Waihi telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9208, 12 April 1938, Page 2

Waihi telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Owing to labour regulations governing the Easter and other holidays, the “Waihi Telegraph” will not be published on Saturday next, April 16, Tuesday, April 19, or Tuesday, April 26, the day following Anzac Day. Advertisers are requested to make their arrangements accordingly.

Two women’s purses, found in the street last Saturday, April 9, and the Saturday before, await their owners at the Waihi police station. Both contain money.

A meeting convened by tho Mayor, Mr W. M. Wallnutt, will be held in the Borough Council Chambers at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday next, April 14, for the purpose of making suitable arrangements for the commemoration of Anzac Day, Monday, April 25. Members of the clergy, Returned Soldiers’ Association, military units, headmasters of schools, and representatives of the Waihi Federal and Salvation Army Bands are invited to be present. The returning officer for the Bor-

ough of Waihi, Mr E. C. Westbury, notifies in our advertising columns that the triennial election of Mayor and of six councillors of the Borough of Waihi, also of two members of the contributory district of Waihi on the Thames Hospital Board, will be held

on Wednesday, May 11. Nominations of candidates for these offices close at the municipal office before noon on Wednesday, April 27. The nomination fee for the mayoral office is £lO and £3 for the other offices. A meeting of the Waihi branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association was held in the Waikino Miners’ Un-

ion Hall on Saturday evening for the purpose of meeting Mr Beeson, vicepresident of the Disabled Soldiers’ Welfare Association, Auckland. Mr L. Murphy, president of the Waikino sub-branch, presided over an attendance of about forty, including mem-

bers from the Waihi branch. The chairman, in introducing the visitor,

briefly outlined what Mr Beeson stood for. Mr Beeson explained very fully the workings of the Disabled Soldiers’ Association and was om-

diatie in stating that no attempt

was being made to influence a breach in the Returned Soldiers’ Association but to the contrary as all members of his association were also members of the R.S.A. Mr Beeson, who is fluent and lucid in his speech, spoke at length on matters pertaining to his organisation and spent an

hour in answering questions. The health of Mr Beeson, who was the guest of the evening, was drunk with enthusiasm.

A dance will be held in St. Joseph’s Hall on Easter Monday night by the Convent Old Boys’ Football Club. The music will be played by the Dixie Boys’ Band and a good supper will be provided. The South Auckland Rifle Association for nearly forty years has always held its annual rifle meetings at the Waihi rifle range, the only intermission being during the war, but this Easter the annual competitions will be held at Matamata.

The secretary of the Waihi Acclimatisation Club, in our advertising columns, notifies sportsmen that the boundary between the Waihi and Tauranga acclimatisation districts has been defined in a Gazette notice by a straight line from the Te Aroha trig station to the mouth of the Waihi Beach stream. With reference to the completion of work on the playing area of the Waihi South School, Mr J. Thorn. M.P., has been advised by the Minister of Public Works, Hon. R. Semple, that following the submission of a report and estimate of the cost of the further work involved, his department had now been requested to proceed with the work immediately.

A Wellington message states that an increased State subsidy towards the construction of highways and bridges of £3 for £1 is now available, stated the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, yesterday. In future at least 75 per cent, of the cost of highways and bridges will be provided by the State from its roading fund and the local authorities will benefit by the reduction in their contributions.

Several units of the fleet of launches off Tanner’s Point and two or three from Katikati, and some rowing boats were engaged in fishing in the estuary at the week-end, but no great catches were recorded, 17 selinapper being the largest number of a single boat. Perfect weather prevailed and the water was smooth, but the Bowentown bar was too rough for any of the launches to venture outside.

With the near approach of winter, when householders are beginning to budget for weekly supplies of fuel, it is interesting to know that last year the New Zealand Railways consumed close on 434,000 tons of coal, every partical of which was from New Zealand mines. In addition, nearly 100,000 tons of coke were used in variousrailway activities. Wherever possible our Railways Department gives preference to New Zealand products —a patriotic policy of immeasurable value to the community. The Mayor received a telegram from the Minister of Labour, Hon. 11. T. Armstrong, last evening to the effect that he was arriving at Waihi to-morrow for lunch, and would be leaving next morning. We understand that Mr Armstrong’s mission here is in connection with matters in dispute affecting the mining contractors and enginedrivers respectively. A deputation representing the Enginedrivers’ Union will wait on the Minister to-morrow afternoon at 2.30, and at 7.30 he will meet the executive of the Miners’ Union and a deputation representing the contractors.

The lullaby swing on the Waihi Beach playground is a great attraction for children and it is unusual for anything untoward to happen in spite of the many hundreds of children who enjoy the to-and-fro motion of the long plank upon which several children are accommodated at one time. However, on Sunday afternoon the little son, Rodney, of Mr E. H. Payze, who is 3J years of age, had the misfortune to meet with a painful accident. Momentarily the little follow’s attention was diverted from the swing of the lullaby and the end of the plank struck him on the right eyebrow, the impact sending him sprawling to the ground and inflicting a deep gash over his eye. He was conveyed into Waihi and attended to by Dr. L. R. Iletherington, the wound necessitating a stitch or two.