THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WÈKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1914. Local.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 22 May 1914, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WÈKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1914. Local.

Tendersare invited for the lease for grazing purposes of about 24 acres of land on the west side of the Waikato River. Messrs Gould and Hethering ton notify in another column that they will sell 73 residential sections in the King’s Hall Huntly, on Saturday May 23 rd The collection taken up by the Brass Band at the Railway Gates on the evening , of Saturday, 9 th May, amounted to over two pounds. The Eight Annual Winter Show will be held in Hamilton on June'2nd., 3rd., 4th., sth., and 6th., the opening ceremony being fixed to take place on Tuesday, June 2nd., at 2. 30 p.m. As usual this fixture should appeal to the residents of Huntly who in former' years have attended in force. The Prime Minister has stated that the Royal Commission on inland waterways in the Auckland district would in all probability not make a start upon its investigation for some months. Of this Commission, Mr W. Ferguson, Manager of the Wellington Gas Company., has been appointed chairman. An auction salo will be held on the vacant sections between the Post Office and the King’s Hall to-morrow (Saturday), commencing at 11 a.m. In addition to a large quantity of household furniture and effects, there will, be offered apples, fowls, ducks, onions, aud farm produce (it forward). See advertisement in another column. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the Brass Baud was unable to give an open air concert last Sunday on the west- j ern side of the river. Given I good weather conditions the! concert will come off next Sun-| day when no collection will! he made. The following pro-1 gramme will be played at the! Railway Gates to-morrow night,! weather permitting :—March,! Constellation ; Waltz, Flower of! Australia ; Cornet Solo, “Alice,! where .art Thou”; Selection, I “ Maritana ” ; March, “Major,! Minor”; Waltz, “ Syringia " ;l Trombone Solo, “ The Village! Blacksmith ” ; March, “ Lion-! heart ” ; “ God Save the King ” :l It is with much regret we I announce the death of Miss! Louisa May Dean, youngest! daughter of Mr and Mrs J. C. I Dean. The sad event occurred! on Sunday last at the Waikato! Hospital, Hamilton, whither she! proceeded nine months ago.! Immediately after her arrival! paralysis of the lower part of! the body set in, and, despite the! care and attention bestowed, I the patient became weaker and! weaker, and on Sunday passed ! away at tlio early age of six-1 teen. The deepest sympathy is I extended to the bereaved family. I The interment took place at I ‘Hamilton on Monday, the Rev. J Dean (Darby officiating. The I funeral arrangements were I carried out. by Mr McMahon, undertaker, Hamilton. The Scot, it has often been said, belongs to a race of people who keep everything they lay their hands upon, and who have even tried to annex the Kingdom of Heaven for their own purposes. The libel was disproved yesterday when a purse containing three sovereigns, some silver and a gold ring, as found by a Scotch carter in the employment of Mr D. Suttie, was lias handed over to the Police for restoration to the loser, a young man who arrived inHuntly during the week in search of the work which he obtained. Tile loss of the purse,, which contained his “ little aI,T was a serious one, and its speedy recovery aroused those feelings of thankfulness that s owed themselves in '•deeds lather than words. The loser is to be congratulated on the recovery, while the finder, in effecting the speedy restoration of the purse has the inward satisfaction that a good deed carries with it. The case against Edward Hunter (“Billy Banjo”) was reheard on Monday in the Wellington Supreme Court before Mr Justice Hosking and a jury of twelve. The accused was found guilty of using seditious language in a speech made at Newton Park on Deer. 14th., but was recommended to mercy on the ground that when the speech was delived feeling ran high. On Wednesday Hunter came up for sentence, liis Honour telling prisoner that he was liable to imprisonment for two years, but, under the circumstances, he would admit him to probation for twelve months, a special condition-being that he must neither write nor speak seditious words during that period. His Honor remarked that liis decision had been arrived at on several considerations, one of which was the fact that lie had not been one of the leaders of the strike, so that his words did not carry the same weight as theirs. His words were uttered at the close of the strike, and when his match was thrown, the powder was well nigh perished. The present trial might teach him the lessen , that if he wished to redress , wrongs he must do so by lawful ? means, and not by inciting to < violence and illegal methods. f

The first of the Cup Football Matches to be played in Huntly, will taka place tomorrow when a good, fast game, and a large attendance may be anticipated. The next social in connection wiTi Mr and Mrs W, Darby’s Quadrille Assembly will be held on Monday evening in the Masonic Hall. Excellent music will be supplied by Darby’s orchestra, and a large attendance is expected. The annual general meeting of the Huntly Parliament will be held in the District .School on Monday evening at 7. 30. p. m. when, no doubt, the recollections of the pleasant and instructive meetings held during the first session will induce a large attendance of members to whom constituencies will be allocated. Following are the minor accidents that have occurred in the mines during the weelc:Messrs Graham Gilbert, bruised finger (Extended); William Anderson, contused eye; John Hunt, muscular strain; and J. Dowling, wounded finger (Ralph’s), Mr P. C. Webb addressed a political meeting in the Miners’ Hall on Thursday nignt, Mr J. Mellings presiding over a fair attendance. The presence of two extra police showed that a lively meeting was anticipated, and at the beginning a comparatively small, but militant, band of arbitrationists showed their disagreement with the opions of the speaker by a series of interjections When they left, 'as they did, before the meeting ended, the things became normal, and the speaker who proceeded on th'e lines of his former speeches, was accorded a quiet and attentive hearing, the meeting closing with thanks to Mr Webb arid to the chairman.