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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 17, 21 March 1890, Page 3

In the course of his sermon at Wesley Church, Wellington, the Rev. J. Berry, according to the Times, said he doubted if there be 600,000 people on any part of this planet who are so troubled with religious fickleness as those, iir/New,Zealand. ? One undesiroft,this'- Splendid " Colony’s climate, was /its sudden/ change of temperature, and what was true of its climate was also painfully true of its commercial’ and sociel : life. ‘‘Referring to the gambling.spirit the' rev. gentleman said that on the occasion pf the Fire Brigade competitions,’ he saw so much betting goihg'on among the young mcp :op the Basin Reserve ; that, he blushed for the fame of this fair city. , People sometimes do.; uncommon things (says the Wairarapa .Daily)., but Tor eccentricity and stubbornness William Kenny, of Eketahuna tab's the palm. It appears that some little time ago, Messrs F- C. Turner & Co., butchers; of Eketahuna;sued Kenny for -an outstanding account of £5, and obtained judgment. At this time Kenny had in hand contracts for the/Eketabuna Road Board, and the other Saturday night received a cheque for £lO3. . Mr Tumor applied forthe amount, whicß, with costs, had.-amounted to about £6. Kenny refused to pay, and the consequence is he js committed to Wellington Gaol for seven (jays. It certainly appears strapge that a map with £lO3 in big possessing should prefer to sojourn qu/l|lpunt; pooh,i rather thaUimeet a just claim for £O, Such, however, is Kenny’s decision, but very probably at the end of a week he may see things in a different light. Two brave young ladies whilst alone one evening recently were rehearsing Jmwithejiwould -despatch a burglar if one, suddenly appeared in the room. One Of the heroines was armed with her brother’s sword, other flourished a* iiatcHet. In the ’mfc|st of the ’ rehearsal a ffighttpl monster in the shape of a mouse, ran across the floor, when (onCof the, girls fainted, and the mother smashed a mirror in attempting tq climb upjbhe sideboard, , • During the week before Christmas £l 15 1866 worth of game and poultry were imported into London from foreign’countries, The canal through the Isthmus of Corinth, which is only now mearing completion, was begun during the reign of the Emperor Nero, over 1700 years ago.