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dark, shut up/ unused," except on "gfreat" occasions. There are many very respectable families, however, who insist on making the best room in the house the family room, calling it the library or sitting-room, and insisting- that they have " no parlour." SOMEBODY lately challenged a rhyme for " carpet." The following is the best production elicited, called " Lines to a Pretty Barmaid":— " Sweet mtid of tbe inn, 'Tis surely no aln To toast such at a ke»utif ul bar pet ; Believe me, my dear, Tour feet would appear At home on a nobleman's carpet." t • A CONSTANT READER is informed that the owner of an. allotment of land in Dunedin with no house upon it, or with a house not occupied, is obliged to pay two-thirds 'of ; the water rates. > W. C. — 'When cotton waste or shavings are saturated with oil, a large surface is exposed to the action of the air, and if the oil' has the property of absorbing oxygen, it may absorb' the gas so rapidly as to take fire. This is the way ia which spontaneous combustion (takes place.- As petroleum-naphtha does not absorb ' oxygen, it never takes fire by spontaneous combustion. S. L.— Fabian Bell's story, " Stella," will be' concluded on the Ist December. WITNESS SUBSCRIPTIONS. Subscriptions received per post for tho week endliff "Wednesday, 14th November, 1877 : — A. ML., Wlnton, to I3th October, 1878. " " A. T., Qisborne, to Bth May, 1878. F. N., Athol, to 23rdFebruary, 1878. S. E., Slacetown, to 10th February, 1878. J. M. £>„ Taieri B-aoh, to 31st January, 1878/ ' J. P., Sowburn Creek, to Ist August, 1878. B. D , Cromwell, to 13th October, 1878. „ J. G., Beefton, to 16th February, 1878. ' ' W. W. MD., Alexandra, to 25th August, 1877. 1 Subscriber! remitting cheques must add Is for exchange. Post Office Orders to be made payable to Messes REED &FENWICK, , Proprietors. ' .- ' ', BIUTHS. On the 10th NoVember,' at her residence, Smith street, Mrs Chas. Ziele, of a son. On the 13th November, at Port Chalmers, .Mrs John " 'Joyce, of a son. MA.RBIAGES. (On the 6th November,^ at the residence of- the bride's mother, Lower. George street, tressie, third' daughter of the late Edmond Hart, to Mr Al F. Singer, of Dune an. No cards. . ' On the Bth November, 1877, at East- Taieri, Otago N.Z., by the Bey.> G. P. - heaumont, Lawrence, John Neil Clarke, to Mary,, daughter of Edwin Palmer E«q., Moeraki Bush, Otokia. _ > On the 10th' November, at Springbank iView East Taieri, by the Key. W. Wills. Jonathan Jteore,' of Hanworth, Middlesex, to Miss EUen M~ry Kelly, of J Springburn, near Glasgow. Home papew please copy . ''! , ' ' DEATHS. , ",""/, iOn the 10th November, at Currie street, PortChal- * mers, William,' youngest 'son' of Captain ' and Alice Hodge, aged 14 moaths. > ■„j -;t' s .-;,-.■■ \6n the 11th November, at his, resMence,'Hij;h 'str«et, Dunedin, NZ, Mr John' Ar«c'pirf»on; chiet officer^ of ship Tnverc irgul, andiSse- oilier of the wild Deer, aged 29 yews. ' : (s< -,, >„,.._. T -, 'On .the" 11th November, at the' Club, .Reserva. ,Dua-, edin, Sarah', beloved wife of itrJam'ss Emery.. * -'" JOn the 11th Novemb*r, f -at Serpentine " Avenne, Y( ultam; beloved son of Wilrtam and Elizabeth' Oomri'e! aged 12 months. . ( ;;,-, . .. : J^. tt i, hellth November, .at his, parents' resident N.E. valley, Joha Sinclair, youngest son of Alexander and Catherine Watt, aged 3 months. -■ JOri the 12th November, at his' residence, 1 'Lower York Place, Lowu Lyori Levi, in'tho 47th yoar of this