News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1087, 7 September 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Thoencrcd cantata "Esther" will be rendered at tho Academy to-night. Tho Now Zealand lustituto of Accoun. tants have oxcludod ladies from member-, ship,

_ It is estimated that 10 to IS feet is tho intervening ground botweon the two levels of tho Waihi Grand Junction and Waihi Extended minos.

Tho Sonoma took away to Auiorica 200 drums oi glycorino manufactured in Dunodin. This is the first shipment from tho colony to America.

Notwithstanding tho war, Japan's oornmorce with tho United States for the present fiscal year shows a marked advanco over any proceeding year.

_ There is no chanco of •' playing truant' in Charlottenburg (Germany). The truant oan bo called for by a policoman, wakened from sleep and escorted to school, It is reported that the Govern :;ieiv 't dissatisfied with Mr Suinnoss as Speaker, aud will run a candidato against him at >li3 noxt general election.—Exchanges It H'olaimod by an eye epeoialisfc that tho Irish, Swedes and Auskains havo the highest percontago of good sight, and that the English, French, Scotch and Amerioan people tbo lowest.

It may be interesting to many people to know that (ho different Governments of the Australian Colonies and Now Zea* land oontributo ovor £IO,OOO annually to the social work of the Salvation Armv, "Tho Premier entered the Ministry as a servant, ho became a master, aud (ben he became a tyrant. Sometimes ho per-. bumlqs you, sometimes ho bu u: es you, but always ho' does' yon."—Mr T.E.Taylor, _ Lieutenant-Colonol Pirie, of &uokland, is at present on a visit to Waihi, His mission hero is in connection with tho military school of instructions examinations of tho otliicers and non-coms, of tho local corps, Tho Eussians loft some guns on the field of tattle. There is no shamo to them in doing this. On the contrary, it proves that they fought up to tho last minute, as only tho most valorous troops are capable of doing.—Nofoo Vreinya, St, Potem burg,

Hero is a slicii of satire uttered by Mr Gilnitb at the meeting of the Farmers' Union in Ekotahuim tho other afternoon:

—" I havo noticed in tho colony that the moro work you do tho rnoro money you get, (Laughter,) This might be so with privato individuals. It is not so with thoso in tho omployof the Government."