SCINTILLATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 4310, 15 March 1884, Page 2

SCINTILLATIONS.

SurrLKMENiARY opera season commoncos to-night. Ex-press-men—Rotirod printers. " The Mormoid " died this morning. Honderson's Mill Races on Monday. Auckland licensing election petitions to be hoard on 25th inst.

The Maori King is to visit tho groat Proconsul at the Kawau.

There promises to be g^ood woathor for St. Patrick's Day celebration. The Australian cricket team loft Adelaide for England to-day. Eighty female domestics—Scotch, English, and Welsh—to arrive hero in a week or two.

His Excellency the Governor is expected at Tauranga on 22nd inst.

Kaitangata Coal Company lias declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent.

The Ruapohu is to take 3,000 carcases frozen mutton from Dunedin.

Tho tenders for Emily Place excavations are to bo opened on Monday. A woman named Moyse has been fined £2 at Dunedin for taking flowers from a cemetery.

The University Senate yesterday closed its sittings at Nelson. Steamer Florida loaves Dunedin for London to-day with 60,000 carcases frozen mutton.

F. White, of Thames Naval Voluutoers, was dismissed on parade yesterday for writing a letter to the papers. It is said that Brigham Young acquired the title of general from having been called "Briggydear" so often by his numorous wivos.

It is estimated that this colony could feed 25,000,000 human beings if its resources were properly developed. There are 69,000 acros of land in the United Kingdom devoted to hop-growing, and in addition SBJ millions of bushels of grain are consumed annually in tho manufacture of intoxicating drinks.

Edward Gleeson, a man who latoly arrivod in n stato of lunary from Australia, has died in Dunodin Lunatic Asylum, He had a return ticket, and is quito unknown in this colony. A merchant asked his Sunday-school class lately: "What is solitude?" And was answered by tno boy who reads the papers: "The shop that don't advertise."

Tho latest political rumour is that Hon. Walter Johnston may possibly not go Home till after next session of Parliament, as Government cannot afford to run the risk of his seat being lost to them. The Promier has promised to place a sum on tho Estimates for the orection of a new Custom House at Wellington. "Gentlemen of the jury," said the counsel for the defendant, " do you believe my client guilty of selling beer to a boy in a small bottle?" The jury thought it a mixed proposition, and disagreed. Daniel 1 alrey, a Christchurcb Volunteer, has been fined 50s and costa for failing to qualify himself, thus losing the capitation grant. MrShephard, M.H.R., BishopSutor, and the Rev. JY C. Andnnv, have been re-elected to Nelson Education Board.

Red Fisher, an oldstorekeeporat Skippers, Otago, committed suicide by shooting himself yesterday. Pleasant-faced people are generally the most welcome, but the auctioneer is always pleased to see a man whose countenance is lor-bidding.

Sea trout ova per as. lonic to Wellington havo arrivod in excellent condition, but nearly the wholp consignment, of salmon ova has gone bud. Cook county Council, Poverty Bay, resolve to invite capitalists to make a railway of 11 miles long to stone quarries near Gisborne, in the nope of its ultimately being tftkw OYW by GoYStnment.,