News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1048, 23 July 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Orlao and Fisco's Company of Enters taineis conclude their season hero to-night Tho opouiug chapter of a most interest. in» soriol entilloi "The Queen of tbo Islo," appears in to-day's issue, i The OhinciEuri No, 3 ltillo Volunteers competed to-day at the range for a trophy presented by Mr Geo, J. Foy> Tho working expenses on the QucoufJ land railways last year were i' 811,051, and the net earnings £49.1,801. The latest report of Mr E, Sl'aw, tbo victmi of tbo blasting accident at Mackay. town yesterday, is that ho is progressing as well as can bo oxpected. The Wcsloyan choir, assisted by local talent and a largo orchestra, liavo boon for somo timo practising the sacred cantata " Esther, the Beautiful Queen," Tho British footballers may possibly be (alien for a trip to Eotorua during their tour of Now Zealand. The matter is at present in the hands of the New Zealand Rugby Union, Tho Taylor-Soddon libel action has been set down for hearing at (he August sittings of the tiupreuio Court at Omit, church, Neither party shows any Bign of withdrawing, but tlif.ro will probably be n further adjournment, _ At ,i mooting at Christchurcb to consider child preservation one speaker urged that the milk supply should bo municinalised, It was a most fruitful sonreo of danger to child lifo, and should not bo left in tho hands of individuals, , The cost of lighting the Fawcra borough during the past year by gas was 13 lis porlamp, That sum, according to the Mayor, is considerably lots than tho average cost of borough lighting out the colony, Tho late Mr Robinson, Aoling Adminis 1 tra;or of New Guinoa, was only 35 yonrs of ago 110 was, at a comparatively early age, admitted as a barrister of tho Supremo Court of Queensland Brisbane, and some timo ago received irn appointment equivalent to the Chief Justiceship of New Guinea, The Australian Woman's National League, which was formed a few months ago in Melbourne, has upwards of 2000 mombors, Tin primary objects of tho body aro to support loyalty to tho throne, to combat Stato socialism, to odueato women in politics, and to protect tho purity of homo lifo,