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Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5517, 20 September 1892, Page 3

> MISCELLANEOUS. ■ «■ , Teaoher: "Now, what animal is it, my ■ dear, that furnishes you with shoes to wear i and meat to eat?" Little girl : "My father, j ma'am !" : According to Sir E. Watkin, the boringa 1 for coal m South-east Kent bave given encouraging results, and there are strong reasons to believe that when n greater 1 depth has been reached seams of excellent j coal will bo found. The discovery of a coalfield m the Ohanncl is a groat question of , commerce nnd industry, and it is proposed to f eink a shaft at once at a cost of £40,000. An ' eminent Belgian engineor considers that the ', seams m the south east of Kent are connected with the great coalfield of Belgium, and are worth exploring — a view held tome . time back by many English geologists. In answer to a question as to his opinion of Emm Pasha's late movements, Mr Stanley said : — " Emm is an unmanageable fanatic The German have tried hard to make him do what they wanted, but hois efrtaiu to do everything m his odd, peculiar way. Witsman gave him hia orders olearly snd , implicitly, but Emm acted on his , own account, and now finds himeelf very . nearly on the spot whero I found him. He is ! m a wretched state, and his people are suffer- | ing from smallpox. Emm has many gaod | qualities, but he has thrown away his life on i a useless task It has been of no value to L anybody, himself included." I The correspondent of the Tijlis LUtock ' early m August writes as follows concerning ' the terrible condition of the puor workpeople • m Baku, the world-known city of fire nnd 1 petroleum : — " Out of all that great number of parsons who have made great fortunes m this : town there has not been found one who m 1 this terrible tims has come to the > suocour of the workmen, those came > workmen by whose hands they have [ been able to earn many millions, by '■ means of which these Orossi of Baku have ' built castles, bought costly horses, and thrown 1 away hundreds right and left. Where [ are they now, and what are they doing, ' all these various Bothsohilds, Peigls, \ Lalojons, Tupjeffs, &0., who, tbanis to the incessant labour of these same poor wretches, ■ have earned millions, whilst the labourers are 1 dying m poverty m tho streets without medical assistance r" One of the mouldy traditions of the bar, responsible for the existence of tho barrister's wig, has bpen sacriligiously tumbled about m the Victorian Customs department m the diecussion of the question what part of the tariff a barrister's wig belongs to. An importer of these interesting articles waited on the Commissioner, and urged that wigs should bo regarded as artificial human bair, on which the duty is ad. per pound. Wigs ore now charged 25 per cent, duty as articles of wearing apparel, and the department contends that as the tariff includes divers' helmeta aB wearing apparel, or attire, it is not stretching it to oharee wigs under the Bame head. The comparison with divers* holmets is acutely appropriate, because m one respect at least the wig and the helmet are m exaotly the same position, tho wearer m either case being nnablo to on with his work without it. The question has still to bs decided which class the wigs will belong to.

For remainder of Fttna see Baurth Page. Auctioneer*. Gracio, ULaolean and Co. SOUTH CANTERBURY HOBSE FAIB. WASHDYKE YARD?. FRIDAY, 23ed BEPIEMBER, 1892. WE ere now BEOHIVING ENTBIEB for the above SALE OF HORSES. Intending Vendors are requested to Bond Particulars of their Jffintry m good time for advertising. ORAOIE, MACLEAN & CO., Auctioneers. Guinness and XieCren HOBSE FAIR. HOBBE FAIB. WASHDYKE YABDS. FRIDAY, 23e» SEPTEMBHB. ENTRIES for the above Sale of Horses ere now being received by us j olients' are requested to forward particulars of entries early {or the purpose of advertising. GUINNEBB & LeOBBN, Auctioneers. W. S. ftlaslin "OBOPKETIHB JTOB 3ALH— 19S Aores Education Beserve, 9 years to run at low rental, all under cultivation 1 4-roomed House, Stable, and Implomont Shod • Goodwill of Leaoe £200. 126 'Acres Wheat Land, m grass j Cheap 102 Acres Wheat Lend under cultivation, 8 miles from Temuka ; Cheap £800 easy terms. 300 Aoro Improved farm, well waterod j eaßy terms. 20 Aores, foncgd 1 pripe £80, <2sf) Aores Improved Farm 970 Fenced, 600 acres m grass, House and Stable ; £360r easy terms, £400 cash. 125 Acres Improved lam ; £650 601 Aores Improved Farm ; Cheap 155 Acres Improved Farm 1 £1800. Y-\ S, MASLIN. GBBALDINa. POTTS BROS, ACCOUNTANTS AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, ROYAL AUCTION BOOMB, Cain's Terrace. EVERY description of COMMISSION BUSINESS oxecutod with' Promptness aud Fidelity. RENTS OOLLKCrKD.— n tatementa monthly FBEEHOLH PKOPSfftTIKB for Saje m various part r . >f ! imuru and, niptrict.