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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8508, 4 May 1899, Page 4

The purser of the R.M.s. Miowera, Mr C. H. Humphries, retires from the service on the arrival of the vessel at Vancouver (says the Sydney Morning Herald). Mr Humphries has for 22 years been associated with Australasian shipping, 14 years of which were under the Hag of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, and when he quitted that company ho was 1 their commodore purser. There is no better known figure in connection with [ intercolonial shipping thun Mr Humphries, and his departure will cause a distinct blank. He was for many years on the s.s. Tarawera. Mr Humphries purposes settling down in England.

Considerable amusement was caused in the Dunediu City Police Court on Thursday morning, says the Otago Daily Times, by' the action of an inebriate, who had been fined ss, or twenty-four hours. Taking advantage of the orderly's absence, while calling a case at the door, he coolly unbolted the dock enclosure, and, notwithstanding the presence of an inspector, a sub-inspector, a detective, and two plain clothes constablos, walked unperceived outside the barrier of the Court, and took up a position among the onlookers. The orderly returned to within the barrier and announced, " No appearance," your Worship," referring to the case just called, and the inebriato, taking advantage of the clear course open to freedom, walked calmly out of the door into the street. One. of the learned counsel seated at the table, had, however, noticed the proceedings, and drew attention to the matter. The orderly, after one hasty look in the empty dock enclosure, hurried outside mid returnwl almost immediately with the fugitive firmly grasped by the collar, and hustled him back into his old quarters, much to the amusement of all preaeut.

The Paris Exhibition of 1900 is to have n theatre which will seat 1i5,t100 persons. A dredging boom has broken out on the West Coast. The Huller river has been pegged out for miles, also tho Totura river, near Charleston. There are at present S,OOO volunteers in New Zealand, and at least 1,000 rillc club men, while in addition there are some 30,000 ex-vohmtecrs who have passed through the necessary drilling, nnd would therefore form valuable adjuncts to our forces if trouble arose. A number of Confucian scholars, in longsleeved gowns, kneeling before the palace "ate, have petitioned the Emperor of porca to re-marry. " Their memorial," says Dr .Sherwood-Hall, "attributes all Corea's calamities, including Christianity, to his Majesty's remaining a widower." What has man clone that he should be abused by woman in the terms of the following extract from a Women's National Council paper on Parental Responsibility? "Till woman is emancipated in every sense of the word man is, and must continue to bo ii slave ; a slave to the most tyrannical master the world has yet produced—his own lower, degraded self." Towards the close of his speech at Dunedin, referring to the fact that tho people of New Zealand had become fascinated with the mere catch-words of Liberalism, and returned members who daren't vote against the Government even if they wauled to, Mr Scobie Mackenzie said : — "That is one reason why I refused to go about the country delivering speeches, it really is of no use. I know that many of my friends have been disappointed at my not actively entering on a campaign. What is the use of it if reason and facts and arguments won't prevail ? You might as well butt your head against a wall. The only plan is to let the sta'e of affairs cure itself as all abnormal conditions of the public miud do, and I believe the next general election will show the first steps towards a cure." FROM NEW ZEALAND. Rkkktojj, N.Z., Nov. 23, 1896. lam very pleased to slate that since I took ihe agency of Chamberlain's medicines the sale has been very large, more especially of the Cough Remedy. In two years I havo sold more of this particular remedy than of all other makes for the previous five years. As to its efficacy, I have been informed by scores of persons of the good results they have received from it, and know its value from the use of it in my own household. It is so pleasant to take that we have to place the bottle beyond the reach of the children. E. J. ScANTHtfiURY. For sale by E. D. Smith, chemist. — Advt. THE BEST PLASTER. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the affected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with a pain in the chest or side, or a lame back, give it v trial. You are certain to be more than pleased with the prompt relief which ii affords. Pain Balm is also a certain cure for rheumatism. For sale by E. D. Smith, chemist.— Advt. "Where did you get that hat?" was the rather personal interrogation shouted after an eccentric-looking individual who recently visited Gisborno by a bare-fcoted street arab, to which the stranger wittily replied, "Hennessy for boots !" — Advt. It seems the fate of modest men To hide their talents deep, Perhaps it is is their will, but then Perchance they go to sleep ; Now, live men know what's in the wind, Of that you may be sure, For coughs aud colds relief they find In Woods' Great. Peppermint Cure,