Miscelianeous News.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5671, 18 January 1890, Page 4

Miscelianeous News.

- v t?i:^ l»IS0-flatfts of a yacht has been .washed (vsbbr© afe Whangapatoa. The wreckage ; has been identified ns that of the Truant, :¥ A#Hldh fflwik on Boxing Day, 1887, off Gull :; r ßoint» when four of her oocupauts were If^f, drowned, ;«X ? -~:Tlj^iCf»pior;Fire, Brigade have selected ':^*'. f jhe following representatives for the Wel--3 i| lihgtori^oaapltation: Foresimii&iWmonds, Exter- and McCormick, and £y Stevens ; emergencies, MJlf'qt^maritßob^oTi arid Fireman White. ; : _■; J'UiZif.Sliljpping Co. are >aboiit to issue of o per cent, .debentures r -t '- .iiijfJrdir to liquidate the riiortgage iheldby ; ' : rJ.Mt i&KvrtisS and provide 1100,000 additional capitals It is expected that L2.per ■\ share; will -be written off for the purpose fofe£n»Wihg a dividend to bepaid ! iil April, 'lit has occurred to a correspondent of E thp"Lyjbtelton Times that a^slight* altera- '* "'."-*J^n' r iMhbi^3pg .tax. might ftrove accept- .. /_ able to the 'farmers and drovers, to wit. the^tax on dogs paid during the month of --.-. — Jtkmhry id bei-educed to ss, if paid in i February, 7s (Jd, after that date, 10s, all sluts to do- 1 charged for at the rate of LI ; ijone but- the best would then be kept. „ (areyhounds should also be taxed ai. LI, and. they would be better looked after t han many are at present. ; A big discussion took place at a meeting of the Wellington Jubilee Committee as to whether the procession on Anniver- .; , H=iry, Day should include the Salvation Army.. Ifc was agreed that the Salvationists be asked to take part. A motion was also passed in all seriousness that the ■ 'Chinese .of the city with their Joss House should be classed with the processionists. The Oamara Mail is threatened with ! legal proceedings, if an apology is not forthcoming, for having stated in a recent issue tßat Mr Edwin Martin had disap"Tpeared mysteriously. The Mail points out that the information was published out of kindness to Mr Martin, and in order to assist in the discovery of his whereabouts. In some of the country schools under the Auckland Education Board an innovation has been introduced, lessons in practical carpentry being given at short 'intervals by an expert who travels throughout the district, and the experiment, although initiated a short .time ago, is proving most successful, the pupils showing a most laudable interest in the work.

This from the Napier Telegraph: — Yiet another instance of canine sagacity. A gentleman residing on the hills is the happy possessor of a spaniel dog aud a Brahma cock. The dog, like most of its species, is often troubled by performing fleas, and "when these things get too troublesome lie struts about the yard in search of his feathered friend. Having found the rooster, the spaniel stretches -himself f uillength ok the ground, and his friend commences to peck out all the in-■r>i-oects- in the dog's wool, an operation ■-:>* iwhich lasts about five minutes. At the conclusion of his task the rooster gives a triumphant crow, the spaniel wags his . tail, and then walks off ! Fact ! A shocking accident happened at the Standard Hafc Factory, North Fitzroy, .-; Melbourne, recently, when a girl named : EmUy Adams, sixteen years of age, was mangled to death in a terrible way. . During lunch time she was in the carding v- ;room of the establishment with several employees, and was sitting on one of the .\ belts, which, as the machinery was not t-, in /work, was suspended by a piece of string from above the shafting, which was still in motion. Her weight broke the string, the belt fell upon the pulley, and .; she was rapidly whirled to the ceiling. Whon the unfortunate girl was extricated it was found that both her legs had been severed, and that her right arm was badly fractured. She was still alive, but before the arrival of the doctor had expired. of Waiapu consecrated a Maori church at a place 12 miles from Taupo on Christmas Day. In the afternoon the congregation, which consisted of several hundred natives from different "clkfcricfcs gave a foasfc to the Bishop. A farge dining hall was prepared for the purpose, with sitting accommodation for over 100 persons, and the feast was served in European style. The guests dined in relays, and the table was loaded with Christmas cheer, notable among which were turkeys, plum pudding, and native dishes. Among the guests present were . four students from the Native College at Gisborne, one of whom Hoita, by name, is the brother of Rawiri, the well-known loyal chief at Opepe, on the shores of Lake Taupo. At Rotorua the natives gave the Bishop a great welcome. ■ Certainly the beat medicine known is Sander and ~ Sos»* EPCAI.TFTI KxntACT. Teat its eminently power .. , fa] effects In coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief is ; Instantaneoaa. In serious cases, and accidents of al kinds, be they wennds, bums, searings, brui-es, I sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swelling— no in flammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, etc; diarrhoea, dysentry, diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over tne globe ; patronised by His Majesty tbe King of Italy ; crowned with meda end diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam Trust 10 tbis approved article, acd reject all other