THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1914. Local.

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

THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1914. Local.

It is with sincere sorrow and sympathy that the death of Miami Mrs Rosser’s infant is recorded. The three men who spent part of Thursday in the lockup will be tried to-day. Quite a number left the town on Monday for Australia ancl for other parts of the Dominion. Thursday was pay-day for the men ./ ! 0:1 the HuntlyAwama railway construction works. Those on the look out for bargains should not fail to visit the drapery emporium of Mr F. Litteproud’s whose clean sweep sale starts to-morrow.

The usual meeting of the Weekly Quadrille Assembly will bake place on Monday evening. The restrictions on natives travelling, which were imposed during the prevalence of the small-pox epidemic, ..have been removed as as from Ju'y Ist. The Vital Statistics for the quarter ending 30th June, 1914, are as follow : Notices of marriage, 10; marriages solemnized by registrar, 2; births, 25; deaths? 3. The wages to be paid to-day to the employees of the Taupiri Coal Mines, Limited, totals £3,942 a record for this year, and an indication of the increased output of coal from both mines. Local breeders are reminded that entries of poultry and dogs in connection with the forthcoming show close on Monday night with the secretary, Mr W. Riggans, who will he in attendance at Mr Brook’s saloon to receive the same. While discussing the electric lighting scheme with a friend, a prominent business man was heard to give liis opinion on the street lights at present in use in this way :—“ The street lamps are just like the man with consumption: He won’t die, but he gets sicker and sicker every day.” The dancing class conducted every Thursday evening in the King’s Hall by Messrs Clay and Tarawhiti was again well patronised, a pleasant evening being passed by the large number present. Next Thursday will he a “long” night, and refreshments will be served. A meeting of householders for the election of a school committee will be held in the District School on the evening of Monday, 20 th July, at 7 p.m. “In the meantime',” says the letter of the Board of Education, “ the committee elected last year will continue to hold office until the appointment of their successors.” On Monday the first locomotive crossed the new bridge, and on Tuesday it was employed in taking coal and other material across the river to the j point where such were required. The employment of this locomotive will greatly facilitate the work of railway construction, and will lead to much economy of time and labour. Under the baton of Mr D 1 Wentworth, the Brass Band wil play a series of selections on Saturday night at 7. p.m. at the railway gates, and on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. on the west side of the river. The appearance of the band will naturally depend on favourable weather conditions. At a meeting of the trustees of the Huntly School of Mines held on Tuesday evening, Mr J. Fletcher presiding, it was decided that the erection of the school should be carried out according to the original specifications, and that any structural alterations that might be deemed necessary could be considered when the builder, Mr J. T. Benson, had completed his contract. The following is a list of minor accidents that have occurred at the Taupiri Minos during the week: - Messrs Tlios. Baker, .muscular strain; Thomas McLitckie,' injured leg: Victor Mason, wounded face; Warn Wetere, knee wound (Ralph’s) W. Itobh, scalp wound; W. O. Jones, contused finger (Extended).