FLASHES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5489, 8 December 1884, Page 3

FLASHES.

Wakefield M.H.R., lectures to-morrow night for the Chriatchurch V.M.C.A. The subject should be "Rats and their use." . "The Vagabond" says therfe is more courtesy among Australians than is to be found in England. The Manawatu Times says ;—lndividuals; — Individuals such as Timms have their use in the community, no doubt, but we may safely assume that the citizens of Wanganui will never rise a statue in hiß honor*

-Mr J. J. Turnbull, formerly Resident Magistrate in Blenheim, has commenced praotice aa a barrister and solicitor there, Bigotry may be worse than infidelity — an infidel man may be honest, but a bigot kant be, oven if he tries. Josh Billings.

Mr E. C Morriß, of Dunedin, has made a watch with a 24 hour dial plate.

Man haz all the vices ov the animals, and sum ov the virtews.

Ammoniaphones have been imported into Dunedin. These instruments are said to be of great use to singers, aotintf on the vocal chords with the same effect as it is alleged the air of Italy produces.

Taurang* is now shipping another parcel of Sulphuric Acid to Wellington. Paroquets are doing immense damage to orchards in Timaru, especially amongst cherries and currants.

A boy was fined in Dunedin last week for having a catapult. The ChristcEurch Early Closing Association are trying for Thursday half-holidays. Where's the newly-formed Wanganui Association ?

It \7. but a step from common sense to goniUß, but it is often a long stride from genius bak to common sense, Josh Billings. Says an experienced bachelor : — ' ' The best thing to take when you go to kiss a pretty girl — take time. The more you take the better she likes it.

Competence iz the haff way house between poverty and wealth, and iz the moat comfortable inn on the journey. Fred Millis saved the life of his "buttons " at Blenheim. The lad got knocked out of a boat, and Millie jumped in after him. This ia the fourth life Milhs has saved.

Henry Labouchere is not only one of the brightest men in all London, with an income Of £10,000 a-year from 'Truth,' but has a bigßhare in the 'Daily News, 1 which also makes a very good income. Sunday lectures on scientific, literary and popular subjects are likely to be started in In Blenheim. Politics and theology are to be excluded.

A London gaß company, which supplies gas at 2s 8d per 1000 ft, has just declared a dividend of 12£ per cent. Carlyle's recommendation was :—": — " Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one rascal less in the world.

The Government have notified that they will discontinue bearing the cost of administering the Contagious Diseases Act in Christohurch;

The Palmerston Times objects to the Deputy Official Assignee residing in Bulls, where he is accessible neither by direct postal nor rail communication. The new Cunard liner Umbria, which will carry the next 'Frisco mails for New Zealand aoross the Atlantic, can steam 25 nautical mileß an hour easily. • Where were you last Sunday, Bobbie V asked the teacher of one of the brightest scholars in her Sunday-school class, 'My mother kept me home.' Now, Robbie, do yon know where little boys go when they play truant irom Sunday-school V * Yes, ma'am.' 'Where?' ' They go fishin' 1' A clergyman, waxing sarcastic in the pulpit over the enormities of the age, exclaimed, "And these things, my brethren are done in the so-called nineteenth century. A South Melbourne medical practitioner, of unimpeachable character and large practice, has openly stated that outrages upoa girls in Albert Park are by no means uncommon*