News in Brief.

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1124, 20 October 1904, Page 1

News in Brief.

Thomiis William Betts, a Henderson (Auckland) settler, died suddenly at bis vesidenco on Tuesday, Dr, Claridge, who has taken Dr. Guinnens' placo (jilting the latter'a visit to England, is now practising in Waihi. A couple ot modest young ladies kdvertised in a Dunedin paper the other day for i braco of young men to accompany.them : on a fishing oxpodition. The apeuing of St, Josoph's Church Bazaar lost night was attended with groat success, the Academy being filled at ft liillo after eight o'clock. At the present timo there are said to be sotno 13,000 applications for billets awaiting consideration in tho various Govern, ffient Departments. Tho Feildina Star learns that the Dis* trict Health Officer Ins discovered a casi of overcrowding in that town. is stated that 14 people aro living in two rooms. Opossums aro reported to bo fairly numerons in the Wanganui distriot. Two have been oaptuicft in tho public streets of tho town^. A bedding involving a remarkablo coincidence was celebrated at Tauranga the other day. Tho names of the bridegroom, tho best man, and the father of the bride were identical, caoh being "E. L, Smith.' l At ii meeting of working men held at Waimate recently a resolution was adopted that there was urgent need in the district for land being takon by the Government and subdivided into sections for, the purpose of providing working men's homoß, A defendant in a maintenance case heard in the Mneterton Magistrate's Court admitted that he spont regularly about £2 por month on " Tattersall's," for a number of years. In this way he squandered, in addition to the surplus from his wages, a sum of £2OO which ho had at one timo in tho Post Offico Savings Bank. . Pyroxylino, which is stated to have been used with deadly effect by the Eussians at Fort Arthur, is merely gun-cotton dissolved in spirit, It is not quite bo powerful as gun-cotton, and the explosive is probably uaod in tho form mentioned for convenience in loading the hand grenades. Mr P. Pi rani is being urged by leading members of the Opposition party to contest the Palmerston seat. He says he would prefer to contest the Hutt seat, becanse lie likes a good light and believes ho would win, but it is probable ho will consent to ponteßt Palmerston.