MULTUM IN PARVO.

Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7207, 11 March 1892, Page 4

MULTUM IN PARVO.

The Robs paper has been shown a ; very rich gold specimen found in that district, and remarks : — Snffice for the present to say that the find is within ] five miles of Eoss, and if a one inch reef, as rioh as the specimen shown ns ' is found, there is a most wonderful < fature for Ross. The death is an- j nonnced. of Mr John McMillan, an old j Greymonth resident. Mrs Walsh, ' of Wingen, toew South Wales, and ( another iady were scared reoently by I a number of tramps, who threatened ' all sorts of things. The intrude! s took j fright when Mrs Walsh showed a ] revolver and fired several shots. ' At Oharleville (Queensland), a carrier ; named Teates had four working bul- ( locks maliciously shot near Oharleville ' because he purchased them from a ' non-union carrier. The police are 1 investigating the matter. A rifle ( was accidentally diecharged at the ' rifle range at Townsville (Queensland) ( the other day. The bullet shot a button off a bystander's coat, and the * button entered the body of a volunteer ! named Oswald Geddes, causing his ( death shortly afterwards. Mr Mori- l arty, of Carter ton, has tried his haud * with the exports of farmers' butter to ' London, and received 120s per owt, for his first shipment. At the £ Thames goldfield, the Bank of New \ Zealand purchased 6137 oz 12dwt gold * during the month of February. 1 The New Zealand • Herald ' terms the ft finding of a grass that will grow on r the pumice lands of the North Inland, * " the most wonderful discovery in the * history of New Zealand." A big - tangi at Makatane, has baen going on s for nearly a week, over the death of a * native chief called Karanema, who s was of great local consequence, and s highly connected in Maori descent, % He was always a staunch supporter of a the European, and was highly thought r of. — -The cultivation ofjaaize in the * Bay of ; Plenty d strict has grownto euch dimensions that shipments have ' been made to England with the view v of openiog a maiket there. Mr 1 Sugg, a-ddrestiag the members of the l B itish Afsociation of Gas managers, a said that a good white glass reflector ° ii the top of a strett lamp, increased the light CO per oeut, wad threw the .•-■••. ' i •

light 25 per cent farther. The Gtago ' Daily Times ' states : It is reported that Mr W. Macadam, 6n the Dunedin staff of the Bank of New Zealand, and a grandson of Mr Macadam has fallen hf ir to an estate in Ayrshire of the value of £80,000 by the death of an uncle.- At Milford Sound, it is reported, great destruction of birds ia going on. The prisoners kill them to sell to tourists. An English Society journalist states that he has upon his list no fewer than one hundred and thirty««ix " Marriages in High Life," which are arranged to take, place before Lent, which commences on the 2nd March. -— — — It is said that the New Zealand Government intends giving the New Zealand athletic team a latter of introduction to Mr Perceval, the AgentGeneral. The ex-champion swimmer of Australia, Walter Moludoe, has challenged Ernest Gavill, of Sydney, to swim three distances — 100 yds, SOOjds, and half a mile. Cavill has accepted, but a diffioalty remains as to whether the matoh fehall take place at Melbourne or Sydney. John Gallon, a lad of 17, won the 1000 yds swimming championship at the Bwimmiog matohes in Adelaide recently. Tne time was 16mins 29secs. At Sydney the tag of war between England and New Zealand lasted 59min 38secs, at which stage the former proved viofcorkus. That between Scotland and Sweden lasted nearly twice as long, namely, 1 hour 54min. 57secs, when the Swedish team came out the winner?.