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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1075, 24 August 1904, Page 2

Mr. Browning, the travelling ropvosoiitativo of Moßsi'a. E. Portor and Company, Auckland, is at pmont in Waihi. Ho visits Katikati to-day, and will bo hero to' morrow to comploto his business Tho Presbyterian Church choir and orchestra are to (jive a eocial in tho church tomorrow (Thursday) night, Tho social is to commence at 780 p.in, There will be no chnrgo for admission, but a collecsion will be taken up on behalf of the choir funds, Tho choir has a good reputation, and there should ho a large attendance. War is a costly business to newspapers as woll as to nations, There aro about 200 war correspondents at tho front in tho Russo* Japan™ wr, and these cost on the nverngo £2OOO aye r each, making a total of 1400,000 per year. Tho cost of tho cable messages is estimated at nbo'tt double th'it sum, fo that it costs between £1,000,000 and 11,500,000 a yoar to keep with public supp ied with accounts of what i 9 happoning. A certain Truant Officer employed by an Education Board in tho South Island is regarded as a specioa of Nero by other Boards, who aro gazing at his exploits with wistful admiration. The officer in question has recently distinguished himself by succoesfully prosecuting for nonattendance of children a Po'ice Serjeant's wife, the Cha ; rman of a School Committee, and i man of mark in a Dniinago Board, all in different districts, Tho Board Ihat employs him is enthusiastically backing him up,

At tho Police Court yesterday beloro Mr K, H. Holmes, J.P., J. Lynch, bettor known as'' Sharif;," wasscnlonood to throe months' imprisonment in Mount Eden. Tne Bonoh remarked that taking into consideration the lifo lod by accused it would bo a charity to place him in an institution whero lio would bo properly lookcjl after, consequently ho would inflict tho full throe months, Sergeant Shcehan, for tho police, concurred in the remarks of tho Bench, and said that Shsng was an habitual drunkard,

St. Louis, whero tho Exhibition is held, is wido open on Sundays. A New Zealand visitor writes: -" Trams were rushing to and fro m ovory direction, shops woro opon, and men wore at many doors inviting the passers-by to walk in and buy their wares. What is to bo seon in tho morning is but a homeopathic specimen of what meets ono's gazo as ho walks up and down in tho city duringtho ovcuing hours, As a special moans of ensuring patronage, tho theatres change their programmes on a Sunday night; strains of music issuo from all sorts and conditions of shops to attract tho people; while the cars are simply crowded to overflowing with human freights, The exhibition itself is closed,

Duringtho hearing ofa ensn at tho Magistrate's Court to-day, J, B. Eeech v. Ohinejmirl Ooiehirip. Company, in which tho assistant clerk of the Court was giving evidence, sonic amusement was caused Mr, Mueller, counsel for defendant, in cross J o.vaminmg the witness, asked how ho cnuio to remember a particular dato, and witness, with pride and dignity, replied, "I was married on that dais." Wharoupon a broad smile went round Iho Court, His Worship remarking that of course ho would remember it as a red letter day. Tho Dargavillo Timos relates a rathor amusiri" incident in connociion with tho Rev, Mr Wansbono's drive on Sunday last to hold sorvico somewhoro, The parson had to send for a horse from tiro livery stablo, his own having gono 'ante, and found tho animal a bit ticklish to harness. However, boing used to horsohVsh, he stuck to tho job and drove oil, tho erratic behaviour of tho horso causing a good deal of comment as ho wont through tho town. Having held his sorvico ho returned safoly, and, driving to tho stablos, enquirod for an explanation of tho strango behaviour of tho quadruped, Tho manager, on seeing the turnout, starod aghast, and then hastily nnhitchod tho animal. Tho parson had been gwon tho thoroughbred racer Ida, by mistakofor another horso, and sho had never beon in harness in her lifo before.

A general mooting of tlio Waihi Horlicullui'nl, Industrial mid Poultry Society wns held last ovcning in Meyer's Hail (sample room), at which a largo amount of business connected with Iho forthcoming show was put through. Tlio dato of tlic shew was dofiniloly settled for Wodnoßiay, December 7th, Many promises of support from local peoplo wero givou. It wns decided that a social and danco ho given in tlio intorosts of tlio sow'oiy at tlio Academy in about a month's limo, Tlio exact (Wo will in duo courso bo advertised in the local paper, Tho subscription, 2s 8d double ticket, extra lady Is, was made as low m possiblo to enable all those interested lotake part, and tho committee liopo that llio general public will generously respond, as tho wholool llio money will bo given in prizes, etc. at the show. The connniitee rtonircs; us to call tlm special attention of parent? to tho children's industrial class, in whidi prizes will bo given br competition in all classes of work, as also ill recitations and singing, and trust that they will encourage their children In PMrr for tho competitions, A prize of fin for tho best pot plants grown by children under 16 has been kindly proseolod by Mr Foster, Tho society's first sobodulo is now published and may bo obtained from Mr Liveaey, statiouer, or from the secretary, Mtfl.Hutohinjii.

Tho \Vaihi G.M, Co. invito tenders up to 11 n,m, mi Friday, 26th inst., for sink, ing « pass about 81 foot, Fnrticuliii's will bi found iu advertisement.

In Worth's puddoclt on Saturday aftornoon next, starting it a quarter to thrco sharp, tho Wailii Hockey Club will play a match with a representative Auckland team, This match was to havo taken placo oarlier in tho season, but Auckland found it impossible to send a team until uoxt Saturday, when ouo of thoir host will visit Wnihi.

Tho Berlin polico have discovered that the restaurants with orchestras of lady performer* add to tho attractiveness by engaging good looking girls, who scrapo away on dummy lidllos without producing any sounds, Tho samo expedient was once adopted by an Amorican reporter, who determined to bo present at one of tho Vandorhilt wedding breakfasts. Ho en* tered as a member of tho orchest: a, but as he knew nothing of music and was nfraid of producing a discord, ho porfmuod on a dummy violin, and escaped with a full account of tho proceedings without discovery. A rival to Dowio has appeared in the porsor. of a mnn calling himself " John tho Baptist the Second." The latior denounces Elijah tho Third as a fraud. Dowio describes his opponent as a" mm* distilled rascal, with boll for his destiny." John retorts by calling Dowio a " greybearded scoundrel, with all tho cunning of tho serpent, and none of tho innocence of tho lamb,"

A curious commentary on tho colonial scale ol tariffs for schools came up at the meeting of tho Timaru Hoard of Education last wcok. Tho couimitteo of a country school, whero tho average attendance is just under forty, offered to pay ti pupil tenchor themselves to assist tho master if the Board sanctioned this arrango menfc, Tho Board decided that it bad no power to sanction tho requoßt, but intimated that it would not interfere unless the arraugomont was objected to by any of the parents.