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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1185, 30 November 1871, Page 2

An hotel roan, who is troubled with loafers coming in and monopolising Ins, morning papers all day, has. put up a sign, " Gentlemen learning to snell will please take yeslerday's paper." Farmer--Well, my man, and how much do you want a day? Irish Laborer-Shillin' a day, and you ate me, or eighteen pence a day and I 9fc myself.

Mr John Anderson, of WyndhamL station, writes to the Bruce Standard : —" Mrs Anderson has been engaged since we came into the settlement in manufacturing stocking yarn for the use of our family. She has, however, hitherto found it very difficult to obtain dyes to color the stockings. She at last tried the flax, and by a very simple process has obtained a very rich brown color, We have been wearing stockings dyed with flax, and find that instead of becoming lighter or fainter in color, they become always darker. Perhaps this flax dye may be very useful for woollen manufactures. If so, the flax will be a \'ery valuable article to this settle ment. The root end of the blade, cut into short pieces and -boiled in soft water, produces the dye." The New Zealand Herald reports that an accident- of a very serious nature, to Richard Schotield, a fcributer jin the Inverness mine. While at work, about two tons of dirt fell and buried him. breaking the right collar-bone, .and severely injuring the other. He lies in a very critical position.—On the same day, an express driver on the Onehunga road, named Duane, met with a serious accident. His horse bolted, and in jumping off to stop him he became entang.ed in the reins, and was dragged a hundred yards along the road. lie has been com eyed to the hospital. At a late wedding, the young couple received as presents three sewing machines, six large family Bibles, ten ice pitchers and four cradles.