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Waipawa Mail, Volume 2, Issue 116, 22 October 1879, Page 2

By reference to our advertising columns, it may be seen that Messrs Moore and Macnamara are carrying on business as rope manufacturers at Kopua. Our reporter recently paid a visit to the establishment, und was much pleased with the quality and variety of the rope. Messrs Moore and Macnamara solicit from storekeepers and others a trial of their manufacture, feeling confident it will give satisfaction.

Turning over the pages of several very dull uninteresting exchanges, we hit on the following in the columns of tlie Wairoa Free Press. AVe were much refreshed by it. It is written by a correspondent from Napier :—“ On ‘ Phools.’— About the only tiling causing much comment just now is the extremely ridiculous nonsense printed by the “ Pseudograph’ as special from Wellington. I havo met with many ‘phools’ in my time, averaging different degrees of imbecility ; but for overwhelming, stupendous, high-pressure idiotcy, the superlative nincompoop who does tho political correspondence for that print puts all competitors far in the rear. I suppose it is one of the amenities of public life to submit to felonious insinuations from third or fourth rate journals; but why, Oh! why docs not the print which can stoop to such a depth get a man with brains to hint at ‘ dark and evil deeds ?’ I would undertake to supply a stone image to lie in a more circumstantial manner than the ‘ small potato’ noodle who penned tho foregoing.”

TnE return of tlie goldfields of New Zealand for the year 1878 are published, and are not encouraging. In ever}' provinco but Nelson there has been a marked decrease in the yield of gold. In 1877 the total yield for the colony was 371,G850z., value £1,496,080 ; last year the yield was 310,4860 z., value £1,240,079, showing a decrease of 61,1990 z., value £250,001. The falling off has chiefly been on the returns from quartz mining. Tlie Secretary for goldfields reports that on tho AVest Ooast and. Otago, tho two great alluvial districts, there are still large areas of proved ground to operate on, and there is room for fresh discoveries. lie points out, “ As bearing on the yield of gold, mAy be mentioned the effect of the numerous public works in providing the choice of steady employment at a good wage, as against the risk and precarious gains of the miner.”

One of the evening papers in AVellington lias the following unique advertisement, which displays an amount of charm ing simplicity seldom equalled by the advertising public : “Lost, between Auckland and Wellington, a baby’s cot. The finder will be rewarded.”

At the annual meeting of one of the cricket clubs in Australia, the cause of one of the defeats was reported to have been sustained through the efforts of a dog, who ran away with the ball, and enabled the opposing team to score three more runs than they otherwise would have done, and thus defeated the eleven by ono run. A protest was entered and the matter was referred to the Cricket Association, who, however, refused to entertain the matter, as the umpire at the match decided to allow the extra runs thus obtained through canine assistance.

A few days ago, during the progress of a ball at—well, a Manawatu township a dandy with an immense display of gloves and shirtfront. approached a dashing young colonial damsel, who was fanning herself after a dance. Walking up to her ho said, “Ah, Miss Dashington, I should so like to be that fan, that I might cool those lovely cheeks of yours.” So do T, most sincerely, wish that you were my fail, Mr Sloper.” she replied. “ May I venture to ask why ?” ho breathed in soft accents.

“So that I may shut you up.” she replied with a most patronising smile, He immediately left, and was last seen near the supper tuble. It is unnecessary to add that he did not ask that young lady for any more dances.

The danger of putting lighted pipes into the pocket was illustrated by a son of Mr Hines, of the Grudery Hotel New South AVales the other day. Tlie young fellow drove into Forbes township with about £SO in bank-notes in his pocket. He put his lighted pipe in the same receptacle, and when he got to town found the bank-notes represented by a heap of ashes resting in tho lining of tho coat.

From the annual report of the Secretary of Crown Lands, we gather that the area of forest on Crown lands, exclusive of scrub, is estimated by the commissioners as follows : —Auckland, 1,330,600 acres (of which 50,000 is kauri) ; Hawke’s Bay, 177,270 acres ; Taranaki, 695,000 acres; Wellington, 1,000,000 acres ; Nelson, 2,725,000 acres ; Marlborough, 220,000 acres ; Canterbury, 190,000 acres ; Westland, 1,900,000 acres ; Otago, 1,421,000 acres ; Southland, 500, 000 acres ; total area of forests on Crown lands, 10,158,870 acres.