MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7860, 25 December 1893, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho leading tradesmen of Southampton lmvo passed a reßoluUon recording their opinion that Ohcietmus-boxcs should bo abolished. Tho pension list of tho United States in made up of 900,012 names, and it rooorda an annual disbursement of L 51 ,348,093, oxoluHivo of oxpenses. Gcnuino ambor is becoming scarcer every year. In tho not far distant future a real amber cigar holder or pipe stem will be a rarity and a luxury. Tho old established charity in London, tho Scottish Corporation, is financially in a depressed condition, and appeals aro being made on its behalf. A foreign Jow wns starved to death in Enst London tho other day while endeavoring to save enough money to bring his wifo and family from Poland. I Irish railways carry moro first-class passengers than any other country in the ! United Kingdom/ England heads tho hat in third-class passengers. Tho wedding gift from officers of the ! Army to the Puchess of York has taken tho form of a fund for soldiers' widows, and this now amounts to nearly Ll4OO. Tho export of gold from Capo Colony during tho month of October amounted in value to L48G.017, as against L 378,980 for tho corresponding month of last year. Tho select committee on tho state of tho English fisheries reports a considerable diminution among tho more valuable classes of flat fish, especially soles and plaice. A sturgeon weighing 7551bn has been caught in the Columbia River, at Knapton, Washington, It is claimed to havo been the largest sturgeon ever taken from that stream. The London County Council has com- I plcted their first big work carried out without the aid of a contractor, and tho actual \ cost was L 4477 below the amount of tho ! lowest tender* Austria is tho most leniont country to murderers. In tho ten years ending 1879 there were 81G criminals found guilty of wilful murder in Austria, of whom only 23 wore puo to death. Tho recent scußon at Margate waa the best ovor remembered. No fowor than 75,000 moro people paid tho jolly tolls than during tho previous year, tho total numbor passing tho turnstiles being close upon a million. A man was finod in County Cork tho other day for having painted his name and address on his cart in tho Irish language. Taking tho whole of India, without Butmah, there aro soven in ovcry thousand Benedicts who have more than ono wife.