News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1233, 25 January 1905, Page 1

News in Brief

1 Mr L, O.Beale, mining engineer, of /*$ Dunedin, is atpre»ont on a visit to Waihi, <* 1 . The sum of £ll4O was expended in the fy destruction of small birds in the Ashbur> , f * ton County last j ear. < \[['l Lord Charles, Beresford is a total ab* ,' ~'\ stuiner. The same accusation does not lie against Boshdenvensdi, A German statistician says that the en< tire cost of the Boer War to Eugland works _ < out at 14s pea man per day. Ihe Waihi Consols' borehole is now I down 1021 ft. Samples from the core are on view at the Auckland office,' A special parade of the Waihi Bides will be held in Mover's Hall to-morrow (Thursday) evening, at 7 o'olock, The examinations for mine managers' and battery superintendents' certificates is being continued to-day at tho School of , ' Miaes. , Despite the depletion of the kauri gum fields, the amount of gum produced last year was larger than either for 1908 or 1902, The Grand Lodge of Druids will meet in New Plymouth the second week in February. Mr J, R, Malcolmson will attend as the delegate' from Waihi, Flossie, Dr Guinness' favourite dog, which had been left by the dootot in'the oare of Mr A. Lakeman, was found poison* ed yesterday. The animal was a valuable one. ■ ' ■ , . ■ Fifteen Chinamen arrived in Wellington from Australia on Wednesdayjjast Eleven of these are new to the country, and the Treasury chest will be augmented to the extent of £llOO by way of poll tax. ''■ Scotch papers record!a most carious instance 'of juxtaposition of names. At Edinburgh, Mr William Eeekie was married to the daughter of Mr Jabez Auld! <> > The Taihape Post undestands that Dr , Gordon, the strong man of Fitzgerald's [ Circus, in engaged to marry a Maori " princess" of Hawke's Bay, and that the eyent is not far distant. ' In Victoria hotelkeepers have to entor i * into an agreement with the Telephone Department to use the coupon system, '; under which overy nonsubsoriber must obtain a coupon before he o&n use a tele- \ phone in a hotel. This.coupon costs Bd, f of which one-lhirrl goes to the hirer of the instrument. , , A peouliar incident ocourred at the Per- ' ' ( soveranco mine; CastlemainV A black SDake, 4ft long, made its appearanoe near ' the mouth of the shaft, and was attacked > ■> by a large lizard. Presently a second lizard joinod in the attack, and all three fell down tho shaft, landing on the staging > at the 100 ft level, dose to two miners, who ' quickly killed the snake. . ~