News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1094, 15 September 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Mrs Diaffin and Mr Largo will give a lecture,on Thoosophy to-morrow oveniug, Mr A. Y, Ross, who is leaving Wailii, was farcwolled by a number of bis frionda lust night. A Methodist Church is to bo erected at Rotorua. The building will be in a corital position, a good site having boon recurod, Samuel Turner, a minor, 65 years of age, has been missing from Charleston for some days. It is foared ho has boon drowned. Mafcking Town Council has purchased for £IOO Iho histono gun, Lord Nolson, which played such a conspicuous part during tho siege, It is probablo that another British football team will visit tho colonios in 190S to recovor tho ashos, They intend to bring out a new stamp of forwards, _ A gold-boaring rock at Oregon was inspected by means of tho Eontgon rays and voins of gold wore as plainly soon as if thoy had been on tho surface. Over 3000 experiments on living animals were made for Government departments or publio authorities in 1903, and 1313 for tho Tuberculosis Commission,, . ? Tho rnotcr-car raco for the GordonBennett Cup at Homburg has resulted in a defioit of 17,262, and considorablo, litigation will thereby bo occasioned. By grafting the sciatic nervo from a livo spaniel into a man's lacerated wrist Dr, Peterson has, says the Family Doetor, saved tho hand from amputation. Sir Thomas Liptonhaswrittonto Mr. A, S, Draper, Now York State Commissioner for Education, that ho has not given up hope of "lifting" tho America Cup. A member of the British football team estimates that tho trip to Australia and Now Zealand will costthtm close on £IOO each beforo thoyarrivo back in London. Christohurch merchants aro adverse to tho Premier's suggestion to open up trado between New Zealand and India, , Thoy doclnra that New Zealand can supply little or nothing that India requires. Things aro still lively in Taihapo, Two persons had a disputo about the renewal of a lease, ono of tho partios being a J,P,, and a set-to resulted. The next scono is to bo enacted ia tho S.M. Court. - The Kawakami School Commilteo have riaeu in arms against tho head teacher for taking it upon himself to teaoh paper work and wood-chipping in certain standards, without consulting tho committee as to thoir necessity. Mr E. M, Smith made tho folio ving dreadful threat tho other day:-" Tho Opposition won't bo hero on tho Government benches for twenty years, and if thoy f,ot here, I, for one, will collar tho missus and tho kids and clear for Australia !'•