Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IN INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7908, 28 September 1929, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IN INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

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St. John’s daffodil show will he continued at the King’s Hall on Monday evening.

Lovers of the terpischorean art are reminded of the Soccer FootballClub’s dance to be hold in the Foresters’ Hall this evening when a good time is promised.

A dance under the auspices of the Oddfellows’ Lodge will be held in St. Joseph’s Hall on Wednesday evening. Music will be supplied by the Dixie Boys’ Orchestra.

A fisherman’s lot, like that of the constable, is not always a happy one, but there are certainly times when there is call for jubilation. Leaving for the Ashing ground one morning this week a Thames seine boat returned to Shortland Wharf the same night at 10 o’clock with two tons of flounder. Figured out at 5d per pound this would represent a return of rather over £IOO.

The annual rifle meeting for units of the No. 2 regimental district, which was to have been held on the Waihi rifle range from November 7th to 9th, will now be held on Friday and Saturday, the Bth and 9th only. Arrangements are well in hand, and particulars of the conditions of the various competitions and of the prizes should be available in a day or two.

■ Mr T. Hugo, Government inspector of fire brigades, paid an official visit to Waihi on Thursday evening and inspected the local brigade at drill and in Are practice. Following the inspection Mr Hugo paid a high tribute to the efficiency of Waihi’s fire fighting force and made reference to the splendid attendances at both drills and fires, which, he said, almost constituted a record for country brigades. He also paid the brigade a warm compliment on the general appearance and upkeep of the fire station.

On Wednesday last the Thames Star announced that it had received definite information to the effect that it was not the intention of the Government to proceed with the construction of the loop line of rail between Pokeno and Paeroa for several years, if at all. This led to the following urgent question in Parliament to the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) by Mr A. M. M.P. for Thames:—“Has the attention of the Minister of Railways been drawn to a statement in the Thames Star wherein it is reported that the Paeroa-Pokeno railway is not to be constructed in the near future. . . . Will the Minister inform the House as to the correctness or otherwise of tiiis report?” The Prime Minister said that his attention had been .drawn fq the report and in reply stated that the Government lijicJ not yet considered the matter.

Writing from Belfast to a Waihi friend, Mr J. Moorhead, Avho, accompanied by Mrs Moorhead, left Waihi last May on a six months’ tour abroad, gives a brief summary of his travels in England, Ireland, Scotlaud, France ami Belgium. His visit to France took ip the battlclields of Flaudmja. During his stay in England he spent a Ipw days at Blackpool with Mr Fred Russel), formerly bandmaster of the Waihi Federal Band, and when in Belfast he witnesses the great 400-mile motor car race held under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club (Tourist | Trophy), in which 65 competitors, topresgutatiyc of ajl nations pt thp World— u»cJu<ding .Great IJritaijj,, United States, Franc,e, Italy, G,cr ; - many and Austria—look part, Tire race was won by Rudolph Carraclola, the crack German driver, second honours going to Italy. The third ami fourth places were filled by Baby Austins, driven respectively by f,wo Englishmen, Fraser-Nash and Holbrooke. Mr and Mrs Moorhead left Liverpool for America on September 20th and are due back in New Zealand about the last week in November.

Members of the Waihi Golf Club will play a four ball competition this afternoon, each senior player to partner a junior. Partners will be decided by a draw. The annual meeting of the Waihi Federal Band will be held in the bandroom this evening at 8 o’clock. Members of tho public interested-in band matters are invited to bo present. A ewe that lias given birth to 22 lambs in eight years is numbered among the flock of Mr C. J. Hawken, Mokoia, New Plymouth. The ewe is a pure bred Lincoln 10 years old. Three times she has had twins, four times triplets and once quadruplets. On behalf of the Waihi Fire Brigade the superintendent (Mr W. E. Roberts) desires to thank Mr M. F. Haszard for a donation to the funds of £1 Is in recognition of the services of the firemen on the occasion of the recent scrub fire in Savage road. On Monday last the Waikino Girls’ Club held a very successful Mendelssohn evening. A short sketch was given by Mrs J. W. Jones, piano solos were contributed by the Misses Pattie Stewart, Nellie McKinney, Emily Fearson and Hebe Whitely and a duet (“Home Far Away”) by the Misses Ruth and Joan Dobson.

The trout fishing season throughout New Zealand —Rotorua and Taupo excepted—will open on Tuesday next, October Ist, and close on April 30th, 1930. Waihi is not without its disciples of Izaac Walton and according to reports those who may decide to fish the Waitawheta stream should get fair sport.

The rains of the past two or three days will be welcowed by dairy farmers about Waihi, as pastures had been suffering from the spell of adverse weather conditions, including the sharp frosts. Given a few fine, warm days the grass will come on rapidly and the cream output, which had been below the average for this time of year, will increasfe materially.

“It is a matter for regret that the market for Angora wool in the United Kingdom is in a very unsatisfactory state, and the immediate outlook gives cause for concern,” states the annual report of the N.Z. Department of Agriculture. The report mentions that a considerable number of Angora and Chinchilla rabbits have been imported, and that the granting of permits and the maintenance of the necessary supervision over the animals has thrown a considerable amount of extra work on the Live Stock Division staff.

Few- pedestrians who have suffered at the hands of motorists in wet weather and have been badly splashed know that in the event of the splashing having been the result of carelessness the driver has committed an offence which renders him liable to prosecution. A Waihi resident, suffering from righteous indignation arising out of a severe splashing, looked up the Motor Vehicles Regulations of 1928 and drew the attention of a representative of the “Telegraph” to the fact that “Every driver of any motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid so far as possible the splashing of pedestrians.” A maximum penalty of £SO is provided for a breach of this regulation.

Snow was visible on the Te Aroha ranges up till 9 o’clock this morning.

A well-known ex-resident of Waihi in the person of Mr Nisbet Mcßobie passed away at his residence, King George Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, yesterday. Deceased, who was 55 years of age, was prominently associated with the printing trade and was for some years proprietor of the “Waihi Telegraph.” While residing in Waihi he took an active interest in politics and on one occasion contested the Ohinemuri seat unsuccessfully against the then sitting member, Mr Hugh Poland. Mr Mcßobie was a member of the Waihi Bowling and Golf Clubs and continued to follow the first mentioned pastime after taking up his residence in Auckland, where he frequently figured prominently in inter-club and other competitions.