NEWS FROM HOME.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4445, 18 May 1876, Page 3

NEWS FROM HOME.

The following remarkable paragraph appeared iv the Tunes of Iftsbrusry 21st : —"A Clerical Difficulty.'—A 'perplexed parson ' finds that different dates are given in the almanacs for the Derby Day this year, and

::sks us which is the correct date. It is fixed for the 3kt May." The race of sporting parsons is evidently not yet extinct.

The Icsnranct) coiupiiiics doing business in Manchester have raised their rales from 40 to f>o jier cent. This is owing to the heavy losses sustained by them last year, auu.untiig ta £1.10(l,000,while the premiums received were only £800,000. Tlo bulk of the losses was caused by (ite3 ia cotton mills and warehouses.

The extreme distress tvhich h?.a orevailed at Jarrow-oa-Tyue for some montlis past, in oontequence of the almost tv>t;il stoppage of ship buildiug opeiatiotistnrough the dullness of trade, has been !:fought to an cvd — Messrs Palmer antl Co. having received a Gi'vernment order for the consiruuii >n of six gunb ats, to be completed in eijjlit months.

Weston, the American pcdustihn, completed his walk of 270 miles in 75 hours at 11 p.m. mi February 25. He li:;d then 3miii. 40;!ee. to spare, and pulled up undistressed, amid great enthusiasm on the part of the lhouf.c.ni]s of spectators present, ilouell, the English competitor, covered 175^ miles iv tha same pariod, exolnsiivo of his 50 miles start. Westou. is a j lurnaliit by profession, and he alleges that his aim in undertaking such severe tasks is to aid the ssienlifio investigation of the waste of the human body under a heavy strain. Observations with th:a object have been taken by medical men, and will be made public. Weston never backs bimsvlf for money, though he does not object to take gate money.

London has beeu remirkably free froai heavy fogs this winter, only one of great density having occurred. It lasted for 24 hours, and it 3 effects, as disclosed by the Registrar-General's returns, were disastrous enough. The death-rate for the week was raised by it from 24 to 30 per ICJO, while no loss than 49 fatal accidents occurred. To diseases or Ihe respiratory organs 022 deaths were referred, as compared with 4tif> in the previous week, 410 resulting from bronchitis and IJB from pneumonia.

Sh-CharlesAdderley.inansW'jriDgaquestion in the Mouse of Commons on March t), said he had good icas jii to believe that the use of tho load-line had materially contributed to the gratifying diminution in tho loss of life aud property iv the tfay of Biscay which, he quoted figures to show, had tiken place since t/ie l&fc Novtmber last, when the owners' load line was begun.

Stiunweru payiiiij a <wlt to imnoam are often at a 1033 to know which ia the best establishment to visit for tha purchase of drapery and clothing. Herbert^ liayncs, and Co. otter B]>ecial t-aTautoges to the public that am bo met with nowhere etea la tbo city. 2119/ keep at nil times the largest and best assorted atoak ot every class of g:oo;is, imjkiired direct lu,ni the leading manufacturers and warehousemen at hom6, whtoh, being bought entirely npon casli terras, they are umAled to o2c.r gooila ot sucti sterling viuuq as cannot be witu>Uod l>y any other hecss> in the trade. Every article in sUCk is marked at a flxoJ ciico for ready money, Irom ivhxft uo abatoment n tre*1 made, so that tne most inexperienced buy th^r gotda at the camt) 'jinco us the bast judges. Their ternis are—not cash, witbout discount or reduction of any !?tad. A fuller dfc.-scripf!on o their stock will be found in an advertianmnnti in ttia flr:itowß of ttus uujr. — \-itt

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