FLASHES.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 15, 14 July 1887, Page 2

FLASHES.

To-night, the Choral Society. They will bang the whangdoodle “ o’er Egypt’s dark Bea, and Judas had triumphed and Egypt is free.” Wriich being freely translated means—book your seats eaily. Speaking the Midland Railway troubles, the Uhaiiuian, Mr Thomas Salt, M.P., writes out from home, “ It is essential that the land concessions should be placed intangible rorm if you want to attract English money. A Ponsonby (Auckland) orangery has returned more than 10 per cent, on the outlay. The orangery is four acres in extent. Mr Dargaville has ordered 10,000 copies of Mr Ballance’s Protection speech for distribution amongsb his constituents Mr Baddeley, B.M. at Arilburton, is appointed sher’ff and assistant B.M. at Auckland. The Dunedin Chamber ot Commerce, which bust up lately, is to be resurrected. Five hundred Victorian visitors attended the opening of the Adelaide Exhibition by special train. Says the Otago Daily Times: With Sir William Jervois’ gratuitous services at our disposal we should r. jard it as a wanton v.- uof money to commission General Schaw to inspect our defences, Petone, a Wellington suburb, is to have a a tii-weekly newspaper. Truth, a weakly Wellington weekly has been brought out by the local Protectionists. Out of 389 deferred payment men in Wellington province only 25 are defaulters. Good on them ! Archbishop Bedwood paid a visit to Te Wbiti the other day, and was veiy hospitably received. Sir Charles Clifford has been much blamed for saying at a meeting in London " that the Wesleyan Missionaries were eager to buy land and enrich themselves at the expense of the poor natives." Tne Timaru Evening Mail is offering prizes for literary competitions. In South Canterbury the Bible in Schools Association are seeking pledges from the andidatea.

The Rev. Charles Clark, the well known elocutionist and lecturer, will commence a tour of the colony in October next. He will be heartily welcomed. Almost universal regret is expressed in the South Island at Mr Montgomery’s retirement from polities. “ Spoon fed settlements,” “ penal servitude settlements,” and “ permanent pauper settlements ” are the terms used to designate Mr Ballance’s village settlements. From telegrams sent to his wife before his attempted suicide occurred, it would appear that Mr Solomon, who tried to drown himself the other day at Hokitika, was temporarily insane. 1 legally sized flounders are being offered for sale in Napier. Dr Drew, of Timaru, who was connected with the Hall case, goes Home to pracsice with his brother. Lieut.-Colonel Butts, of Wellington, is giving instruction addresses to the Napier Volunteer officers. Charles Patterson, accused at Auckland of throwing vitriol on a loose woman who was his mistress, has been acquitted. £3401 was put through the totals at the recent Napier Park Baces. Major Atkinson is to give two stump orations in Wellington this week. Thorough bred cattle sent to Sydney from Otago, have realised good prices. There were twenty-three wrecks during the year 1886 on the coast of New South Wales, representing a money loss of £122,720. The crews and passengers of seventeen vessels were saved, but the balance of six lost the colony 111 lives. These were made up as follows: —Ly-ee-moon, 71; Falcon, 1; Prince of Wales, 2 ; Condong, 2; Keilawarra, 81; Helen Niccoll, 4. The a.B. Richmond, late of Sydney, replaces the Janet Nicholl in the AucklandIslands trade. Feed in the Manawatu district is excep tionally good this winter. Tne Wellington Telephone Exchange has been re-open 1. Edward Wakefield will not contest any electorate for the next Parliament. His journalistic duties are too onerous.

Hastings Borough has an overdraft of £15,000 on special loan accounts. Masterton has got the measles very bad. The s.s. Waitaki, wrecked near Palliser Bay some two ...onths ago, hae now entirely gone to pieces. The Jubilee fireworks at Sydney extended over twelve miles. Professor Hugo, the phrenologist, is working the Wanganui district. China will shortly have her own Postal Service. First, a regular post is to be inaugurated between the Treaty Ports, worked by the Customs, and thence the service will be extended throughout the country. As the Celestials are great letter-writers, it is expected that the scheme will prove highly profitable if the le'er-rate be not fixed too h 3 -