Scintillations.

Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3240, 8 December 1880, Page 2

Scintillations.

"Be brief; tec It is with words as with sunbeams: the more they are oondensod, the deeper they burn."—Eouthbit.

In. foun years 48 ladies have been cremated at Milan.

The Duke of Wellington's plate is aald to be worth £3,000,000.

Tuhi, the murderer of Miss Dobie, is to be defended by counsel. The Tauranga people complain of a lack of small change.

It is proposed to give a public reception to the Lady Jocelyn party on their arrival at Tauranga, . At the quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court at Oamaru, two appiicationsjfor hotel licenses were refused.

Meerschaum pipes containing indecent pictures liaye been seized at Melbourne. The rum business of the United States amounts to £200,000,000 a year.

The Duke of Manchester gave evidence at the Sorata inquiry, exonerating the captain.

Mr Proctor explains away the Lot wife miracle by proving that she was only buried under a meteoric shower of sodium.

The Kellys have apparently given up the idea of," running their show " any longer. The marquee was pulled down yesterday. It is understood that the tender of Messrs Larkins and O'Brien, about £25,000, has been accepted for the extension of the Bay of Islands railway.

I At Melbourne, a Mrs Charles Brown has become insolvent, owing to losing, in an omnibus, £429, the amount of the policy on her late husband's life.

'At Gympie, Herbert Porter died from the effects of drinkiug, while in a heated condition, long draughts of cold water.

The "Sportsman" is the only English sporting newspaper which has given real encouragement to the two Australian scullers daring their recent contests, The " man from Birmingham," who came to Sydney to show Foley how to box, was beautifully " taken down" by one of Larry's pupils. " Good morning, my dear fellow I How is your mother-in-law I" " Much better, thank you; and yours ?" " She's dead, thank you," Texas society is agitated over the question of whether or not the groom at a wedding should wear his revolver-belt inside or outside of his dress coat.

"The Vagabond" says that Suva, the proposed site of the new capital of Fiji, is aothing better than 9 mangrove swamp, and that it is a Government land-jobbing swindle.

Professor Bell has discovered that sound can be transmitted along a ray of light. Instead of a simple heliograph the torpedo corps will soon be provided with a heliotelephone.

Hanlan's patriotic song : — I don't want to row, but, by Jingo, it I do, I want six weeks, I want more time, I want the money, too.