News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1138, 5 November 1904, Page 1

News in Brief

Guy Pttwkos Day. New Zealand Cnp run to-day. St. Joseph's Church sooial next Friday l , ovening. Lord Plunket visits tho sick at Welling* ton hospital at least onco a wetk. Salvation Army Biorama Company in Academy of Music next Wednesday and Thursday. A London cable states lhat the Countess Onslow sails by the Ophir, and winters in Now Zealand, In our report of the Suburbs Cricket Club yesterday we omitted to mention that Mr Harrison was elected vicg-captain, " There are enough planks in the Par l uieis' Union platform to pave all the roads in Taranaki.' I —Mr McCurdy, at Kaponga, The receipts of the Wellington eleotrio tramways, though only about half , the lines are yet in uao, are averaging about £l5O per day.

Oak beams, a thousand years old, removed from tho Blue Bell Inn, at Bedlinßion, have been converted into a handsome suito of furnituro by a local tradesman.

The imports for tho colony for tho September quarter were i' 3,682,872, as against £3,451,891 for last year. Tho exports wero 12,441,732, as against £2,691,139 for last yoar, Tattooed on the body of a traoip who was arrested for vagranoy at Pontoise, France, wero a copy of a famous painting by Vernet, scenes of military lifo in itrica, views in the desert, und battle pictures. " I wns told tho other day that a corpso was carried a loop diskneo in a butter van, which was used for the carriage of butter tho following day," declared a speakor at tho meeting of tho Farmers' Ejecutivo at Christchurch,

" Ladies havo a soothing effect at meetings," said a speaker at tho annual meeting of the Christchurch Fruitgrowers' Association, which has a number ot feminine membors, " Our meetings are better conducted than those at Wellington," ho continued, alluding to Parliament. "We havo no gambling and no smoking, no boor and skittlos."