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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IV, Issue 189, 26 August 1864, Page 3

The Argus refers to a curiosity on'view in the shop of a Melbourne optician :—“ It consists of a few specimens of the scab insect under a very powerful microscope, and the visitor can easily see for himself what sort of an object this pest is. Being almost invisible to the naked eye, it does not improve on a more intimate ocular acquaintance. It has a rough irregular body, shaped like a procupine, excepting the spines or quills. Its colour is an unwholesome grey, and its claws are like that of a craw-fish, but with suckers at the end. Messrs. Kasmer and Moss have several specimens, and on Wednesday they were all as lively as possible. Since then, they have died, but for several days to come there will be sufficient remains to amply repay inspection.” Roberts, the great billiard player, arrived in Melbourne, by the Great Britain, on the 25th of July. What military order is like a lady crossing the street on a wet day ?—Dress-up in front and close up in the rear! During the recent performance of Romeo and Juliet at a provincial theatre, the fair Juliet’s question in the soliloquy before taking the sleeping draught, “ What if this mixture do not work at all ?” was answered by an urchin in the gallery, “ Then take a dose of pills.” The effect upon the audienceg can|j better be imagined than described. Among the thousand and one infallible remedies for pleuro-pneumonia, the following is the latest published one. It comes via Talbot, from South Africa : —“ The following is a dose for an ox or cow : Two table-spoonful’s of aloes, two table-spoonfuls of turpentine. Let the ingredients bo well mixed, an administered in a quart of sweet milk, using judgment as to its repetition. I have never had occasion to use it myself, but all my neighbors speak highly of it, and say that not only is it universally successful throughout Africa, but that it can be given at any stage of the disease.” We see it mentioned that the Rev. W. B. Clarke, the well-known geologist, of Sydney, is preparing a work upon the geology of Australasia, which may be expected next year. In this work will appear resumes of all the discoveries of our New Zealand geologists. Another work of interest to New Zealand science may be expected shortly from Mr. W. Duller, of Wellington. Mr. Buller is a son of the Rev. J. Duller, of Christchurch ; he is a fellow of the Linnsean Society, and wo doubt not that his work, which is upon the ornithology of Now Zealand, will supply a desideratum which has been long felt by naturalists both in and out of this Colony, The Select Committee appointed by the Nelson Provincial Council, to take into consideration the communication from the New Zealand Christian Colonisation Society, have reported as follows: “ That your Committee cannot recommend the Council to entertain the proposals of the Christian Colonisation Society; the Land Regulations of this Province, in their present shape, entirely precluding their acceptance, and the doubtful success attending the Society’s operations elsewhere in New Zealand, affording in the opinion"of your Committee, no adequate inducement to recommend the alteration of our Waste Land Regulations so as to render such acceptance possible.” (Signed) Henry Adams, Chairman. The Melbourne Age understands that the first match at billiards which Mr. Roberts, the champion billiard player of the world, and who is expected to arrive by the Great Britain, will play in Victoria, will be with Mr. John Lamb, who has achieved considerable celebrity in colonial circles. It is stated, also, that Mr. Roberts comes under an engagement to Mr. Isaacs, of the London Tavern.