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Evening Star, Issue 3014, 16 October 1872, Page 4

An International Squabble.—A “ little difficulty” has sprung up in the district of Manawatu, with respect to the Norwegians. It appears that an election took place for a seat in the District Board. There were two parties, the one the “settlers” and the other the Norwegians. The latter returned their man at the head of the poll, ibis has made the “old settlers” furious, and they state they will not recognise the newly elected member, affirming that the Norwegians were brought down in a body by Mr Monrad (a son of Bisb-p Monrad, late Premier of Denmark) to vote cn masse against the “settler-’ ” candidate. The circumstance has caused a large amount of correspondence, and a good deal of ill-will. Scrip v. Cash. —“ Apollo strikes the lyre.” Quite a classical story unfolded itself lately before his Worship Judge Beckham. An artist brings a son of Neptune, in the form of a gallant sea captain (who was recently a coast harbor pilot in the North), to the studio of a photographic artist, whose name is not Praxitels, but M'Garrigle. “Mr M‘G.,” said the artist, “Captain B. ; Captain 8., Mr M'G.” Mutual salutations. Artist : “ Captain 13. wants his portrait taken—in oil colors; you are to do the photo, I the coloring and stippling. What’s the figure?” “Never mind, my dear sir. .Sit down, Captain B.” Captain B, sits, and the lens of the camera is turned upon him. “ My dear fellow,” said the Captain, “will you take—scrip ?” The photographer preferred ca-h, but the Captain said that Apollos would be in a few days at the top of the market. The man of shadows took the scrip. He told the result in Court: “I toi l-: the Apollos. They served me shame* fiiiy; that scrip cost meL4O.” “How?” asked the udge. ‘'ln cads," was the spasmodic and bitter replyThe Superintendent op Hawke’s Bay.—On the second reading of a Bill introduced into the Legislative Council by Mr Hall, with the object of making Superinten. dents ex q[Hcio members of Provincial. Councils, Lieutenant-Colonel Whitmore took the opportunity of alluding to a distinguished political antagonist, in a manner which displayed a degree of candor and generosity than he has, in general, obtained credit for possessing. Mr Hall had quoted the success in the Province of Hawke’s Bay of the system he desired to make universal The Hon. Colonel Whitmore, says the Independents report, “explained that the success of the system in the Province of Hawke's Bay arose from the exceptional circumstances in •which the Government of that Province was placed. The Superintendent of the Province was a man possessed of very high abilities ; he enjoyed the confidence of the settlers to an extent that was quite exceptional, and in the Council he had always carried a very considerable majority with him. That was the secret of his success, and they would see that it hj id nothing whatever to do with the question now before the Council. ”

The Vienna Exhibition. —ln a General Govenmtxd Gazelle issued last week, we arc iuformed tLat the Agent-General has brought under the notice of the General Government the fact that an industrial exhibition will be held at Vienna in June, 1893, and suggesting the importance of having New Zealand properly represented on so important an occasion to industry generally throughout the world. The AgentGeneral regards the exhibition in another light—as a most valuable advertisement to the Colony. It appears also that there is no hope of our getting any space allotted to us in the Exhibition now taking place in London. The Government recognising in this exhibition “an excellent opportunity for disseminating accurate information respecting the resources of the Colony and the advantages it offers as a field for immigration, will afford every facility for the collection and transmission of specimens of such articles as are available for export and for the employment of a large population.” The Government recommend that articles should not be shipped later than 15th January next, and intimate that al! expense of transmission and exhibition of approved articles will be defrayed by them. A dvantage will be taken of the Competitive Exhibition of Staple Articles of Produce to be held in Christchurch in December, and the best exhibits selected of the following classes of articles ; Minerals; raw produce; manufactures • malts, plans, and photographs ; ethnological and natural history collections.

As there has been a good deal of late about “ Pioneers’' at Ballarat, a local paper mentions a very old pioneer, who claims to have been one of the llrst inmat s of the district lock-np, and also to have soldered on | the spout of the first broken tea-pot between Ballarat and Bumimheet. The whole town of Namsos, situated on the coast of Norway, to the north of Hrontheim. has been destroyed by a terrible coaHagration. The buildings were all constructed of wood, according to the custom of the country, and everything has been con-sum'd—-docks, woodyards, sawmills, down to the vessels in the port A terrible story of child passion and its results comes from Shropshire. Some children of a w-man in humble life living at t'oalport Bridge quarrelled while at play, when one of them four years old, threw a knife at the other, whmh penetrated the head and stuck fast. On its removal by a surgeon the child died. The elder brother, seven years old, seized an opportunity of striking the little murderer on the head wish stones with such violence that the life of the sufl'orer is despaired of.