FAR AND NEAR.

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8989, 14 May 1890, Page 5

FAR AND NEAR.

Mr Samuel Vaile’s stage system of railway administration has attracted the attention of the German Government. The German Consul in Auckland has been instructed to forward full particulars to his Government. The telegraph repairing party at present in the Wairarapal have used over one thousand insulators between Castle Point and Carterton,;at- »> cost of about £IOO. The mischievous boys are the cause of the damage.- ■ A-Wairarapa paper gives a» »h illustration of; the happy, resulta of tendering that a well known Masterton resident is about to calj for tendera for the making, of his winter suit of clothes.

As intimated a short time since, Mr Flanaghan, the author of the pamphlet, “ Parnellism and Crime,” was blackballed at the Atheneeum.

The proceedings were curious ; there was a great whipping-up 'of black balls by the Gladstonians, and 48 were secured against 250 whites—ah insufficient number. Are the Welshmen so eager. for disestablishment after all 1 The total subscriptions to the Liberation Society by the whole principality in one month was just sixteen shillings ! ’ : , The FeatherstCn Town Band appears at the present time to be in a flourishing condition, and has a credit balance of £25, At the end of 1888 Tasmania was overrunning the constable at the rate of £30,000 annually. It has been decided to form a chilled meat company sit Narrandera, New South Wales, with a capital of £12,000. A bonus of £233,000 is to be distributed among the Victorian agricultural, dairying, fruit, and vine industries. It is acknowledged in “the States ” that English-made forgings - and razors are superior to the native article. The razors are band-made. .

Paris and Birmingham lead Europe in the manufacture of brass.; 'Paris hands work 10 hoars a day for 36s a week ; English 9 hours a day for 30s. - '''The influenza made havoc at Teheran. Seventy deaths a day were recorded there. It is said that the defence of. the Irish members of the Commons against the charges and allegations of -The Times cost £37,000. . The Spectator thinks that if Lord Salisbury succeeds in carrying his free education Bill next session it will be the signal for a dissolution.

The Telegraph reporter at Bourke is an artist. He describes a 50-mite waste of water as “ a scene of indescribable beauty.” A meeting has been held at Raglan for the formation,of a ffiaxgrowers’ association. A committee has been appointed to obtain information from other districts. The new Electoral. Bill of New Sooth Wales proposes to make registration compulsory, and to abolish club or plural voting, one vote only to one elector being allowed. The Southland County. Council are supplying poisoned grain to farmers’ clubs and committees at half cost, in order to encourage residents in the country to deal with the small bird pest. The last time Stanley .lectured at Birmingham be received 15 guineas for his fee. This time the Birmingham lecture manager offers 300 guineas, and is afraid he can't get him at that.

Oyer 14,000 miles of railway track are now under construction or projected in the United States. The next annual conference of the Evangelical Alliance is fixed to be held in Manchester, England.