SCINTILLATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4126, 24 September 1883, Page 2

SCINTILLATIONS.

Cabinet reconstructed.

Is Mr Bryoe afraid to go to Kawhia ? A rolling mill—A rough - and - tumble fight. A relic hunter—A fellow endeavouring to capture a widow. A fatal case of diphtheria has occurred at Greymouth. Large gathering of natives at Gisborne Lands Court.

Waikato Cheese Factory starts on let October next.

Garlic has been most successfully tried as a cure for hydrophobia. About 4,000,000 sermons are delivered every year in England. X\ nat about Major Atkinson in the r6le of '•Cabinetmaker?"

There has been heavy rain in the South, and the Grey River is in " fresh." Persons bearing the same name are forbidden to marry in China. Fijian labourers at Wairoa North are fed partly on rice and partly on stirabout made from sharps. One of the best of living sculptors cannot carve a turkey. Which side of a horse to take in mounting ?—The outside. There are 3.955 paper mills in the world, producing 950,000 tons of paper per annum. During July and August last. i,957 persons arrived in New Zealand, and 1,947 left it; net gain to the colony, 40. By the new law as to machinery, all appliances must be safe, under a penalty of £20 to £100.

When is a fish lit for a lunatic asylum ?— When it is in-Seine.

A man who says ho will subscribe anon very often proves to be a non-subscriber. "John Chinaman" is leaving New Zealand. In July and Augustlastl37 Celestials left our shores, and only three arrived. In Britain, no lese than 270,000,000 articles are pledged with "my uncle" in the course of a year. The newspapers of the world use 300,000 tons of paper per annum —one third of the total produce of the paper mills. When a dumb photographer wants to say "yes" to a oustomer, he merely displays two negatives. A man who marries a girl for her good looks sometimes discovers that "a thing of beauty is a jaw for ever." What is most generally wanted in tne way of navigation is a lifeboat that will ride safely on a sea of troubles. Mete Kingi, a well-known Maori chief, and formerly M.H.R., has just died in the Wanganui district, of hernia, aged 70 years.. Including women and children, the paper manufacturing industry of the world employs 192,000 hands. During the past two month*, 1025 persons reached New Zealand from Britain, while ISS left the colony for the Mother Country. The use of the electric light in mines is extending in the Sandhurst, Victoria district.. The Ellenboroujjh Company has saved £150 by its use in nine months. There are 147,000 acres of forest reserves in South Australia, and last year 193,600 trees were planted. This year a quarter of a million trees are to be distributed gratis.

Mark Twin says, "I have seen slower people than I am—and more deliberate people than I am—even quieter, more listless, and lazier than I am. But they were dead."

A "three-year" old recently discovered tho neighbour*' hens in her yard scratching. In a most indignant tone sho reported to her mother that " Mrs Smith's hens were wiping their feet on our grass."