MISCELLANEOUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 106, 13 June 1885, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bad Omen— To owe men. Cambridge larrikins have taken mutilating horses. A Moving Spectacle— A vanload of fu tare. At Timaru, all hotels are open till 11 p.m. The sexton of Hamilton West Cemeteiy has been reprimanded for allowing his horse to graze in the place of graves. It is said to be the intention of Government to introduce a bill into Parliament to enable unlimited Fire and Marine Companies to become limited liability companies. Mr R. T. Booth is lecturing in Wellington, and 241. pledges hav# already been taken, The Piako County Council has sent a petition to His Excellency the Governor, opposing the proposal to form Te Aroha, Waiorongomai, and Quartzville into a borough. The first prize in "Adam Bede's" consultation on the Great Northern Steeplechase, value £300, goes to an Auckland sport well known as the town clock ; the seccnd, £100, to the North Shore ; and the third, £50, to Northern Wairoa. The consultation was, as usual, drawn in the presence of a committee and the Press, and gave the greatest satisfaction to all present, In the Eastern Presbyterian Synod case, in Sydney Supreme Court, last week, Mr Darley was explaining to the Court that "if four synodsmen shut out three, and these three shut out two, and the two 8hut out one, then there would be only one.' Mr Owen interjected, " This would be like the nine little niggers." "Don't be irreverent," exclaimed Mr Darley. Several weeks ago a vagabond was con victed in Illinois of stealing two watches, He made a pathetic speech after his conviction, ascribing his failure in business and all his misfortunes in life to " procrastination. He seems to have been the embodiment ol procrastination, which, the poet tells as, u " the thief of time." In a telegram to the Governor of Victoria Lord Derby, Secretary of State tor tl« Colonies, defines the boundary line betweer the British and German possessions in Nev Guinea as follows : —The line starts fron the coast near Mitre Rock on the eightl parallel, following this parallel to 147tl degree of east longitude ; then in a straight line to where the sixth parallel cuts th< 144th degree ; thence N.N.W. to where th< fifth parallel cuts the 141st degree. This, it is understood, equally divides the terri tory. •'Do you always," she murmured to th( baby matron, "sit up for your husbanc when he goes out with Master?" "In variably," she replied. "But why don'i you give him a latchkey ?" "A latchkey ' A lot of use a latchkey would be to him You wait till he comes home, and thenyou'l see that a crowbar is about the only weapor that would aid him in opening a dour." Among the gifts at a recent wedding, was a handsome gold-mounted, gem-decorated bottle for perfumery. It had a kind o: squirt-gun on the nozzle, so that it mighi be used to spray the contents over the room, The eyes of the fond father lit on this thing, He was exceedingly annoyed. "Who has dared tosend my daughter a nursing bottle?' he said. "It is an insult. It is indelicate.' He was hushed and instructed, but not be fore the story got wind, and he has been joked about it ever since. The suicides are reported of a youth ol eighteen, whose friends drove him into des rondency by urging him to attend church an 1 a girl of twelve, who hanged herself be cause her mother would not let her wear t new hat. Such incidents leave the moral ist in a broken-down condition. Th< evident moral to be drawn from them is that young girls should alw ays be allowed to wear new hats when they want to, anc t iat boys should never be sent to churcl against their will. — " Top Times." The " first fiddle" in an amateur orchestra was passing along Bookeellers Row lately, and caught sight of a book which interested I him. •' What is this ' Cicerone's Opera '?' he asked the bookseller : " I never heard o: any such woik before ; is the music good ?' | "It isn't music," replied the man;"it'i ' Ciceronis Opera,' a Latin book." "Oh the new notation, I suppose," said the musician, w ith an expression of infinite con tempt, as he passed on. At a wedding the other day, in tht places that should have been occupied bji the handsomest presents, judging by the position of the donors, there were no less than five cheques, the amount of which was, howovor, not stated. They had not, oi course, so picturesque an appearance as th« other gifts, but ho>v much more convenient, and certain "to come in useful." The longer one lives the more one perceives the advantages of ready money, and we are pleased to see that people are taking the more common sense view of giving cheques instead of gewgaws for wedding presents. Never before had a Bishop of London's wife such an array of noble relatives as has Mrs Temple. The story goes that at her wedding, after the Bishop had been hobnobbing amid a very cluster of strawberry leaves, someone came forward and said, "Bishop, 1 don't think you've been introduced to your new cousin, the Duke of ." " What I" quoth Dr. Temple, in amazement, as he was conveyed awa}', " more Dukes?" Mrs Temple is niece of the Duke of Devonshire, first cousin of the Duke of Sutherland, and first cousin by marriage to the Dukes of Leinster and Argyll.—" World."

julvisTS "neii've tij.it tiioujf'i it sin \ n,i^ tis will he #i?en to manufauiuri ig en^erp ise throughout the colony. You will be asked to authorise the representation of uio col >i\y at the Colonial and In Kan Ux.ubition, to he held in lion Ion next year. A tfr«»at opportunity woul.l thus be affor.le.1 of m.ikiiuf known throughout the wo II the v.«afc rosonrocs a ul natural advantages of tnis colony. Cmsidprable attention has been to the promotion of aitrioultur.il setde-me-it, an 1 special sottle.n.'nts formed unler the resrolations lately irazetted p4^ini$>e to prove a gre.it success. Applications far excHs liiiir the area at present available by tin* law have been received by tho Lands Department. The constitution of the Legishtivo C >uncil has often be n discuss*!, and a Bill doalin? with the subject, by limiting appointme: t to a term of ye.ir««, will be submitted for your consideration, and proposals with this object will shortly be sUbmitle i to vou.

Ho*. Gentlemrh of the Legislative Council akd-Gknti.kmkn <>f thb Houoe of Rktuksentatives — For some time during Hie recess there was considerable appre'uMision of war behio- declared with Russia. My Mini>-» • - therefore felt it necessary to make im n v'i.'Ue and strenuous efforts to place t u* colony in a state of defence. W itii t i« object in view, considerable expense liai been incurred, to which you will no doubt readily assent. The main ports «.-» being put in a state to resist attack, and in a bill to be propose J to you to Nauotion further expenditure, to render the Jefence of the colony still more complete, you will be invited to express your views on th«i question both of mtv;il and land defences. Tnere has betn throughout the colony a desire to improve the system of local government. My Min isters consider that any reform attempted should interfere as little as possible- witii existing instructions, s^> long as the objects sought can be obtained. They have prepared for your consideration various rills, making provisions for grantiag local bodies larger powers with a more assured local finance, thus enabling them to perform their important functions without continually referring to the Cantral Government or to Parliament for aid and assistance. The attention of my Ministers has been much directed to the development of the great mineral wealth of the colony, the interest and -enthusiasm awakened in the Miners by the lectures recently delivered on chemistry and mineralogy, and their desire for the permanent establishment of Schools of Mines, demonstrate the confidence these enterprising settlers have in their pursuits. You will be asked to give further facilities to the mining industry. There are other industries which require your careful attention ; the forests of the col my if properly utilised would not only give useful employment to *»ian) colonists, but their vilue would be gr.-atiy enhanced. Much valuable timber i^ now being recklessly destroyed, and it will l>e tor yon to consider whether, for eeono uic as well as climatic reasons, great'T eff<»ru should not be made to ■conserve .-.n I utilise t.ie forest lands of the Crown. A bill on th' j subject has been prepared, and will be submitted to you. The fisheries, though known *o be valuable have hit.ierto rere.ived very little notice ; proposals to found fishing settlements, a d to aid in the development of fishing industries will be laid before you, and I have no doubt will reCiive your careful consideration. The relations of New Zealand to the Australian colonies and the South Sea Islands b V' oiC pied t 1 e attention of my Minista.s during the recess, and they conpi lered it to be cheir duty to oppof e the Fe leral Council Bill in the shape it was brought before the Imperial Parliament, until you could have an opportunity of expressing your views on the subject. The new mail service to the South Sea Island* which you auth iri»ed will, it is to be hope!, strengthen the convnurciil relations and increase trade between th'Mii, and New Zealand correspondence with the Secretary of State for the colonies, the Premi- rs of the Australian co'onies, and with the Kin>? of Samoa, w 11 .>e i id .tefote yon. Dispensing ai I to tae poor and the sick has proved, especially since the abolition of the. pro vinces, a difficult task. My Ministers think t.iat suu.i aid cannot be effectively administered by an ai*ent of the Govern me t, b it 8 lould be ! hca y controlled A Bill wit i this object will be submitted to you. I commend to your careful con sideration the Bills Wiiich will be brought before you for various purposes; amongst others, for Consoli ating the Land Laws, for limiting the liability of Insurance Companies' shareholders, for codifying the Criminal Law, for consolidating the various Municipal Corporations Acts. ! the Native Land Laws, ami the Lan i Transfer Act, ami for establishing a system of Parcels Post, and for the issue of postal notes. I earnestly hope that with t'" 1 Messing of God you may be «nab ed to d scharge your arduous duties witu gooa effect.