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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 4, Issue 195, 15 June 1861, Page 3

. On board the Cunardl steamers, the Church ser-,'. vice is read every Sunday morning. .-The muster., roll of tbe crew. is called over, and they attend service. A gentleman one day said to one of the \ sailors,— " Are you obliged to attend public wor-. .. ship ?" " Not exactly obliged, sir," replied Jaok ; "we should lose our grog if we didn't." , f

Fiji Cotton. — It has been shown that the Trild cotton of the ITijian Archipelago is worth lOd. per ; pound in the London market, if properly got up. Skilfallyi cultivated, therefore, it would doubtless '• command as good a price as 5 the finest' American l esxnples.— Sydney Morning Herald J' \ '<"'*"• "^ ;

[ A lad .applied to :tHe', captain of. a ; y§3se^;fori%ji berth;: the. captain, \wisfimg ; tQ intimidate Mm, i; handed. Kirn. a piece.of rope,, and *§idir-?*.i£ r ,yqij^t want to make a good saUor, you, must make threej, ends to a rope." ; "I can,^9, it,"; he^ readUy^ie^;., plied,;" "here . is one, and heje; is^anptherif^tihjitt \& makes two, Now, here's the third," and he threw it overboard. '' * . ' ,--:•-,'■.,.,

The CoNQtnsEiKa JFm&'m ajuu.; NiradNS.-:-^ * ~The Amtericaiis; of "Victoria, AugfcraJia, aekedl'permiasion to^eredt a- liberty' pol^te/wHofc "theyt* would put the star-spangled bainer, vTHe request b was immediately^ dettlined;^ >; **Welli'* \' said^tße -.';. crowdj ' " let's rase a pole ! antP stick the flag' of all &' nations '."upoa L iti ? ,' And so 'theydid [^feat flfey Baid ?<s they -wouldido, "a 1 pe^tiooat s wav^^&?stithiiaf- W! liberty pole! ""-.■„■-. ■-''/::.-■",•'. :y . x ''' : ' :: '*?iZr~*;ti :r ;:^