Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1933. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXX, Issue 8451, 11 April 1933, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1933. LOCAL AND GENERAL

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There will be no publication of the “Waihi Telegraph” on Tuesday, April 18th (Easter week). Advertisers will please make their arrangements accordingly. A first offender for drunkenness, a relief worker, who spent the weekend in the cells, was convicted and discharged by Mr W. E. Busch, J.P., in the Waihi .Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. Throughout the world it is estimated that there are about 26,000,000 wireless sets in use, with an audience of 100,000,000 listeners, while new listeners are added at the rate of 10,000,000 a year. What is probably a record for fast travel by air, rail and steamer in New Zealand was established by Dr. R, Campbell Begg in cnnection with the formation of the New Zealand Legion. In 37 days Dr. Begg covered 5276 miles, an average of 142 miles a day. He used aeroplanes over a dozen times and flew 3582 miles.

The secretary of the General Post Office, Wellington, advises as follows: “Daily letter telegram service is now available at one-third rate with a minimum of 25 words from New Zealand .to Egypt and the Vatican City. From the .10th instant the daily letter telegram service will be available to Italy and from the Jsth idem to the Sandwich Islands.’’ Business to be dealt with at t-he monthly meeting ®! the Waihi Hospital Board this evening will include the opening of applications for a matron for the hospital, the course usually followed in such cases being for the board to select the names of the three candidates deemed most suitable for the position and submit them in the order of preference to the Department of Health for an expression of opinion. It is also anticipated that the board will have before it the views of the department on the circumstances which led up to the termination of the engagement of Miss M. K. Stevenson, the present matron, concerning which an inquiry was recently held by Dr. R. S. Shore.

In referring to the inauguration of tire tyaihi branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association following the close of tjie war at the annual meeting on Saturday AIT C. Ford asked if there was any record of the trustees then appointed, as be himself was one of the trustees and had not resigned or received any notification relative to the office. The chairman replied that the branch had no record of the early history of the association, and asked if Mr Ford would like to carry on in his old office. Mr Ford thanked Mr Mitchell buf, fffiid he was not seeking to act as a trustee. Asked who was the secretary in .the early days Mr Ford replied that the office yyas held by a Mr Preston.

In the days of gold rushes on the West Coast a considerable number of Chinese came across from the Otago fields and commenced work on the coast, largely round Kumara, says the Grey River Argus. As the gold .civvi/idled, however, so did the Chinese population. Yet some of those that reman) have evidently not forgotten the glamorous days of the gold, for several applicafipjps have been received by the county cqupc ; ll from Chinese to go out under the Unemployment Board’s prospecting .scheme. The Chinese always preferred fhp high levels for working, as they dp npt 1,1 ke to go far underground, and fharefpre it is quite within the bounds of possibility that some of the old Chinese could point out where rich areas exist that were too deep and difficult for them to work.

The monthly meeting of the Waihi Borough Council will bo hold to-mor-row (Wednesday) evening.

The annual meeting of the Waihi Basketball Association will be held in the ladies’ rest room, Haszard Street, this evening at 7.3 0 o’clock.

Particulars of fares and train arrangements made by the Railway Department in connection with the band contest at Hamilton and the Te Aroha sports at Easter week-end are advertised in this issue.

Notice is given in our advertising columns by the town clerk that the water supply to the whole town will be cut off to-morrow (Wednesday) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. while repairs and alterations arc being made to the main pipe line. A kahawai with two mouths was the unique catch of Mr G. Gardiner, a Mercury Bay fisherman, in the Whitianga River last week. The freak fish, which was almost IS inches in length, was later displayed to an interested crowd at the fish sheds.

Visitors to Waihi include SeniorSergeant D, L. Calwell, formerly in charge of the Waihi police district and now of Wellington. Sergeant Calwell, who is on holiday leave, is accompanied by Mrs Calwell, and they will go on to Auckland to-day and spend about a fortnight in the city.

The screen version of Conan Doyle’s famous “Sherlock Holmes” was presented at the Acadcm> Theatre last night. The great story is vividly and interestingly portrayed on the screen, and picture patrons should not miss seeing the famous detective to-night or to-morrow evening.

A meeting of tlio Waihi Relief Workers’ Association was held on Friday evening, Mr A. Crawford presiding. Distress among relief workers in the town was discussed and it was stated that there were some very acute cases. It was decided to form a social committee with a view to running a series of dances to raise funds to assist those most in need.

Mr H. M. Peiraon, recording officer of the Waikato Pig Recording Club, gave three lectures on modern pigkeeping yesterday, the first during the forenoon at Mr T. C. R. Haszard s farm, Waihi Beach road, the second in the afternoon at Mr Gordon a farm, Tauranga road, and the third during the evening in the Miners' Union Hall reading room. A report of his instructive lectures will appear in our next issue.

There will be a big influx of visitors to Hamilton this week-end for the South Auckland Band Contest, which will he held in Rugby Park on Saturday, April 15th, and in the Winter Show Hall on Monday, April 17th (says the Waikato Times). The bands entered in th econtest have been practising for several months, and their performances should be of a very high standard. There is every indication that the contest will be an outstanding success.

There was a record attendance at the Waihi Labour Party’s fortnightly social and euchre tourney in the King’s and Foerslers’ Halls on Friday evening last, when dancers spent a very enjoyable time to excellent music by the Blue Boys’ Orchetjtiu* The spot waltz prizes were won by Miss M| Thornton and Mr Healey, and those for the Monte Carlo waltz by Miss McGonagle and Mr T. Berryman. Tiie card games were well contested, the prize winners being Mrs T. Pascoc and Miss McMahon (ladies) and Messrs A. Williams and H. Bice (men). Although nominations for the forthcoming Waihi municipal elections will not close for some days there is already a candidate in the field, Mr A. T. Maunder having been nominated for seats on the Borough Council a,nd Hospital Board by the Rev. G. Hall and Mr E. A. Focis.

The Waihi Women's Institute also instructed its president and secretary at its last meeting to nominate Mrs E. Hughes, of Walmsley road, and Mrs R. 0. Hancock, of Adams Street, for otiice on the Hospital Board, The returning officer informs us that tiro nominators have left the nominations with him hut as yet the ladies nominated have not given their consent to the forms being accepted.