THE NORTH.
When Sir George Grey was in England, some years ago, he was a guest of her Majesty at Windsor, and amongst other illustrious persons staying there at the time, were Queen Emma, of the Sandwich Islands, and Ghang, the Chinese giant. When Sir George arrived at San Francisco on his return to this Colony, last month, he found Chang amongst his folio w-pissengers to New Zealand, and while at Honolulu they met Queen Emma. It was a singular coincidence that these three individuals should thus be brought together again, after the lapse of several years. Schoolmasters do not seem to be very well treated or well paid in Caufccbury. In a rec- nt examination in the Bankruptcy Court, a bankrupt, in reply to bis Honor, said he was a schoolmaster. The chairnnn of the school committee kept a store, and his (bankrupt’s) salary never came into his own hands. He had kept no books. A great portion of the debts set out were incurred by his wife before her marriage with him He had been through the Court before iu consequence of the Education Board not paying his quarter's salary. When he went to Akavoa, it was represented to him that lie was to receive LIOO a-yea”, besides school fee-:, but ins'ead of that he only had LGO, and a very little of that was paid to him in cash, the chief part being paid in goods. He had a family to support besides himself and wife. Altogether, while at Akaroa, his salary was LI TO a-year. His Honor said that no doubt the position of schoolmasters there was very unsatisfactory, and they had a good deal to contend with. He would make the linal order. The Provincial Government of Taranaki seems to be about as hard up as some of the other Provinces. The Herald says that Mr Gledhil! asked the Covcrum nt, in the Provincial Council the other day, if the report was true th .t they had no money in the Treasury to pay accounts with. The Provincial Secretary admitted it was so, but the fault, he said, rested with the General Government, who had failed to remit for fivo months the share of the consolidated revenue to which the Province was entitled.
At a meeting of the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce the other day, Mr Hassal introduced some preserved beef, prepared by Mr Manning, -Illawarra, near Sydney, New South Wales. The meat was exhibited in four different ways—the raw meat in a tin, part of the same wade up as a stc.u, part also
stewed with potatoes, and lastly one large piece was cooked as beefsteak. Although it is two years since the meat was pi ced in the tin, the whole was perfectly sweet and well flavoured. The raw meat retained its graVy, and appeared as if just out off from the beast.
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2373, 9 November 1870, Page 2
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480THE NORTH. Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2373, 9 November 1870, Page 2
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