CLIPPINGS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 2974, 6 January 1881, Page 4

CLIPPINGS.

Tho Inangahua Herald understands that a writ for £2000, for breach of promise, has been served on Mr J. B. Fisher, M.H.R. for tbe Duller.

A peculiar libel action was recently tried at Maitland. N.S.W. The plaintiff, Young, sued one Tipper for t £30 for alleged libel contained in tbe Maitland Weekly Post, in the following words:—"Teddy, the little tailor, wantß to get married, but be wants tho house readily furnished. If he marries .Annie .ho may get his board for nothing. Lucky Ted, to miss the one you did, for you would oftener have enjoyed a cup at your head than for your tea." The Judge awarded 40i damages. AiYE. Mackerzie, of Fawley Court, Henley - oii-Thames, died recently, worth upwards of four millions of money. He is said to have owned 70,000 acres of land in England and Scotland. ' A terrible tragedy happened recently at JuTidah, a township on tbe Wilson River, in North Queensland. The blacks attacked the store of Mr John Lonergan during bis absence, and killed his wife and servantgirl, catting fcbom literally to pieces. An infant, however, was left unharmed. The attack'was a most daring one, as the Police Camp was only about a quarter of a mile distant. Mrs Lonergan was quite a young broman, only about twenty years of age.| ILi'ho horso attached to the ambulance HLgon at the Melbourne review, being disat tho want of casualties, charged the Artillery guns, and sue-

ceeded in killing one of their horses. £70 to pay. The grand Exhibition orgnn at Melbourne contains 78 stops, 4,726 pipe?, and 657 square feet of reservoir. Mr Thomas Bladen, of Lithgow, New South Wale?, looks so vigilantly after the interest of the Government in passing sleepers and rails that 'no has received a notice from the president of the Molly Magnire Secret Society " to make his peace with all , men and prepare to meet his creator." Mr Bladen is not likely to be a sound sleeper for some time to come. The Good Templars of Wanganui have presented the master of the cutter Annie with a neat flag bearing Good Templar devices in recognition of all on board the cutter being members of that Order. The Young Men's Christian Association at Liverpool has a fine new building, whbh has cost £2?,000, and is entirely free of debt. No students offered themselves this year for the Angus Engineering Scholarship of the Adelaide University, of the value of £200 per annum. At Newcastle, New South Wales, a miner named Fellows was running about the streets after midnight when mad with drink ; he got hold of another miner and literally gnawed Ms ear off. Tho betrothal bracelet now takes the place of the engagement ring, and is- worn on tho left arm. Another marvel recently brought to l ; ght in the Yellowstone Park of North America is nothing less than a mountain of obsidian or volcanic glass. Strict injunctions have been given to the Governor of Hong Kong that he shall allow no more convict Chinamen to be sent to these colonies. Guard Dowsett, who fired at and assisted to capture Ned Kelly, has been allowed to retain as souvenirs the Eailway- Department revolver he was using himself, and that used by the outlaw. Twelve waitresses per annum are married from the Sydney coffee-houses. There were some smart things in personation during the late elections in New South Wales. In one case at South Sydney a man actually personated Inspector Forbery while that gentleman was standing alongside—being ignorant of the fact—and voted for him. MrWatkin Williams, M.P., Q.C., will succeed Lord Justice Lush as one of the Judges of the Queen's Bench Division. Mr Williams is a son-in-law of Lord Justice Lu3h, and has long enjoyed a leading practice at tho Bar, especially in important mercantile cases.

The Lord Mayor entertained tbe Duke of Cambridge and the President and members of the Royal Academy at a banquet. In responding for the Army, the Duke of Cambridge said it would be impossible to adopt conscription in this country, and expressed regret that some civilians were disposed to debar a soldier from mixing with them on account of his uniform.

An action has ju9t been heard before Vice-Chancellor Malms on demurrer, in which two laboring men, named Baylis and Willis, laid claim to large estates held by Lord Howe, which they alleged had been obtained by a former Earl Howe by a "concealed fraud." The amount due to the claimants, with accumulations since 1799, was said to be about £30,000,000. His Lordship allowed the demurrer, and remarked that tt\ would require a very strong case to establish a claim to estates after eighty years' possession. The Baroness Rurdett-Coutts has been presented with the freedom and livery of the Haberdashers' Company. In returning thanks her ladyship said she regarded the gift as a compliment, in her person, to those of her sex who were engaged, as she had the privilege of being in educational and other work in the metropolis, and as a recognition of the efforts of those who had tried to ameliorate the condition of the mute animal creation. The Baroness is the first lady admitted to the Company. The man who eats a regulated number of meals daily, with a duly stimulated and organised habit, probably eats much more than his system requires, or the organism as a whole is constituted to deal with. The organs of digestion and assimilation are over-worked, and hence doubtless, many of the most troublesome diseases. A glance at any table showing the length of time which the commonest articles of food take to digest will show that the fashionable stomach can scarcely ever be empty— Lancet.

A good story comes from a State school not 100 miles from Te Aro. A teacher enthusiastic in the cause of temperance offered a prize of £1 to any boy in his class who could answer the question " What is worse than strong drink P" The youngsters were fairly puzzled ; but one diminutive urchin determined to make a shot for the filthy lucre, and answered " Weak drink." The horrified master still retains the stakes. —Exchange. At the Waimate Court on Friday, James Tasker, a cripple, was charged with assaulting his sister-in-law, It appears accused went home rather late on Thursday night, being slightly the worse for liquor, and Mrs Tasker took one of bis crutches from him and administered a little quiet correction to him. The cripple thereupon unhooked the other leg, and returned Mr S. Tasker's correction with interest, smashing several of her teeth and nearly knockod out one of her eyes. James was sent to goal for one month.

Not the least, charming of the papers read at the Social Science Congress in Melbourne was that of Mr De Castella upon "The Vine," with illustrations —in wine-glasses. The attendance -was good, the audience earnest and appreciative. —"iEgles," in the Australasian.

The Southland fanners are agitating for a national testimonial to Captain Raymond for his oats-phosphorus remedy. They have affirmed by resolution that " it is the imperative duty of the Government to recognise in a substantial manner tho eminent service rendered by Captain Raymond, through whose agency a virtual stop has been placed on the rabbit nuisance, which was rapidly reducing to ruin the entire interests of the country." Father Thomas Jackson, army chaplain with the troops in Affghanistan, gives a fearful account of the battle field of Kuahki. He says : —" The sight of the dead and dying along the road was enough to make one mad. Even dogs laid down and died for want of water. It will scarcely be believed in England, but I assure you it is true, that some, even the officers, broke open the medicine chests and drank the medicines to save themselves from perishing of thirst." The Australian team having refused to play in the intercolonial matches, the Sydney Morning Herald remarks "if they be henceforth described as ' professionals' no injustice will be done them. " The Australasian is equally severe on their want of patriotism. Mr A. M. Sullivan, M.P., for Louth, is very happy in retort. During a protracted sitting Mr Labouchere, seeing that he had some btms on his knee, rose to order, submitting that it was contrary to rule to eat in the House. " I thought, sir, wo wore in Committee of Supply, " said Mr Sullivan, and the point was seen and enjoyed by all present.

Notwithstanding all the modern improvements of husbandry, the matrimonial harvest is still gathered with the cradle and thrashed by hand.