MISCELLANEOUS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 189, 11 October 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

A-private letter from. Wellington states that the Ministry are the session. Several of'the supporters of the' late Government are already showing*signs- of a desire to curry favor with those in. power. The Stamp duties Amendment Act lias passed ; the change', is to take place on the 1 1st December. The clause reducing the duty on 1 cheques to one penny has also passed.. J.-C. Brown, M.H.R., has te)egraphed to the Lawrence Kail way Committee that Mr. Stafford pledges the Government to commence the ijuipeka railway during the present sunnier. I J AULTA.itEiS"TART "Wit.—Several of the m;id : wau[s-t>f the (ipposition have endeavored to crack jokes for the last dy. or 1 w• > a t the expense of■ tite Min ■istry. T ie been to characterise it as g. Super-abun-

rhnfc . T'*o btjsf" at— is • -v. 1 at -.ho \ Jp;vt.-sifci'jii iiin,ner on Tue?- lay. w, en. alluding to thehon .member fqr Parnell, Mt\ : Staffordwas congratulated on <his. ingenuity! in. constructing a Cabinet wifchoat Wood. Tuapek v A private telegram in.the ' Tuapbka Times' says the Government 1 intend to spimd LGO,U3O in-the construction of the Tuapeka ; Railway during ike next twelve months. -. The Spoiiki.*r ..complimented Mr. Sheehan on.being, the fir.st. European member i \f the House .who had becnboi'n in Ne>v Zeahf.n.l. Soma member of the hLouse translated the speech to one .of .tfhc native M. H. but omitted the word European." Wi Pa rata, observed in i*eply, JParau ! 7ciu wxnau, t'Jiaic ki> Xu Tircini /"—"Fibs !'l was , born -in. X.ew Zealand v

■ : A,t Home a plan .is now fallowed - "of compelling-each bank clerk,to have hisphotograph t t:iken, and to l.o.dge it with the bank .officials, iu a regular bank album" Sir George Yerdon. (says the ' A.u r e) has brought ; vith" hitn the English T-.le, arid has issued an order that each clerk in the English, Scottish, and Australian .Chartered Bank 'should present his carte de visi.te to trie bank manager for utilisation if certain contingencies should transpire. The Lion the. Colonial Treasurer, in. the course of the Financial, Statement delivered by him last week, said The balance of cash on hand (L 845,098) would enable works already contracted -for to -be carried on during the present - year, and would also enabje the Government to - initiate .and 'push forward others of.tjie:wo);ks ~ ; a,u thoxis'ed by Parliament. The Minister for .Public Works woul-1 inform the House' what those works would be, and during the recess tli3 Government would work with a lull .recollection of the ; fact that the policy of Railways and Public Works could not be reversed, and that, to be a benefit to the Colony, it must be carried on vigorously, though -frt the same time with prudence, judgment, and economy. Of the one million authorised to be raised for Immigration, there regained on September 10th, after providing for liabilities up to 31st December' next, as stated by the late Public Works Minister, £863,7L4 Of the £300,003 for the Goldfields Water Supply, there remained available, after providing £51495' for the Thames Water Kace, £231,855.

* Til support (says tlie 'Pastoral Times') of the opinion that.wool .increases in weight from theitime whendt leavesAustnilia until it arrives in Europe,, we have the following reliable evident : —A. dozen fleeces were sent from Warbrecean, near Deniliquin, Messrs. Shanahan andJenriins' station, to the Sydney Exhibition. .These were carefully weighed at the shed, when the average was 91b Boz. They averaged in Sydney 91b lloz ; when weighed-in , .London they avena&ed 91b I4oz, thus..giving 6oz on eaclrskin. As - they'were"specimen and selected - skins itrended for exhibition, and were exhibited at Bradford Chamber of Coin incite, they were carefully enclosed in a tin case. ' We submit that this is a fair test in regard to this much debated question, and proves that under the. most careful management wool gains in its transit between two and three per csnt. —in the ordini ary packing irii wool bales the percentage will,be much higher.

There is likely to be an unprecedented demand for mutton in Boston during ' the Jubilee.- Just think of 20,000 people announcing, at the top of their-voices—" 11 we like sheep !"