News in Brief

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VIII, Issue 2345, 7 September 1908, Page 1

News in Brief

i .—~4 - A nwspaper managed and publisbed by Swiss women has appeared in Enriohi Marriage i b the only contract, minors, can make which will hold good in a court of law. John Milton's autograph appended to a marriage contract dated 162 if, was recently sold for £322. > Hie most espenstve chair tn the world -■ bilougs to tiie l J ope, It is of solid silver. and cost £IB,OOO, A 3ed worth farmer has created a bay harvest record by .woruing for tweiity-one hours ini single day. ■ Mr.Mac¥ri, the well-known race-lior.se owner, of Now South 'Wa'es, died a (Sydney on Friday last, ■ ■. ■ ■ The railway at Qaleia, t ia Peffi 13,635, feet above sea-level, is believed to be the i higbesthabitationid 'tha r world. • : It is propoaed to.'paint,ihe gun porjs of the Victory yellow, their colour at Trafalgar, and to r.e-rig the ship as she wat in Nelson's time, . ■ r Berlin will presently contain the largest hotel in ffie'-woHd/ i'Thtl building now is ceurse pf creciion will bo able to morale 2000 visitors. The cruiser Agiucourt, which wan for rnaiiy .'years the llagabij) of the Channel Hi'ct, ii to be convcrlc) intu alloaling coal depot, " v . t'laice brought frpw tho White Sea by Captain Turhof) of. tho ■ Hull/ [trawler Princess, have been liberated in tlib North Sen, where there is a great scarcity of the hih. , MlJrßlanchcjAzoulay,, the" jlirst-wflman ■ to be ca'led to Jlc bar of Algiers, has just taken oath in the Court of Appeal Tho counsel of the Bar were al' presia't. A Hungarian, has invented, a hashing machine,, which, with -electrified will cleanse 800 minutes without tho aid of soap. . Besidents of Eflglandh avail 10,000,000 invested in mortgages in foreign countries. These investments annually drain the foreign Countries of about £d,500,000 in gold cash, . " ' ' , Woods' 6wat Peppermint Core for Oonghi tind Cold" never f *il» li Id ted It li. 4 fashionably dressed woman droit l up to a store in Newport, I kode Island last month! ordered i. two tee-creams, atjc} placed them before her pet dogs. She wai very indignant when the manager interfered, 'jnnnft the applications for lejclterships at the Education Board, Nelson, on Tuesday was oneconc'uding 'Yours respectively." The applicant was not commended for the appointment. The nomination of Taft for President by the Republican party will be gratifying to suffragists because he, like Hooscvrlt, is on record as in favour of equal rights for woinen.-\Vom n's Journal, Boston, U.S.A. ■ ( The Denton Hat is stocked only by 8, Uotheringtou,. Thames, Te Aroha, and Waihi. It is guaranteed solid value* ,10s Gd; hard and soft fur felt.