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Evening Star, Issue 6842, 4 March 1886, Page 3

Mr Jamen M‘Donald, of the Milton limekilns, is having a concrete hnihling erected nt the coiner of Vogel and Water streets, which he intends to utilise for the manufacture of Portland cement, to be made of stone at present obtained from the Peninsula. The size of the building will be S2ft Bin by 40ft ; its height, when completed, being sßtt. In the meantime it is intended to construct only one or two store) s, and then the manufacture of the lime will commence. The hydraulic engine ami mill aro ready, and will be placed In position tw soon as practicable, so that in a few days operations will have Iren begun,for Mr M‘Donald intends to manufacture on the spot the limo needed fop the completion of the building. Mr R. A. Lawson, who is the architect, li;iM experimented with the lime, and is highly satisfied with the result; in fact, ho states that the article is far superior to that at present supplied to the local markets from Auckland. Ccorge Oiffeu is in rare_ form .this year. Playiim for Norwood against llindmarsh, lie made KM (not out) of the 432 for four wickets put together by his team. _ Tenant: “I’ve jist been thinkiu’, landlord, that I wid like my lease o’ ninety-nine years changed tae yin o’ as lang wuds grow an’ watters rin.” Landlord : “ Toots, man ! Whit’s a’ the hurry ? Whin ycr present lease is oot jist come back tae me an’ I’ll renew it fur ye.” Exit tenant. “Accused, you arc blind ? ’ _ “Yes, your Honor.” “ You arc charged with vagrancy. How did you become blind ?” “Ey a fit of apoplexy.” “Why, then, the picture on your breast representing an explosion in a mine in which you lost yoursight?” “Please, your Honor, because to represent apoplexy painting is powerless.” A Chisago clergyman said in a recent sermon : “ It requires a less scientific test to demonstrate the intimate relations between domestic extravagance ami forgery, had