MISCELLANEOUS,

Timaru Herald, Volume L, Issue 4846, 17 May 1890, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS,

Vital statist icn of Norway, recently published, show an expectation of life m that country that can hardly bo parallelort m any other country. Tlio menn duration of life ia 45.83 years for males and 51.30 years for females. In Knglund tho moan duration of lifo is 4.1 35 years for miloa ar. d 41.62 yenra for fcmnlca. Fiftcon years ago tlio first oolton mill woo established m Oannrift i there aro now 24 mills, contninining (iO^OOO npindlos. In 18fii) 1,245, 2081bs of o.itton woro imporloil for homo consumption j m 188S, 28,727,5251 b. Tlio mimbor of oporativos employed hns inorcancd 80 por cent m (Wo yourn, nnd Cunadmn fact ries now supply 168,000,000 ynrd< of material to moot 111 3 wants of tlio inhabitants of Ihd Dominion. A rcm irknblo incident occurred m tho Mayor's Court at Gninopvillo, Texns. A wotian, n^ed GO and weighing 17st 51b , ontorod tho court, and by way of protest against tho imposition of a fi no upon her husband kaocko'3 down fir*t a policcmnn, then tho city aHornoy, and Dnaliy Iho major. Sho then thrajhod them all throo aurl ilrovo them out of the court, of which i>ho rolninncl poßßCStion for throe honrs. The victimn of hor violcnuo tiro icuch diellgurcd nbuut tho faw. Tho City Council of Melbourne hnvc arranged to placo n loan of £150,000 on do bonluros at i per cent, interest with tho National and Commercial Bunks, who will undertrrito tho loan, and will offer tho dobonturei t^ their ciutomors. As the credit of tho Council is quite on n pur with that, of most coloijial Governments there will (nays tho Aye) be no diffleully m eccuring Iho amount required locally, and thcroby koop the inlofett m the colony, |