News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1217, 7 January 1905, Page 1

News in Brief

j The Premier is at Holcitika. Boring on the Waihi South G.M. Co.'s property is shortly to be undertaken. Hon. James McGowan, Minister of Mines, is up at Rotorua, inspecting * the tree-planting work of the prisoners. , Since the holidays boring operations j have been resumed at the Waihi Console ' mine. Up to the present time the bore hole is down about\7so feet. It is stated on apparently good author- . ity that Mr. B. C. Robins, Mayor of Hawera, intends contesting the Hawera ' seat at the next election against all comers. Mr T. E. TaylorV Christchnrch supporters have decided to raise a Taylor Testimonial Fund. A committee has I been elected to further the proposal and to receive subscriptions. Mr Short, ex-solicitor, qffWellington, haß been appointed arbitrator by the Govern* ment to settle the claims made by tho Tauranga Coonty Council against the Waihi Borough Oouncil. For the Department of Agriculture's ' bonus of £SOO for means of exterminating noxious weeds, at. the present 12 competitors are treating patches of land on the Totara Estate, within two miles of Oaoiaru. The Waihi ufcfiised conveying a sttk man to th<?*%3pitai. The appearance of tho ambulance in tho street led many to believe that an accident at the mine or batter; had occurred. Mr John Plimmer. who has been stvled " the Father of Wellington," died on Thursday, aged 92. He airived in Wellington in 1841, and has beeriolosely associated with the • growth and Jevelopment of the city. Ho had been ailijg f o r some months. It is not generally known tha when a person falls into the water a comnon felt .hat can be made use of as a life By placing tho hat upon the wat*, down, with the arm around it, presets it slightly to the breast, it will bear a-nan up for hours. The Japanese Government is said considering the advisability of capital punishment by meanß of suffoca< tion. It is proposed to place the subjectin an air tight chamber and then exhaust' the air : from the box by means of a pump. v A Christchurch company gave away \ pocket knives aB Ghristmas presents to its customers, and in order to overcome the old-time superstition that "steel outs friendship" a small charge was made \ with each. In this way Jg2 was collected, which was handed over to oharitable objects. At Ballarat (Victoria) the other week a juryman applied to be excused from at* tendance because he had promised to give the bride away at a wedding on the following day. The Chief Justice, Sir John Madden, said the policy of the law was to encourage matrimony, and granted the application.