MISCELNEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 58, 19 July 1878, Page 2

MISCELNEOUS.

In tho libol flnso Charles Edwnr.l ""** Houghtoa v Uced nnd Foil wick, commissions havo been issued by the Supv^mu Court nt the suit of tho defendant's, for tho examination of tho following persons —Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Cooper, residing in England, foimorly Koar-\d« miral on board H.M.S. Kuryalus; U.K. 11, tho Duke of Edinburgh, formerly naval cadot on tho EuryaluH ; Commander Horace ftochofort, Const Guards service, now stationed at Carriokfcrgus, formerly lieutenant on tho Eurynlus ; Captaiit Henry Stopbonson, fonaorly lieutenant of tho Euryalus ; Richard 11. Richards, paymaster to tho Vincent training shi|> at Portsmoath, formerly clork to the> secretary on hoajrd the Knryalus ; Richard Williams, paymaster of tho turret ship Thunderer, of tho Channel squadron* assistant-paymaster of tho Euryalus ; Cammandor M. It, M, Griffith, formerly lieutonant of tho Euryalua ; Holrnsloy IE, Shanks, secretary on tlio Dunonn flagship at Shecrncss, formerly secretary on tho Euryalus, Tho Commission i» rotnrnablo on January 1, 18^0. In roply to two Now Zealand corres* pondonts, tho Australasian gives tho following interesting information relativo to Trickett, tho famous oarsman :— •' Trickott is champion of the world. Provious to his dofcat of Sadlor, tho lattor lmd twioo beaten all tho best men in Amorioa, and he was ajso champion of England. Ho and Trickett rowed for tho championship of tho world. Th<> Knulish pnpors recogniso tho fact, and have for miiny months urged upon tho English rowers to chooso a. man to visit Australia for tho purpose of attempting In ri'oovor the lost honor. Tlio proprio* t.s of tho Sportsman oflferod to hoad a subscription for tho purpose, but nobody n spotidod, Theru is no truth in tho report that Trickott has made fast timo since ho met with his accident. A. few (I iys ago ho took n row in a waterman* b <nt, nnd was so satisfied witli hinvolf Hint ho is now prepare I to moot Higgins. ('"Urtnoy, or anybody olso who may ofl>," I'lio New York Times rolatos tho fol* lowing story nbout torpedoes — ' In tho first outlmwk of tho Paraguay • Brazilian wir, on enterprising speculator otforeit his service* to tho Paraguayan Govern* mont for a handsome considerntion iti blocking the advance of the Brazilian fleet upon tbo rivors by me his of torpedoes. This dono ho immed itoly sont word to his partner in Now Yore to conio- 4^ down at one© and offer his vrvices *°,^B Brazil for tho removal of tho torpodooi, *^W whoso whereabouts were to be indicatod by a specified signal. In this way ono partnor continued to plant them and thoother to pull thon> up during 'ho whole of tho four yenas' war oftor winch theso enterprising Yankees, having e»rnodup«' wards of 100,00(XloK by tlu-ir united exertions, wound up by sellmjr the utill 1 unexplodod torpedoes to tho Gorornraoufc of Nicaragua/ Mr Hodgson, tho inspector of SchoolsTor tho Nelson district, is in per»V>et liar* mony with public opinion throughout tho district, in expre.-^h g re«ret th*t tho- * excellent schools' so long carried oanndor tho liov. Father Garin-'s direotioQ aroto be sovorod from tho Rononil body of tho Nelson schools, the narrow bigotry of men boasting of l'.berality ami onlight* onment hnvinj? rofused tho»o modorat©«oncossionß thafc the foresight of tho Uto Provincial Counoil mado. and that subsequent oxporionco proved to be consist* ■ ont with strict economy, no les than with tho ontiro prevention of sectarian strife, Tho following notice has boon loft at our oihVo and is published for gonoral information t— Delayed Telegrams will now bo received at every Telegraph station throughout tho Colony for tra xw* mission, final delivery to tho address given being effeotod by post. Tho rates cbargoabto on all suck rooisngos will bo a* follows, vtz.t Sixpence (6d.) for tho first 10 words (exclusive of address and signaturoup to 10 words,) and halfpenny for every addition >1 word. Fractions of a ponn£ in computing ohnrgos will not bo allowed. Sondors of delayed tele* grams aro requosted to give as full address as possiblo, and aro also requostod to> write, in "instruction 1 * on tho message, tho word '• delayed." In addition to tho ratos abovo mentioned, postngo will bo charged as follows : If tho delivery is within tho postal district of any town, ono ponny (Id.) ; outsido tho postal district, two pence (3d.). In dealing with thoso telograms, the Department undertakes to tolograph thorn to their destination on tho day of their rocoipt, odd to post thorn tho samo ovoning. By order of tho Telegraph Commissioner, 0. Lkmon, Genornl Manager. A rather p«cn?inr ooeurrenco took placo last week nt Timaru. It appears that two men wero engaged in sinking a woll near Mr Orsmby's new mill, on tho bench, and ' had worked it down to n depth of nboufc 60 foot, whon suddenly they struck water and it begun to sprout up to a height of about 30 feet. Those on tho topproccodod to roleoso tho men from their ponlous position with all promptitude, but as they could not bring up more than ono at a time somo dolay occurrod beforo tho last mau was brought up. Tho first man