News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1434, 19 September 1905, Page 1

News in Brief

Mr A, M, Myers, Mayoi: of Auckland, was s. visitor horo yesterday,. ', The total cholera oases in Prussia bo far; number 190, and the fatal 68. . : ; !

The forty persons arrested in the betting raid at Sydney were fined £5 each.'' .'

The annual moeting of the Waihi, Wes. '• Orieket Club will be held in Meyer's hotel•'■'' to-light.. .:;;.

Tba Now Zealand footballers play their seconr; ma; oh to-morrow, when they meet Cornwall, ' ' :' ' V.

The farcical comedy "Jane"'will be roproiliioiid id tho Academy of Musio ou'' Thursilay eveniug next. ■ A Rotiilers' Association is about to.be stanoii at Rotorha. Tbo objeot is mutual' protection against bad pays.

Captain George Robb, for twenty yean in clmrgo of Beacon Hill signal station. Wellington, died on. Sunday.

The Eev. Gray Dixon will lecture in the Miners' Uniou Hall to-nighi, faia subject being "Japan and the Japanese." .

Brooks, the Australian, beat Smith in the final for the South Englani Tennii Championship by 8-6,6-4,6-2, Tho cruiser Cambrian will be commissioned in October to relieve the Clio and Cadmus on the Australian Btation.

To-morrow (Wednesday) evening a concert will be given by the pupils df the Convent School in honour of the Very Bov, Father Brodie's foaat day.

Tlio South Australian Labour Party hag adopted the Federal Porty's platform with the exception of replaoing the programme of laud tax values by direot taxation, A London cable says that'forecasts of tbo Kitualism Commission's report show that an increase in tho number of bisnops, with extended powers, h recommended,

A now wharf has been bnilt at Simpson's Haven, New Britain, It has been built ostensibly for the North German Lloyd Company, but it is b believed to bo fori* German naval base,