FLASHES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5630, 28 May 1885, Page 2

FLASHES.

In Auckland butter Is 3d retail ; eggs Is 9d to 2s.

A Wellington writer puts down Mr Hug's clairvoyance to mind reading. There are no less than six candidates standing for the Waimea seat.

The Christadelphians are petitioning Parliament to allow them exemption from bearing arms, as their religious scruples do not allow of it.

Mrs Baldwin predicted that Christchurch would win the football match against Weiljngton — the fates were not propitious. Wellington won.

Government will probably supply each corps in the colony with a sufficient number of military great-coat 3 for use of sentries pickets, &c.

A letter sent from Tauranga with a postmark of the 16th, only reached Napier on the 23rd. It passed through Auckland, New Plymouth, and Wanganui before getting there.

The Napier Woollen Factory idea seems likely to die a natural death — scared by the war fever.

Mr Kelly was defeated for a seat three times by Captaiu Morris. The differences in the voting were 9, 7, and 8. This time he was beaten by Mr Sheehan by 12-

The Silver King Company will play in Napier on Saturday.

The Otago Education Board have decided to limit the travelling expenses of members to 15s per day, exclusive of train fares.

The railway works now in progress in Otago are estimated to cost £200,000.

Mr McMillan, M.H.R., in addressing his constituents, stated that he would give the present Government a general support. The Manawatu Standard says that that district will not be sorry to hear of Mr Rotheram's removal.

The highest price paid for colonial grown tobacco in Australia last year was £65 per ton.

The Christchurch Press can find no greater faut with the Native Minister than, that he recently wituessed a native dance.

A black man named Paterson was sentenced to 14 days at Napier, for boxing a little girl 'B ears till they bled. " Boaz " of Hamburg consultation fame fiuds fault with a Napier writer because he asaerts that no one there knows the Napier prize winners who w ere reported as having won prizes in the last drawing. " Boaz should afford the press every information, or else he can hardly expect anything else but suspicion. The shareholders of the Colonial Insurance Company are not satisfied with the management, and at a private meeting they decided to call a special meeting to consider the matter.

Tfte Wellington police have made a raid on a conaultationist, and having secured certain paraphernalia, they intend laying an information against the occupier of the premises, Mr Mandel.

Amongst the bills to be brought in by Government next session is one dealing with the fisheries question;