HUNTLY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2987, 5 September 1891, Page 2

HUNTLY.

Dh.yp.th oi . News.—Beyond the unaccountable disappearance of Miss Carter, there has been very little of interest occurring here of late. Work.—Work hae been plentiful, both above and below ground, the siuking of the large cylinder at the Taupiri Extended Company's second shaft giving employment to about 20 extra, hands. Tho whole of the cylinder imported has been pu l .down safely so far (about 100 feet), but as the ground at the foot is still soft and sandy, a few extra rings are being cast at the Oiiehunga ironworks to lengthen it, as it is essential that the foot should reach into solid ground before the brickwork commences. It is intended to use this shaft fur ventilating purposes and as a moans of escape in the event of a casualty. The Taupiri Reserve Company have been putting down a series of bore-holes on their ground (which adjoins Messrs Kilph Bro«.' on the hill just above the township) to test the quality and area with a view to opening up a seam there should the result of examinations warrant it. Coai,.— There is practically an unlimited supply of coal here, but there are one or two hindrances which bnr a ready expansion of the trade, i.e., the high price charged by the dealers in Auckland, who raised the prices during the strike a year aRo, but have forgotten to lower them, and the wharfage imposed by the Auckland Harbour Board on all Waikato coal shipped, while allowing Newcastle coal to be landed froo of any such imposition, a ernssly unfair arrangement, and all this in face of a reduction in riilway freight matin by the Commissioners Scholastic. —Mr Inspector Crowe examined the scholars at the district school here last week, and I hear the results are eminently satisfactory, about 90 per cent, of those presented having passed, which reflects creditably on teachers and scholars. The new room added to the school is now completed, and will afford ample accommodation for any prospective increase in scholars. Now that the room is there, I understand the committee intend to rigidly enforce the clauses of the Act referring to compulsory attendance, which is very much required here, I 11m sorry to say. The committee are also effecting a much-needed improvement by having 11 neat kauri picket fence erected on the Great South Road, fronting the school ground, which will add immensely te tho improved appearance of the school and surroundings. Arson.—A man named Jno. Tomkins was arrested by Constable White for wilfully setting fire to a fence ot Mr J. Gall's, Ranetitiri, which was burnt, together with other diimage done. He was on Thursday charged with the offence before Mr W. Tattley, J.P., and it being proved against him, he was lined £3, or, 111 default, 14 d.iys' imprisonment. Being without tho needful he accepted tho alternative, smd left by yesterday's train in chargo of Constable While for Mount Eden. Thk Cojiisu Election.— The electors at this eud of the constituency do not seem to be much exercised at the action of their late representative in so suddenly leaving them out in the cold ; but I am safe in Haying that in the opinion of many (able to form one) he has certainly acted the part of a spoiled child, and in vindicating the p.isitiini he took up at tho outset, he completely ignored his constituents and (what must grieve the soul of the Hamilton correspondent of the Herald) played into the hands of the Government. It is trno that there are just ae good fish in the sea sis have ever been caught, and if the worst comes to the worst, why there's our politico-medico in Hnntly who is ready on short notice to represent any constituency in the three islands, and tlinngh he enjoyed the pleasure of forfeiting his nomination deposit in the lato Tβ Aroha election, there is every reason to believe that liu will come up smiling mid repeat the performance at the elec--1011 of a member for Waikato, which will 0011 inevitably ensue.