MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, 6 August 1903, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

A lighthouse of bamboo Ims been built in Japan,, It is said to have reater power of resisting the wfives lan any oilier, kind of wood, anr.l oes not rot like other wood. M, Santos Dumont made a triul scent one day, last month in his ew airship Santos Dumont IX. Tha rowd at' thh races at Longchamps as somewhat surprised,' to sco tliQ ltrepid aeronaut making for tho ouvse, A lew minutes later lie landed rasefully on tho lawln. Then a suerstitious hacker remarked: "This 5 tho first trip of the Santos Dulont IX.; let's baclc horso nuiiijier line."- The suggestion proved popuir, and was very generally acted on. furiously enough, the winner of tho ace tho Prix do Soino-etrMunio, was he horse number nino on the card, i-nd stranger still, the same thing 1 lappened in the following event,, the 'rix. do Longchamps, Tile Rev. Cr. H. Cole, lecturing in huiodin in MeKiourotfs Styitly. iide " said Now (Zealand, us well as I'ktorih, hadi social legislation, but .here was danger in it. It had denied md was denying, the aged a ud we a k lom earning any. wage at all because ■hey .couldnot earn the full wage, social legislation was a fine thing, int. a country had to bec'uroiul that t did not, liko most things demo:ratic, havo a littlo insanity in confection with it.;

At tho lust meeting of the Kaitangatii Borough, Counci,lJ Mr R,| jLec, represanting tho Now Zealand {Cool and Oil Company, intimated tho intention of his company to place scows on tho river if a suitable wharf at Kaitangiittti woroprovided, and a Connection mada with the railway j station,', Tho Borough Council aroj favorably disposed, and intend asking [the River Board to undortako tho necessary; work.'

Sir James Hector, who is now on Ills \yay to Canada, is expected back in Wellington in October.; He intends i ta furnish a report to thci New Zealand Gdveammfent rejatiive to tholCaA imdian fruit and fishing industries,' Ah 11nk.1su.iQl adroitssilon of extriivtop ganco ' !)y a Government supporter, was. made by Mr R. M'Kenzio, tho Other night in Parliament. Wo liavo coitip to that stage," ho said, "■ when very careful examination, should be /jnaflo into our, [Ho He went onto admit that there had Been extravaganco, andl it) was tlie duty of tho Government to sec that dxlriiVflganco was not encouraged,| and that it should be prevented |as &r., : as possible because he recognised that the finances of the colony canhot : very well bear tho strain that lias been put upon them durjing recent years. He .'did not say that tho extravagance had been very, bail, but it was more likely to increase than diiiiinish unless checked,. and'-'he was glad to see th|at the Government intended to deal with tho matter.- ' 1 notice that the natives along this coast—Opotiki to Taiiranga—are. a. really lot (styles a correspondent of tho Gisboitte Times)' They havo plenty of energy and are 1 very intellectual, but still these natavea hold. largo (areas of laiid uncultivated,' which would bo more .toi the interest 1 and productiveness (of. tho colony if they were sold or let to Europeans to deal with. Settlement wglit throughout! the .Bay of Plenty

' js very, 'much retarded by native i lands, • and although the Jiay ol J.'lon : ly litis a lot. or lino settlers, who could .pei'lorm wonders, their ai'u frustrated oil account ol' this land question. There is* m propositi to stoel<r the islands in Lutio .WaiittKa with wingless biijtej such us, kiwis and wckas. .The . island isiree of weasels and similar natural enemies, au,d the birds would liavo a c.liftuce ol nourishing for an indeiiiiito period. It is proposed, to have the Islands proclaimed, a sanctuary. Tho Utag'O' Acclimatisation Society, has expressed its .willingness ;to co;-opcrato iu stocking them. ' Some oi tho leading hotelkeepers of Wellington comp.laiu of having been imposed 'cm oi lato by, a most ,unde- j suable class—fl'he aggressive individual,- who .assumes the air oi a priuco and livesi at the rate of £1 to £2 per day,, and then at the end| oi the week,.either vanishes completely, or. tells the propriet.oij that he is " awaiting] a<. remittance, having just cabled urgently for one." These peo" plo also ingratiate themselves, into .the coniidenco of other guests, jand on mbre ' than one occasion people liavo sufleralin pocket as the result of 'tho, passing acquaintance, Station .owners are becoming fully awake tOi tho necessity of renewing their, pasture land at p'ejguiar intervals (writes tho Hastings correspondent of tho Hawkes Bay Herald), and -there is, a) strong demand ait present .for teams for ploughing,) It has been conclusively proved, that tho liawkeS' Bay hill country, sown ,down in suitable grass, has a far larger Carrying, capacity, than it has in its natural state. English grasses do well for a time,; say, six to seven years/ but after that shoulfl be renewed. The system generally adopted is to take. a crop of turnipsi oil tho land after the first ploughing., .which in most cases proves so profitable as to cover tho cxpenso of ploughing and sowing down in grass, Tho goods recovered from Hughes, the second officer, and M'Callum, tho third engineer of the Corinna, .total closo on £IOO. They consist of a largo variety of-travellers' samples. Some pf tho tilings have been found aii -Westport; The case jvill bo heard omFriday, . 'lnformations have been laid sgainstrsomo of the young ladies who havo been conducting raffles at the bazaar in the Theatre Royal in Palmerston North last week, showing the difference of. opinion as to what constitutes .works of art, The sturdy bandsman in charge of tho race game at the bazaar is also be(ing prosecuted, .while a well-known. dentist will appear before the Court charged jvith raffling artistically jvorked cushions, It will be remembered that the promoters of the Fire Brigade Bazaar, held in that town some years ago, were prosecuted for raffling a .wheel-barrow as a work of art, the defendants being fined Is each without costs.

The superiority of the Pacific Cable route was • exemplified on Saturday in connection with tho Queensland football match. Theresuit of the match was received in. Cliristchurch by an'ordinary private message, ",Via Pacific," at 6.50 p;m., whereas urgent messages " ,Via Extension " did not reach here until after 7 p.m. Allowing for the difference between Brisbane nnd New Zealand time, the telegram " Via Pacific " occupied only ten minutes in transmission. —a—————own

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