MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 35, 13 March 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

A * showing how Christchurch has increased in sizo nnd how property within it has rison in valuo during the past few years* wo luivo boon informod that tho recent nssenumflnt of rateable properties, for the city proper, nmountod to i317O;OOO; Of course this is irrespective of Sydonhnmv Wnlthnnb Nowtown ( Pliillipstown, nnd tlio other suburb* of tho city. In 1870' tho vnliiea wore not much aboyo ono third of tho tibovo sura, A correspondent to a West Coast pnpor points out how ridiculous it is that, while upon common unromunoratcd polico duties, tho commanding constables aro placed, tho Inspoctor commanding latoly wont out in person to seizo n still, so as to secure tho £33' ro ward which camooutof' tho fine. Me says :— " Mujbr James, alone, unuidod, wibh nothing but n revolver by hi* side,, travelled^ half wny to Christchurch by tho coach, pouotrated soven I hundrcd< yards into a dense and dark bush,, and capturod ft stilt. Now who* roward ou«ht this fientlcman toget P' I boliovo Mr James will receive £33 or somethinp; about that sum. Mr Jamos i« in rccoipt of a miserable pittance of £'tt)o per annum from, nn ungrateful country, besides freo quarters, and a few other privileges. It is, thoroforo necessary for him to eke out a living by still hunting,. '

Says the World ;— " f{is Ktoolloncy ho Chinese Ambassador, in London, is anxious to bo untried atpin ; nnd utiforlunalolv, Lotnl >n not being tho Salt Ltko Oify, there- vrm n dilll'iiltr in finding n second helpimto for tho. diplomatist, Flowever, this hfl» now being overeomo by tho selection of one of his own homeho'd f oe tlio honor. T\\<sfina»cee is a Rirl of fifteenmid wo think it ric'it to tell those »«h> tiro i>i Portland plncc that, nny unoarthfy shrieks wlreh th'-y may hear proceeding from tho Hmbassv aro solo'y due to tho dtfoc'iv* education of tho bride-olooi: Tho Gisborne correspondent ot' a Sou* thorn contemporary writing hi 1 * first impressions of GMnrno, ouvs : — " Thou tli» iwmbiTs of thi» (glorious Fourth aro a fiiio lot hero,, generous to n fault, and uok po<sossed of flume n irrowmoidod feelings r which actuate journn'ists in other towns ©(' morn importance than Gisbornoi Theroin v sort of liariiiony of ideas, and a dosiro to help G:\cU other nlong, which on<» rat) not but nduiiro. Of ours" I 'vo mX l * .Suvdor/ % thorough I'icss man I know ho Win t!»? fiVft time wo exchanged ' * Kr*««iiifiyii. b*"«-»»iis«? he said to mo after I beiritf in<r "iiifo I, ' Ifow-nrcyou old- ' nwo'Come-Mxi-hiv^.n-drink ? Thegwot.-* iij^k and (hi» li(j lor were all mixed in omv I l>r*f«ih f> I w*» "iin» lie bi« longed to iluv Fourth *Va'e. Tlimi i met another Press ronn *\w, o»i « fJt'inst from •!>»• South, »')<! I *r*« o!*o cerUiiM he belongedto the inky ilk, b^cnui- iio naid, " How aro you, loud mr tvu bob." Thcro iv.-is i v littlo diirurence in tho drcctiiuf, but M they nreboth familiar to the profi'ssion." '. lteriowrnff tlio newly p«l»li"lu»d b>ofc: ■ ! called "Colonial Kxporioncos," a Tim mi , ' pnpor nnmwnijly snyx :— " A «ood purr, of' Colonial ICxporioncns' is tnkon uo with tho author's privnto— vnry private— tft'ii ;»,. n n<l the first cliap'or airos nd U led 'torouiit o( his cfiyuijomont to n yoiin< Inly who j Itcd him, just n«ifsuoh vicisai- . tudrs wero only oxperirtMco.l in iN't'w Zcnhindt lfnrinjf got throuuh a Inooratint; retrospect of ihis .voum? woman'sdtithloNsncsM, our nuthor- bursts in^tho follow* • in jf rhapsody on things iiv^onornl, whio l ,. wo suppose, is intendod to convey tin idea of tho stylo in which tho old colonies were in tlio luthifc of discoursing rtido philosophy: — 'O Tiniu ! Thou aronmu' Hiid mm i) ror of nil things, trials and their compensations, whoso olFucinn finct'rs often Mini oblitonito tho st'it ply chi.st'll'd lines on tho marble, sacred to tho memory of tho loved one ;. by whoso benignant and consoling power, griofs that appear to overwhelm,, arc micoccdcd- by now joys ; and regrets and tonrs are c- tn» pnrativoly transient when moasureil o^ the trnor stuxl>ird o( life's ponsil>ihti(»s.* And this is what, he onlls ' noully lifiiu-; the veil that hns so long enshrouded this episode' about tho luii bless yniitf woman." Mr .1. G. S. Grant is ovidontly. iliv.* nn.t kickini;, ITo bus jitst pubu -li.-.J ,i> [)Oc<w\i\ pnmpblot, nod m>dcr tlte hi<:i<liiii;: of Delphic Oracles, bo cruciltos all p-irkio* concerned, in- tho lollowinj; tmiumficent paraphrases :.— " Two vmrs years ai»o, tho l.ito editor of ihe Otit^.rDaily Tunes' suppressed myspoi"'h «t tholuistimjs. A in>'cliii; was held in tlio editorial sanctum, nn I it was slrnnclo>sly issortod that ' if any other man -had ma le tdsit speooh it would have mailo hisVornmo; but it: mn.*L no, go^ abroad, f.»r — 'bo wns n dnn^orous in-in, and must Im ke|*t down.' At the olose of the po I, ilio•oditor hop.'d that Mr. J<. G\ ;S. (ir»nr, would' soon bid an everlasting fa row oil toNew Zanhtul. ' Well, — d"o mortuis nil nisi l)onum r --lio has bidden ndicut>iholight of th:> sun, and I am still in Dunodiu. Six-tociv months ngo I dulivorod n similar speech in the theatre, and I \vis liiornllv 'ho«vloiJ down- by an mmx.son'iblo mob. I left tho thoabn; with tho pruyor on my lips — ' Deliver nn; from unrensonahlomen.' Tho 'patriots' sinco that timj acceded la> power, and confi-rnfod Otnigo'sjil.tWO.OM'aores to-tlu» »o<-dy, soedy, atnl .greodyiPiN winoes, at, tho dictat on of ' tho god of Auckland.' Acoording to tho' Northern Advoeite,. fclio first question put by an employer at Wairoa io> a man iiv quest of work is " aro you married ?'' Mr. Sp.»nooi", manaixorfor jMi»«srs, Brown nnd Campbell, will not en^nuo 1 a single mvii if be can avoid it. Mr DurunvUlo will not, lot one ol his^ coitisros to a Mihtlo man—" nosinglo man allow oil on t It** promises" is bis unaltorablo rule. Mr Walker, managor of tlio ToICopurU' mill, tnkos the samo view. Tho , Advocate q/iotes tbo lollowing from n letter sent to a Servant R^gistory OlUeoin Auckland i—Send me up the 'ugliest-, toughest, fomulo on hand in the genem! servant Hue. Good wuuos to- v really ugly and extra tough old party who'l ll stay. Have- had four svrvants in six months— all spliced." Kcsult : I'ough «nd ugly arrived first steamer, but got married in n fortnight, but now tho whilom proprietor of that " slavy" njuy bo soon daily engaged in helping his bettor half in household duties of a multifarious nature, for she says she'll have no moro female helps if sho knows horse f. intimately, nnd hois gottingtired of paying Messrs. Caioy and Sou for passa^s.