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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 21, 24 January 1877, Page 4

! • j A Calcutta paper gives the following Recount of a plague of flies; — " When people read of the plague of flies in Egypt, they are sometimes apt to wonder jwhat sort of flies they were— whether jthey were our common and sometimes jvery tiresome visitor, the houae -fly, or Whether they were a species of mosquito, pr what. They could not well have been more tiresome than those little side-walking, biting, jumping, green flies that are said to usher in the cold peason of India. Of these Calcnttahaa had a veritable plague daring the evenings of the last week. It has been scarcely pqaaible'to aital atabl^^ wis t a light. 'IThe Hies came to flavor fine * soup, to improve the tea, and to fill up ;the inkstand^, /They., coyer book if one attempts jto; read, or^bef^Beljfc|| upon people's spectacles or jump into their eyes. If people talk, tbey have to be careful lest tbey draw in more than the peediM_J)reath. _The streets have pcairostyv_b*feQ *^et(^r thanrTtlepio^s, and esome p|d_p|e|pkas!^g lampposts with handkerchiefs over their faces, and oiher ß.,try ing to protect jtbemselves by the 1 - vigorous working of a fan, against which tbe insects rattle like peas. To drive in an open carriage was»lik9.mee|jtng x a : hailstorm ;*> andf in some places business, where pleasure is business, bas been brought to a stand. Flies burn their wings in tbe lamps pf the billiard room and the dead flies shunt balls that are gently rolling for a jdelicate cannon, or turn tbem from tbe direct line to tbe pocket. At the Corinthian the entrance-hall was iiterally oovered with tbem, the walls green 'with tbeir numbers, and the floor carpeted with tbeir bodies. At the entrance to the buffet tbey lay in heaps to tbe thickness ot a hearth-rug under ithe gas-lights, and in the bouse itself they were a great nuisance. It is to the credit of Dr Lynn that people stayed to see him, instead of seeking p I most tbe ooly possible refuge from these übiquitous tormentors, the friendly shelter of the mosquito curtain." ; Tbe Auckland evening journal possesses a dramatic critic who can gush splendidly. This is how be describes Mrs Lingard, in " Our Boys " : •—The splendid oontour of ber flowing figure, the turn of her queenly head, jind .tbe^grjceful .elegance attending all ber 'movements, are enough to turn the heads' of ail ' 'the ybiitjra 1 di. out* Vity. She enhanaoes these natural charms by exquisite, dressing, and ,by the .most delightfully ' natural .coquet tisbhess of manner.. T If. a. . woman , like , this ,. will •jlarfd'tipou the l*; T V\agd/ "ahd 'in L air the" glory o( her beauty, ;.with v artful artfessn es-?,- r.say<* '• J do : not ; know jauch^ about kisses- but I'm ready , and wil Hug.;! to take: -an awf ulr jot; ;o^::teacbing,^ioßn, she be displeased if a hundred young fellows: atartriffi their *, sejata, witb .-Jbe; Scarcely suppreasei resolamation^ :?*By 3ove, J Fm there for one.-' " : • '■'•'■ [ j At tbe crio^iDal^ A sittin*;s T; at Christ-cbur-phaQO.Tuesday, a common juror; complained of being described in tbe (P*?-?Lm .? jgafji a .R*?r» _wb.*Bn ho was chief pl-ft "k? .jn jone,. of the largest., n).ecc%n^lei pfms ih : ! the piaoe^" which " provoked from r «l*4 r '*|gc! the . remark that if he (t]|e -Jtidge) bad been called 05 put4o?fn a.s a g(^r_Jerier;. jbe '"no%\ jia^.e : fejt! insulted, Adam , waa ?V a : gardener, and he was f the^flest genile-' man thay knew of. ... 1 DMtig'lbQ sitting of the Wairoa* pouaty Counoil, last week (says the T*3/e^«-apA)ia!rhther:humbro-jis "incident jjccurred. Cr Cable tabled a motion to jtbe eriect'-that noTCoandillorebSul^be' jillowed .j-to, ! speak/fts*- .niQre f'tba'n ten jminutea on any one quhject; . Or M'Kinhon strongly objeoted"Bo this motion on the ground ifbat.He 'shofuld *iik r e; I 'tor^a^el r% 1 - I ? P?^5"rW ec^o* '■#!■!&' '' '-at h*/ jeohaidered it very /hard lines that Cr Pable, who bad done alii she talking jtbat-'day, Shbuld'try and* /gag 1 the other •Co^uncjUo.rs, . Qr. Cable'lbea ? begged to jwi^diaw; ,'ith.e'j -rqQtiop ron hia brother Councillpr'a account. >. y.