Mr Garrick, of Christchuroh, late M.H.B., is, we are sorry to learn, dangerously ill.

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Mr Garrick, of Christchuroh, late M.H.8., is, we are sorry to learn, dangerously ill.

or £68 per share. A looal paper says that Bpoaring of trout m tbe Waikouaiti Biver is practised on a large scale. Tbe demand for Kaiapoi woollen goods is increasing, and tbe Company is enabled to put the hands on full time agaia. Complaint is made of the oost of bringing baok runaway husbands, and it is stated that the recent proseoutions oost the oolony about £.5 m eaoh oaee.

The Oolonial Treasurer ot New South Wales proposes to discontinue the import duties on batter, obees., hams, and bacon af er let Maroh, 18S8.

Ia a garden at Palmerston (Otago) is presented the rare speotaole of apple, pear, and plum trees bearing a plentiful orop of fruit, together with a plentiful supply of blossom.

From various reports that have reaohed that paper, the " Timaru Herald " is inclined to believe that the Californian thistle is muoh mere widely spread m this island than farmers think.

Mr W. G.Fraser, of Te Poke, Tauranga, has a curiosity m the shape of a hen whioh is a croß. with the native woodhen. This hybrid lays well, has large eggs, and does not sit. The prominent features of the woodhen are very noticeable.

Prince Waldemar ot Denmark came near qjjootincr the Ozar of Rus_ia at a reoent hunting party m the Nyrup Forest. He mistook bim m the dusk ior a stag, and had a sure aim at him and his finger on the trigger before he was undeceived.

Natural r»b has its little defeots. In East Liverpool, 0., the whole underpinning of the town is soaked with natural gas. The collara are full and nobody dare strike a matoh. A great rise m real estate is expeoted there shortly. Buenos Ayras is said to contain more millionaires than any other oity m the world. There are soores of private resdenoes that cost over a million dollars eaob, and one of tbe banks has a paid-up capital of 57,000,000 dollars. The Roman Catholio Ghurch has m Great Britain 1600 chapels, 224 monasteries, 415 •anventß, 29 oolleges, and 2599 priests. The gains sinoe 1870 have been as follows : Chapels, 256; monasteries, 155 ; convents, 182 ; colleges, 9, priests, 873. A member of a sohool board, wbile ex. •mining the pupils m the sohool, asked a little girl : * What is the plural of the noun man V • Men,' promptly answered the pupil. ♦ V6ry well, my dear. Now tell me what the plural of the noun baby ie? ' Twins 1' shouted the little girl. The latest proposal respecting the English Ohannel is to bridge it. The length of tbe bridge will be 22 miles, and the ooat is esti* mated at £40,000,000. It will take sevtn years to build. Tbe piles, wbioh are to be of concrete, will be 160 ft long by 100 ft broad and plaoed 550 yards apart. The bridge will be 160 ft above tbe sea level. A meeting of the Asbburton Baoiog Olub Committee was held last evening, Mr O. W. Purnell m the chair. It was deoided to hold the Autumn Meeting on April 19th and 20th. A sub-Committee was appointed to draw up a programme for submittal at next meeting of Committee. After transacting routine work the meeting adjourned till Tuesday next.

Tbe " Auokland Herald " has the following signifioant paragraph :—" It is said tbat the Inspeotor of Industrial Sohools is only waiting for the expiry of a month from the prorogation of Parliament, m order to take steps against a member of Parliament for the non* payment of maintenance money for his negleoted offspring m one of the industrial sohools. The oase is likely to produce some strange developments." The " Lyttelton Times' '» Home correspon* dent says :—" The prospeotus wilt soon be advertised of the Go-operative Meat Assoois. tion of Great Britain, with a paid-up oapital of £250,000. A well-known member of Parliament is on the Board, and Mr Palmer will probably be the Managing Direotor. The Chairmanship was offered to Sir Walter Buller, who, however, declined the • same. Ha would have occupied a seat on the Board had the Colonial frozen meat trade been taken up by the Association, but this appears to be regarded by promoters as a rival business. Oolonial breeders may, nevertheless, feel assured that their day ot triumph is coming, and that before long. The beßt medioine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBAOT. Test its eminent powerful effeots m coughs, oolds, influenza, eto. — tbe relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty tbe King of Italy, and medioal syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Read tbe offioial reportß that aooompany each bottle. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifew ld, reports :— The Euoalypti Extraot proved magnificently successful m very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, soaldinga, broken ribs, and limbs. (" Medioal Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases ot the kidneys, either aotive congestion or suppression, (urctmia) or albuminuria, dropsy, lithiasis, nothing will equal m its aotion Euoalypti Extract. Doses, sto 8 drops. Mosler, MD., Prof., University, Greifswald, reports :— Diphtheria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Oured m fourteen days, Surgical Clinio of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Pbysioians and Surgeons, St. Louis— Soirrhus of BreastExcision. Euoalypti Extraot employed. No swelling, beat, or discoloration. Cured m fourteen days. — (Advt,) 4