News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1049, 25 July 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

It Gstimnted that the band contest iii Auckland will coat £IOOO. Suburbs juniors bsat City juuiors on Saturday, by 3 points to nil. . Private Wood, Waihi Eilles, top scored in tlio shooting match for Father Brodio's trophy, Privato Sharkey to No, 3 O.E.V, won Mr, Pot's trophy in the shooting competition fired on the local range last Saturday. Tho hockey milch, Thames v, Waihi, played on tho local ground lnet Saturday, icsultcd in a win for Waihi by 5 goals to 3, A further sum of 120 in consoienco monoy has reached tho Colonial Secretary from Invorcargill, making M for tha month of June. Mr Wallmitt, advertises 1 acre sito with 4-roomcd house, abutting on railway station, suitabio for cutting up, or for hotel or accommodation house. The recent disappearance of valuable Masonic jewels from the Ballarat Masonic Lodgo has led to tho arrest of a niem» bor of the craft named Lewis, JThe.jn.creasa.in tho Borough valuations of l'almerston is shown by the fact that a 3d rate last ye(.r produced £4175, while the rate struck last week. Ifd in the £, will bring in £5978, According to an American paper, Mrs Langtry will visit Australia next year, with a repertoire consisting of " Mdlle. Mars," "The Queen's Necklace," "Enemies,''and " Frocks and Frills" ; Tho Wairarapa Times is thus caustic: If wo only employed first-class brains to mako our laws, iustead of fourth-class [ ones, legislation would be very much better than it is now, Tho Australian Association football I match Waihi v. Wailekauri and Waikiuo was won by Waihi, Tho roprosentativo \ match v. Auckland will bo played a$ Waihi next Saturday. It is stated that Mr W. G, Martin, mine manager, of tho Eoyal Oak, Coromandol,' is about to be transferred to Iho Broken Hills mine, Tairua, and that Mr T, Golds, worthy will succeed Mr Martin [at the Boyal Oak, Now Zonland is to have a visit from Mr Hollins, the blind organist, of Edinburgh, one of tho world's most talented musicians. Ho is visiting Sydnoy under engagement to the Oily Council, ajd comes ovor to Invorcargill to oall on some friends thore. Tho post oltico at tho Western Spit, Napier, is closod owing to tho postmistress striking for a larger allowance. Others approached also demanded a largor salary than, tho Department wore iuolined to give, and in the meanwhile the Wcstoru Spit is without a post office. At|a mooting of tho North Canterbury Charitablo Aid Board recently a proposal that all the applicants for roliof should bo subjected to a labour test was adopted, and it was also decided that the Board ought (o provide work for applicants by purchasing property which ought to bo cultivated by them, so that they should do something tor their relief,