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Dunstan Times, Issue 1084, 9 March 1883, Page 2

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A cricket match is'to bo played at Cromwell tomorrow, between the young men of that place and Clyde. A concert will bo held in the school house, Ophir, on Monday the 20th March The funds, we understand, are to be devoted to the purchase of a harmonium or some such purpose. The annual meeting of the Dunstan Presbytery will bo held at Alexondra, oh Wednesday the 21st, "when also the customary tea meeting will be held in the evening. A cricket match will be played at Cromwell on Saturday, the 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. The following will represent Clyde t— Shaw, Ellis, M‘Donald, Hogan. Stevens, M ‘Connoebie, T. M'Kay, Heney, Nestor, Knight, and Thomson ; Emergency, Hickson. Writing of the illness of Morley, the Argus says : - “On the 27th ult. it was discovered for the first time that Morley, one of the professional members of the Hon. j vo Bligh’s team of English cricketers, has since his arrival in Australia been suffering from a fractured rib. During the voyage of the cricketers to these colonies it was believed that Morley sustained rather severe bruises and a shook to the nervous system during a collision at sea. In the latter stages of the tour, however, he bowled in several important matches, but instead of improving in health got steadily worse. It is discovered that he was suffering, as stated, from a fractured rib. The nature of the injury shows that nothing but the greatest determination could have enabled him to continue his exertions so long as he has done.” His Excellency the Governor, after some consideration, has agreed to the request to become patron of the Canterbury Industrial Association. The Government have determined to release Te Whiti and Tohu in a few days, and arrangements are new being made for the purpose. Our .Chinese friends (wsites “iEgles”in the Australasian) have their own views about matrimony. They think, and in this they are not singular, that a woman may be too much married. Here is an interesting advertisement from a Gipps I,and journal : “Caution : I, Thomas Sing, of Sale, cook, certify, that I am lawfully married to my wife, Sarah Sing. Any person marrying her after this date will ho prosecuted. Thomas Sino Clij February, 1883.”—As to the past Mr Sing gracefully waives the point, but “ after this date” lot those who marry Mrs Sing take the consequences. Among the many attractions presented at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, is a carious little creature representing the “missing link” between man and the, monkey. “Krao” was discovered by the “ well-known traveller Carl Bock in Laos, and brought with some difficulty, but with due authority, through Siamese territory for exhibition in England, as proof of the existence of the hairy race long assorted to exist in remote parts of Hie country bordering on that region. The name bestowed on this ethnological rarity is the no,vest approach to the warning cry uttered, by her parents when the child'was 11 st di.-ebvcred, and it should at once be explained that “ Krao ” is apparently notmoie than nine years old, of feminine sex, and has nothing repulsive in her appearance, while the dis position of this so-called “human monkey ” seems gentle and affectionate, though it is said when anything offends her shoots her lips out like a chimpanzee, and darts angry looks around. Her head is adorned with thick, jet-black hair of a rather coarse tex true, and her limbs and body are completely enveloped in a natural soft fur of a dark colour. A few words of English have been added to her vocabulary since “ Krao ” picked up a little knowledge of the Malay language during her short stay in Bangkok. ’ , At Kilbnrn, near London, a few weeks ago, two novel censuses wore taken and with curiously similar results. One was a •census of the number of persons attending the 25 churches on a certain evening b tween the hours of six and eight, the other a census of the number attending the 35 publiohonses on the same evening between the same hours. In one case the numb r was 5570, in the other 5591. At Norwich, England, recently, Miss Maria fßaker was married to Mr Butcher. 'The bride was given away by her uncle, Brewer, and the clergyman who mar- * ...a them was the Rev. Mr Painter. An interesting human monstrosity at Geneva has now attained the age of five years with two heads, four arms, two chests, one body, two legs, and two names —lean and Jacques. The right leg belong to Jean, for Jacques feels nothing when it is pinched ; and the left leg, which is Jacques property, has a club foot. They play with each other, and have illness on their own account: bnt they are so intimately connected that Jacques cannot fail to exem phfy in his own person the old song that “ when I die, the neighbors cry, and bury brother John.” The report of the Australian Frozen Meat Export Company (Limited) for the past half year (says the European Mail) states that 61,641 sheep were shipped during the half year, realising a net loss of £3OBO. The principal reason why the consignments by the Lusitania and Austral resulted in a loss was the high price of meat in Australia, caused by tbo severe drought, which unfortunately still continues to a considerable extent, and may prevent for some time a plentiful supply of fat slock The other expenses of freezing in Australia, freight, and selling in London amount to 3J per lb, making the net cost of the meat landed in ■ London 6Jd per lb. The London charges, however, are now reduced ;. and when meat can be again bought at l £d to 2d per lb,and freight at IJd to 1 4 I per lb, which the directors expect will soon bo the case, a fair margin of profit will he realised.

The London Lancet Bays, “ No man who respects himself drinks before dinner ” Wa always ha(l a suspicion that "the majority of\nen Were licking in self-respect. Dr S. T. Kuages, speaking of the question of the use and abuse of alcoholic stimulants with regard tojColonial hospitals, says (in his. medical*’report of the Newcastle Hospital) as follows : “ I availed myself of a recent trip to Europe to inquire into this question in all its bearing, and the result has satisfied me that much advantage and economy can he derived by moderating the quantity of stimulants snppliodfto hospital patients,!, During the past year I have adopted this view in my practice at the hospital, consequently a, very much smaller quantity of stimulants has been used, without any detriment to the patients’ welfare," ’ ut ;9V ; '' One feature in the Revenue returns for 1882 will be noted with general satisfaction (writes the Scotchman) '; it is that which shows a decrease in the Excise receipts. The decrease is owing to a falling off in the consumption of beer and spirits; and the remarkable fact in connection with it is, that it occurs at a time when the country is fairly prosperous, and is advancing in prosperity—when the price of bread is low, and wages are higher in most branches of trade than they were three years ago. This is a phenomenon which, we believe, has never before been witnessed. There have been times of falling or deeply depressed trade and low wages, when the receipts from Excise have gone down ; but as soon as prosperity set m, the liquor account wounded up, an'l, as Mr Lowe said, we drank our w. y out of a financial deficit. It is up:- possible at present to state with aocuracy how far the decrease of drinking has gone ; but this at least is clear—that it has taken place in regards home and foreign liquors. Within the next few months there will be quite a contractors’ harvest in Southland (says the Invercargill Times), as during that period the County Council will have tire expenditure of about £23,000 hard cash on county work. Twenty-one thousand pounds of this sum will be spent under the Reads and Bridges Construction Act, and £3OOO is the amount of a giant by Parliament for works in the Wa.kiwi district, amt the supervision of which Ins been undertaken by the Council at the request of the Government.