SCINTILLATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 4326, 28 March 1884, Page 2

SCINTILLATIONS.

Foot moos—The honoymoon,

Licensing elections maintained valid. Tho fastest train out—The train of thought. Mail Btoamor loft Sydnoy yesterday afternoon,

Nearly tho whole population of Te Aroha have donned the blue ribbon.

Auckland Islands are to be searched for survivors of the lost barque Loch Fyne.

Sir John Hall visits New Zealand in October.

Tho Sultan of Morocco reoentty married his thousandth wife.

37 cases of Auckland choose wore shipped for England yesterday. Three fresh ooppor prospecting licenses havo been granted by Canterbury Land Board,

A whaling party of 12 men has gone from Russell to tin) Friendly Inlands in tho Cygnet. What chomical instrument is like a cutting reply!—Tho retort. Going out with tho tied—Following a nowly-weddcd pair out of church. A branch of tho Now Zealand Seamen's Union is to bo formed in Wellington. Thames Borough Council nre discussing financial reform. It is alleged they can save £2,000 a-year. Tho Wairarapa is being tittod with refrigerating machinery for her projected oxcursion trip to Fiji, etc. Mr Bunny is asked to "stand" for Thorndon seat. On homieopathic principles, he's tho man to legislate against tho rabbit pliiguo. Chriatohurch publicans, like those in other parts of the colony, havo taken alarm at the " wavo of temperance feeling," and are reorganising their forces. Wesleyans In thoso parts each contribute on an average one-eighth of a penny weekly fur tho conversion of the heathon.

Goorge Symington, aftor sotting firo to the Victoria Hotol, Featherstone, yesterday, out his throat. He h dead, but tho hotol is saved.

Lyttelton Licensing Committee Intend to refuse throu public-house liconaos, including that of the Empire Hotel, which was sola tho othor day for £10,000.

Some genius has invented a machine to piny pianos. Why, Auckland is full of them already. Dunedin Harbour Board havo reverted to the system of having two standing cony mittees. It is suggested as an improvement that there should bo a paid executive of two.

Yesterday fire broke out in the Triangle, at Dunedin, and damaged the premises and stock ofj Strata (jeweller), Wright (pic-ture-framemaker, and Spencer (working joweller).