News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1104, 27 September 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

To-night concludos the visit hero of the Aintral Guards'Jßaud.

The Austral Guards' Baud had a crowded audienco last night, Miss Lewis, tho lady golf champion of Now Zealand, is said to he tho fiuost lady player in tho world, ( Tho Suburbs Cricket Club hold thoiv first meeting for tho season at the Central Hotel on Friday eveniug next. Tho Waihi Workers' Co-operativo Hocioty's aununl social and dance iu tho Academy of Music to-morrow night.

It is estimated that a sum of close on 125,000 is shortly to bo oxpondod in the oroction of business promises in Gisbomo, For two toachors' positions advortisod by the North Canterbury Education Board no applications .woro m Tho Brisbane Chambor of Commereo has passed a resolution protesting against the imposition of tho duty on British and foreign trade circulars,

Tonders for excavating a battery site (about 53,000 cubio yards) on tho Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company's property closo on 22nd of next month,

Tho Austral Guards' drummer, Guard BorryrnaD, in his drumming exhibition last night acquitted himself in a manner that brought vociforous plaudits from tho large audionco.

Thero aro numbors of Jews in tho Bussian army, but tho law of Japan does not permit ot the military sorvicos of foroi/jnora being utilised, consequently there aro no Jews in the Japanese forces.

Master John Sorouson, a boy soprano from Auckland, took tho solo in tho anthem, " Seek ye the Lord,' at the Napier Cathodral, on Sunday, and oasily tilled tho buiidiug with his efl'cctivo voicci

'•Never before," says tho British Weekly,' l has the Wosloyan Conforonca in England agrood to 30 many ministers remaining in tboir oircnils beyond their thrco years, and several appointments wero inado for a liith year,' 1

Mr l'aul Fountain, who has (studied tho house-fly in nearly evory part of the globe, comes to tho conclusion that if all tho honsc-ir.es in tho world could be exterminated tho averago of human lifo would bo noarly doubled, Thoy carry infection from tho sick to'tho healthy in a thousand ways.

Somo boys in Paris wero seen to outer tho main sewer on the left bank of thu Seino by one of tho barred outlets to that rivor, A policomin followed thorn, and found thom seated by tho odgo of tho current, fishing for rats with a strong lino and hook, the latter bated with a morsel of bacon. Thoy explainod that they sold tho skins of rata for manufacturing into kid gloves,

On receipt of tho nows on Saturday last of tho completion of tho Wflilri* l'aoroa railway tunnel through the Karangahako hill, Mr J. Tuohy, ono of tho contractors, received tho, following wiro from Mr E, G, B, Mossj momber for tho Ohinemuri district:—"l hoartily congratulate you all on successful plorcing of tunnel, Put mo down for two guineas subscription to banquet,"