MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4868, 26 June 1901, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

An area of 40 000 rqii-re miles of country standing from ArrnHnle (north) to Tumbermb« (nontb), in Kow Sooth Wales, ia covered rirh snow. WB^havo receivpd from the Government 'rioter, Wellington, • programme of the olehrttions t»> be csrripd out in the colony nrintt the visit of the Duke and Dochees of fork and Cornwall. Thb son- of William S«lwoo<1, while crossdr the Waikato river wi'h two others, fell nthoat «ny xpp-.ren* cause and dtM-ppeared pfore assist »re<> «mM be given. The body as not yet been found. Tbb Government, have pmchised for oV ser sit'^mrnt and wrrknun'a homps »he Glen•>m Eitate, of 11 500 acres, near Wyndham. 'his property was formerly o«u«»d by Messrs /argil) and Anderson, and hes latterly hop r a the b nis of a mortaee company. The Liapway E*t'r*», in S>uH>l»nd, has also been urohased for sm il fet. lenient. AT a sprc'al mrrtinjr of the Canterbury Iraployeru' Association it was rcaolvei tbit winj; to the excessive rates being charged v accident iusarwnce companies in Npw i9aland tn covt employers u-ider the Eraloyers' Liability and Workmen's Compenstion Acts and at common law, »n Empl>yr's Insurance Company be immediately >rmed. AT the annual meeting of the Hawke's B >y 'armors' Co-operative Assroiation on Frid»y be annual report was adapted. It provides or a dividend of 7 per cent, on the paid-up apitb]; a bonu-; of 6 1 a bale on wool sbinpgd n account of i-h^reho'derr; a bonus of 2} per exit, on purchases of goods by sharehojiiers, xcepfc colonial grain seed?; a bonus of 15 per enf. nn commissions earned on business conribu ed by shareholders. Mr Charles Lewis, who his jiafc rpigned bis seat for Christchnareh, writes to be papers explaining the cause of bi« rcsigation. He never d< sired tn enter PitliH3ent, for the reason tba*: his family history of a nature to render it ex'rpmely m probable that be could stand the phys>c:l train. In his own words, (be first four pssions left him weak and miserable, while be fifth "knocked him out." But the pa by of bis frionda coutribute'l largely to in deciaion. He thus concludes bis letter : 'Under »ll the circumstances, nm I under ny obligation to remain in politics at the lidding and on behalf of those who refuse t-> ?ave their firesides on one night in the year? ly answer is known. Its propriety will be lost hotly dispu'ed by (hose who are most espomible for it." The Trades and Libor 'ouncil will ballot for a candidate for the IhrHcbureh seat 'rona among Messrs C. 'aylor, Newton, and Fisher. ON Saturday afternoon Mr Mitchell, of le Bluff, with his sons, was on the beach oar New River Heads, towards the bar, nd about half a mite a uth of the site of tbe Id jetty, when be picked up a bottle contining a message from the sea. Tbe mestge showed that tbe bottle had bern cast verboard from the ship S'lvercrag at 5 p.m. n January 3 r d, 1899, in lat. 47 deer. 3., long. L W., the ship being bound from Sydney to iondon. Tbe message, whioh bears the sig-atu.-e of J^mea Inkster, the master, is one f the slips which are issued to shipmasters y the Government Astronomer at Sydney, ad will be forwarded to him by Mr Mitchell, 'be bottle was thrown overboard after the lip had rounded C»pe Horn, and was be*een 400 and 500 miles nortb-e>st of tbe 'alktands. It has travelled icross the S>uth itlantic with the current, wbich nets to the sstward, across tbe Southern Oaein, and a«l!y omjiht by some eddy current, landed i the New River estuary. Another stretch t about 4,000 miles would have taken it sck to its starting point, and tbe world ould have been circuited. THB brst medicine known is SANDER & ON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test ■a eminent powerful effects in Coughs, Colds, oflnenzi, &C, the relief is instantaneous, 'bousaods give the most gratifying testitony. His Majesty the King of Italy and ledical Syndicates all over tbe Globe are B patrons. We have no occasion to offer awards in proof of the gen ui ness of our rejrences. The .official reports of Medical linics and Universities, tbe official coromuication of the Consul-general for Italy at lelbournp, the Diploma awarded at Interational Eshibition, Amsterdam, are authenC documents, and, as such, not open to oubt. We add hero an epitome of one of tie various oases treated by Siegen, M.D., 'rofessor, &c.: — "Burning of the right band, 'he skin on both sides of the hand of the 350-ear-old patient was completely separated nd lifted up as far as tbe wrist. The nails Fere hanging loose and tbe phalanx of the liddle finger was charred. The wounds ealed in three weeks under daily apnlicaions of SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI IXTRACT dressings. The patient h»a relined the fnll use of bnr hand." See that ou gnt SANDER & SONS'— the only genuie Eucaljpti Extract — or else yon will be applied with worthless oils. One substantial transparency in Welington represented the Duke being rel corned by a Maori Cbief. His Highess was depicted as considerably taller ban tbe Chief, and the popular connnrum is to guess the Maori's height. The Royal visit affects trade in various rays. It is said to be impossible to obain ladies' long black kid gloves in )anedin at the present time. The deoand for them in View of the evening reeption to their Royal Highnesses has ileared the shops. Labor in the paintng and building trades is at a decided >remium, and the tariff charge for the ise of a cab on the evening of the recepion is coolly announced as £3. " How we kept the Flag Flying," defence if Lsdysmitb, by Donald M'Donald, war lorrespondent, is given away with B 10k Gift Cea. The illaminations of the Wellington Post Office is admitted to have eclipsed inytbing of the kind the Royalties have pet seen in the colonies. A correspondent writing of it says :—": — " Every storey is outlined with red, white and bine alectrio lights, thickly studded. Tier after tier they rise in a barbarous opulence, jewel thick of variegated color, until the topmost storey is reached, thence they climb in graceful carves to the central tower, looping and twining artistically in lines of living lights, until they break in a glorious crowning star which scintillates high overhead. It is a veritable triumph of illumination, and the visitors unanimously admit that it is superior to anything yet seen in the colonies." Wade's Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant ; children thrive after taking them. Prica, la. The Imperial note, so often referred to, was, of coarse, strongly in evidence in Wellington, One street-corner politician way overheard descanting elaborately with the proper Sir Oracle emphasis, which forbade any other dog to bark when he opened his lips. "Now, see here," he exclaimed, " who gathered the flowing atoms out of chaos, and, by combining them, liar, formed an ell-red belt of empire round the world, and made the other people giddy to look upon 'this modern accomplishment?" "1 give it up," replied the smaller man, meekly. "Of course you give it up and so do the rest of tbe world, for it's the British Empire, and this George s~on of Edward, who is coming along here presently, is a human symbol o our great Empire/ and the other mai gazed in admiration at his friend who a little later, threw his hat in the air ant yelled onfe "Hurrah for Qeorge an< Merrie England." You eaii-jgpenq on ri<3<3inp your cbilcl ran of Wo*ms~vitk Waph*s Worm Fiaa tbe wonderful worn worriers. Price, 1«