BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 19, 25 January 1895, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION.

» Miss Nalder, who was seriously injured by a shot from a pea rifle, m Nelson, is recovering. The operation performed on Mr Moynihan was partially sucoesßful, but his condition on Tuesday was practically unohanged. There is a dearth of unemployed m the Waimeas just now. Every available man poßiesßing a knowledge of harvesting work is busy, and will be for the next two or three weeks. The Auokland Star thinks that women have a strong claim to representation on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards of the Colony, It is stated that nearly four figures were taken for the lust six performances m Dunedin by the Brougb-Boucioault Company. Over £200 was m the house on the holiday night, Mr J, B. Blair has resigned his seat on the Wellington Eduoation Board. The Public Library at Arrowtown has been destroyed by fire. Insuranoe, £400. The potato orop throughout tha Woodyille district is badly damaged. The cause ia a mystery. The salary of a London sohool-attendance offioer, who hunts up non-attending scholars, keeps up a census of the children m bis distrust, issues the summonses, and performs all the duties required by the Sohool Board, is £10 per annum, The Observer states that oolio is very Sravalent at Carterton among young ohilren. The Advocate reoords the death of the oldest Bangitikei settler, Mrs Elizabeth Henderson, at the ripe age old age of 86. With her husband, Mrs Henderson settled m Bangitikei m 1857. Mr Seddon sayß be does not claim to be a gentleman by birth or eduoation. He is simply a man of the people. He meant ruler, with a capital "B." A seoret is a something which you oommunioate to one whom you oan trust ; he m turn tells it to somebody that he oan trust, and that somebody reveals it to another somebody whom he oan trust. At the danoes of one of the wealthiest hostesses m London — her house is m Lowndes square— printed cards are hung on the walls with these words engraved on them : "No introductions are needed." According to Darwin, there is insanity among animals just rb there is among human beinga. But one faot must not be forgotten— animals don't write poetry. The burial contractor to the Merthyr Tydvil Gftrdians has a merry wit. Taken to task for burying a pauper m a coffin without a name plate, he said the day was windy and the plate mu9t have been blown off. How wbb it fixed on to start with ? A correspondent writes to the Napier News {—Hope Bishop Julius will give us a lecture. If not let's get Colenso to give us one of his lively dissertations on the 1 articulations of the caudal appendage of the Babylonian oat,' or the 'habits and structure of the bluentailed fly,' or the • larynx of the iotbyosaurus.' " A clerk m the City of London Court obtained damages, £15, against the Metropolitan Eailwsy Company for personal injuries to one of his eyes through a spark from the funnel from an engine running jpto the Btation striking the optic