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NEWS AND NOTES.
On account of the Normanby Show the Star will be published at 1 o'clock tomorrow ; and we have to ask advertisers to be good enough to send their favors in before noon.
We hear from Wellington, from an authentic source, that Ministers did not aak Hie Excellency straight out for a dissolution, but that they made enquiry as to what answer they would receive if they did ask for the House to be dissolved. The result was that they did not apply to the Governor, because it they had done so and were refused, their resignations must have followed as a matter of course. — Napier Telegraph.
The Defence Minister (says the Post) is preparing a Consolidation Act, in the nature of a code ot the laws relating to the Armed Constabulary, Volunteers, °and Militia. The bill will be introduced next session for this purpose, and will contain such amendments in the existing law as experience has shown to be necessary. The Minister of Mines is also engaged in preparing a Consolidation Act, whereby the existing Mining Acts will be amended, codified, and consolidated.
We regret to hear of acts of vandalism at the Recreation Ground. On Sunday a number of boys were in the cricket portion of the reserve, and were seen pulling the trees about, and on examination being made it was discovered that they hud done considerable damage. Many largo branches ot ornamental trees were broken off and other injury done to the trees by pocket knives. Two members of the Borough Council happoned to be in tho reserve, and Raw what had taken place. They secured tho names of soveral boyß concerned in the damage, and it is very probable that proceedings will bo taken against the boys in the R.M. Court. If they are let off this time, it will bo merely out of consideration for their parents, and this warning having been given, any offenders in future will be punished with all the rigour of tho law — and rightly so.
j Councillor McKenzie raised a laugh in ' the Council Chamber last evening. The subject 'under discussion was that of the ' proposed city bafcbe, and in bis turn Councillor McKenzie was dilating on the numerous advantages to be derived from the possession of such a desirable public institution. He alluded to the free use of such baths on the Continent, and, conscious that he was approaching a delicate subject, his manner was characterised here by a hesitating eagerness, and a kind of ," I-clon't-mean-what-you-mean" air that was both exciting and amusing. " I have been told," said the naughty old City Father, " that— that, there it is the custom for — yes, b'm — for ladies and gentlemen to bathe together !" — (Great amusement, which encourages the narrator, whose jovial features beam with suppressed enjoyment.) " And," he continued, " my friend whp informed me of this, also said,— ah t yes,— said, b'm I—that sometimes these ladies and gentlemen when undar the water— h"m-rindelge.»» a flirtation with their toes\ , The narrator gives, a gasp of relief, and a nervous look | round at t|ie other City Fathers, one of i
whom — Cr. Wilson — doubtful of where the line is to be drawn, is looking very severe and grave, while the others are convolsed with- merriment. — Press.
Mr. E. P. Aldridge has been gazetted postmaster at Eltham.
An inquest into the cause of death of Mr. Ireland's daughter was to be held at Stratford to-day.
An advertisement appears in another column convening a meeting re Manaia Library for Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock.
The monument was got into position at Manaia yesterday by Messrs. Twigg and Cave. Mr. Stewart had charge of the work of erection.
Writing of New Zealand, Mr. Fronde says :—": — " Australia, too, has hills and rivers woods and fertile lands, but unless in the heated plains of the interior, which are sublime in their desolation, it has nothing to touch the imagination, nothing to develop varieties of character. In New Zealand there are mountain ranges grander than the giant bergs of Norway •, there are glaciers and waterfalls for the havdy hill men ; there are the sheep walks for the future Meliboeus or shepherd of Salisbury Plain ; there are rich farm lands for the peasant yeomen ; and the coasts, with their inlets and infinite varieties, are a nursery for seamen, who will carry torward the traditions of the old land. No Arden ever saw such forests, and no lover ever carved his mistress's name on such trees as are scattered over the Northern Island ; while the dullest intellect quickens into awe and reverence amidst volcanoes and boiling springs and the mighty forces of nature, which seem as it any day they might break their chains. Even the Maoris, a mere colony of Polynesian savages, grew to a stature of mind and body in New Zealand which no branch of that race has approached elsewhere. If it lie* written in the book of destiny that the English nation has still within it great men who will take a place among the demigods, I can well believe that it will be iv the unexhausted soil and spiritual capabilites of New Zealand that the great English poets, artists, philosophers, statesman, soldiers, of the future will be born and nurtured."
A novel marriage that took place near Silverton, Col., is reported by a Colorado paper. Miss Mellie Connors, of Lake City, and Mr. Oscar Olsen, of Animas Fork's, were married on the summit o the Divide, at an altitude ot over thirte housard feet, the party being on snow shoes. Miss Connors agreed to meet Mr. Olsen on the summit, bringing her friends with her, and Mr. Olsen was to approach the summit with his friends, coming up on the opposite side of the mountain. The bride left Lake City accompanied by her two brothers, and Olsen left Animas Forks at the same hour, accompanied by the Rev. Father Ley, of Silverton, and a few friends. The only way of scaling the snow-covered mountain was on srow shoes, and the climbing was fatiguing. The groom ana the minister arrived first at the designated meeting point, but they did not have long to wait, for the bride and her brothers were soon observed nearing the spot, trudging along cheerily. Miss Connors seemed less fatigued than any other member of the party. After a short rest, Father Ley performed the wedding ceremony with as much impressiveness as if it had taken place in a church. The minister, the bride, the groom, and the witnesses of the marriage grouped themselves together as closely as the Canadian snow shoes would permit.
The richest woman in the world, says the Globe, has lately been discovered. Donna Isidora Cousino, of Chili, is the lucky individual. No one, not even she herself, knows the exact amount of her wealth, which is derived from land, cattle, mines, house and ship property to- any extent. In addition to these sources of income, she owns the only coal mines in South America, from which she draws about £16,000 a month. It is stated that Donna Cousino is a remarkable business woman, and in her dealings with the coal she must have borrowed some of the shrewdness of her Scotch overseers. It costs her about 5s 6d a ton to mine and deliver the coal, and she sells it at about 80s, thus making a profit of some 500 per cent. The " Countess of Monte Christo," as the Chilians call her, is a widow, and 45 years of age, bui, says she will never marry again. Nevertheless, she is not altogether averse to masculine society, for on one occasion, when the United States fleet was at Valparaiso, she invited all the officers to spend a week with her. Probably the " Countess " would be relieved at finding some way in which to expend her millions, for she is a great patroness of racing and always backs her own horses. But here again money breeds money, and she always wins. In South America there are no fashionable jockeys to take the lion's share of the prey, but let Donna Isidora Cousino only come on the English turf, and she will soon find her millions growing small by degrees and beautifully less,
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VII, Issue 1258, 16 March 1886, Page 2
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