THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1904.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1030, 2 July 1904, Page 2

THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1904.

Uorc skill the "nun rim I'Beplu's Hislil msinliiiii UiuwtM liy iiilliionco unit irobriliwl by ijnin; Horn iir.tri.it TnitU liur (jltumw iirenuiita .Ifaw rioiliisd to Itelirtion I.iliorty, »ml I,an

AT tlit; Warden's Com! on Wednesday last two cases were brought before Mr Warden Bush which in the course of: hearing brought to light certain points of interest to local residents. One of the cases in question had reference lo residence silo titles, in which the annual rent had been paid by taking out miner's rights in Paeroa, while the section was in Wailii. The case arose us the result of tlie mining registrar's action in applying for the forfeiture |of residence sites on the ground of

abandon im-.nt. The books at the Warden's Court in Waihi had no record of a miner's right being taken out or an equivalent in rout being paid since 1001. Under these circumstances it appeared in if the Warden's Court had clear ground for forfeiture, and the registrar took the usual logal proceed, ings in such cases for tho forfeiture of the sections, which includes the insertion of an advertisement in ut iibwHpaper giving (lie. name of the owner, dosmplion of tho property in question, and other details, The advertisement in the I)A1I,Y T/HLE(jfiAL'U came uii'ioi' the notice of the owner, with the result that he uoii-

fiocl tho mining registrar (hut lie had in his possession copies of minora' rights taken out each year since I'JOl at the Wiirilon'H Court, heron, The registrar withdrew his application for forfeiture, but claimed from the owner the Court and other costs involved in the registrar's application. Tho claim, as already staled, was contested at the last .sitting of llh> Warden's Court, and the decision of the Warden was given in favour of tho owner of the section. It was shown by the comments made by the Warden that a miner's right taken out in any Court in New Zealand would hold good for Crown lands in any part ol: the colony. Therefore, a residence site could be legally held in Waibi though the miner's right was taken out in a town on the West Coast or anywhere else. Mr Jackson, who appoarod for the owner, pointed out that as far as ho could see there was no reason for the continued existence of miner's rights. A holder of a residence site was liable to forget at | tho expiration of a year to take out

another right, ami it often led to conl'iisi'iM. Another point, which !! whs an in; 1 .n..i injustice, was that ut j s«oi-ioii lnjl'l.'!', whose miner's right ] wiKi not good for 11, months, might i sell hia section, and the purchaser f would h" required to forthwith take , out a miners' right in order to get it legally transferred. It will he aoen ' from this that every time a residence I site changes '.lands the buyer must { possess himself of a miner's right, Thus ii is that rent might be paid five or six times over. The Warden, in reply'iii 1 ,' lo Mr Jackson, said that a miner's right was a tradition of the goldfields, hut had now no clement of title. What seems to as to be the feature that specially needs ante; ! at;., i: that a miner's right taken m in .. Court in one district holds goo i I'm a ie.jidencj.-uie in any other district) irrespective of ilistaneo. lindor Wiis regulation the ollieials of the Courl where the residence sile is situated, have no means of asserting whether the owner of I the sire Irs k"pt good his till", us by J pay ;■l.s f"rs inn; .mother Court j lie i:. ..:.:.- !0 »\)\K'[V nil th;' book's Ol! the \«,'a Coii.-i us being in arrears, Some iiuietiiin.'Ut is !•■ i|Uued,()the.i'-1 wise a recurrence of what has happened is to be looked for. ami the Courl put I" unnecessary expense. • The other f.\?« referred lo was in connection with the cutting of limber without a permit from the | Court, The ease was fuily reported in tie- Waiiii Daily Tulkgkapi), and from the >V'aplen's remarks it. was shown that an employee is orpiallv guilty it' bin employer has , not obtained n permit from the Court to cut timber. The position is, as the Warden pointed out. that t arii'.'i emphiyei] by another to cut , bush timber mi ''town lands must satisfy biuret' that, his employer has a liiml rigUt in i ho limber which he has been insiiTCtedto cm. .l:\vil- :, iny othe;' means of ascertaining this, l he must, apply at the Court and ens' ([Hire if his employer has boon grans ted a permit, or a timber warrant, '' one'/Huti'lte right to cut particular ire.',-'., llirotle'riocut trees on a par--3 ticul ■:■ ana. This places the em--0 ployee in a position not, to be envied.

We draw our readers' niiniiicn io a farm, ru'inbie for a poultry farm, advertised in this issue as being for lease. The Waihi Band will render several selections to-morrow afternoon in the Recreation licsorve at ii o'clock. A collection will be taKon up tor the Ladies' Bazaar Committee.

In Christcliiirch th' speed of motor ears is worrying the |. ..es. _ There is at presen! no r'ffeciivfl by-iuw in force, and they mii only I ill hack on the general Ac l 'of iVi'l-niir-m, which says a " reasonable " ■•'Us of speed mint not ho exceeded, and lb- rational definition of die word roiisoo'iliv h tha'. given in the English \i!t. which allows a speed of 10 milos an hour weiiiii the city. In the opinion of the p.iiii'\ ihisraio h much too high

The New York bile hisnraueo Company insert mi .idvertisemeiit in another column netil'vin); thai. Mr. Kvnest Ikidgo is no longer aii'korised io act as an agent lor thr"c mipaiiy, The agency supervisor, M r P. Williams-Moses, wishes us lo mention that all persons having paid Mr. Ilridgo moneys on behalf of Jin Now York Company,'and who he- o not received printed ollieial iv.:'ip!s countersigned by him, arc requested io communicate with him at once.

" The farmers are only represented by 17 out of 70 cioiiib'ira in tins Uou«o of R ei'rn:«en Ifttivo»," remarked Mr, Wallis, proniilont, 'it tho Farmers' Conference ro> contly. "Tho femora' exports amount to Ifl.SGiMlfil a year, and the roat of tho colony onl\ .to/iw.BW, so that repvosentatioii is not fair on tho fnoe of it. In our Ministry Ihcro is only one farmer out of nino members,"

A. orrespondenlof the Dunstan Times states that lie had two fruit trees in his orchard within a few feet of each other, one of thorn being positively alive with the codlin moth, while the other had not a single moth on it. Ho attributes this to tho fact that tho mothlcss trco had been liberally hosed with wator, the other boin™ beyond the roach of tho spray; and next year it is his intention to hoso both and watch tho result.

Lust night, in the foresters' Hall, tho I Wtiihi Friendly Societies' Conference hold ii social in aid of the management fund, Thoso present spent a very enjoyable evoning. Mr C. Clows, vice-president of die conference, occupied the cliiiir. Tho followin" toiisis were honoured: "Tim King," " Hospital Trustees," " Hospital Conference," " Vjon%\\ Council," " V ire Briwde," "Friendly Bocioiica," "The Press," and " Tho talk's." Songs wero - «>ivcii by Messrs IWott, Hothmn, Lung, Dixon, Atford, Qu'mUl. Gordon timl Korner. Tho music wns supplied by Messrs Christian and Wuvd (piano) and Dixon (violin).

An nimwig incident occurred in Wol. lington ut the Governor's reception. After ihtTiiPW Governor hud been sworn in two Maori women who hud been witnesses of tho ceremony, descended the steps and shook hands with Lord Phuket's footmen, who, in their trim liveries, no doubt iippenred to thti Maoris lo be personigcs of consider* importance. The Ibotmon appeared somewhat taken aback, but they did not in (iny wn.y resent this novel grotlinpi to Mnorilund.

Church services uvo advertised for tomorrow R9 follows :-In tho Presbyterian Church Iho Roy. Mr. Onsen will conduct tin service in tho forenoon, and the Rov. Mr, Patlullo in tho ovoning. ' Tho Host Giving to God" will bo tho Rev. _ Mr. Southern'! morning subject at the Primitive Methodist Church, mid in tlm evenin" his subject will lie " The fruitful Ground." The Rov. Colin C. Harrison wili conduct the morning service in Wesley Church, taking (or his subject '■ Preying Uirds," mid in tho evening Mr. Robert REvmis preaches n fwewell sermon. Pastor Perry will conduct both morning anil evening services m the liantisl Church, his subject lor tho evening being ■'Three Hopes," At the Church of Christ services will be nt 1111,111. and 7 p.m., Mr. Foster's subject (or the evening service being "Out of Egypt."

The uioeling of Indies held .yesterday (or the purpose of promoting a bazaar to nnsiummoy to pay oil Iho old band dobts was most successful. There was a capital attendance. The Mayoress (Mrs flihnour) was voted to tho chair. A .strong committee was elected to carry out the under* Inking, included in which were • Mrs Clihnour (Mayoress) president, Mesdiunes Mi-Jlcrnioi;, Chittam, Uestick, Kin.., Torrens, Trussull, Mrs Smith (secretary), and Mr:: Nnwdtck (iretisiiritr), with powor to add to their number. Two lurgo parcels of finished work are uloemiy in Imi.il, and ell'-irts art to lio made to .'largely augment the stock. A munbor of Indies who were not present at ilia meet,in» have ait-nillcd their intention of assisting in yaoviding lor the ba/.aar. it is intended to hold tho function early in September next. Meetings mto bo held weekly on Tuesday 1 afternoons. This praiscw orthy oflort to rid the bund authoritioa of the old incubus cf debt dosorvos ovory commendation.

Tho first of the inter, union matches under the nuspicos of iho New ColdHold Rugby Union is beim; played nt Paeroa to-day between Piwroa and Karaugahake. Alitor the match a meeting ol the couuuiltcc will bo hold, wbon final arrangements to? tho Auckland tour will be completed,

The social last night in connection with St. Joseph's Church was very largely attended, there being over 10(1 couples on the floor, Tim music was supplied hy the trio. Miss Fortzcr (piano), Mr Gardiner (violin), and Mr Von hotter (piccolo). Danciw; was continued till 1 a.m. The social was voted a great success.

about two o'clock yesterday morning mi incipient lire occured at the residence of Mr 'if. Oooway. ft was first, discovered by a neighbour' outside, The family were quickly aroused, and within ten minutes the lire was got under, but not bol'oro the wull and ceiling hn.l luen considerably burned. The lire originakd near tho lire place,

YoHtei'ilay idr. W, Craniiivd-Biowii, of W'-ihi, rccf;iv).l a case of liijiiri'brandy ot a spuoiul brand, twilled, we 'ladeiviand. 14') years ego. The brandy was a pros out from Mr, Cunrlcs Arnold, (he wellknown actor, who is residing in London. Owing to ill-lualth Mr, Arnold has not been actively connected with tho fitago for some timo.

Tho Bay of Plenty Times, after stating ilia', tho match between the Tantanga and Paengaroa clubs, played at Paengiu'oa last week, resulted in a win for the home 'earn by i) points to 0, noes on to say; ''Tfturangfi football seems to be in a bad wiiy in more ways than one. and ■';■:■

players cannot hope to gain victories ny-:.* iheir opponents until there is more bfisi now liko management; tho teams placed on tho Hold by Tnuranga this season are not, bona tide representatives of this town, but, with few exceptions, of the Maori settlements of this district"