THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1914. Local.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 19 June 1914, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1914. Local.

Can the American shoemaker who has been divorced for the sixth time be said to stick to his last? The amount to he paid as wages to-day by the Tau fijri Coal Mines, Limited, total? £3,450, In connection with the Rainbow Fair held last week, the names of Miss A. Massey and Miss Ransom, who had charge of the lollie stall, were omitted. Quite a number of Huntly people, interested in the local cases to be tried by Mr Justice Edwards, proceeded to Hamilton during the early part of the week. While working in Mr G. H. William’s butchery on Tuesday, Mr Norman Rigden cut the palm of his hand so severely that his inability to use it will cause him to take a holiday for a week or two In the local case tried on Wednesday before Mr Justice Edwards at the Supreme Court, Hamilton, the jury disagreed, and his Honour ordered a new trial which will begin on Monday next. As Mrs Smith (house-keeper to Mrs R. James, William Street) was going down Raynor’s road on Tuesday night, she mistook the crossing and fell with such force over the steep enbankment on the south side of the road that she sustained a severe shock and a bruised arm. According to the conductor of one of the most fashionable bands in London, freak dances, such as the Tango, and the jumpy Viennese waltz, are about to be superseded by the slow waltz, than which, says the conductor in question, no dance is more delightful. The Huntly Brass Band will play one of their fine programmes in the main Street on Saturday evening at 7 o’clock under the baton of Mr D. Wentworth, and another on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. at the residence of Mr J. P. Bailey, Huntly South. Both programmes are contingent on favourable weather. Those who intend to do any planting this season would do well to attend the auction sale of acclimatised flowering shrubs, to be held to-morrow. Particulars can be seen in another column and on the hand bills circulated. A large number of fowls have been entered for this sale as well as a quantity of potatoes and pumkins. The following is a list of the minor accidents that have occurred in the mines during the week: —Messrs. Oliver Webster, contused and inflamed elbow; John Guilford, bruised eye ; Sam. Milman, sprained wrist; Edward Smith, strained muscles of back J. Keenan, injured finger (Ralph’s mine); David Legsels, contused and inflamed hand; J. Brown, contused and inflamed eye ; G. T. Evans, injured back ; Harry Hinchco, contusion in the lumbar region; and D. Sutherland, crushed finger (Extended mine). The members of the Inland Waterways Commission finished their inspection of the Waikato river on Friday last. The party proceeded by the western channel to Port Waikato, the return journey being made along the eastern bank. The stop-banks and flood gates in the Avvaroa creek were inspected as also was the groyne erected in the main river by the Waikato river Board. Alongside that structure the depth of the water varies from tvo to seven feet. From Tualcau tile commisioners proceeded to Wellington, the present intention being to resume work in December when evidence will be taken.