MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 33, 13 February 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

They do nob npnear to ho hi'hhulhinrt in Aknroa whenever nn opportunity is afforded of linviiiir some, fun nf. the ox* pen'o of n pnhlio individti 'l . Tlio Inonl Mail of lnst FriJny says ;— " Tlio leotnro ndvcrtised to bo delivered lnst night hy Mr Andrews did nor come o/F. owing to interruptions from (Itoso pro*»nt. Tlw interruptions consisted not only of ont calls, whistling. &?., hut nl* to'ik the moro substantial form of Otfg* (fresh),, flour, crnckor>», nivi mi>*silo< of otlior description*. Tolpiirama from Lor<l Dorhy Kirl HonconsfioKl Bnkor Puslm. tho Dnrdonoll("», nnd Koumnnin, woro hnndod lr> the wonlil-ho lecturer, tho reading ' f tlmso nnd' other communicutioiis cmisini? conaidornhlo nmnsemont. Mr 1). Huahos wns voted to the chuir, hut wna unnhlo lo koop order. Tlio proceedings wore nhrnnHy closed hy a voto of consuro on tlio Aknron Mail lor not .sending ft reporter, nnd tho iornominioas exit of tho lneturer followed hy n volloy of flour, «W. nmrkoM, &% If U»o " Po liticnl minuet of Knropo " is nnythin^ similar to tho qeeno thnt took plnee, within tlio I own rr»ll of Alnron lnst erenin^, it must be strrmy indeod P" Who will talk of " Sleenv " A^nron now P A writer in tlio ftfelhourno Lender <inys j -The ohnnctn thnt hns como over Mia mining industry in Viotonn during the pnst voir is nomowhnt remnrkuhle. T'>e dividends for »'"» venr show n falling ofFof no less M.nn £275.000 ns rompurod with thosn of 1870. Thoro is ft rovorse, howov<<r. to this dnrk picture. Tins yenr in round mnnliers Uio ineronsod yiold ot our wlrnt fields hns en ihled M 3 to send nwny some 10.000 tons of iKOtdstufls, vnluol nt.Cl2^er ton. This represents nolo«sthnn €120,000 whilst narnin. if I add the vine of ihe whent nn<l fl nr imported in 1S7(). T hrintr tho totnl up to ovor £2t5.0(X) nn nmounl, tvhieh will co n lone; wny to eomponsnto for tho loss in our gold viold. Althou-rh Bri«lv»m V<miiir, Ihe polyu: 1 mist, his coised to live, his memory snys A DijMedin nnnnr) continues to ho food [or ridienle. A. good denl of fun hns been erented in ■Pi i incefl*Hli eet Intely, throngh the exhibition nt tho shop of Mr Wise, stotioner, of n 'nnro enrtoon representing n huro hedstend fillod wilh tho prophet's wives, nil wo.'| ins bitterly irnd with hnndkorehieh npplied to thei" eyes. Tn the centre i» a vaennt pillow, nhovo which i<i suspended Rrißhnm's- lint, nnd surer* dotal ernvn f , while nt the foot on tho floor is ft pnir of lon ir hoots, jlwnont'i is the, inscription — " Tn memorinm. Briuhnm Younfj. Tho plnco which lms known him siinll know him no moro," A contemporary remarks j— -It wns recently reported thnt tho question of tho preo donco of tho ox'Judnos hnd been nt lnst settled,, und thnt Her Majcsiy lmd been plonsod to confer on them tho title* of Honorable* with precodenoo aftor tho Judges of tho Supremo Couri.