News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1420, 2 September 1905, Page 1

News in Brief

The Chioago-Alton railway is equipping all the engines with ethergrapbs. ' -! Three milkmen at Ohristchuroh have beta fined for selling impure milk- ' 1 ~,, An outbreaks oholera has occurred at / Autern, Germany. There have been six* ! fatalities.; ~ ' ■ "i : | The Ohinemnri Jockey Club made a ' profit of £464 on last year's operations, this being a record for the olub in any one year. To-morrow afternoon (weather permitting) tbo Waihi Band will give a recital , on the reserve adjoining the hospital. The Eev. Jamos 'Wilson will preach in ( ; tho Minors' Union Hill:to-morrow (Sun- ' jay) morning, afternoon, and evening. The largest liner, the Eaiserin Aagusto Victoria, has been launched.tit Stotten, ' Germany. Tho Kaiser and Eaiserin wore 1 < present, " : A hill to amend tho Naval Agreement' w. Acton tho lines of the measure passed in New Zealand will shortly be introduced in tho Victorian Parliament. ■ ;t Misses L, and E. Fatrell, milliners, „ >. Main-atroet, intimate that they are hold- ■ inga salo for seven days, the goods being offered at half-price. Tho Friondly Societies' Annual Ball last night was a pronounced success, there being considerably over 200 dancers on the . '.» floor at one time. >'■■■■■: .' The Empress Dowager of China is about i, m. to decree the establishment of aParliament in 1917. A commission is now proceeding to Europo and America to study : tho Parliaments. ; It is proposed if possible, to lay th® - , foundation stone of , tho main building o £ ' / . tho New Zealand Exhibition on the Ist November next, which will be exactly.twelve months before the opening day. The Queensland Budget shows a surplus ot £14,000. This will bo dovoted to ~ the publio servants who sufiored reduction under tho Retrenchment Act, and will provide a refund of 8) in the £, while this year the salaries will bo paid in full. : . v; A most complete font manual electric pneumatic organ has been ordered from Mossrs Ingram and Co., of Hereford, Eng- 1 •••• lend, for tho New Zealand Exhibition. * . The principal condition of the purchase is that tho organ has to be erected in the Exhibition Concert Hall in playable condition before the Ist October, 1906.