WAIKATO NOTES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 216, 13 December 1909, Page 5

WAIKATO NOTES.

Own Correspondent. Taupiri held its first flower show last week and surprised visitors in the extent and beauty of its display. A number of Hamiltonians entered their flowers and took a large proportion of the prises. The Lenihan cose, as it is termed, is a sad affair. A young girl goes to a concert in the country and is told by her mother to return home the following morning. She is persuaded by a girl friend to remain over Sunday and does so. but in fear of her mother's upbraiding, swallows wax match heads and more of them on her return home aftsr her mother had rpproved her. She died in intense agony in the Hospital and a verdict of death from phosphorus poisoning. s*»lf administered, was returned, the coroner sympathising with the mother as all would consider she had dene her doty in reprimanding her daughter under the circumstances.

The Hamilton Domsin Bill, now before Parliament, is intendid to enable Ins? Board to grant 14 years renewal tcr leases, with improvement clauses. It provides for no separate representation on th& Board and some members raised a protest at the Board meeting last Wednesday. Strong arguments have now been rn-ule for the appointment of the promised Commissioner to investigate the whole history of the dealing* between the Borough Council and the Domain Baard. J-orr.e "dirty linen" is expected to he washed when that time comes.

We held cur first floral fete last Wednesday, when, with brilliant weather, pretty costumes, charming flower deeigns and quaint competitors, a very successful affair passed off. The Hamilton Band benefits by about£so. The Rev. Alex. Gow. late of Karangr.hape. was inducted at the Presbyterian Curcb. Hamilton on Tuesday, when a large congregation gathered to welcome him in his new office.

A telegraph boy. aged fifteen, was committed to the Wercrroa Industrial Farm until he is 21 by the Magistrate at Hamilton this week, for stealing postal notes and casb while collecting from pillar boxes. There is a strong feeling here that such a sentence is unnecessarily revere, and many protects have reached my cars against the brutality of sending a lid of fifteen to spend the most impressionable years of bis life even in such an admittedly fine phec. Many people think that a stem reprimand or a birching would have sufficed. And ethers ask why a young tad shoe Ed be allowed to collect His Majesty's mails. I rather fancy more will be heard of this matter. The Hospital Bill is meeting with seme difficulties in its passage through Parliament, clause 72, enabling Friendly Societies to be given special term.*, having been deleted in the Upper House. The kcal Friendly Soeiwha?c members number over 250, sre*tMwgly inclined to favour the re-insert ton of the clause. They would guarantee 2ts a week per member using the Hospital. Some curious facts come out in connect Sen with this question »*f charge*. Several Hospital* d?> »l!»«f Friendly Societies concessions and do not charge the ordinary public more than a guinea a week. The bulk of the 5 hospitals in the Dominion charge 21s a week.