LATEST DATES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 719, 7 April 1864, Page 4

LATEST DATES.

England Dec. 26 Adelaide Mar. 7 By telegraph, Dec. 26 Launeeston....Mar. 8 Mauritius Dtc. 31 iiobart Town.Mar. 8 Singapore Dec. 23 Perth Jan. 14 Cape of G. Hope Dec. 10 New Zealand — Tahiti Apl. 18 Auckland Mar. 23 Vancouver's Oit. 4 Taranaki Mar. 12 Ajiekica— Nelson Feb. 2 I\ ew York Jan. 21 Pieton Feb. 4 San Francisco Jan. 23 Wellington ....Mar. 19 A.USTBALIAN Colonies Hawke's Bay.Mar. 9 Melbourne Mar. 10 Canterbury ...Mar. 5 Sydney Mar. 10 Wanganui.... Feb. 10 Queensland ... Jan. 24 Invercargill...Mar. 15

Italian-Superstition.—Through the effects of the cold I to-day saw a curious outbrrak of superstition. An Italian servant broke a looking-*; lass and went off into agonies of grief, which was the more respected as it was supposed to pri<e from regret at the "damage and dilapidations" she had caused; but it soon appeared that the idea of any injury to her einployera was entirely out of her mind. In Italy to break a looking-glass is to '■ die within the twelvemonth," or at least to lose your nearest relation. 1 tried to console the grieving iconoclast by telling her that but for fiiiMnoial reasons, I should not fear to smash every glass in the house; but she declined being comforted, even though I told her .that in my country, though we respectsd a glass, cracking a bottle was rather considered the right thing to do at this season.—Paris letter.