THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1758, 4 February 1888, Page 3

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

DHOLEPP SIKO AGAIN. The following telegram was recently recelvpd by tho Nizun of Hyderab»d from Dbuloep Sine; regarding hi* High nesV* gift to the Indian Government :— Beware of Eoglrsh fivtiery, beloved Oonntryraao, or. it will copt you yoor throae, The Nteim forwarded the original to the Viceroy. ETHIOPIAN JEWS It is not generally knov that In Ethiopia people: feamboriDg about 200 000 have . the Old Teatlment m Ethiopio version, and' stil! sdbere rigidly to tha Mosaic ceremonies and laws, They •re the children of Hebrew immigrant* •ho, In the time of the great diaper* ioo, fettled la Abyssinia and married wlvai of the nation, ... . .', ... A DYNAMITE ACCIDBNT. A Mm Gabets, the wife of a farmer i living at Adelaide, reoai red a terrible! shook and. was rendered lotilly bUod byj incautiously taking a piece of paper, In whloh were wrapped some dynamite cartridge*, to light a fire. When tb« piper ignited the oaps exploded, and the unfortunate woman received pleoea of the ooppor baling In faith eyei, completely dmtroylng her alght. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND THR FASHIONS. Tne ladies of Honolulu will not have it To ey hare destroyed the portraits exhlbi r ed of Queen Kiplolant and Prino:s> UllaV^laol, adorned m the latest London and Paris fashions, and some actna'l) went to the palace and demanded that 1h ■ detdtti garment ahouH be handed cat to tha orowd. An indignant mob of Polynesian beauties holding an indignation meeting to denounce the royal patronage* of tbuatles ma«l have boon an interesting speotnole. A -WINDFALL. Lord Anguatpa Lofius has had a stroke of luck. A relative of Lady Lof (us has died and left her £30,C00, with rever&ijn to her children. At the last meeting of hia oredltora Lord Loftus threw out hln*t of being able to offer some Eettletnont, and this legacy, is perhaps where ttu money will come from. If, however, tbe ahlldren h.ve a reversionary intoreefc m the money, it can only be the interest that oan be applied towards the satisfaction of the noble lord's creditors. LAMBETH EPISCOPALIAN COtFSRENOE Uhe number of Anglican biehops invited to Lambeth .Oonferenoe m July next is 210 Including colonial blshopi. The following are the subjects definitely selected for dioonssioc : — (1; The church's practical work In relation to (a) Intemperance, (b) purity, (c) ore of emigrants, (d) socialism, (2) Definite teaching of the faith to various classes, and the means thereto. (3) The Anglican communion In relation to the Eastern chmohes, to the Scandinavian and other Reformed churches, to the OldOatnollcs and others. (4) Polygamy of heathen ocnverto ; divorce. (5) Authoritative standards of doctrines ai>d worship. (6) Mutual relatlous of dfooeaeß and branohea of the Ang can communion The Bishop of Donedln Intends being preeent. AW OTKR-BIOH CORPORATION. . The correspondent o: an exohange \M es :— ln the general prosperity the Melbiurno Olty Oiaocil finds itself so flash of cash that it has set Itself eagerly to dlrcover how many of its < ftbera 1 salaries It could raise without producing a protest from the ratepayers. Mr Fi ; z> liobon, the enwn clerk, has been gratified by arise of from £liOO to £1500 a year, which maoy peoplo think is rather more than he deserves, though iv effeot he Is the GouncH- himself. Scra-3 of the CoonC'liorapr-. tested that it would bo more decent to nuke the increase only £200 timea'd of (Jcubl" that amount, but the suggestion fouod no favor. A larga etction of the ratepayers have a notion that, lostoad of spending the extravagant a.urn of £9000 on a parJLico, .or doorway/to the town hall j and makib? Bnoh lavish .advances en aalerleo, tba Conjcll might devoto their surplus fanda to necessiry work*- m tne i:i'y Bat it Is hard, after -nil, to point these on' ; and the money miiEfc be spent somehow, so that perhaps It is an well to give it to Mr Fitzgibbon. Hla admirers declare bo has helped to raske Melbourne tha marvellous olty it is But In any casa it la pleasant to know that our corporation is so beastly rloh. A BTOBM> AMOKCI 7HB ORKNEY AMD bHBTIj AND ISLES A terrible Btotm, m which many lives were lost, la reported by the." St Jamea* Gizstte" to have broken over the Orkney and Shetland Islands on Dice m'oei 9 The haddock fishing boata were at sea, and were caught m the storm, ?nd a number of 'hem were swamped <*Pd their orewß drowned. It Is believed that 28 persons perished m the storm— three or four on land, where the ground was oovered with eeveral feet of tnow m a few hours. One boat was brought Into Lerwick harbor by th* skipper s'nglo- banded. When the storm came on tho cnoir was bo thick that the crew ou'd scarcely see each other m the beat. After eoveral houra* et^ngele two of the men auccumbed and fell from their oars uneonaol: us, dying shortly afterwards^ Tee third man soon became unable to do anything, and than nubody was left but the. skipper, who stuok tenaoiously to his post. He managed to hoist the mast and sail, and the weather having become a lltt'.e olearer, he was able to awe land, for which he steered, but It was tlundiscovered th»t the water was ank* Ina into tbe boat through a hole. Nothing daunte J, however, he baled out the water with one band and steered and managed the sail with the other. Be came safely through the furiooß sea And plod, and arrived at Lermrck some 12 hours after the storm burst. The boat was half full 'of water, and lying m It were two dead fishermen eni the other man. who was unconscious. Tho skipper himself was very much exhausted.