CRUMBS.

Saturday Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 124, 24 November 1877, Page 11

CRUMBS.

(j From our Contemporaries’ Tables).

Levy’s first concert at Invercargill on Tuesday night was a great success. The river Clutha has been running very high during the week. Tire Sydney Parliament assembles on the 27th inst. . Numbers of dead dogs have been found floating on the river Avon at Christchurch. An attempt is being made at Wellington to establish a Deep Sea Fishing Company. A saw-mire in the Waitohi Valley, Wellington, was destroyed by fire on Sunday last. The Mayor of Grahamstown refused to call a meeting to discuss the political situation. The Salmon Ova at Nelson are all hatched out. The young fish are strong and healthy. Our old friend Mr J. M. Perrier, is about to bring an action for libel against the Wellington Post. The Government does not consider it advisable to revive what were called Mayors’ Courts. The proprietors of the Times and Witness have resolved to sell their fine buildings, in order to erect more commodious premises. A gang- of twenty prisoners are now at work draining and'digging up the ground around the Dunedin Museum.

£2,000 has been telegraphed Home, from Wellington for the Indian Famine Relief Fund. The Friendly Societies’ pic-nic held at Balclutha on Friday last, proved a highly successful affair. Von Poellintz, a late secretary of the Christchurch Acclimatisation Society, was arrested on Wednesday, on a charge of embezzling the funds of the society. It is suspected that he sold trout, hares, &c., and pocketed the money.

The Tasmanian Cable is now restored. Another raid has been. made upon the Oarnaru sly-grog shops. , . . ct ~, The dry weathor hasY,been detrimental to r the l crops in ? the Ashburton district'.’ ■' ; ' : The ' Local Option Bill oil 1 Mr Box’s " motion, been discharged from the papier.' \Y' ' ; J .OiPTi. r nr‘; of Wellington. 5 ac-' .. cording to a Sydney telegram’, has purchased -tlie twini-screw steamer Grafton. ~ A hex belonging to Mr George Geddes,oF T; Christchurehj" has laid an egg larger than a goose’s. - ' b-' - <;-i v..i ‘ 1 - |370,000 acres are to be reserved for the, ' Strath-Taieri railway oiit of runs 75, 307, 210, 209, 219, 225, 226, 223, and 220. ’ A .Sydney commission; hag been appointed to secure the representation; of the Colony at , .the Paris Exhibition.. : A*" Y 1 ' y The Melbourne subscriptions to the Indian Famine Fund have reached £21,500, and Sydney and Adelaide £9,000 each. . . ' r Y.' ! Ox.Friday!.morning, Mr W. Ape’s store and,contents at Kaitangata, were destroyed by fire. The origin is unknown. V ; , M , A seam of yellow ochre was lately dis- Y.:’Y covered in the Upper Waiho, and has proved to be of first-class quality. : The Session of the Anglican Synod assembled at Dunedin, came to a close on Thursday, the loth. . ’Y / Some lads, whilst fishing at the Oarnaru breakwater on Tuesday last, hauled up a shark measuring several feet. , Mr CnuRCH was, on Wednesday, reelected . Mayor of Maori Hill without opposition. , Y. The shearing on most of the up-country stations is now in full swing and the wool is being brought in for shipment very quickly. The'* break in the Darwin-Banjoewahgi cable is ascertained by tests to be about 100 miles from Pore Darwin. Mr H. Allwrjght, being the only candidate proposed, was duly elected Mayor of Lyttelton. He’s all right. It it reported that Sir George Grey is about to visit Napier, shortly after the close of the session. The “ gentle gales ” at Wairarapa have blown dov\ n a number of telegraph post 3 and clothes lines. They can’t equal the Wellington gales yet. The New Zealand Gazette of the 15th inst., proclaims the town of Palmerston a borough under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876. On Sunday last Mr Saul Solomon, on behalf of the young men of the Dunedin Hebrew Congregation, presented the Rev. B. Lichenstein with a “Toleth.” Shearing will commence at Station Peak on the Ist December ; the price be 16s 8d per 100, and no man will be allowed to shear more than 100 per day. Mr Pyke has obtained ten days’ leave of absence from his parliamentary duties, to attend the meeting of the Vincent County Council next week. Messrs Cargills, Gibbs, & Co., have received a telegram, dated London, 10th advising the arrivals of the Wild Deer, from this port, and the Otago, from Lyttelton. There is a talk of Mr Stafford taking the lead of the Opposition, but it is generally agreed that the Ministry is perfectly safe for the session. His Excellency the Governor has assented to the agreement between the City Corporation and Mr David Proudfoot, promoter of the city tramways. . It has been decided to ask the Government to proclaim December 16th, the Canterbury anniversary day, as a holiday in Christchurch. This month's escort ought to be a good one. Mount Ida sends down 3,100 ounces; Cromwell, 3,435; Queenstown, 1,650; Arrow, 600; Blacks, 750; Clyde, 120; and St. Bathan’s, 520. ' Messrs H. Redwood, S. Nosworthy, D. O’Brien, and W. C. Webb offered a number of their best racehorses for sale on Tuesday last at Christchurch, but all were passed in unsold.

The Primate has asked the Rev. E. Carlyon to resign his Kaiapoi cure. Mr Carlyon has refused, and purposes visiting England to submit his case to a higher Court. Subscriptions are being collected to present him with testimonials.

The 11 chains tunnel, at the head of the Papakaio Gully, was successfully pierced through on Saturday night, the drives from either end meeting exactly as to line and levels.

Since the fire in the Oxford bush numbers of paroquets and other native birds have been seen flocking into the English trees near the Church bush, Kaiapoi, a distance of twenty-four miles from their former resort. The Wellington Court of Appeal was occupied all Wednesday over the case of Spenoe v. Pearson and others, a case removed from the Otago Supreme Court. Judgment was reserved. The Auckland Star says, if Sir Julius Vogel has retired from the Agent-General-ship, he will probably be connected with the Colonial Bank in London. Mdlle. Titiens has recovered to some extent from the effects of another operation which, was performed last week, although at one time she had become so low as to give rise to great anxiety. Messages of inquiry have been received from the Queen, thethe Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of MecklenburgStrelitz, &c. r lhe sufferer returned to Loudon yesterday. ,