NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1926, 10 May 1888, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

N|^7p fewqr than 38 Chinese were captured 1W gambling JJttrfiu one of the Chinese quarters in Sydney in one night, and were fined 30s each, in default 14 days' imprisonment. The Wanganui Herald says there is some talk of asking Mr. Wanklyn, of Hawera, to take the character of the Chancellor in " lolanthe " again. At a meeting of the society last night Mr. Allen was unanimously appointed stage manager. From Mr. "Wanklyn we hear that an offer hns reached him, and he hopes to be able to accept it. It is reported that no rain worth mentioning has fallen in New South Wales during the past four weeks, even in the i most favored parts, while in some districts there have been fully three months without a downpour. Reports from various country districts, especially the western division, state that rain is badly wanted, and fruit growers in the vicinity of Sydney are complaining of the injurious effect upon the orchards and strawberry bods of the long spell of dry weather. Taraqaki butter will soon be in demand, apparently.

From Manaia we hear that there is not a dwelling or cottage vacant or wanting a tenant at the present time.

Notice of adjournment of the general meeting of the Opunake Dairy Factory Company from the 14th inst. to the 30th, is advertised elsewhere. The adjournment is ordered pending the issue of the report and balance-sheet.

A city submerged by the sea for 1000 years has just reappeared above the waters. The town of Haigen, north of Ningpo, in China, was completely overwhelmed during the Sung dynasty, and lay buried until quite recently, when the sea receded and exposed the remains of buildings. Quantities of vases, plates, and domestic utensils have accordingly been recovered —of the utmost interest to Chinese historians.

A writer in the Sydney Morning Herald says : — We have it on good authority that for some time past the able-bodied populatiou of Victoria have been coming here in large numbers. This surely proves that the}' can earn a better living here than there. What is the result? It would now appear that so many o£ them have "cleared out" from Victoria that the Victorian Farmers' Protection Association finds it necessary to petition Parliament to bring out a lot of farm labourers and domestic servants. This surely must show the utter failure of protection to enrich the people of Victoria. It certainly would be interesting to hear what the labouring classes and domestic servants of Victoria think of su3h extraordinary proposals as those now made.

An American paper gives seven seasons why the young married women " carry everything before them." Here they are : — First — The young married women are more beautiful than, the girls, because by a simple law of nature the best-lookirjg maidens are in the best demand for wives. Second — The young married women are better dressed than the girls, because they have the infinite resources of a trousseau to draw from. Third — The young married women are inoreindepenclantthanthegirls, because they have no chaperon to watch them, and their husbands rather like to sit and smoke while they dance the German. Fourth — Young married women are more interesting than the girls, because they have taken a step which every fellow contemplates and can give one point. Fifth — Young married women are better fun than the girls, because they can be spooned without entanglement. Sixth — Young married women are better social investments than the girls, because they have establishments and opera boxes of their own, and can give invitations without asking mamma. Seventh — Young married women are more tantalising than the girls, because they belong to other fellows.