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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6985, 10 February 1891, Page 2

Hospital paßtoralist (to visitor whom ha is taking out to his station, pointing to a rather skittish colt that has been led in)— * • Can you ride, Jones ?" Jones—" Well, no ; but I have a splendid seat in a buggy. It would be a queer buggy that wonld throw me." At last the "Qaetta" rock, or rather the reef upon which the ill-fated steamer struck, has been discovered by the gunboat Paluma, after searching nearly eight months: It was found to be a coral reef, not more than 50 yards across, with a minimum depth of water of 9ft, which was hitherto unknown and unmarked on the charts. ' : : : The : system of heating cars by dteam froui a locomotive Is proving so satisfactory in the States that it seems likely to be generally adopted. The only doubt existing concerning the economy of the system and the possible effect upon the locomotive boiler' A dam is a small brass coin, which is current id the countries of Peraia and India, and is equal to l-40th of/a rupee, of about a halfpenny of our money. The phrase "not worth a dam" was used by Englishmen in the East to express their sense of an article's worthlessness. The leading Broken Hill Eilver mines reached their highest nominal valne on January 18, 1890, namely, £23,259,000, and their lowest value on September 6, namely, £14,505,500. The value on Christmas eve was £18,032,000. (See fourth page.)