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Marlborough Express, Volume X, Issue 698, 3 April 1875, Page 6

On March G, according to the Herald, between seven and eight hundred people were laid up m the City of Auckland and its suburbs with the measles. The Napier City Council lias Instructed the Engineer to prepare the plans for a water supply for the lower part of the town by the artesian well system. Terence Murphy, a handsome subconstable stationed at Wafcerfard, has persuaded a lady, the widow of a Colonel, and highly connected, to elope with him. Terence is 23, and the widow 42 ; but m consideration of the £700 a year she possesses, Terence has overlooked the discrepancy m their ages. Presiding at the late festival given to the employes of the Clyde Trustees m December Provost Burn, of Glasgow, stated that —"A century ago the river was from 4ft to sft m depth at high water ; it was now 22ft deep. There was then 200 yards of quay; now there are about 7000 yards. The revenue at that time was £150 a year ;Tnow it was £182,000." It is a rare thing for one bowler to succeed m taking the whole of the wickets m an innings, but we notice m the AVesb Coast papers that this feat was recently accomplished m a match between the Greymouth and Hokitika clubs by Mr Arthur Morse, late of Nelson, who on the occasion m question was one of the Hokitika eleven. —Mail. The Nelson Town Clerk and the Mayor do not work harmoniously together. The Town Clerk interferes too much with the business of the Council, and, according to the Mayor's statement, is unfit for the post. The following minute was entered at a late meeting : —" The Mayor made a statement that he had no confidence m the Town Clerk, and could not worli with him." Living Wonders. —Auckland can now boast of a rare curiosity "The Fairy Queen,' who is the smallest woman m the world, \i years of age, and only 31 inches high, and who is said to have a good voice, and sings song! very sweetly. Besides this little jewel there is a Mr Moultou—"The Lightning Calculator,' whose arithmetical feats are almost incredible, 1 and " A Leopard Boy" m the collection, who is 1 a black and white spotted negro. —Exchange. Floods. —As a sample of the horcxns o: ' of the Queensland floods, we give the following telegram from Rockhampton, dated March 3rd, published m the Brisbane Courier : —" A dis astrous flood has occurred at Boolburra. Up wards of 300 persons have been rescued fron drowning by punts built by the railway de ■ partment. A large number have endurec " frightsul sufferings. Women and children, witl ■ little clothing, took refuge on the roofs of houses i and m trees, and were without food for three oi , four days. A German and his three childrei » have been drowned. A girl fell into the flood r and her sister m attempting to rescue her wa also drowned. A family of the name of Byde I and four others are reported drowned. A canva township of 500 people has been formed at th Two-mile East Bridge. A woman has beei ' rescued from a tree after being four days with 5 out food. Another woman was found by th ' rescue parties standing up to her neck m wate - holding a child on her head. Several peopl ; have been severely bitten by insects m th r water."

Qoite a consternation has been felt in the Wellington Post-office at a paragraph in the Price Current, saying that the registered letters were kept in an old cupboard which afforded no security, instead of iu a safe. Great efforts are being made to find out who blabs about the penetralia of the Post-office. — Budget. The Budget says ifc is satisfactorily demonstrated that every time a wife scolds her husband she adds a new wrinkle to her face ! It is thought that the announcement of this fact will have a most salutary effect, especially as it is understood that every time a wife smiles on her husband it will remove one of the old wrinkles ! A nice theological question has been raised by Bishop Whittingham, of Maryland, who refused to countenance the consecration of Dr Dudley, and to sign his credentials. Hehases his action, it is understood, on tbe language of St Paul, in the third chapter of the first epistle to Timothy, wherein the apostle says : "Bishops ( shall be husbands of one wife." Dr Dudley having heen twice married, the Bishop holds he is ineligible to the episcopate. The Christchurch Press has had a series of articles proving conclusively that the Provincial Treasurer has so seriously mismanaged the railways of the Province, that, instead of a profit of .£23,000, estimated for the year, there is a loss of £5000 during eleven months only ; and tbat this has occurred in the face of an everincreasing traffic on the lines and a widespreading business. The whole disclosure shows disgraceful mismanagement somewhere. A township rejoicing in th© name of '* The New Jerusalem,' says the Otago Daily Times, has been laid out in close proximity to the Green Island railway station. All the houses at present erected are constructed of brick, so that " The New Jerusalem " promsies to be of a more substantial character than the many mushroom townships which have recently sprung into existence on the surface of " tbis great province," or on the map thereof. At Alina. Soutli Australia, on the 19th March an unaccountable fire having occurred, the owner of the property, with other settlers, resolved to try an experiment by taking ten lucifer matches from one A. Wickmann of Hamburgh's tin boxes, and placing them irregularly upon the ground. He stood near to watch the result, and within ten minutes eight of them ignited without friction, unless caused by a strong north wind. — Thames Despatch. An Old Horse. — There is an instance at Poverty Bay of the longevity of horses in New Zealand, where there is a mare thirty-five years of age. This fine old mare has a foal at foot at the present time, and shows few signs of breaking up. She was originally imported from Sydney, by Captain Eeed, of Gisborne, who traded her away to the Natives of Poverty Bay. After many years the mare again became the property of the Captain, who regai-ds her with no little interest-. — Wanganui Chronicle. Two gentlemtin well known in mining circles were dreadfully FrigTifc'ehecPinTjyQlara street, Ballarat. They were inspecting a small piece of dynamite held in their hands, when one of them incautiously lit the compound. Of course the dynamite flared up immediately, and flew up the sleeve of the coat of one of tbe experimenters. Meither of the- unwary couple sustained injury, but they took good care afterwards, when further experimenting to place the dynamite on the ground before lighting it. — Thames Despatch. Our attention has been called to a very handsomely framed shield, on which tbe eoat-of-arms, motto, and the episcopal emblems of Bishop Redwood's Order and See, are emblsisoned by Mr C. M'Donogh of this town. As a specimen of workmanship, it is most creditable to him, particular^ as he bad not even a copy to follow. On a field of azure, stands a golden cross, accompanied by estoiles, argent, of six points, surmounted by a Cardinal's h*st and tassels. The motto is in golden letters upon an azure banner. — Buller News. That the proceedings of Major Edwards the Resident Magistrate at Wauganui, are occasionally eccentric is pretty generally known. i He seems at last, however, to have exhausted people's patience, and the Chronicle in a late issue says : — " Out of consideration for the feelings of the family and friends of Major Edwards, we have hitherto confined ourselves to general remarks as to his utter unfitness for his position, hoping that nothing more would be necessary. In future, we sball report in full bis judicial utterances, and our comments thereon will be sufficiently explicit. — Post. "We select the followiug extract from an article in the Dunedin Tablet, the New Zealaud organ of the Roman Catholic body, as illustrating the views held by it. The italics are in the original : — "I assert, with our archbishop [Dr Manning] that the allegiance of Catholics — nay, Ullramontanes — is as undivided, and their obedience to the temporal laio as complete, as those of Protestants viho believe the paramount obligations of Divine and moral law. The only difference is that the rule of faith with Protestants is private judgment, and that of Roman Catholics is the infallible voice of spiritual authority, which we believe to be under Divine guidance." New Zealand Horses. — A writer in the Nelson Colonist points out an ontiission in a former paragraph as follows : — No mention is made of Calumny winning the Newmarket Handicap (^6'670) comfortably by a length, beating sixteen others, including Binjiroo, Break o'Day, and Newbold. The New Zealand mares carried off about one-fourth of the money ran for at the meeting in question, the amounts won by each being — The Australian Cup, won easily by Lurline, by two lengths, £605 ; Newmarket Handicap, won by Calumny, by one length, £670 ; the Brunswick Stakes, carried off easily by Calumny, by three lengths, £237 ; total, £1,512. Mr Watt with his cheque for £1,512 was the largest winner at the meeting. The mares have now established their fame in Victoria, and fulfilled the expectations of the two enterprising gentlemen who sent them thither from this Colony.

The European Mail says the Marquis of Ripon, who, prior to his perversion, was engaged m building a large church m counection with the Established religion, has, m a very proper spirit, caused it to be finished, and is about to hand it over —not to the communion he has lately joined, but—to that which he has unha PP ilyleft--A- ChrISTCHURCH telegram Says that "iv consequence of Mr Farr's resignation, there is a vacancy m the City Council. A requisition, numerously signed, is inserted m the papers requesting James O'Brien, a well known chimneysweeper m the town, to stand for the vacant seat. He is supposed by the requisitionists to be the J, tfcest. man to meet th * of a City Councillor, as represented m Chnstchurch at the P«sent time. If this well-known character *llould be elected > and there are more unlikely things, the situation willbe very comical, though Another MILLIONAIRE. — The John Bull says that a rural dean m the diocese of Rochester vouches for the substantial accuracy °f th/ f?" owin 8 statement :-An old Mr Attwood died recently near Cheshunt. He was about eighty years oW and a bachelor rich but living very quietly. He is discovered to have been the Aver of all the inonvmnm flftftrt X* &y£*^^^J2™ £356,000 m this way ; f45,000 within the last year.' He has left mo r e than a million gterU »^o^ MrAttwoodissaidtohavebeen connected with the Birmingham Attwoods, and to have made his money principally by glass. A thousand pound note was found lying about the room as if {t had been waste P»P erA Book for which a reward of £1000 m gold was offered by Mr Galbourne, of Londor, relating to members & the n» al family of Engl i aml, nas been discovered m possession of a gentleman m Louisville, United States. The book, which is m two volumes, was received m tbis city m 1873 b a bookdealer named Taylor, and wa^ supposed \ 0 have been put by mistake iv a case of books ordered from London. They were afterwards purchased by the present owner. The book is a memorial of George IV., containing a minute history of all the scandalous passages of his llfe > among other matters the fact of the ™arnage of King George to Mrs Fitzherbert is P loyed by letters and documents taken from the royal archives. It also testifies that a child was bora to Mrs Fitzherbert while m lawful wedlock, A bfmarkablb contretemps has arisen between the Provincial Government of Aucklaud and the Ladies> Benevolent Society of that Clt y> m consequence of the former discharging the matron of the old women's home, which is under t]ie management of the ladies. The latter took the matron under their protection, The de Puty Superintendent wrote to the ladies tnat unless the matron cleared out before noon next day a policeman would expedite her departure- , The ladies thereupon carted the whole of the bedding and fittings of the home, which are heir property, and left the Government with the Dare nmiaing 'rnu~oraecrepii;'uia-wuuiciiiii » helpless state. How the matter will end is doubtful, but public feeling favors the action of the ladies iv resisting the arbitrary measure of the Government.' —Taranaki Herald. -. A Big toHABK.—A telegram states that during a late trip of the schooner Eliza M'Phee to the Catlin's River, and when off Cape Saunders, a large shark attracted by a porpoise hanging over the vessel's stern followed the vessel over 2(5 miles. Those on board endeavored to aecure the shark with a harpoon, with which j fc was struck three times, but each time he got away, and the last time became so infuriated tnafc ne went away a quarter of a mile, turned, and ran at the vessel with all his strength, striking her on the port bow with such force fcnat (being only m ballast trim) she heeled over. The shark at fche time seeme(i stunned, but a breeze springing up those on board were not a i oi e to catch him. Captain Peterson says the snark wag 05 feet m length and 5 feet m width. . to mitigate the « exuberance" of playful youth is thus shown by a correspondent P f \ h Varrnatnbool Examiner :-" A youth while robbing the lower branches of an apple d > fc { sitio receiv/ d\ char g e of saltpetre jju t m W place where his me4 ressihleß\vere tightest. The yell he uttered and ! tlie leap he t ° ok afforded ' divarshun' h fe ft^ f j T ther tlemen m M {^ waterho]e m a B paddockj U £ & fe began from mere km he m Qwner saw the «fun>. and quickly providing Mmself with a strong carter's whip, was at the edge of the water by the time the youths had finished the firßt one. As they were both m the original costume of Eden, the sight of an angry man with a huge whip was not pleasant to contemplate, and they remained shivering m the water until nearly twelve o'clock at night, by which time their custodian, thinking they had been punished sufficiently, relented,'and allowed them to go home. The neighborhood has been quieter these last few nights." T „„„...,. «._ __ v Q nmr. i,-ffl« avmfo GKY G^ RIK — S °m, e i?? c /£• ment was created on Chinaman s Flat and Timor OQ Thursday evening last, says the Maryborough Standard, "when it became known that Mr Kenneth Qorrie, of the'latter place, and his three brothers had come into possession of a legacy of It appears that their grandfather recently died m England, leaving this handsome fortune to be divided between them. The news- was first brought out by the mate of the Ben Lomond, who at once advertised fin the Argus. The advertisement was seen by Mr E. W. Bagshawe, formerly of Maryborough, who sent word to Mr Cattlin, and Kenneth Gorrie was apprised of his good fortune. With one of his brothers he has left for Melbourne, and .vill shortly proceed to England to establish his claim. The father of the lucky recipients of this good news died some time ago m Maryborough. Mr Kenneth Gorrie is well known m this district, having resided at Timor for a number of years. He has been mining manager of the Lord Clyde and All Nations companies, and recently was working m the Duke and Timor mine."

A Gambler. — At the K.M. Court at CTiristchurch on the 18th instant, the man Patrick Carey, charged with using loaded dice, and thereby robbing Pierce, billiard marker, at Port Lyttelton, was committed for trial on the charge of obtaining money on false pretences. Sergeant Maguire stated m his examination that on searching the prisoner's portmanteau he found fourteen dice, two of which were loaded, and it was proved by throwing them that on five out of six occasions the six turned up. He also found various other gambling tools m the portmanteau, notably a box containing fifteen marbles, and a parti-colored cloth. Bail was refused m the case. Could this be the ingenious individual who figured on the Blenheim racecourse the other week ?

Her Majesty Blocking the Way. — .One day, some years ago, when Her Majesty was standing on the public road near Balmoral, sketching the castle from a particular point, a flock of sheep approached. Her Majesty, being intent on her work, took little notice of the flock, and merely moved a little nearer the side *t>f the road. A boy m charge of the sheep shouted at the top of a stentorian voice, " Stan' oot o' the road, 'oman, and lat the sheep gae by !" Her Majesty not moving out of the way quite so fast as the shepherd wished, he again shouted, "Fat are ye stan'in therefor? Gang oot o' that, and lat the sheep pass by !" One of Her Majesty's attendants, who had been at a distance, on hearing his royal mistress thus rudely assailed, went up to the shepherd, and thus addressed him, "Do you kuow who it is you have been speaking so rudely to, boy?" " Na — I neither ken nor care; but, be she fa' she likes, she sudna be m the sheep's road." " That's the Queen," said the official. The boy looked astonished, and after recovering his .senses, said with great simplicity, " The Queen ! Od, fat way disna she pit on claes that fonk can ken her ?"