Facts Without Comment.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 379, 23 July 1880, Page 5

Facts Without Comment.

An estate of 86,000 acres in the Timaru district has been purchased by Lincolnshire farmer?. In the West of Ireland the effects of distress and political agitation have produced a spirit of dissatisfaction. i Three elephants were eatep by the Parisians during the soige. and were considered delicious. A new revolution in the crushing procces is approaching. Father Seccchi was the most distinguished astronomical scholar of modern times. In the Cathedral, Killarney, on 18th April, 1800 men, including the Earl of Kenrnare, received Holy Communion, and renewed their baptismal vows on the occasion of closing a Retreat conducted by Redemptorist Father?. j The Age states that from first to last the pursuit and capture of the Kellys has cost Victoria £40,000. Pastor Hirsch, of Lintorf, attributes a decrease of 9 per cent, in suicides in Norway to the recent legislation against drunkenness. The French Government has prohibited a public celebration of the 23rd May, the date on which the conflict between the Communists and the regular Aimy began. The editor of the Free Lance denies that a member of the Froliques Company pulled his nose. Abdul Rahman, who was offeied the Ameership is no,v believed to be on his way to Cabui. Mr, Joseph Ward has been re-elected a member for the Wairau Road Board. The sum of £8.169 was spent for the printing of " Hansard," etc., last year. The Native Infantry, under Shere Ali, recently deserted near Girisik. Ten Hottentots ate a middling-sized ox, but the two hind legs, in three days. Adelaide Neilson, the famous actress and vocalist, intends to visit Australia. The art of bookbinding is of older date than the books themselves as we have them. An obelisk has been made to the order of some Natives of Pahi, Bay of Islands, as a memorial of signing the treaty at Waitangi. The duty of the Opposition is to watch and criticise the actions of a Government, and not to take possession of the Treasury benches. A piece of quartz sent fiom the Te Aute mis3ion-station estate proves to be rich in gold. It is necessary for the British troops to remain in Candahar until Sheie Ali's position is secure. The town of Ngapara becomes partly submerged after a few hours' rain. It was not until 1/500 that a certain Alopa, of Venice, produced the first book that had printed capitals — an edition of Dante's '• Inferno." There exists in Sydney a marriage shop where marriages are celebrated in an irregular manner. The residence built by the Government for Rewi, at Kihikihi, is now almost concluded , The sparrow nuisance is exercising the minds of the farmers in the neighbourhood of Sandon and Mount Stewait. A High Altar, of marble, has been placed in St. Francis' Church, Melbourne. A nuarget weighing 241 b., has been discovered at the Margaret River rush, Port Darwin. John Gordon has been drowned in the Ashley River. It is rumoured that in Ned Kelly's possession was tound a pockclbook containing a number of letters implicating persons in good position. It is stated that an Austrian military band will attend the Melbourne Exhibition. The discovery of gold at Mataira, near Coromandel, is of a promising character. Disease is at present very prevalent among the sheep on the East Coast. Captain Paterson, of the barque Hudson, was drowned last week. A discovery of gold has been made in the ranges between the Paringa and Blue River, about twenty miles south of the Paringa and the Haast Rivers. The Natives at Mount Vernon refused to leave, and warned the Sheriff they would offer icsi stance, as there were nearly 100 men present. The body of a man has been found drownel in Slippery Creek, near Drury. The Catholic population of the German Empire number 14,000,000. The Duke of Edinburgh visited Cork on Tuesday, April 28th, and went to the Catholic Cathedral and Christian Brothers' Schools. Mrs. Gladstone is a clever, pleasant, earnest woman, but she dresses badly. 4^-' Wade's Hotel, Auckland, has been totally destroyed by fire. A woman named Takiora received £325 12s 6d as salary for reporting information to Government. Several of the men at work on the terraces "Upper Wairau are on payable gold. The cause of Catholic elementary education progresses with rapid strides in Belgium. It is the intention of the Government to abandon for this session their proposal to introduce a bill to assimilate the franchise of Ireland with that of England. The evacuation of Cabul has commenced. A fall of about two tons of earth occured to the Tyronnel claim, Thornborough on the 26th ult., resulting in the death of one miner and the injury of several others,

It is announced that the Lord Chamberlain, being a Roman Catholic, his functions in connection with the Queen's Chaplains will devolve on the Lord Steward. Turkey is mobilising an army corps at Adrianople, and fortifying the Hellespont. In the name of sacred liberty, the Berry Government have struck at the very root of liberty — liberty cf conscience. The re-appointment 6f Lord O'Hagau to the Irish Chancellorship has given very general satisfaction. Paul, of Orakei, has protested against the Native Land Sales Bill. On July 2 there was a heavy fall of snow in some parts of New South Wales and Queensland. A large stable and six horses have been, burned at Moore and Curries station, Kai Iwi. The railway system is extending rapidly in Japan. A severe shock of cartbqnake, lasting thiity seconds', has been felt in the Taupo district. The tribes to the north of Cabul have been troublesome of late. The cricket match, between the Australians and Eighteen of the Werneth Club, at Oldham, in Lancashire, resulted in another victory for the Australians. The Republican Convention have chosen Garfield as their candidate for the Picsidency. The inhabitants of Christian Bulgaria and Eastern Roumclia have committed horrible cruelties on Mussulman refugees. Airang.'mcnts have been made for a meeting of the Emperors of Germany and Austria. Sir Julius Vogcl has given orders for torpedoes for colonial harbours in New Zealand. There has been no fighting yet between Russia and Cliina. M. Leon Say, who was ieccutly appoinicd French Ambassador, has been elected President of the French Senate. China is putting her ports in a position to resist attack by the Russian squadron. Ten thousand Kurds have peri&bed from famine. Excessive heat has prevailed in New York, and fifty deaths have occurred from sunstroke. Said Pasha, Grand Vizier, advocatos an attitude of defiance. Bishop Shoit, of Adelaide, says that he holds a mnoh higher office than the Queen of England doe?. Our goldfields in the Ruahine ranges arc to receive a practical test ia a few months. Turkey is willing to cede the island of Crete to Greece. Mr. Archibald Forbes is about to visit the colonies and the United States. The strongest man in the world is an It ilian, Angelo Cardela, aged 35. He lives at Reno, Nov., is oft. 10in., weighs 1201 b., and is a day labourer, of temperate habits. At Ypres, the g:eat cloth mart of north Europe, wirs first madj plain bindings of cloth embroidered more or loss. In Armenia utter misery and complete anaiehy pievail. M. Ilochefort has arrived iv Paris, and received a cordial welcome. An offer of the Amecrship of Afghanistan was made to Abdul Rahman. The police of Coventry aie to be mounted upon velocipedes. The Queer., accompanied by Piincess Beatrice, will visit Ireland next summer. A novel football match was played in Timaiu on Saturday : Handsome v. Ugly. The census will be taken in Great Britain on the night of April 3rd, ISBI. It is expected that there will be a deficiency in the Russian wheat supplj'. The Government and people of New Zealand have had far more English moupy than is good for them. " It is almost impossible that reform can be effectel in Victoria without serious complications. The hedgehog is largely consumed in Spain and Germanj\ The directors of the penal dcpaitnicnt in >.cw Caledonia are said to carry their lives in their hands. One million two hundred and eighty-seven thousand gallons of beer were browed in Dunedin last year. The political trials at St. Petersburg have been brought to a conclusion. Sir Hercules Robinson proposes establishing a stud. New Zealand has obtained from Europe 100,203 souls in all. Of these 51,103 are English, 24,89.") Irish, 10,711 Scotch, 254 French, 3034 Germans, 1933 Danes, -CBG Swedes, 703 Norwegians, 312 Italians. The surveys on the Waimate Plains arc being pushed ahead. Horseflesh is gradually finding favour. Two men named Fahey were killed at Orarimu by the fall of a ratatree. The action brought by Mr. Bracken against Mr. George Darrell, Tor libel, resulted iv a verdict for the plaintiff, with £50 damages. The almost total failure of the seal fishery this season is reported from Newfoundland. A Maori witness at Kaiapoi pleaded that speaking in English hurt his sore lip. The surplus revenue of the U.S. amounts to 100,000,000 dols., or £20,000,000. The Prince of Wales is daily growing in popularity. The Peninsular and Oriental Company are advertising special cheap trips to Australia. What the natives of India call musa-gardi, or a plague of rats, lias appeared in the Cawnprre district. It is expected that 7000 or 8000 acres of Waimate Plains will be ready for sale by the Ist of September. At Saltwater Creek, near Timaru, a child has been knocked down by a sow, gored, and so bitten that its life is despaired of. Superintendent Hare, is one of the oldest Victorian police officers