News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1063, 10 August 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Waioimigft geyser is still iuaetivo, thougl it anything Blightly warmer, Three constables wore in attendance ai a football match at Taihapo on a reeenl Saturday, The sum of £IOO has been raised it Dnuedin for tho Veterans' Homo fund, by moans of a chain lottor. The annual meeting of the Waihi Hack Racing Club will be held in tho Sterling Hoiel at 7,30 to-night, A parado of tho Waihi Rifle Volunteer Corps will bo hold in Moyer's Hall to* morrow ovoning at 7 o'clock. Lieutenant T, Clarke ia loading with 87 points in third round of the shooting match for tho Rev Father Brodie's prize. A fino black pearl about the size of a largo pea was found a few days in a mussel gathered at Somes Island- ° A man named Donald McMillau W9B y° Btorda y Afternoon in the Waihi Company's water race near Waikino _ It is believed to be unlikely that tho industrial exhibition under consideration by the Government will bo held before i906i7. The " Pence Fund collected at the various schools in the colony ia connect tioii with the battleship Now Zealand now amounts to £l4O, _ It was Li Hung Chang who first recog* mscd tho importance of Port Arthur to China, and mado it ono of tho world's great fortresses. The Woodvillo Esaminor states that aa expert bus been sent up to report on the possibilities of the district in regard to copper-mining. A grant of flftO has been authorised to the Brunner Borough Council towards ret pairing the damage caused by heavy landslips in that borough, The Baptist Church invite lenders for removing tho Minors' Union Hall from Goldon Cross and re-erection in Waihi, Tenders close Wednesday, 17th inst, The hockey team to play against Auckland on tho local ground next Saturday will be selected at tho conclusion of tho match this afternoon between "A" and "B" teams. As tho bot lly will not touch animals when sheltering under tho elderberry shrub, tho Cook County Council has decided not to declare tho bush a noxious weed, as suggested by the Agricultural Department. The Coromandcl County Council, which applied for a grant of £72 towards tho ™t of fencing and improvement of tho Bulralo Domain, has been informed that there are no funds at the disposal of tho Mines Department for expenditure on domains. The highest consumption of water o n any one day by the Kalgoorlio mines during the past twelve months was 883,000 gallons. The average daily consumption lrom tho Ist October, 1903, to the 29th February, 1901, was 629,750 gallons. A miner named James McKonzie was charged by the mine'manager of the JSightcaps Colliery (West Coast) with having unlawfully stored in tho mino a greater quantity of gunpowder than was required for use during one day. He pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s and 7s 0d costs,