News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1072, 20 August 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Tho Friendly Socioties' ball will be held in tho Academy of Music on Friday evoniag next,

Tho Tamaki Sawmill Company invito tenders for laying and packing about 120 oha'na of biuh tramwiy. |

A rise in the prico of bread, due to the advance in flour, has boen announced by tho niastor bakers of Napier. The value of exports of mineral products from Broken Hill for tho past half year was £155,846 greator than for the first half of last year,

The inspector of tolegvapliß, who haa boon in Waihi for tho past two dayß, left this morning for Paeroa on route for Auckland,

A general meeting of those interested in tho Waihi Horticultural Society will bo held on Tuesday evening next in tho room at tho back of Meyer's Hall, It is reported that tho total number of ontrios received up to date for tho Marlborough Exhibition, to be held in Blenheim next month, is 2300, Tho first body from tho wreokod Nemo* sis has boon identified as that of William Coull, seamen, of Glanville. Tho idonti* fication was eflootcd by means of ades* cription in t, Melbourno paper, Between half past four and fivo o'olook yesterday afternoon a further contingent of Waihi peoplo loft for Auckland to witness tho Britain v, Auckland football match this nftornoon. Tho intersection of tho frmous Leggo's reof in the Old Hauraki mine at Coro« mandol has recalled many stories in conr neotion with tho thousands of pounds worth of gold oblainod from this particular reof, The soptio tank is adding a now terror to existonco in Masterton, Tho workmen ongagod in disembowelling it, oamo across amatory effusions of a compromising charnoter, which obviously wore never intends od again to see the light. A southorn grandfather of twenty, fivo children has been sued for breach of promise of marriage to a girl of twenty* one. It is reckoned that the old man's insuperable difficulty was to got tho oont sent of all his relations, " The more I see of cases in this Court (Divorce) the moro I am btruok with tho fallnoy of women marrying men without onquiring into thoir provions oharacter. Ladies in selecting partners for life should at least cxeroiso as much caro as an employer does in engaging n clerk,"— Mr, Justiso Coopor's advico to girls about to marry, Sinco skating was started in Wellington, somo nine months ago, the number of persons who havo visited tho rinks is estimated at over U9,000. Tho pastime has latoly boon given en impetus by the frequent attendant of Lord and Lady Plunket, who aro enthusiastic skaters, "A man walks along a country road/' said a teacher to his class," at tho rate of four milos an hour, gotting an hour's start of a man who walks ot tho rato of fivo miles an hour. Whero will tho second ovortako tho first?" A little boy,who had boen accustomod to tako rambles with his fattier, ropliod," At tho first pub."

AGENTS, AUCKLAND.