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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 402, 13 August 1866, Page 3

fcsi'iiAJNGE OoistvasNcs.—A correspondent calls attention to an incident which, he tmufcs, deserves mention in our columns. lie says :—ln a rubber of whist, the cards, having been duly shuttled, cut, and dealt, and having been played with several times belore tiie same evening, were thus distributed (A and 0, and E and i> bsing partners) • A received sis clubs aad seven spades, 0 received seven o.ubs and six spades, E received six diamonds and seven hearts, and J.» received seven diamonds and sis. hearts ; A and <J thus gclting all the dark cards, and B and I) all the red. tuoh a coincidence has, 1 believe, never occurred before, and will probably never oeocur again. SOJIEXIUSG- ITKB a Lobstbp. —Th e Cleveland Bay Express, of dOih ultimo, mentions that a lobster had been found by Jir buliy. on the reef at Magnetic Island, measuring four lest in length by twe acress lha claws. 1 1 is marked with various colors; the cmws resembiug tortoiseshell, whila while the body is beautifully -inted wipi green, red blue, and jullow. li>uiwo horns or feelers are two feet six inches iu length.