News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1082, 1 September 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

The Waihi Cricket Association's dares last night was a groat auccce.-, there being a crowded attendance,

Sly grog selling at Karaugahako is said to bo most prevalent, and in Bomo cases is done almost openly.

Beggars in China aro taxed, and have certain districts alloted to them in which to mako appeals for charity.

A.meeting of delogates from Friondly Societies, in connection with tho projected football match, will bo held to-night,

The Waihi-Paeroa main road for a mile or two boyond Waikino is in a disgraceful fitite, reflecting small credit on the Ohinemnri County Council.

The 1.0. Rechabites (S.U.) fifth anniversary of tho Waihi Tont will be celobrpted by a danco and supper in the Academy of Music, to-morrow (Friday) evening.

It is expeotcd thai a further s.ct r. .■! tho Wellington electrical tramways will be opened in tho courso of a week, Tho first month's recoipts from tho small section running amounted to noarly £I2OO.

At three on Tuesday afternoon Waiwunga erupted to of,ioole(ii, and two magnificent shots of 600 feet and 800 feet took place at twenty minutes past fouc and half-past four respectively,

A budget of Jotters smuggled fioui I'ort Arthur has beoii received at St. Petersburg, Thoy were carried through ino Japaneso lines by convicts, who were olleved their liborty as the prico of succoss.

Two parcels of stoio iVom the vicinity of tho footwall of the reef in tlio Waihi Jlixtcnded mine gavo tho following assay values :-£8 9s 10(1,13 3s 6d; and one parcel from tho hanging wall, £2 2s pot ton.

Mr J. Rickard, mine managor| notifies t'wt ho has sharos in tho Waimunga Gold Mining Company for sale, ana those desirous of obtaining shares are requested to communieato with him at tho Rob Roy Hotel.

Instead of bringing his vessels from Australia in ballast to load timber at North Auckland ports, an Auckland shipowner is filling them with Australian stono, and selling it to the local bodies for roadmaking at 5s Gd per ton,

"In Ghristehurch wo'vo had Clampett and Worthington, and t assort that no tolumga was over equal to them in villainy or anything,"—Vigorous statement by Mr. Rutherford during Friday's die* cussion on tohungaism iu tho Houso.

At Danncyirko last week a man was lined £llos (id and costs i'2 us for injuring a nuwbor of sheep, Defendant drove a 'bus and two liorsos through a mob of sheep at a sharp pace, injuring a cumber of them, Ono sheep was killed, and cloven were lamed,

A letter has boon received in Timaru from Mr F, A, Hornibrook, stating that tho rumour about bandow's breakdown in «• health is falso, Sandow is at present touring South Africa with a big company and is drawing largo audionccs, Just a' few days ago he mado a record lift there; The Rangitikei Sawmillers' Association have ontored into a contract with an Australian firm for tho supply of 5,000,000 ft of white pino spread over two years, and tho linn of Pertain, Larson and Co, havo cnteroil into a similar contract for a lilto quantity of timber, spread over two and a-half years,

A dool t in Yokohama (Japau) has built a liouao si n to bo proof against microbes and oarthi; ''is. Its wc'ls aro of blocks of glass, tli-. . terstices being filled with a solution of suits of soda to regulato tbo tomporaturo of lho interior, The window!) a. aro hermetically sealed, and air is only * s admitted after passing through filters.