News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1030, 2 July 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Tlio 'oiu'ili annual Hospital Bull will be held on Fifty, sth August, There was a very largo tho social last night in aid of St. JosephV Church, V Montgomery's Entertainers give an- \ other of their popular entertainments in tlio Academy of Music to-night. Those who attended the Friendly Socie" tii'.s' Hoypit&l Conference smoke concert la;, night spent ut most uujoyable oveniug. The importation of Dexter-Kerry cattle by the Government is regarded with satisfaction in Taranaki, The breed is specially adapted for rough country, ■ On Wednesday (says tlio Press) a horse, valued at £9O or £IOO, escaped from a train travelling at full speed near the Kowai bridge, and got off without injury. " Conscience monoy " amounting to £l4 has been received by the Colonial Treasurer irtfoui snvolopos, in each envclopi' a half sheet of note-paper, with the . ,::-i!s, " To be paid into the public account, Mr Tunbridgo, formerly Commissioner of Police in Now Zoaland, who is now in England, writes that hu contemplates entering political life, He has been very ill sinco his return Eomo, Mr Tunbridgo lias settled in Kent. in a recent trip of the To Anau from Wellington to Lyttolton, out of 70 passengers only six were able to sit dawn to tho tables, a ktf which testified strongly to Ihe stile of the weathor between the ■■'' ports,' A spiritualistic medium in Paris contemplates taxing the brain power of resi: dents in the invisible world moro than has hitherto been attempted, He announces his intention of bringing out a monthly publication, which will be editod by Victor I Hugo, Zola, and other literary celebrities ' who have gone over,-to tho majority, j The difficulties in tho way of adminis-' : tering charitable aid so that its uses may not bo abused, are bciug grapplod with by all tho relief boards in the colony, It is ' expected that the conference at Wellingof these boards w'll come to soino solution of ibis vexed question. Tlio male olemont is in a big majority in the Tc-Kau-a-Moa district, Waikato, according to a correspondent, He laments that there are 50 bachelors there between the ages of 18 and 40, the majority of them king about 'lo years of age, Ho adds that there aro only three single girls, Two sisters havo been litigating at Wanganui to sittlo a matter of wages, amountI nig to Jil9. The claim was for work dono j ni" lady help," The defence was that the matter was one of " lovo and and affection." Tho Magistrate eventually ruled that" love and affection" had won by a short neck.