Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7900, 10 September 1929, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

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Those interested in pigeon flying are requested to attend a meeting at the Miners’ reading room on Thursday evening at 7.30 p.m. with the object of forming a club in Waihi. Quite a number of Waihi folk taking advantage of the fine day, visited the Waihi Beach on Sunday. During the afternoon one of the beach fishermen landed through the surf, which was moderately calm, over 100 schnapper and many of the visitors were supplied with fish. . During the past fortnight several families, taking advantage of the school holidays, spent the vacation in their seaside residences at the Waihi Beach, including visitors from outside districts. In view of the schools re-opening to-day there was a general exodus on Sunday.

A Ford half-ton van owned by Mr H. T. Donaldson came to grief as the result of colliding with a verandah post at Mr Carbutt’s Kenny Street shop yesterday morning. The driver, Mr R. Morgan, was negotiating the corner into Haszard Street when the steering gear locked. The impact bent the radius rod and front axle, pulled off the tyre and smashed one of the lamps. The following players will represent the Waihi Rugby Union in the Poland Cup match against Hauraki Plains (at Ngatca) on Saturday: Pull-back, Thornton; three-quarters, McNamara, Hume, Johns; liveeighths, Saunders, Dillimore; half, Snodgrass: rover, Price; forwards, Hearn, Radford, Allen, Robinson, Wallers, Mathers, Jennings. Emergencies, hacks, McDermott, Henry; forwards, Campbell, Pankhurst. Patrons to the Academy Theatre last evening had the pleasure of witnessing another of the management’s high standard cinema programmes. Partculairly appealing was the portrayal on the screen of “Lilac Time,” or “Loye Never Dies.” The scenes are from the battlefields of Prance and particularly deal with the British air lighting squadrons. These are wonderfully illuminating and go far to giving an idea of the daring operations of airmen. I’hose who failed to see the film last night will have the opportunity of seeing its final screening this evening.

Tlic majority of us do not drink anything like the right quantity of water to keep ourselves in perfect physical condition. A leading doctor said the other day that at least half the ills to which we are victims .may be attributed, in a large measure to the fact that our systems arc starved qf water. He said that it was essential for good health to drijjk at least six tumblerfuls of cold water between meals. If everyone did this, he remarked, few persons would find thq necessity to pay doctors’ bills, and us water costs nothing, so to speak, the saving would be considerable.

At the ordinary fortnightly meeting of Court Waihi, A.0.F., last night there was a large muster of the brethren. Bro. K. Darlow, Auckland district secretary, paid a visit to the court and was welcomed by the Chief Hanger (Bro. J. Walters) on behalf of the members. Bro. Darlow gave a very interesting address tp the members, in the course of which he made feeling references to the long illness of Bro. O. D. G. i A;'ni,our, a very old friend of his. [ Preceding the' senior court meeting Bro. Da flow also addressed the members of the newly-formed juvenile court, giving the boys valuable advice that should help them to be good Foresters and grow up to be worthy citizens. At the conclusion of the senior court meeting the disrict secretary was entertained by the members to tea and supper.

Following a fortnight’s vacation the Waihi public schools were reopened this morning. With the influenza epidemic practically over and few other ailments about the attendances were satisfactory.

The town clerk has a notice in our advertising columns directing attention to the fact that the borough water supply will be turned off in certain streets (mentioned) tomorrow (Wednesday) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Monday next, September 16, commencing at 1.30 p.m., Messrs R. Coulter and Company will sell by auction without reserve, the household furniture and effects of Mrs H. Moralee, who is leaving to join Mr Moralee in South Africa. The sale will take place at the residence of Mrs Tangney, in Kenny Street.

A mass protest against the Prime Minister’s interference with the revenue of the Main Highways Board will be voiced at a meeting of local bodies in Auckland on Friday next, September 13. The meeting is being convened by the Auckland Automobile Association in response to the widespread objection to the Prime Minister’s proposals.

Citizens are evidently beginning to appreciate the good work being done by the Waihi Beautifying and Tree Conservation Society as the hon. secretary’s appeal for membership subscriptions of 5s —more welcomed if given—for the current financial year is meeting with a better response than formerly. The society, however, has still much to do in the direction of improving the appearance of the town and it is' therefore to be hoped that subscriptions will continue to come in freely. The matter of the aerial ropeway at Karangahake for the use of prospectors came up again at the monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council when Cr. J. B. Morris reported that the question of purchase now rested with the Mines Department, from which no reply had as yet been received. It had been made quite clear at a. meeting of the parties interested that the council would not purchase the ropeway, and that no indication of what the council would do in the matter had been stated, beyond that it would be given every consideration. The hardest frost registered in Waihi —13 degrees—in the early part of last month coincided with the most severe frost experienced in Katikati in the memory of the oldest inhabitant of the settlement. Its effect on the lemon trees was keenly felt by one large grower, the young fruit on many of his trees being destroyed. The result, he said, will be that on the most severely frosted trees there will be no summer crop. Ordinary Hosts o f 4 or 5 degrees do very little damage to lemon trees or the fruit: in fact full-grown fruit will stand a fairly heavy frost, but the young growth and small fruit are affected by a hard frost. Citrus fruits generally do well in the Katikati district and it is only on rare occasions that growers are inconvenienced by frosts. Two Waihi residents, Mrs L. Reed, of Gilmour Street, and Mr J. Kemp, of Clarke Street, had a remarkable escape from serious injuries in an accident on the Tauranga road on Sunday afternoon. Both had disembarked from a bus and were making their way round the vehicle to the footpath when they were knocked down by a motor car proceeding in the direction of Katikati, and driven by Mr Haines, of Waikino road, Waihi. The car was promptly brought to a standstill and as it was backed away from the pedestrians, then underneath the vehicle, witnesses of the mishap were astonished and relieved to find that Mrs Recti and Mr Kemp were none the worse except for a few bruises and the shock caused by their unenviable experience. Particulars of a number of alterations in the railway time-table, which will operate on and after next Monday, September 16, are advertised in another column in this issue. The principal changes so far as Waihi is concerned are that people intending to visit Te Aroha may do so in one day and have over three hours in the town before returning by the usual 1.54 p.m. express, while about three hours will be saved on the trip to Rotorua. Those visiting Te Aroha will leave Waihi at 5.55 a.m. and arrive at about 10.30 o’clock. Passengers for Rotorua will be able to connect with the Rotorua express at Morrinsville, instead of a slower train as at present. The alterations to the time-table are being made in consideration of the claims of tbe Thames fishing industry, which rails 1500 tons of fish annually, and which will now be able to connect with the main trunk express and compete in the Auckland market.