Lying at Bowentown the Waihi Gr.M. Company have a quantity of machinery, which'is now being carted - to -Waihi in their strongly. constructed waggon purchased by them for this purpose. The road between these two , pkces is in a bad condition, and if the rain continues' for any time, great !j difficulty will be experienced in carting such bulky machinery, as I have been informed some of the pieces weigh from 10 to 12 tons. ;

'. The tinie is drawing near when the Waihi-Silverton Extended GhM. Com pany are to have their firsts clean up. The local people, I suppose others be ; sides r are, looking forward to thiswith '.'great expectations," but there are sages who, when the subject is men tioned, put on a mysterious look, and try. and impress you with the idea that the, result of the :; clean up will be doubtful. Fortunately, for our peace of mind, these gentlemen are few and far between. The clean up will take place about the 18th,- inst. i

The Waihi Minstrels ..gave their initial performance in Tanner's Hall on Wednesday evening. The weather was anything but favourable, but the attendance was very good, and a more orderly and appreciative one could not have been desired. The first part of the programme was a eanrp scene in which all the performers were dis covered grouped around an imaginary mining camp, appropriately atired. The scenical arrangements were very clever, and the artist (for undoubtedly he was One) must have taken a great deal .of.^pains. and exercised much thought to have attained such high perfection in this particular art. The songs chosen were pleasingly rendered, and every item was received with much applause. The Waihi Minstrels' orchestra was undoubtedly a feature of the evening. A farce, which closed the concert part of the entertainment, was a great success, the audience being ■convulsed with laughter from start to finish. I think it would be advisable for them to substitute another for their Saturday's performance, as the stage manager announced that the enter tainment would be repeated on Satur day: next,- for the benefit of Mr J. Hemus, who had recently met with reverses. Otherwise they may put themselves in the unenviable position of being responsible for cases of syncope. The.entertainment concluded with a dance, which was spiritedly kept tip till about 2 a.m.
