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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VIII, Issue 2346, 8 September 1908, Page 2

On maiding inquiries at Hid we learned tliat Mr S. H. Macky'n conditions was about the samo. Tlip. tender of Mi' W. C. Kennedy "1127-0 lnts liPflii accepted for the erection of ii bridire over the Oliinemuri lliver, atthe Waifcnwlictc crossing. A Dcrson of imsoniid mind whs broufjit up froni Karangahako ycsterdnv bv Constable Bntler. -After being subjected to exaniinatfoiV b,v Drs, Rob* ert«on and Craig be was visited bv two of the local Justices of the . Peace fMc=Hra H. W. Moore find \V. M. Wallnutt) and committed to the Auckland mental hospital for treatment. v

.Captain. Edwin wired at-1 p.m. to-'' day: —Northerly strong winds to gale'; rain;probable; glass fall. , Wo understand that Mr R; Joll, of the East End, win is an inmate of the Waihi Hospital,,-will, be operated on tcv morrow. ! -.-•. • Mr..F. W.-Reld, uuir director of the Karangahake School of Mindi, vice Mr. McDuff, resigned, I took up his duties,on Monday. >; , ( Mr W. S. Evans, piano and organ ( I unci'•*iihl. regulator, notifies .that ho . will.visit Waihi in a;fow days,-and 'j intiniiiti's that-orders may bo left with : Mr. Llvesoy, staUoncr. Mr Quintal McConnoll, F.R.G.S., the well-known geologist, is at present in Karangahake (says the Goldfields Advocate) having boen cpmmissionod to report oil various properties in tho district, including'tho Saxon Nos,. 1 and 2, and the Denilba. At the last meeting of the Ohincnmri Council it was decided not to offer any objection to the tramline on Walmsloy's Road, Waihi, provided that the line be removed on six months' notice, being given. A man named T. Wilson had his fingers badly jammed in some machinery Ht *lie Kntikati sawmill yesterday, A man named Geo. Sorrenscn had one of his fingers lacerated yesterday in the Waihi mine.. He was working for.McCarthy's contract party..", ' Mr. Prank Rich, who for a number of years was superintendent Of the Wood-i

stock mine, paid Karangahake a visit during last weok. His business ffas m connection with the Tataan pumping plant, on which class of the mining industry Mr. Rich is a recognised authority;. : " ' ■.j .■ ■ , The suii will reach the equinox oh Soptcmber 23rd at 10.29 p.m. Last year the equinox was on September 2-llh,' but the extra day in last February corrects tho calendar, and bifmgs tho equinoxes and.solstices back to the usual dates. Theoretically, 1 this is the beginning of spring .in. tho soutliorn hemisphere. . , - - ■.;,;.'; Mr Harold Tomlinson, who has been acting guard at Paeroa for some'time, was entertained by a number of fellow employees and friends at Mpriarty's Hotel on Friday night, to signalise his departure, on promotion, to Auckland. During the evening a number of valedictory speeches were made, while thfc guest of the evening was presented with a haiulsome travelling bag,

Last night, at the invitation of-tlio Foresters, members of tho Druids at : tended at the hall after tho'-.business, meeting and played a re-turn card tournament, The games' played were euchre, whist and'crib, and after an hour- and a quarter's play, resulted in a victory for the Druids by 28' games to 24, Refreshments wore then provided, and a short musical programme concluded an enjoyable evening.

The Waihi Hospital is now full, and there aro cases awaiting a -chance to get into the institution, Much difficulty is being experienced in this rcpecfc, and ifc is to be hoped that tho Government will do something iih tho wa' of a-grout, i At tho meeting of trustees last evening; a report- of which appears elsewhere, Mr Foster iftatcd- that the" Minister of Hospitals had promised not to forget tlio trustees when tho estimates were being mado up. In tho monthly (golf] round of tho Cray Challenge Cup, Mr G. Morpeth secured first place with a magnificent score of 89 from the 21 mark, Mr Gray

was second with 92 from the 5 murk. Several good carols were returned uml it V.s a very pleasing feature of the club Vo.note tlie progress niado by the younger members, between 30 and 'lO players were out on Saturday in spite of counter attractions in Hio Recreation Ground, and there can bp no doubt locally that golf has cbme to stay. The team versus .Cambridge will, bo published later in the week, also time.'or train,

j | it will,probably bo 7 a.m. on Sa'turday. | sV^^^Hl^iß^mH

The Merrymakers; appear for one night only at the Academy of Musio on Thursday evening. The Dunedin Star, in reporting the performance,! stated that it was one of the cleverest entertainments ever given in Dunedin, and that the company were the ablest combination of humourists even seen ill the city, It is sufficient guaranteo to say that the tour is under the direction of Messrs J. and N.iTait, who have earned a first-class reputation iii this connection. ■ The programme contains much varioty in vaudeville, monologue, and nmsicaitsketch lines, and should tako immensely witli a Wiiihi audionco, who are extremely partial to this class of amusement. Tlio box plan may ,be inspected at Woodham'B (reserved seat's 3s;) ... ,-, ; ; . . , " English capital is about to bo employed in connection wfith two important mining ventures iii Ballarat, It is announced that the promoters of the; Midas Company expect the early conclusion of negotiations with a London syndicate in., the direction-of reviving the , long-ncglecicd area ;of,.rich auriferous country a few miles to/the north of Ballarat, whore the Midas group of mines 20 years ago showed'good,results from alluvial operations'..' for years, until overcome with water difficulties. The new .company, which should bo a powerful one, will direct, their energies towards developing the great quartz as well as alluvial possibilities, and have •((■quired a largo tract of country between Sulky Gully and Dowling forest■ Tlio other project is that of the Britan.nia Mine, Ballarat East, which Ims for many years been working on the eastern lodes with fair success oh limited capital! Tlio old company being rout by litigation was forced" jiltu liquidation more than a year pjiice;;

President' Uooseye|t Ims furnishedyet another striking instance of tho multifarious uses of the "lite stick" (says the Daily Mail's Now York correspondent). Ho has announced to all Government employees who fail tq pay thoir grocery hills that they will bo dismissed from the service. Tho announcement, which lias beon made through tho lncciinm of n letter addressed by Mr Secretary Loeb to the National Wholcsnlo Grocers' Association, lias fallen like a bombshell on the households of thousands of Govnrnment servants. The association has been confronted by an alarming dovelopnicnt in the ledgers of its mem-bers'-caused by tlio unpaid bills which have been run up by wives of Government employees, the worst offenders being, 't appears, clerks in post offices. 'Hie association sent a petition to White House, asking the assid'ance of tho Ad-' ministration in the collection of'-;its debts. The President immediately replied, oxpi'sseing his sympathy with the grocers, and informing them that [bough there was.no law:to compel pay-, ihcnt of dobts contracted by civil servants, he had sent a notice ko all departments to the efferti that the failure of cmploveess-toJsottle Itlieir. grocery bills would-be deemed sufficient ground for- dismissal.