. Ealph Beorman, an American draper, bus oome to Waihi with a great stock -of general drapery and millinery, particulars of which may bo Been in an advertisement published on our first page: Tho sale commences on Thursday.

At a meeting of the Reoroation Ground Committee last night it was resolved that the ground was not to be used this season for any purpose. The committeo have in hend the construction of orioket pitohoa, and it was agreod to meet on the ground ou Saturday afternoon to solect a site,