WEEKLY EPITOME.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 34, 20 December 1873, Page 7

WEEKLY EPITOME.

A PABAGBAPfthas teen going the rounds of the papers to the effect that the incumbent of St. Maria Maggiore, Rome, fid become a BaplibN Whether any suspended or degraded priest has revenged himself by becoming a Baptist, we have not heard on any reliable authority but we a< c quite certain the incumbent of St. Marii Maggiore has not' because there ia no such person. ' SraßiiKKMi telegrams have been sent all orer the colony from Wellington, m reference to a native squabble about the Horowhenua block. There were reports and rumours of wars, but eventually™ waß killed - or eveQ hurt > aud that *• «"**^ (Pns J^ ° f <Pw ire! i the , rr J f< !"' 8 M»°«lerinjt *ork. The Wellington 'Post says -.-"We should like to know why emigrants should be required to produce a certificate that they are unable to pay more than a certain sum It Wd surely be better for the colony if pS wfth a little capital landed bete instead of a lot of pauper! We also fa 1 to see why a declaration of intention to work for wages should be feSJ tf n7n 7 aU B «? eult °™ l kborer in«ndated° with Official oalcTl'ated/' *° f """^ him t0 Cmi « rate ™? be easily a ss^tyiss^ areall m .T. T " E ' Southland Times' i s enabled to 6 (ate, on good authority, that the General Government has arranged with the Pro"i 2 Government of Otago that henceforth the latter should underlie the management of immigration affairs within the province «i 77 * HB dramn ?? r flnd specifications for the Deborah Bay contract of the Dunedm «i.i Moeraki Railway are expected to be ready about the 7th January. The contract will include a tunnel about iSsO yard! hun<tinem*y* Of PrOvindal Executi ™ of Canterbury has been A muhatoa telegram says.—" Much interest is felt at the result of the Lands Court at OpotilJ. Auckland speculators are vSin an ZKS-^tSSJft.* the aovernraent ' aQd tt ia - 3 port Com Ke» York, will arriro an experionoad driller, I mm com™ . tent to build v.g», superintend drilling, fc, mi „ JompleVeTt rf , few, r ana d,«i, r .^d K^^ZXT " 1 " C '" U " ! ""

His Worship the M ayoi of Dunedin, and several of the leading citizens have waited upon the Hon. Julius Vogel to invite him to a public banquet at an early day. Mr Vogel has accepted the invitation, and the banquet is arranged to take place after His Honor the Superintendent a return from the Waitaki, whither he will go to meet his Excellency the Governor. It is intended to make the banquet as popular as possible. r Mb Cam>bb, president of the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce, at that body a annual meeting, urged adherance to the present gauge of the Bluff line, as a broad guage afforded greater facilities for heal* traffic than a narrow one ; and said he believed that the fact that the .Bluff railway was paying better than the Port Chalmers one was in a great measure traceable to the difference in the gauge of the two lines. Ihr New aealand Herald ' states that it has been shown a small volume printed on paper ma*e from the, leaves of the New Zealand flax plant. Our contemporary says thai the paper in appearance and strength closely resembles parchment. ..-^^^Wt** Court lately, the Chinese iaterpreter had some difficulty m explaining to the prisoner what iras meant by being sent for trial before a judge, and in reply to a question from the Bench he described him metaphorically as " a big Magistrate." The Submarine Boat was launched at Dunedin on Saturday last. As to the possibility of working under water in a vessel of this construction, there is no doubt. The principle is nothing new, having been tested in France some twenty years ago. If, there is any difficulty about this method of gold mining, it will probably be in disposing ot the toppings, and m finding the rich patches at the bottom of the jxLolyneux. At the Princess Theatre Dunedin, last week, a gymnast one of the Bernard Brother*, fell on the front seat of the stalls, a distance of thirty nve feet. He was insensible when picked up, and was immediately removed to the stage, medical assistance being at once sent for. He was severely shaken, had his wrist sprained, and one of his oyos swollen, but was not seriously injured. At Wellington, owing to the excessive charges of the local Gas Company an attempt is being made to establish another Company. ™ II H f,rr 9 ■u A i veriise J c ' **?* lt " confidently expected that nearly £13,000 will be paid in dividends on that field dnrin» the present month. ° Mb James Shahs has (we learn from the- 'Bruce Herald ) purchased the freehold farm hitherto owned by Messrs A. Beanio and Jus, Ohrwtie, which now swells the Ochertyre Estate to be the finest and most extensive on the Taieri plain. 1J rjHB J a iE- S « e «. mailwhichleft Melbourne took 108,000 ounces of gold , and £70,000 in specie. Thb members of the Auckland Jouneymen Bakers' Association have formed a cricket club among themselves. The Auckland Harmonic Society* though scarcely five months old, has upwards of a hundred effective members-lihot-bwji red grouse were sent out to Auckland by the Chile by Mr Larkworthy, of London, but all died, with the exception of one brace, which was safely landed, and liberated at Matanata. A 3TEST of six young starlings was found in the E.ist Taieri bush bush the other day. Tnese birds are said to esist there in thousands, and sky. arks are very numerous. A xew goods shed is to be erected at the Christchurch station ia time for the ensuing grain season. It is to be 210 ft. by 40ft., and a tender at £2360 has been accepted. Some children were playing with a chaff-cutter afc Eoxburgh a lew days ago, and their amusement came to an unfortunate end by one ot them getting all the fingers of the left hand almost cut off. A pianoforte has recently been completed in Nelson from local woods, the case being veneered with handsome totara knots. The resident* near Taie.i Perry hare collected £100 for tlie widow and fanii'y of the late John Fatoix, who was drowned in the Taien River a few weeks ago. ii TH^ 9 uartz re efs iv the Cromwell district are paying remarkably \n£ reCent l ? U9llin S ha 8 produced almost three ounces to the :o.i. 50U tons of preserved meat are reported to be still lying at Woodlands awaiting means of transit to tb£ Bluff. I:ii e Oamaru Hospital contains eight patients at the present time, and is thereby nearly full' Kaix is wanted by the Southland furmern. The Invercargill Town Council has voted £50 to defray the expense ot receiving the Governor* tons THB Onri * tcliurch Museum now contains 18 complete MoaikeleA Highland Volunteer Company has been formed atlnvercargill, and a good many members have alreadj been admitted. Air r ,°- tommanded b y the Arrow ttiver Water-race Company at White-chapel Flat is yielding splendidly IffE Cromwell Antimony Company mtendto send seven tons of antimony to London as soon as possible. Taa crushing of the Break of Day claim at Lydl yielded 11640z of retorted gold from 152 tons of stone. ' Vbkx iarge quantities of machinery have lately been manufactured at the Dunedin foundries A heavy rainfall occurred in Dunedin ou Sunday last, accompanied with tnundor and lightening, and a dust storm ami high winds on Tuesday On Tuesday the bay was very rough, and a man named Beamish who was m a dingy which filled, was drowned. JMBSSUS W itsox and AfoftßisoN since they were bum«d out a Miort "me ago, carry on their business of bootmakers near the Hibernian Hotel, George street. Mr Perry lias removed from Spicer's buildings m Gewge streofc, to Great King street near the Police Station, where he has opened a cabinetmaker^ ro'.«tl e,tablishmect. • i•f ?f °£ curre . d . in George street on Monday evening. Tho shop in which the fire origmated-that of Mr Sieol, bootmaker-was complefe.y gutted. His stock he valued at £450, but it was insurtd in JNor.nthUmoaOo. for only £250, leaving a loss of £2UO. Tho building and the adjoining vacant one, both belojigin S to Mr Spiccr