MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1274, 21 May 1883, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

1 «*M ;&\. tj.; • , Tayipr;!•^.^^ ,^.! ■ Mudgeey thus apostrophised' his colleague, Mr Buchanan, in the, Sydney Legisktiye. Assem^bj :—• Nature^when the hon. gentleman was conceived, had giyai), )py® b)jibber fort brains,' polsyllables for>e)oq--enee, and with the lungt ofj^t^*j^||i'el^te^ l^ awaiywithrntheAidea that ho wttS ! 'a poHtical Demosthenes. ' .': He was a man wno .would, hoist any dag, defile ■ any - religion,: or discard any creed or clergy lor use any vituperation, so long as he served his owii ends, a n d for J a time basked in the sun. of notoriety. He appeared once as a temperance le.turer, begging mere to be temperate, and with the proceeds of that lecture he chartered a spring cart, arid had it filled with | brandy and champagne. He was next found in the wild, of Queensland, in th^ garb of Adam, , and with a biandy ( | bottle underhiß arm. -Mr Bucharian's ; 'retor|;was..9|_ tbe tv quoque7 ;< order-r | f Whowai he tiiat >hb should .p^atf'Of I _lrihfc ?— a ma*_ "whtf 'cairie irito', th : c". . r house^and fell.to the ground^ arid, lay in that dreadful state till he had to be' carried out v - A J ' A veiry elegantiy-dre-scfd'aiind aristo , ■W^jS^'-^^ii^*'^ i railway .car the.Pj^s de^fca. -sfc*^; ] f tn*n*j»^ol7 : ■Aia- r .fihe^pe^^ii^^p^a^: v ,aticl v toot her place she .obserffei^hat^.t ! !bhe'cai'' i : was' occupiediljyiffi^^rf^ ~ gen,lile*3ien, one of^hom iat.the 'mo- I .ment of her ftppearaice,^ ' was iti the' act of lighting his cigar. 1 " Observing 'the^lady^ he madea sighificaht gritnaoe,, ! , jpdi, "Wit&tM.^ ; iof /T^^l^ciiaiain,, ['wtifc . " WmUy I •Smoking incxMnniode *y«pu^ maidame!*''* > '**l domo-^khow, air. ; "^ ge^^/ / e^f.y,etjJmoked in mp presexiee ft H^-putOTtihis cigar.-- -| ji | *•'«'•> "-i^ : , ■?■ |- n -*'^fef %a?.•S^■^festhata*4_il , ; ; effort k_o manufacturo 'printing' paper • wis . mafie^.af the MafotirA '. paper iiiills ori 3^^oaßt, but withslittle greater on; preyiou^i occasions. -'Fot; ffoe J PS-?sent the (firwtory think it make any further experi- , .ments in this direction,, wjith the plant 1 And appliancea at their command, and will coA*teii. themselves with turtir ing out wrapping and other 'classes bf ' ■jiaper.7 : * A- -A .-■■<■ .-•■ ■<■■> '-. There. is at present in, Dunedin (says : .the Morning Herald : in the .course of.a x lea!ding article) a considerable' abovint bi ; commercial depression '; the wheels of business are not i*unning smoothy,' nor are people generally pleased with their prospects. Numerous houses are vacant of. tenants, and between Wise's corner and the Octagon 1 there art half a dozen shops standing empty< ...bnce. : busy Staffoid^<^Bt>.&nOw »amiosta : ,^ssJffi*M9 I the; most anxious trader desirious to effect a lodgment in the'*cltV : 'c , (.nld not hay© ■ jpbta.ined,. a' Sprpjar ' for iiis goods either for love or jinoney; ; • Aiij^png 'the £,000 oddpeople present at tne ball in honor of the young • Princes' at Brisbane was one, pretty,' lovely Jittle girl of about fifteen, but. looking, as sub.tropical. girls often do, somewhat older. With her Prince •George struck up a -violent flirtation, 1 and the damsel, though a little' confused , by the unexpected honor, was nothing [ loth. Everybody* was much amused ■ with the progress. Of the litte affair, ' y&icli was artlessly open arid frank ; „ but tb^e authorities took. Prince George. r in, hand and tried to keep him among the staid digmtaries en/thjEJ'dais. The A boy, jhowever, was. not \to be baffled, and Slipped into the crowd-, and secured his little partner again- Recaptured, he was brought back to the platform and confronted by an indignant lady, '. the iinuch-reßpect_d daughter of the ■■ Governor of the colony, who* assured • tvith emphasis .- "If you do that ;t ;again! I will box your ears." The boy, I .'seeing- that she evidently meant* what - sUesaid, did not do it again.