News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 1 August 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Wailii Hospital annual ball takes place in the Academy of Music next Friday. In the football match at Sydney on Saturday, England beat Australia by 10 points to nil, Of the 1068 persons to whom pensions were granted during the year only [ouo is a nativo|born Now Zealandor, On Wednesday ovening next "Esther the Beautiful Quocn," will bo glvon by tho Wesleyan Church Choir, The Waihi School of Mines annual dinner on Saturday evening was attended by about soventy people, Tho football match on Saturday betweon l'aeroa and Waihi |reps, resultod in a victory for Paeroa by 6 points nil, Jamas Irving, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the Cemetery Bridge, Auckland, is in a very critical condition. Tho totalisator investments with iuu ' Auckland Racing Olub for the yoai' ending Juno, weio £155,821, against £156,144 for the previous year, .-y..,,.,..•.„.,^v«w*.<»' Tho Colony will, within tho next few years, have to renow Bomo two millions sterling, which have boon borrowed by moans of short-dated debentures, There is a movement in Te Aroha for the establishment of a telephone exchange in the town, A counter movemont exists for the institution of a telephone bureau for communication, In giving e'videnco in the court at Now Plymouth tho other day, a witness stated that the man acoused of using obsceno language bad used " every word that isn't in the dictionary," A fairly largo order. . Mr Warden Kenrick, of Westland, has stipulated that for tho future aay anplioutions for protection that como before him must bo accompanied by an affidavit that all monoy owing to wages men have been paid up. It is estimated that the entire oests 0' tho Newton licensing appeal, which the committee, exolusivo of Dr McArthur's, S.M., has been ordered to pay, will amount to botweon and 1500. Tho cost of the proceedings before tho Judicial Oom« mittee of tho Privy Council alone totalled £3Ol Is 7d. The historic lamp post in tho Square at Christchurch, from which labour and out. pf'worlt orators havo harangued their sympathisers for so many years is the Tress) about to bo removed. This is rendered necessary by the curve of the electric tramway, which comes into the Square at this point, Thoro are a good many ways of account' ing for tho declining birthrate it scorns' Here is ono of them. A few days ai>o a :ountry paper in tho South came out with tho following paragraph:—"Owing to tho overcrowded condition of our columns, a number of births and deaths aro postponed this week." Mr Walter Kirby, tho Auckland tenor singer, who recently proceeded to England to ooinploto his musioal studies, has, at the instance ot Madame Molba, sung four limes to Jean de Rosko, tho great operatio singor, who exprossad himsoll as delighted witb Mr Kirby's voice. M, de Resko has promised to give Mr Kirby lossons. I had tried many dochtors and swallowed their shluff, And advertisod uoshtrums moro than enough; Till my c> jipers were gone, and my throat was .n lire. And tho: ~'B in ray shtumaoh rofusod to rc:.ii piro; When « bottle of " Woods' " gave a new lease of life, And brought back tho shmilos to the faco of my wife; So take my advisho tor colds, faith bo sbure. You got Misther ''-'Woods' Gheat Pefj mum Core."