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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 268, 12 November 1868, Page 2

During his tour in this colony, the Rev. "Father Hickie is said to have collected £1450 for the establishment of a Catholic University iv Ireland. In California he collected £2500, and in Victoria £1700 for the same object. From a recent return published in the New Zealand Advertiser, it appears that the area of the Auckland goldfields is about 4280 acres, the population 16,000, autl the monthly yield 7000 ounces, worth about 50s an ounce, or about 5s per week for the population. The population in the Ross district is about 3500. with a monthly yield of gold of about 5000 ounces, worth 76s 9d per ounce, equal to £1 per week. The Manager of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, Mr Clifford, has reported to the Council that 724 young trout were hatched; three of the number were deformed, and two of the trout had since died. Upon cleaning out the boxes he faund .20 dead ova. Mr Dickens brought home a good story in -which the name of the Siamese Twins is used. A man in America knows everybody. Name what celebrity you could, Palmerstou, Guizot, Arago, Landseer, Maori — no matter. *Oh! yes, I knew him very well indeed.' At last a provoked cynic asked, 'did you happen to mow the Siamese Twins?' The omniscient but conscientious speaker at once ,repJie4, ' Well, one of them I knew ex.ceedingly well, but I'm not quite sure whether I eyer happened to meet the ■ether.' A briefless 'barrister ought never to be blamed, for it is decidedly wrong to abuse .& man without a cause, A thief, who lately broke open a grocer's warehouse, excused himself on u the plea that he only went to take tea. Why is a drunkard hesitating to sign. the pledge, like a sceptical Hindoo? — Bejcauße he doubts whether to give up the worship of Jug-or-not A Boston powder company has built a .church for its workmen,* and blows them jup if they don't attend.