LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VIII, Issue 2472, 9 February 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tenders art l invited for alterations uiid additions to the Academy of Music. An acre (section and six-roomed house, is advertised for sale by Mr. Goocli, on easy terms. For particulars boo advertisement.

Wo regret- to state that Miss Gibson, assistant at the District High School, U in the Thames hospital suffering from an attack of typhoid fever.

A number of children applied for admittance to the Waihi District. High School yesterday morning, but were refused. Tho mat tor is referred to generally in our leading columns. Wo understand that Mews A. W. Johnson and F. Coursine have left Waihi for Queensland. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Waihi Minors' Union management committee. Councillor J. 11. Evans hsi.s given nolice of motion for the next Council meeting as follows;—" That the reduction of £SO per annum made upon tho gas manager's salary be not given effect to, and that the decision to that effect be rescinded," The Town Clerk notifies that tho district electors' list is now being revised, and that any alteration in qualification made by reason of transfer or change of residenco must be advised at the Borough oflino, where claims for enrolment may be obtained. [ The Customs returns for Invereargill for Janiiarv were £SBBB Us lOd, as against £6403 16s 3d for the first month of 1008. The beer duty, which wii.i i'ls!) 3s 9 in January last year, amounted last month to £l4l lis 6d. | Whips hht month showed a slight inciease, but there is a decrease of £3O on cigarettes and of £232 on tobacco

as compared with the corresponding month of last year. There was considerable excitement in a house in Now rijmoutli llio otlier evening (siiys the Taranaki Herald) when il was found that a young man hoarder hud doped with his landlady's daughter. Tho' girl is just a fow months over sixteen years old. Thoy wero traced to tho railway station, it being found that they had taken out tickets for Wanganui. Pursuit of the erring couple is now being mado by tho girl's irnto parents.

The hiii \ est thanksgiving services in connection with Wesley Church were cojicluljd last evening with the salo of fruits and vegetables that tho friends had contributed. The Sunday services woi'im'itj successful, tho congregation at nigjit the placing of chairs iii tho aislo to find room for tho people The church was beautifully decorated, and the singing was cuitablo to the occasion. Tho Rev. J. Wrigtoy preached two most appropriate sermons.

A special meeting of tho committee appointed liy the Waihi Hospital Trustees to deal with the question of patients' feos outstanding was held in the Borough Council Chambers last oventhe chairman (Mr. John Newth) pre.iding, A list of the names of perilous whose fees have not been paid was prepared with n view to handing saino in a collector, and the committee docided that whore persons in n position to do so fail to make payment when waited upon, the legal steps necessary lo recover the amounts outstanding he taken.

The usual fortnightly meeting of Court Waihi, A.0.1" 1 ., was hold last evening in the Foresters' Hall, liro. Wothorspoon presiding. There was a goodly number of tho brethren present. Considerable discussion took placo on routine business. The district delcagtes (liros, Morgan, Miinns, and Arscolt) gave an interesting account of their travels. Hio. W. Kirker was apIKiiitteil a delegate lo the Hospital Conlerence, vice Ilro. T. Jones, who has left the district. A voto of eondolenco was passed in sympathy with the relatives of (he lain Ilro. Culleii. A new member was initialed into the •order, After the business had concluded a harmony meeting was indulged in.

An exciting incident occurred lalo on Friday night last at Waiigaimi. As two \oung men named Andoreon and Halnek were passing the Economic Avenue, they hoard a noise, and on looking down the passage saw two men (Iron from a window iiilu mi alleyway, and mako oil' in tin' direction of St. IlilUtreet. Andciwin and llatrick rushed round tlm r-di-niT, mill arrived just in time to sec I lie two men Ret ting over a gate. They accosted I hem, lint the men bolted iii 'lilicrcnf directions. When one of the men (William Sn.lt) was in Iron! of the o|mr:i House, ho Ihrew away a package, iieil immediately afterward,'was captured and taken to (he police lilation. SuLn'ijurnl nr,m\\ proved Unit the package which was thrown away, contained a Mick (if gelignite and soum snap. On Saturday a young man named Albert Way wn,s arrested mi suspicion of Icing the oilier culprit. Investigations proved that no harm had been done at the Keimomii: building, the burgliim up. pcarcd to bave been so surprised at iiiiiFng two >afeti that I hey were unable lu mako up their iniudii up us lu which lo operate upon,

Captain Edwin wiros:—Strong wind easterly to galo; glass rising. • The no-license meeting, as advertised for to-night, has been postponed till further notice. '

A witness subpoenaed in a caso heard at tho Eketahuna Magistrate's Court last week forwarded a doctor's certificate showing that ho was suffering from " librocitis." Counsel for plaintiff said he had looked no a dictionary, but had failed to ascertain the nature- ol the complaint.- His Worship said that ho had not previously heard of such a malady, but supposed it was " inllammatioi. of libs." The Court smiled and was left in a state of uncertainty as to the symptoms of " fibrocitis."

It is announced by a London firm ol estate agents .that in future they have decided to state clearly in thcii descriptions.of property for sale any obvious disadvantages that exist, as they leel that this course is in the interests of both vendor and purchaser. .Should the owner object, the firm announce that they will be unwilling to accept Iho agency of the estate. One ol the many difficulties of estate agents is that they have often to rely on owners' descriptions, which are sometimes misleading (says the Daily Mail), livery property offered for sale cannot be inspected, but when this has been done the linn's practico has been to point out by letter to prospective purchasers any obvious disadvantages. The owners, however, usually object lo this in the descriptions of their properties.

New Zealand exports a few worldwalkers and imports a few, temporarily. Sometimes the pedestrians amble around the rolling globe for fun or education, or a wager, or for all three. One hear.of many starts, but few finishes, Hie world lias a habit of winning m these low-distance events, ami even it tie men do "walk rings around" the earth, (he world is not perturbed. Mr Jervyn trudged into (lisborne the other day. He raid that he started his pilgrimage from Capetown three years ago, with a partner who did after a few thousand miles had been covered in Africa. Irom Durban Mr. Jervyn went on to lasmania, and on to New■ Zealand. Heie 1,. found a new mate, Mr Bryant, who hns alrendv done about 800 miles in Air Jcrvvn's company, and declares himself good for the 33,000 miles remaining to complete the other man's contract.

Extract from a letter from Mr. Al|,prlMallinson,tlicßiftcilcoraposor/to the Hustings Standard :-"&>'.-»» vou |.ermit me to draw the attention of imlsic-lovcra in Hnslnigs to tho privilege they have of hearing the thee wonderful hoys who, on Thursday night, are civinE their only concert here, in these" days of the übiquitous concert company, dieu performers are, amot without exception, licraWcd as the greatest in the world," the unobtrusive cntrv of real artists into a town is ikelv to result in their being overlooked. I should regret that any lovers of art in Hastings should not know of tho opportunity now before them of enjoying an instrumental performance of supreme excellence. Leo, Jan and Mischel Cherniavski, pupils respectively of those great teachers, \sao,_ Lcsrlmtixkv and Popper, are artists in the truest sense of that much misused and often misappropriated word.

Writing at tho end of November to a member of his family, an ex-Uim-odinite, who is employed on tho Cunard liner Mauretania, says:—' ion would he heartbroken to sco the poverty and starving that is going on here. When we arc coming out of tho dockgates in Liverpool at night thcro are hundreds of little children, with hardly any clothes on, standing waiting outside the gates, with ther hands out, crying, ' Have you any bread left? The men save the crusts from their sandwiches and give them to the poor beggars at the gate. . . You have no idea of the terrible poverty just now. Thcro are shoals of unemployed in every trade here just now. Peoplo who aro out of work in tho colonies and say they cannot get a living don't know what they aro talking about, and ought to be treated with a stick. One meets hundreds who would willingly work hard all day for a shilling in order to obtain food for their children."

The father uf the Loudon Stock Exchange, Jlr. Horace Wilkinson, of Franklicld, Sovonoaks, died recently. Ho was known all tho world over as tho owner of tho reputed head of Oliver Cromwell. According to tho story handed down in his family, the human head, kept in his house in silk wrappings insido an oak box black with age, was that of tho Protector, and was secured by a soldier, who saw it blown down from tho roof of Westminster Hall in a storm, Tho soldier's family sold it to tho ltussols, connections of tho Cromwoll family, and it descended to Samuel Jtussoll, a showman. He exhibited tho heal, it is said, at a charge of 2s b'd a person, and later sold it to a rival showman. After passing through several hands, it was finally acquired by Mr. Wilkinson's grandfather. Doubts have, however, many times been thrown on tho story. Tho head in Mr. Wilkinson's possession remains in excellent preservation, and tho mark of the pike on which it was impaled is said to bo distinctly visible Mr. Wilkinson was also the owner of a Bungalow at Seal Chart where Mrs. Luard was murdered last August. On Friday next West's Pictures and Orchestral Hand will appear at the Academy of Music, Wailii. One of tho lihns to be shown is a life motion pictured story of tho Nativity, and its celebration in different countries. Months of preparation, months more of actual work in arranging photography, and colouring the scenes liavo been spent, and long journeys had to be made to secure accurate surroundings and congenial atmosphere for the various episodes depicted. Other subjects will include tho 'recent naval manoeuvres of tho battleships of tho Italian navy; a series from life showing Bums and Johnson in training, and tho different methods by each to attain physical perfection; scenes of travel in the Egyptian Soudan; views of Naples; motor rido through tho Itinera, and a rail journey from Victoria to Brighton. A featuro of tho ircrloriniinco will bo West's Orchestral llpil. Seats can be reserved at Woodham's.

, '[lie IJirUi mill Deaths :>d. contains mi important piovision in I'l'liiira lo (ho notilicalion u f births which (locs not appear (o bo as yet genorally known or understood, It is required by section 15 of tho Act tliat(l) Mm occupier of any house- in which a child is horn alive shall kivo notice of lh» fact, and date of the birth, and tho nam'; ol the mother and father of tho chdd to (he registrar of the district in which tho birth took place; (1!) such notice shall be in writing, delivered or putted by registered letter to I ho registrar within 72 hours niter Hie birth, if in a city or borough, or 21 days in no other case; (!)) if (he occupier' fails •o comply with the provisions o[ thin mel ion he shall he. liable to a line not e.wding Co. A great many instances "Manure to comply with this provision, which became law on .Iwiuarv 1, lflflß, li'ive occurred, and in .-onie ol Ihe cases 'ii which the re(|iiim] nolificilion \ m '•'••n given it has been thought (hat s'i'h nol'ce removes the necessity for Hie iiMial registration of birth, tin's is iii t the case, as the provision t regard lo regisfral ; on. for which a limit of fi'2 days from lnrfh is allowed, is still in lorce. If, however, it. is so desired the resist nil ion may bo cll'ccled at Iho time I ha! I hi* notification ol tin* birth is made to tho registrar.

Tourists nro at present surging into | this Dominion in waves. Local offices used sololy for the dissomination of information to these people aro generally during business hours full of oversoa visitors desiring to know the best way to see'things without trouble. Othors thero aro, of course, who aro apparently desiring trouble. Ono gentleman of a mild appearance closely questioned a clerk at tho Wellington office (says the Times) as to the locality where he might find tigers, and seemed disappointed that ho had brought specially dangerous rifles to this country when the clerk informed him that tigers were not part of tho scheme of things in this Domiuion.

Mr Oats, chairman of Do Beers, speaking nt the annual meeting at Kiuibcrley on December 19th last, said Uio diamonds in the hands of the company were valued at £1,500,01)0, and the blue ground Hours were estimated to vieid W,000,000, alter washing expenses had been paid. The resources ot Do licers were infinite, and were not going to be wasted iii attempts to crush out other mines. The reason that the Do Beers Company had not amalgamated with tho Premier was (hat it took two to make a bargain. The latter company wanted its own price, and if was useless to approach it. l)e Beers would endeavour to come to an arrangement

with the Premier, and other producers on on equitable basis. Ho hoped that other) reducers would see that the only way '0 keep up prices was the limitation of production. Mr. Oats pointed out that the exhaustion of dealers' stock wiia rapidly proceeding; tho demand in America was increasing, and the trade within a reasonable, period would bo as sound as ever. Regulation of the output was essential to ensure that the improvement would be maintained.

The Rev. Chas. Hutchinson, rector of ttaync, Essex, finding tho working men of iiis parish reluctant to attend church or ordinary parochial entertainments, has arranged for fortnightly smoking concerts in the Sunday schoolroom, The rector takes the chair, and provides tobacco, and tho local brewer contributes a barrel of beer for free consumption. Temperance beverages are also supplied free to those who prefer them. Each ale-drinker has three- glasses allowed him at stated intervals. At tho second of this season's concerts tho aged church clerk, Samuel Hance, who has held offico for sixty years, sang fighting songs of tho Napoleonic days, and tho sons of tho soil present contributed each a roaring ditty. Tho rector said he had that day received a letter from Mr. George Courtauld, ex-High Sheriff for tho county, who wrote; " I was delighted to sco an account of your village concert. Pray allow me to send a contribution towards tho expenses. I am so glad you allow beer, and I hope you will not give in to the representations on the subject which I understand have been mado by tho anti-beer people. Wishing you all success, and that other parishes my follow your example."