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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 994, 17 April 1871, Page 2

A serious error was made in thedirections upon the voting papers at Cavershara, Otago. There were three candidates, and only one member to ha. elected, but the voting paper contained a direction to stjike out the name of only one candidate instead of two. Kv J. (t Scott, one of the unsuccessful candidates, has protested agaiust the validity of the election, and the matter is jn the hands of the Government. Tt is expected that a fresh poll will have to be takra.

Since the commencement of the war a in tuber of French refugees hare taken residence in London, and the police have been studying the true Parisian accent, in order to enable them to. answer their numerous foreign queries. A metropolitan journal states during the last week in January that in answer to the enquiry of a broad Scot —" Eh mon, can ye no tell me whaur my brither Sandy M'Twolter's wee biggin is, and I'll gie ye a braw bawbee?"—a polite but puzzled peeler re* plied— (( Wee, mushoo, voo along par le roo de Kegong et turney a" Leicester Square et demanday ongeore." The Wanganui Chronicle, April 10, says that another fatal accident occurred on the Bth instant to swell the already too numerous cases that have happened lately. A man named Thomas Bradley, who was encased carting timber to some workings on the Wanganui-Patea iine of road, was proceeding out with a load drawn by a team of six horses. On the other side of the Kai Iwi stream, the ground being rather boggy, the horses had to pull hard to get the load along. The deceased, who was walking at the head of the team, noticing that one of the horses was not pulling, struck him a blow on the haunches with his. whip, and the horse immediately let drive, kicking the unfortunate man in the stomach. He was taken home and medical assistance sent for, but he expired at 3 p.m. yesterday. The deceased, leaves a wife and two children. A correspondent of a leading fashion journal, in commenting upon the current fashions for ladies, says that girls from fourteen to eighteen year» ot age should be warned against destroying I heir own hair for all the future by wearing the false hair now in vogue, If it has been kept short, as it should be until 12 yeais old, it will be just the right length to braid and leave liowing; if it be too long for that, let them braid it loosely and lie at the top with rib* bons, so as to form braided loops; but let them on no account mount a heavy chignon,