LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5883, 10 April 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A goad evening's enjoyment, is guaranteed at the Waihi Spiritualists' social to be held in the Miners' Union Hall tonight.

In connection with (ho Thames harbour si heme the Board Ins niop:ed the recommend tlon of the harbour delegates to obtain authority lo b rrow £500,000 for the proposed sro.-Jr. Advice has been received by Mr T. W. Khodes, M.P., that the Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Agriculture, will arrive at Thara s on April 13tb, remaining until the 15th April. The. recent heavy rains caused some damage to the newly sown grass padt'ocks on aud about the Waim Plains, but owing to the porous nature ot the soil ihe water has been absorbed-so rapidly that tho damage dncs not appear to prove as serious as was at first feartd would bo the case.

It was recently announced that the completion of the Waihi to Athenree section of the East Coast railway line would be pushed forward as expeditiously as possib'e, and it is now understood that work from Athren r ee to Katikati, in order to link up with the Tauranga section, will also be vigorously advanced, j There was a large attendance at the Catholic Church social held in St. Joseph's Hall last night, the proceeds being for tho Convent School. Mr J. Porter efficiently controlled the dancing, the music being supplied by Mr Pike's orchestra, Several extras were p'ayed, and solos were rendered by Misses N. Smith, L. Geary and M. Kayes, and Mr Pernberton. A ladies' committee had charge ot the supper arrangements. The increased rate of wages for youths fixed by the new industrial agreement between the Waihi district mine owners and the Miners' Union is evidently appealing to young fellows, the companies having since had quite a number of applications for employment. A few more of tho men who left during the strike period have returned during the past day or two and resumed work in and about the and several otbtrs are expected to make a start on Monday.

The work of installing the new telephone service for Waihi will be commenced on Monday. Tbe officers in charge, with several workers, arrived yesterday, and the former have 6inco been engaged on an inspection of. the outdoor portion of the existing system. Four or live local men navo been added to the working staff, and it is anticipated that the installation will, occupy some three months. The service between Waihi and Tauranga is also to be overhauled and improved.

Mr D. F. B, McArthur, after being in the employ of the Waihi Grand Junction Company tor upwards of fifteen years and for some time past as the company's accountant, with from tjme to time power of attorney, leaves Waihi shortly to take ill) the position of secretary to the Te Awamutu Power Board, In addition to being in touch with business circles, Mr McArthur was closely a?sopiated with vaiious forms of sport, including golf and tennis, and while pleased to hear of his appointment, they will doubtless regret his departure.

At iho last meeting of the Thames Valley Hydro-Electric Power Board, it wss decided to proceed at once with the erection of an 11,000 vo.t line from Waikato thiough Pa«roa to Thames; the 50,000 volt line will be brought down from Waiorongomai later by the public Works Department. The Board decided to place an order for 10,000 insulators, als'j for a motor lorry and plant for handling the poles. It na< stated that whereas under the old metbol, eight men could put up three poles per day, with the equipment proposed six men would* erect a 5 poles per day.

Ho far, a-part from nrn who are to I'ommo.ice en 'lie telephono construction works on Monday, there ooes not appear to have been any mirked move on the part of the suspended borough employees 10 seek employment on the East Coast railway construction works or elsewhere pending a resumption of operations by the Borough Council. It may, however, be mentioned that any of the borough men who may decide to go on the rail way works between Waihi and Athenrse should first obtain a note from the Town Clerk to the effect that they were lormerly witii the borough, which on presentation to the engineer in charge, Mr Boss, will lead to their being found employment as near home as possilba.

The annual meeting of the Waihi 'Returned Soldiers' Association was held on Thursday, Mr S. 11. Walmsley in the chair. There was a good of members. After attending to a quantity of business in connection with the welfare of returned men, tbe election of ob'ce • bearers for the forthcoming year took place, resulting as follows: President, Mr 8. 11. Walmsley; vicepresident, Mr li. Brown ; secretary, Mr J. 'Mitchell; treasurer, Air W. Aitken ; auditor, Mr Harper; executive commiUee, M.essr.9 Tubman, McCarthny, Simpson, Saunders, A!,oKae, Paterson, J. Parsons, B Parson", Capper, Hudson, Walsh and Clark. A 'sub-committee wes s t up for the putposo of arranging a Memorial Ssrfipe on Anzac Day, 25th; April. Mr Pol:oek, provincial organiser of the E.S.A , will shortly visit Waihi for the purpose of meeting the local [ executive. I

As anncuueed in the big advertisement in last night's issue, Mr Hayward has promised his patrons something above Iho ordinary douAde programme this week. Mary Pick lord heads the list of star artists in "Captain Kidd, Jnr." If you were digging tor bidden treasure, and found a rusty box containing this motto : " The richest treasures in the yroi'ld are health and honest toil," wouldn't it make you mad? Well, that happened to Mary MaoTarlsh and Jim Gleason in "Captain Kidd, Jar/' but it turned out tjja.t the treasu.ro wasn't far away. Now ycw'il wonde,r what the .trcasuro was. W,e dpu'.t tiijmlf you'J like .us'totoll you, but we do think that yo ( ii wjU want to see this great Mary production. Other worthwhile pictures are " Fatty " Arbuckle in ''Good-night, Nurse." and Jack Mu'hall in "Mr Dolan of JNevv York." This excellent production contains wonderful glimpses pt n big bjxing .tournament and other spoiling incidents, The prires are 2s Id and is Jd, All children except those in aims must be pajd for.

Ono of the most effective precaution, ary measures against an attack of influenza i* tbo f''<-0 "so of "Nazol" day nud oight.

The Waihi Girls' Friendly Society I will hold a euchre tournament in St. John's Schoolroom on Monday, Apiil 12th, commencing at 7.45. A special general meeting of the Waihi branch of the South Auckland Kngite-dnrers' Unim will be held in AspmaH's hu tiling on Monday evening nex( at 8 o'clock.

The owner of a blue cow, hornless, at present running on Mr Unas. H. Q. fn.w'g property, I Waihi Plains, raiy Lave s>ime by paying expenses. A notice to this effect appears in our advertising columns.

In our report of the dea'h ot Mrs Mary Smith, appearing in yesterday's issue, we inadvertently stated that dc ceased was a visitor tn Wciui. Mrs Smith was a resident of the town, and at the time of her death was pa)ing a visit to her grand daughter. Recently the Inspector of Mines asked the Thames Harbour Board it it had any objection to tailings being deposited on the breshoro if a public crushing plant were erected on the site of the old Kuranui battery. To this the board re pliid they bad no objection, provided the tailings were kept out -A the channel. A fire occurred at an early hour on Thursday morning at the residence of a native named .Nathan, near the Parawai racecourse at Thames. As the place was beyond the water supply area at Thames little could be done by the fire brigade. The house, which contained considerable furniture and stores, had been unoccupied for three days, and the origin of the fire is a mystery. The building and contents were totally destroyed. The disorganisation caused by the strike following so closely upon the change of the statutory half-holiday from Wednesday to Saturday, with Friday as the late shopping night, has rendered it impossible for Waihi tradespeople to come to any definite conclusion so far as to how the change is likely to affect the returns in their respective businessef. It certainly cannot be said that the volume of business transacted by some of the shopkeepers on Friday evenings has been so large as was the case on Saturday nights, but when matters again become normal there should be an increase. In other towns where Friday is the long night tradespeople generally appear satisfied with the change.