News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1322, 10 May 1905, Page 1

News in Brief

Mr John MoLeod has beea re.eleoted chairman of the Auoitlaud Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, The abolition of the Australian tea duty has, according to the reports of Customs' officers, led to the importation of a better v quality of tea. A meeting of Hobart citizens resolved to call upon the Mayor and five aldermen to resign in view of their action over allegod Town Hall irregularities. Four constables have been dismissed from the Queensland force owing to the unsatisfactory evidence they gave at an inquest at Charters Towers. Taranaki Tradesmen's Association are making an effort to prevent the discontinuance of the daily steamerservioe with Auokland during the winter months. Our Tharaos correspondent writes :-Mr Percy Williams, of the No. 1 Battalion Band, is leaving Aucklaud for Waibi, whore lie will take up a position Iu the Federal Band. S lEvery country in Europe, except Eussia, Italy, Greece and Turkey, has ponDy postage. It seems likely that before tho end of tho year Franco will join the majority and reap the corresponding benefits, Turing last month 1,195,000 ft of gas was manufactured at the Musterton gasworks. This is a record for any month since the works were started. The amount of coke sojd last month also constituted a record, "I believe in the Bible,"said Mr Massey, the leader of the Opposition," arid I believe in teaching morality, but if we can only get Bible lessons in schools at the cost of introducing sectarian trouble, then we are better without them." The Mayor of Auckland has been requested to forward suitable vfews of Auckland in connection with the proposal to engrave soenes of the four chief ports of the oolony upon the shield to be presented to the battleship New Zeaiand, News from Niue is to the effeot that the white residents fear there will soon be trouble, owing to so much of tho island revenue being absorbed in tho maintenanco of tho schooner Countess of Eaufurly, while there is urgent need for expenditure in education and other wants of the natives.