BRIEF MENTION

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIV, Issue 234, 8 October 1900, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION

Loed Rakfobly i 8 willing to BooepS a fir ther term aa Kawana of Maorilanc), The Eanfurlya have made thmifflv immensely popular during tbtir eiay iv ih colony. Fruit isn't any oheaper einoa Great Bri tain took poEEOSBion of tbo Orange Fre ' State. 1 "Itis a ouriouo feature inhuman natur that men m their jealousy aro often mor nnreasonable and more violent thai wom3n."— Hod. Dr Grace. An indignation meeting is to be held a Napier to proieet against the Princa oi Wnles 1 Birthdoy being eeleoted as Peace Demonstration Day. One good reeull of tbe annexation of thi South Sea Islands will be cheap fruit foi New Zealand and a good outlet for farmers produve. Provision merohania do not ofton give themselves away. j3ul it is reoorded tbat s certain grocer m tbe North of London recently displayed m his window this notio6 : ~ 11 Our Boporior Butter, 1b ptr Ib— No one can touoh it." And the libel of it was thtt the placard with its questionable commendation was attached to a woll-hnown New Zealand brand 1 Mr Ward: Having regard to New Zlaland's assets, I consider eho is financially Bounder and muoh more prosperous on tbe whole than Canada. The gales whioh have been prevalent o-ver the oolony have blown down the telegraph wired m all direotionß, and communication has been muoh interrupted. The Minister of Jußtioe has promised to have enquiries made as to whether a person conoemed m & reoent uury case at Dunedin is a Jaßtioa of the Peace. 'One flig for na and Canada,' thouts the New York Ban. That sounds fraternal, and if oar neighbors make tbe flag the Union Jack we'll call it a bargain.— Toronto I Express. An advertisement m another column sets oat that a batter faotory has been lost at Benwiok, If the advertiser's loss is a genuine one, tben it iB to be hoped tbat either the finding of the faotory, or the receipt of the information required will be the result of his notification. On a reoent Eoientifto test a worker m metals euooeeded m drawing a penny out into 5700 ft of wire. An authority on oats says that blac-eyed oats are always deaf, snd that pare white oneß are afflicted m tbe same manner. Boene : Aberdeen Joint Station.— Country girl (to porter) : " Can ye tell me fan the last tram gangs to Banohory, porter !" " 'Od, I doot it'll no* be m your day or mine either, 'oman," At a orioket mat oh between an Antwerp and an English teaa on August 15, some Belgian roughs began assaulting tba Englishman, several menaoing them with their knives. Twenty police succeeded m quelling the roughs, who ware dispersed wilh orieß of " Vive les Boers !"' " A baß lea Anglais 1" Dobbs: "What is your opinion of Brown ?" Bobbe : "He seems to think what he thinks he knows he knowß, bat I know he knows what he thinks he knows is false," There is an alarming rumor outrent that the main orop of English potatoes may be spoilt by blight. Tbe Colorado baetle has reappeared m the fields, and has done a vast deal of damage. The last survivor of the Hadderefield Ohartiete, Mr Samuel Mitchell, has jußt died, aged 85. Burglars have stolen the elver Communion plate from Holy Trinity Charcb, Gray's Inn Road. Good Samaritan (irascibly) : " You (old me, Mr Jinks, the other day, when I relieved your wan), that your son was eetving the Queen, and now ( find that he is a convict at Dartmoor." Mr Jinks : " Well, sir, it ien'i for tbo likea of me to qießtion Her Most Graoioas Mtjeety where she wieheß to employ 'Arry's services," Another smart invention is announced from America. Chicago is said to be the home of the latest labor-3&virjgoontrivaEO', which takes tho form of an eleotria oharoh oolleotion box. As Boon as the clergyman has touched a button m the pulpit the box runß along wires from pew to pew, and the congregation do the rest. From a boy's composition : "A hen is an animal made by the Creator of the universe, whioh is covered with feather?, and has a bill. The hen stands on two feet except when ehe iB tired, and then ehe 'stands on one and eats corn with her bill. When the ben Bits down Bhe cits down to lay, and wben Bhe lays down she lays down to ret. The hen's eggs are good to eat unless they have been set on."