MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 3, 30 November 1877, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Qucenslander looked Ailhfir nsknnce. at the well known " Vagabond " when he. went up to Brisbane to report on the. . Chinese question. Thp Copil town, Courier. Rave him the following fath^ly advice : — . Mr Julian Thomas, the.taleutad " special l? of the Australasian, wtyp has keen "making it hot " for some peopleif Melbourne papers, has been sent up toiUooktown ns ; a penance for Ins sins ; a£A serre him right, the Argus Vagabond f He arrived* by the I<eichhardt yqsterJay. He does <not come incognita, for bpw could be, earning to a climate where people cannot conceal their identity, e^en. w.hen. di»«^ guised in liquor ! He is going ud to the Palmer, and when he passes Hell's (x.ates lie will probably meet as gr,,»at vagabonds, as Uimself, As we Cookiowuiiies are the. most upright, virtuous, and opeu'jiaudeil people ia Australia, he canupt of coursp fjud anything " crooked " about us ; but he may expose the Ohi-iese as. much as.he likes— they have no friends, dojvu, south. A,g, we knew in Cooktown that he. was. coming.amongst us, we imported a Chinese palauquiu for his special use, and. as he is ranker ponderous, and horses, are very weak at this season, we advise him. tp use it, and hire a retinue of CuiiiUiess. to heat. him on, his. way. We hope when he writes to (he Australasian about us, he wijl •• behave himself. ]f he does not, he. had better not return through that place with tbe naughty name on the. Palmer road. "With these few hints for Ins. gy,idauce and good behaviour, we w.eluoma Mr Tiiomas, and wish that his vagabonds age about the Cook district may b.e both, pleasaut and. profitable. During gunnery practice by «io kelson in Jlobson's Bay ou the I'nuce of Wales' Birthday, a shell bounded troui, the water on shore at St. Kilda. It fjew. over Ibe railway slationj- through all fc»--

Hraotimit-and then pbur,hed;the;|»'2h^ay for a oQiiiJdettibie Hisftauce, cajrrymK with it a bart-load of debrit . It then rose, and came in coutact with a bnolc wall wa ■lantiifctfireo-ioo, matcin? amtertalfljf ip^an alurmin? manner., ana was xxl* titftafoly/broasrhfc up in the urotfnd at the base of, a brick wall- Continuing it* course, the missile wtonA the .workshop of an Q r K anPi»n4Br j; nttmed St.ne., and passed out in a diagonal line, nearly snusbing-ft valuable org«n vliich wa^ in course of conatrnetion. Mr Stone at the time w ; «8 in !»is 'house, which was situated some ton yard* away fpora the shnp, and states tljat be fancied a steam engine w>»9 dartios? iljfougb, his premises. The shell then skimmed a bank of sand, and passed between ty? 0 houses erected n little beldvr the railvyay station, narrowly escupins,' Jiittinj? a child that was on the roof looking at the review. It also struck a por" fin" nf the road facing the entrance to the j?ailw» p station, and carrying with it a quintity of stone anl metal, deviated a little from its course, and siruolc «fc a height of about six feet tjje side wall connected with premises in. Fi^roy streo 1 , occupied by Mr Douglas Dare, hoiJ^Bod land ageqfc. A hole of about JOin in diameter was knocked in the wall in consequence, and the dangerous missile «pent iUelf in the ground at the base. It was picked up by a man employe 1 upon th» place, and was then quite hot. Mr C. C. Arms ronj.', a gentleman lately ar Tired Irom Dqpedio, narrowly 0 caped being struck with the sIMI »« he was proving the road at fclie time. A portioa of the debris did strike him, but fortunafcely without infliotinn any injury. The Jew people who were in the neighborhood at tne time made for the spot where the missile had dropped, and Mr Armstrong, upon some impulse of the moment, purchased the article from I hi? man who picked it up, and conveyed it to the George Hotel. Upou inspection it tvus found to be a conical shaped shell, about 20 n long and Gin in diameter. Ttte I cap which would cause it to. explode when it came into contact with any object was fortunately off. — Melbourne correspou* ideut of thfl Otago Daily Times. The Rev. Charles Clark liaa electrified the good folks of Kumara, end packed audiences have nttented, his lectures on pitch occasion. He has been induce! to extend his stay there longer, than lie anticipated, an( * ' l 0 Je<-'i>"'es there again this evening' lid'ore Mr Clark left Hokitika, several gentlemen who. heard his lecture entitled " Westminster 4 bbey. ' delivered at Wellington and elsewhere, requested him to give oue^more entertiinmeut her--, His engaKemeiitt. at Kumara ilieu prevented his ddiiitt sn, but nince his depiirture a very Krner«ri«e|iftg has been impressed., that he would till the s» t heaire again were, he to retun for one pr even two iij^hK We understand lhat Mr Clark has signified hid intention to comply with the w^h, and. on Wed« pi'sday eveni})}? tb,e couip'Uliou lecture ti> t,Ue •* Tower of Londoq," namely, " Wontinintster Abbey," will be given by him. As a lecture, this one has bueii' dencribml by the Melbourne, papers atn*? thelovl-e^t and most loveable thing in Christendom." Mdnte. G'irlottii Pat.ti has, it, in stated refused au offdr ofi^qOlOaud ex leimes for a ti-iur, in Auttrajii*. i Co»i«d«>riiiis that New Zi aland .would probably bo worth an ettra je^jiJQ^tlie off.-T ; a»^ Hot; seem 11 simxll* 0110 lorjfceouperi vooalist, It munt, ltewever, he ramflrnbered, tlmt Mndnme Arabella GoddaM! »"«! M«diim.e Ilrna di Muraka netted; ab,.mt each dui> }ng their respective tour* itt the An(ipodes. .! !•■■■■•