SCINTILLATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4115, 14 September 1883, Page 2

SCINTILLATIONS.

Chess tournament to-night. Tlie Oldest Revolver.—Tho earth,

Earthquake at Tmipo on sth inst.

Dr. MacKellar intends going to Dunedin. Regatta at Whau on tho Prince of Wales's birthday.

That " mortal" debate will come to an to-night. Hokianga natives havo cultivated tobacco for years.

Ton now barristers admitted to practice at, Dunedin this woek.

Still moro prospecting licenses being granted in Chrietchurch. Last month 96 births and only 25 deaths in Auckland city.

Something like a " judgment" in the burning of that church billiard saloon at Hamilton.

It is proposeil to supply Port Chalmers pilot boat with lifo belts. Tho Bonch at Hawora has dismissed tho charge of child-inurdor brought bofore it. A now paper called "Tho Egmont Courrier" has been started forOpunako and Parihaka district.

On Wednesday night, a man nameil Rowlanel fell down dead at tho Manawapou Railway contract, near Hawera.

A project is on foot to hold a reunion of old New Zealand campaigners of the Goth and 40th Regiments. Miss Tucker says it's with old bachelors as with old wood ; it is hard to got them started, but when thoy do tako flame they burn prodigiously.

Over that lucky policeman's departure certain folks are thus cogitating:—Positive, Dodd ; comparative, dodger ; superlative, dodged, by Gum!

At To Aroha, on Tuesday, a lad of 13, son of Mr Wilson, draper, was drowned in the Waihou River while watering a horse. Nominations for tho Dunedin Cup and Foibury Handicap, at the autumn races, close to-morrow (Saturday) night. Coincident with roccnttidaldislurbances all over the world, the water of Lako Taupo full 18 inches for half-an-hour, and then slowly roso to their old lovol. "I'm a-going to tho Opera Houso tomorrow, Bill. "Oh, aro ye? Are ye a-goin' to honjoy ycrscl', or is the missus a-going with ye ? His Excellency tho Governor visited a ploughing match at Masterton yesterday, and was entertained at luncheon.

" What is your consolation, Jane, in life anil death?" "Well, ma'am, if I must answer, it's—it's the young man at Trimmins's, the draper's."

It is reported that the Victoria Channol from the port up to Dunedin is now available at ordinary tides for vessels drawing from 1G to 17 feet.

Out of a population of 25,000,000, England sends only 5,000 students to her two great Universities. Scotland, with a population of 4,000,000, has 6,500 University students ; and Germany, with a population of 43,000,000, has 22,500 students in her various universities.