News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 9 July 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

The Thames harbour mastor's salary haa been increased from £2OO to £BOO per annum, Captain Yobs, of tho Tilikum, has written to tho Otago Yacht Club that he has arriv. Ed at St. Helena, all woli, . The Waihi Miners' Union, with a total of 776, has the largest membership roll of any union in New Zealand. It is reported that one, if not two. So* ciulistic papers will bo eatnblianed in Now Zealand shortly. Tho annual reunion funotion of the Waihi Miners' and Workers' Union last night was a pronounced succosa. A Stratford wedding had to bo postponed the other da; because tho brides groom was suffering from mumps, Tho total cosfc of construction of the septic tank at the Waihi District High School was £l3 some odd shillings. | Plans haye been submitted to the Thames Borough Counoil for tho proposed swimming baths at the foot of Cochrane*' street, On Thursday next a poll takes plaoe at To Aroha on the question oi installing electricity for lighting, motive powor, and other purposes, Tho Tourist Department aro abolishing the mugs used at tho mineral springs in the Te Aroha domain, and replacing them with glasses. Mr John Plimmer, sen,, (" Father of Wellington") was tho recipient of many congratulations last week c;- liis 92nd birthday. Over ten thousand fareß were collected on tho Wellington Electrio Tramway during Sunday afternoon and ovoning. On Saturday nearly eighteen thousand fares were collected, During a recent week 5000 pigs were killed in Ireland, whereas formerly the number w«s 20,000 weekly. A writer in the Irish Times attributes tho falling»off to tho competition of Denmark and Canada, Tho Ohinemuri County Counoil has del clined to assist the Waihi Borough Council in obtaining a Government grant for a road from Waihi to tho Waihi Boah. Tho Auckland City Council has deoided to abate tho smoko nuisance in theoiiy, A number of factory owners and others haye been ordered to abate the nuisance within three months from date. It is stated that Mr T, Day, well known at Thames, who is now on tho editorial staff of tho Brisbano Truth, will contest one of tho Queensland seats if a dissolu4 tion takes plaoe—and this seems more than probablo—in tho Labour interest. Mr Hemes is to move in the House that a respectful address bo presented to His Excellency the Governor, requesting that there be laid before this Houbo all corroe-> pondenco botwoen tho Secretary of State for tho colonies and His Excollenoy the Governor with regard to tho Preferential and Reciprocal Trado Act, 1903. Something like half a million aores, from Nelson to Okarito, 80 miles south of Hokitika, is covered with blackberry. Ic holds possession of a straight line of about 200 miles of really good grass land, 'lrfije£ T would feedjybfej summer time threotiffiSs t lEo amountof stock. Tho presont low prioo of butter at Home is in no small degree, says an exohange, caused by tho high price of cotton, which has eoinpelM a large numbor of mills to close down. This has p fleeted many thousands of natives, who are unable at the presoni .me to afford the luxury of good butter.