FLASHES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5101, 2 July 1883, Page 2

FLASHES.

One way to give a man " a chance to rise in the world "—Knock him down. A branch of the Blue Ribbon Army has been formed in Dunedin. He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it. Petitions are being signed in favor of Mr Green's Local Option Extension Bill at Dun* edin. ; A gentleman who was very much strnck by a young lady wanted to return a kiss for the blow. • Small fragments of quartz, showing M color" of gold, are said to have been found in Canterbury. A Russian priest who has travelled around the world says :■— " The English-speaking people have taken the lead everywhere." The Southland Freezing Company's machinery lost in the Waitara will be replaced, and probably sent out by steamer. An Irish journal says the following bill was presented by a farner : *' To curing your pony that died yesterday, £1 Is." The football match between the Nelson and Wellington Colleges resulted in a win for the former by ft goal and two ties to a goal. Student, reciting : " And— er— then he— er— went —er — and —er " The class laugh.— Professor : Don't laugh, gentlemen; to err is human. Johu Grappell and Charles Brown have been committed for trial on a charge of the robbery of Henrickson's jewellery at Auckland. f „ , „ The New Zealand and Australian Land Company have chartered trsro sailing vessels for three voyages to take frozen meat from Port Chalmers. They will take about 50,000 carcases. In a Dublin paper some time since, was a biographical notice of Robespierre, which concluded as follows :— " This extraordinary man left no children behind him, except his brother, who was killed at the same time." In marching, soldiers take seventy-five steps per minute; quick marching, one hundred and eight; and in charging, one hundred and fifty steps. At the inquest on the body of Jas. Beatton at Auckland, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. Deceased was a native of Greenook. A boy at school, on being asked to describe a kitten, said—" A kitten is remark, able for rushing like mad at nothing whatever, and stopping before it gets there." The Auckland 'Trades and Labor Council have passed a resolution protesting against any relaxation of the embargo upon Chinese , emigration. They have wired the resolution to several members.