BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 184, 7 August 1896, Page 2

BRIEF MENTION.

A snow* feel about the atmosphere.

Bain at Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington, and tnveroargill at 9 a.m.

At Waimea East (Nelson) the farmers will have lambs ready for the butoher m a few weeks, and green peaß are expected In about the same time.

Bpuriouß bank notes m circulation. Business people had better keep their eyes open for them.

Keep ycur eye on ■ ■ foe the National Steeplechase. It 1 a a real good thiog,

A boy's aoooanut bounoed from a patement through a £20 sheet of glaw m Dm Street, lnVeroarglU,

Marie: "Why does Miss PaaiUmqaift ml? her book of poems ' Meadow Grass'?" Estelle : " I Euppon she bad a presentiment that H woald remain uncut.'. 1

A well-known expert cays there is one red diamond m existence— and only ate Ii is valued at £7000.

There are only two policemen m Iceland, and or; e of them Ependfl most of hia time m literary pursuits.

8o great is the demand for lime m tbe Milton distriot (Otago) that the lime ownpany is at preeent unable to supply iti orders. ~ --

A wild boar which hsß been known to have ranged m the South Wyndham bosh for tbe past 12 years was shot last week, It is believed it was tbe last of lbs speoies m the district.

It is alleged there are about 4,000,000 bushe s of peanuts raised eaoh year m the United States. The roet of the world pro* duoe five times as many, or an aggregate of--20,000,000 bushels altogether.

A Sydney man needed exeroiee, and bought a bioyole m order to obtain it » bat he doeß not ride, He reckons he has got all the exercise he needs when he has finished inflating the tyreß.

Prempeh's mother, now a prisoner with Prempeh at Elmina, has had fifty husbands, all of whom were pat to death by her orders except Prempeh's father.

Nearly the whole of the City of Ternon, Texae, has been buried by sandtftorms. The sand was swept m from the desert, and literally covered up the prosperous efty.

Dnkane: "The Prince of Wales la said to have lost maoh of his interest m horn raoing." Gaswell; " I hear he has lost ft great deal of his prinoipal m that.way, too,"

An eight-farrow plough has been tried m Viotoria. Though the ground was exceedingly hard the plough did excellent work, breaking up the soil thoroughly and form* ing a good seed bed.

The dark-skinned hawkers who roam about New Zealand, whether gipsies, Hio« doos, Sikhß, or Levantines, are flailed " Assyrians " for some curious but unknown reason— perhaps because they " came down like a wolf on the fold."

The great spread of instruction m the English language m Japin has naturally led to a growing demand for English books. Over 85,0.0 English books were imported laet year, as against 40,000 m 1885.

A man from one of the Prohibition Blatel of America was recently asked to address a temperance meeting m another part, so 'tit eaid. Be did. " This," 4aid be, "is the Bible which I hold m my hand. I hive read it through, chapter and verse. I could find m it only one man Who asked for water, and he was m hell."

In Uermany m 1818,' 60,000 000 tores of laud were taken from the nobleß tod given to the serfs,' the nobility being remunerate! for their liberated serfs ftt the rate of £180 for eaob family.

Parson W. Dill Mecky, of Boots Ohureb, Sydney, had to preach at Brisbane the other Sunday. He left by steamer on the Tuesday, but instead of getting to the piebald land, be found himself m Melbourne on tbe Thursday. He had taken the wrong boat! —Bulletin.

As illustrating the danger of Parlia* montary interjection, the Melbourne Argut gives tbe following from a debate io the Companies Bill. Mr Sbiels : " Roguery won't pay m commercial undertakings/ Mr Onttrim : " But it alwaya doea." Me Shiels : " How do you know ?' (Laughter.)

Sydney wharf labourers deolare thai thil is tbe worst winter they've ever had so far as work is concerned.

The ooal output m Victoria during the quarter just closed eolipeed all previoui records of the oolony.

A mathematician being asked by ft «tout fellow, If two pigs weigh 20lbs, how mnoh will a large hog Weigh ? replied : Jump into the scales, and I will tell you immediately. 11 A queer little boy who bad been to school. And was op to all Bortihrf tricki, Discovered that 9, when upside down, Would pass for the figure 6. " 80, when asked his age by a good old dame, The oomioal youngster said, * I'm 9 when I Btand on may feet like this, But 6 when I stand on my head.' " d A trial was reoently made m Austria to teoide m how short a spaoe of time living rees oould be converted into newspaper!. At Elstntbal, on 17th April, at T. 85 m the morning, three trees were sawn down; at 9.34 the wood, having been stripped of bark, out up, and converted into pulp, beoenu paper, and pasEedfr.m the factory to tbe prees, from wbenoe tbe first printed and folded copy was issued at 10 o'clock, to that m 145 minutea the trees bad beoome newspapers. Tbe age of mireoles (eaye • contemporary) is not passed.