BY THE WAY.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 458, 14 July 1898, Page 2

BY THE WAY.

♦ A Rungitkei firm of painters and paperhangers rejoices in the names of Duck and Wing respectively. They should be able to feather their nest without much difficulty. Tho sea continues to do damage to the sandhills almost daily between the Central Battery and St. Clair. On Tuesday morning Alex. Galletly, a farmer at Lincoln (Canterbury) went outshooting, and when getting through a fence his gun exploded and blew out his brains. Complete specifications for letters patent have bsun accented from Geo. Wm. Penny East Gore, for ifripio'tements in tine hty' rows. A firm of Milton butchers are selling meat killed at the Dunedin abattoirs. i It is anticipated that the cost of the Police Commission will tat up to £7500, roughly .' ■ The ' Religious Mission 'says that as 'the' newspaper is, the combined work of recording angels and printers' devils, for those SVhe neglect to pay their accounts there is no hope as they will assuredly incur -the displeasure 6f both angels ami devjls. l - >• ; 0: FJ; llhodp'p, of Meadowbank (Cantoi'buiu^ liasfcteared £l's;ooft gui- b{ Cota ! toe6 l'thS «!?$ - He had in 300 acres, 'and gqf'Wlotis $'t\4 acre. ' - * • '--'- The Rev. L. M. Isitt, whose temperance addresses have attracted so much attention in England, js expected bacjc in New Zealand In the early p.^rt of next ygari'*'' '" J " ' " ' The salaries of tnefour principal officers of -' tljeßankof New Zealand touch the modest sum pf £7QOO a year: President, " £33§6 \ General Manage;, £1750 ; Assistant General Manager, £1500 ; Auditor, £1500. A rich Adelaide settler is haunted by the' - " fear that he will die in poverty. As a small precaution against that dreadful event he has stored up 10,000 sovereigns in the vault of an Adelaide bank. He is reported to ba worth - £30,000. -■--'-.