MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1964, 8 October 1888, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

The operations of the Salvation Army are carried on 22 different languages.

We are glad to learn that Mr Seddon, M.H.8., is rapidly recovering from his late seriona illness. «It is said to have been a case of " tonoh and go " with him.

Dr Conan Doyle has discovered that one m 31,000 Englishmen, one m 22,000 Scotchmen, and one m 49,000 Irishmen riBOB to distinction.

A man named Fred Zimmerman haß died at Walgetfc (New South Waleß), from continnous drinking, consequent on having drawn £1000 m a racing sweep.

By a compositor's error the " Rangitikei Advooata " is made to lay that " though the morality among the lambs has been great, there is a hona fide increase of quite a hundred per cent.

Archbishop Benson of Canterbury is a warm advooata for the uae of bioyoles among the clergy, and adds that he wonld willingly lend his influence to a looiety for providing impeounious ministers with " the usefal steeds of iron."

Emperor Frtnois Joseph of Austria, who has been a great drinker of beer for the last ten years, has (says the "London Star") reoently reoeived a present of a thousand dozen of various bottled ales from an English brewing oompany.

The Chinese Government, requiring money to repair the levees on the Yellow river, aeoured it by stopping the salaries of all offioials for two years. The Chinese Aldermen will have a poor return for the money they spent on election day.

A. " disgastea digger " who has just returned to Maaterton from a visit to the Mahakipawa goldfields says if everyone would take his advice they would stay where they are and leave the goldfields alone. He states that there are about 500 on the ground and only 50 working, and diggers are leaving the fields daily in disgust.