TUESDAY. AUGUST 2, 1904.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1056, 2 August 1904, Page 2

TUESDAY. AUGUST 2, 1904.

IF a Rill which the Hon. Mr. Bolt has introduced in the Legislative Council passes into law a great deal of what is known as the practice of secret commissions will be prevented. The measure deals very severely with this class of corruption, which has been very common for years nasi in this colony. The Bill provides that if any agent corruptly accepts or obtains from any person for himself, or from any other person, any gift or consideration as an inducement or reward for doing, or for baring done, any act in relation to his principal's affairs or business, or for showing favor or disfavor to any person in relation to his principal's affairs or business; or if any person corruptly gives or offers any gift or consideration to any agent as an inducement or reward for doing, or for having done any act in relation to his principal's affairs or business, or for showing favor or disfavor to any person in relation to his principal's affairs or business; or if any person knowing, ly gives to any agent, or if any agent knowingly uses with intent to deceit his piincipal, any leceipt, account, or otlmr document in respect of which the principal is interested, and which contains any statement which is falso or erroneous, or defective in any material particular, and which to his knowledge is intended to mislead the principal, he shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for ali-rinnot exceeding two years, or to a line not exceeding £f)(JO, or to both such imprisonment and such line, or on summary conviction to imprison, ment, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding four months, or lout line not exceed in;,' £SO, or to both such iniprisoiimeiil and such line. It would of course hi difficult to sheet home charges to agents who accept secret commissions or to the persons who oIIW thera, as the very fact that th« commissions are secret implies that they ■■n t ; o,- weed f hat only those e.oii- • wined know anything about them : but the fear that an idle word from either may lead to trouble wouid in many cases act as a strong delerrant to either the acceptance or offer of thou scandalous commissions, and thi Act would therit'ori prmnt

rather i imn correct the offence. Bin no pn.-sihlo h;irm could be done by a h\v (ifdifi kind to any agent wlio did business for principal in ;i fair Mid !i'i.'iiiiii!it.c way. and Rome at. least of the others would think twice before committing an oU'enco under the Act.

Mr J, Mclndoe, who w«s severely in x jorcd in a hockey match Inst week, though still confined to his bod, is getting bolter, The grand cantata" Esther tho Beautifnl Queen," which iB full of charming solos, durrs, quartets and choruses, will be given ■to-morrow (Widnesday) evening in tho Academy of Music. The entertainment promisos to be a musical (rent, and wo have no doubt tho Academy will be well pat 10 ;i;ed on tho occasion. A Maori woman will b? brougt beforo the Wairoa Court on Monday, August Bth, churned with having caused tho death of her mi). It appears dint tho boy, nine yearsof ago, was very ill, and his mother throw several buckets of cold water over him. death resulting from shock. The woman formerly practised to liiingaism, but professedly abandoned the practico a year or two ago. Wc remind our widen that tho WaiH Hosptul annual ball tnko placo in the Academy of Music on Friday evening next Miwh preparation h-s been inado in nvdi-r to make tho function a success, and overydiim: is being done to ensure tho enjoyment nfduw intending to bo present, The Waihi Federal Band, whose music is so popular, will be die musicians for the evening. Tho IV.fift Press says that during the p i.st. few weeks a locul blacksmith's shop has been turned into a votcrinnry surgeon's lio'<p ; t'il, a largo number of horses having been brought 'hero suffering from eating ironsnnil. While feeding on grass they consumed a quantity of soil, which fanned into consolidated lumps. From one horse alone three and a half buckets of sand were taken. In one day jcvoii horses were brought in for treatment.

The annual meeting of the Waihi Orchestral Society washold last evening in tho Y.M.I,C. rooms, Mr Livcsoy in the chair. The balance sheet and secretary's report far the past year were read an.', adopted. The society is now in a very nourishing.condition, having a credit cash balance of £'i 4s 4d and an asset balanco of 1'44, The following ofticcr? were rJcetud—Patron, Mr W. H. Horries, M.H.R.; president, Mr It. S. Heady; vice-president, Air L, L'.vescy; chairman of co.mniitee, Mr W. Duff; secretary and treasurer, Mr A. J. Walker. A trophy for presentation to the members most consistc.it in pttondancc at practice for tbo ensiling year wasoll'ered by Mr Livesoy.

We were agreeably surprised yesterday, (says the Te Arolm Nows) in the courso ot our peregrinations through tho Domain grounds to find a stnll' of mou under the guidance of Dr. Woi' nan and Inspector Corlctt, making an ;:uempt to bring tho once popular No. 1 bath back to its former siateof cxjcllonci!. The bath has never bi-oii llie same since the now building was erected. Tho general opinion ifi that with the small overflow the shifting of tho bull) fn;m over tho springs and conveying the water to tin. new building in pipes was no!, I'imducive to any improvement. On tin-, bath being emptied it was found that through fHilivcoiicreringthe cold water was oozing tliroiijjh on at least two sidos of th« bath. This is to bo remedied, A large pipe covered with asbestos, placed in a wooden culvert and embedded in concrete, is to replace tho present pipe. A number of women teachers are potitioning Parliament to toinedy the unjust conditions undor which they labour. They urgo that the absence of n ficalo of graduated increase in salary in accordance with increased ability and experience is seriously hampering tho cause of education, there being no encouragement nt present except a chance appointment, They ask, as a matter of justice, that tho minimum salary of a fully certificated teacher bo £IOO a year, and that every satisfactory year of service should bo rewarded by an increaso in salary up to a maximum of .£IBO in the case of assistant mistresses and of £4OO in tho enso of hcad-miistressos,