GENERAL NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1414, 21 December 1887, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

How cheaply elections are occasionally run may be gathered from some information supplied to the Legislative Council this evening. Mr Shrimski stated that he had contested four hard fought elections, and on no occasion had his expenses exceeded £20 ; but Mr Keynolds claimed to be even more economical. He asserted that no election had ever cost him more than £10. The average cost of contested seats during the recent elections would not compare favourably with these amounts.

On September 10 ch a detachment of 150 London police surprised over 100 members of a "Club" which under an innocent title and prospectus wa* used for gambling purposes. There was a most amusing scene when the officers made their way into the room ; card and dica tables was purposely set up, and money and paraphernalia gobbled reckless of ownership. Many attempted to hide themselves, and one nearly suffocated man was rescued from a small cupboard, in which he had shut himself. There are many signa that the gambling spirit, ha 3 t iken a firm hold of all claooea of Londoners, and to a considerable extent in provincial towns also.

A genial bishop was in the habit of asking bis candidates for ordination whether they were married. " Happy man !" cried the prelate if the answer was in the affirmative ; but if in the negative, his formula was, " Lucky dog ! ' Some American writers, with strong imaginations, describing a certain class of whiskey, say that drinking it is like swallowing a torchlight procession. This must be the class of whiskey that circulates in the Mullocky Gully district. A man was heard the other evening describing Mullocky whiskey. He says "it bites all the way down." A person living, up the Gully who was unwell bought a bottle of this famous stuff. He drark sufficient to drive away the cramp that he was affected with and put the bottle in a cupboard. Three days afterward he took the precious bottle out of the cupboard and solemnly vows that the whiskey had turned blue. The poor creatures who drink this sniff are to be pitied, but the wholesale men who put it on the market should be whipped. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sand be and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swelling — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, &c. ; diarrhoea, dysentery ; diseases if the kidneys and urinary organs. In use at all nospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at Int Exhibition, Amsterdam. Tzurt in thii approved article and reject all others,