LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XX, Issue 6762, 10 November 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Armistice Day to • morrow. Tiro minutes’ silence will be observen at II

a. m. On the Auckland Stock Exchange this morning Waihi shares were in demand at 31s, holders asking 31s 6d. Junctions had buyers at 10s, sellers holding for 10s Id. To morrow a match at clay birds is to fake place with the Waihi Gun Club. The Rifle Club team will bo selected from the followingr—Comes, Pupslan, McWilliams, Saunders, George, Feather, Gordon, Sneak, Clarke, Littlejc Jin, Hems, tfirse, Richards, 4 Selling, Henry, Holdsworth, (Last Sunday afternoon the Ftderal Band was advertised to play a programme on the Formation Ground, but a heavy downpour cf rain caused a postponement, 'the band, however, intend giving a rectal at the same place o" Sunday poxt, commencing at 3 o'clock, A collection will be taken up at the gales in aid of the funds. The issue of the writs for the general election has been fixed fer Thursday, .November 16, on which date the second supplementary roll will close, It therefore behoves those who possess the necessary qualifications, but who have not yet enrolled, tp send in their names to the registrar of electors for their respective districts without delay, and those who have p'rcviously vottd are advised not lo take it for granted (hat their nauyes appear on the lists, but to tako the little trouble necessary to ensure that Huy are] Mr F. R. Howard, eyesight sprcialist, , repre enting Samuel Harry, Queen j Street, Auckland, is stayj-g over tire i week end, and may be consulted at the i Commercial IL.tel Saturday—(Adyt.) A splendid remedy for hroncliitj fl a nd influenza is Nagol, Try it, 1

The matches in cm ncction with tie Wfcim Cricket Asro nation tor tho chair., pi nship shield will be resumed tomorrow cf'.erno- n, when the games commenced last Saturday between C ty and Martha and Mataura and Waitete will be completed. Under the auspices of (he Waihi Orchestral Society, a most successful ard enj >yable social was held in the King’s Theatre last evening. The orchestral music, under the baton of Mr T. F. Midgley, was a featu e of the function, and was acclaimed by all present to bo an unusual treat.

The Waihi Fire Brigade was called out about 25 minutes to 3 o’clock yes terday afternoon, only to find a broken glass at one ot the East End alarm boxes, and to rign of fire. Appearances suggested that the glass had been broken intentionally by one of tho so called practical jokers, who, from time to tine, call the brigade out on a wild goose chase.

A few days ago a Wellington youth, was out fulling in the Wellington Lends wi ll a retired official of tho Harbour Board, his hind hanging over the gunwale ot thi boat about two Let clear of the water, when he was attacked by a large barracouta, his hand being badly torn. The fish leaped quite clear of tho water ot the limb. The party immediately i returned and the iujund hand was given j medical attention, Mr W. M Wallnutt, in proposing a ; vote of thanks and confidence in the j silling member (\Lr Poland) tor China- ’ muri, at that gentleman’s meeting last j night, citicuct tho Government’s atti- • tude towards aid to prospecting and in the treatment of small mining syndicates. He asserted that the charging of rents and survey fees, in conjunction with the unsatisfactory tenure, together with other restrictions, were impositions that rendered the position in regard to prospect . ing—the pioneer of permanent mining development—practically a farce. The whole system needed readjusting if the Government really meant to be sincere in its efforts to assist the prospector. A youngster, a ball, and an iron grating wore the cause of some consternation m Invercargill a few days ago, states the Southland News. The child, no mote than four years old, was playing with a ball in front of the Union Bank when the ball rolled through the iron grating covering one ot the basement windows. Tho child unhesitatingly crawled head first down through a space of not more than ten to twelve inches. So far everything went well, but the task of getting back oa lo the street proved impossible. Tho la-l resort was a loud yell and continued s-ffis, which attracted the attention of several men working on the tram line near by. Crow-bars and picks soon had the offending gra'ing sufficiently removed to allow the child to bo lifted out.