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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1600, 7 August 1874, Page 314

A Paris Medical Inspector, on going; his rounds in the barrack, gravely informed the General who accompanied him, there were “ miasms,” beyond doubt, in one of the dormitories. The General apprised the Colonel that there were miasms. The Colonel informed the Captain, who directed the Lieutenant to look to the matter. Th* Lieutenant charged the Sergeant, who ordered the Corporal not to fail in looking up the rogues. The Corporal, accompanied by his guard, entered the dormitory, locked the doors, and solemnly told his men to arrest the miasms,

In the House, on the 24th July, Mr Harrison asked the Postmaster-General whether the condition of signing covers of newspaper exchanges might not be altered. A favorable rcply was elicited. The Taranaki Herald, 18lh July says : —Our paper to-day contains the obituary notice of Mrs Fanil, who died on Monday last, at the age of seventy. She was one of our earliest settlers, and was much esteemed by all who knew her. The Christchurch City Council has resolved, on themotion of Lane : “That the attention of the police authorities. be called by this Council to the disgraceful and dangerous practice that prevails at all elections in the city—viz., the throwing of flour, soot, lime, &c., at candidates and their supporters, with the request that decided measures be taken to put an end to the custom before it results—under strong party feeling—in riot, destruction of property and possibly life.”

At the Christchurch University Scholarship examination, the successful candidates who gained scholarships were Classics —Barnicoat, Nelson College ; A. B. Campbell, Nelson College ; E. Gould and W. P. Reeves, Christ’s College, Christchurch. Mathematics—Rattray and Miss Edgar, Auckland College ; A. B. Campbell, J. H. Harkness, and A. Lefiliatre, Nelson College Saul Solomon, University of Otago. Modern languages, History and English literatu-e—W. V. Milton and W. P.Reeves, Christ’s College, Christchurch. Physical science—C. Low, S. Solomon (3), University of Otago; A. Lefiliatre, and J. M. Speed, Nelson College. The Lyttleton Times having expressed an opinion that Mr Barclay’s “Notes on New Zealand" misrepresents the Colony, and is fitted to deter intending emigrants from thinking of it as a field of settlement, “Paterfamilias” writes to the Otago Guardian, in defence of the book. After giving quotations, he concludes, “In my opinion, Mr Barclay in his notice does justice to our country as a field of settlement. It is true he writes in a plan matter-of-fact style, but it is the stlyebest adapted to give the men and woman we desire as our fellow-settlers a good idea of our country, and the prospects it holds out to emigrants of the right sort.”

At the same session of the Supremo Court in Wellington in which M'Donald received his sentence, there, was another case of malicious injury to an animal, of a much more aggravated character—a man named Williams, who had some grudge against a neighbor, caused by sundry neighbors’ squabbles, having deliberately poisoned one his cows with strychnine, neatly done up in a carrot. The poor animal died almost immediately, [but fortunately the scoundrel was seen in the act of administering the carrot, and having been found guilty by the jury, with a recommendation to mercy on account of bis wife and family, he got off with the very mild sentence of a fine of £2O, and imprisonment for forty-eight hours. Recently the Otago Daily Times reported that a free immigrant by a recent ship placed £1,200 in the hands of the captain for safety. Commenting on this “ zEgles,” in the Australasian says:—The New Zealand journals are naturally enough struck with the seeming inconsistency of a free immigrant having £1.200 in his possession. It certainly does seem a little incongruous; but I think it wouldn't be a bad speculation for any Colony to import a whole ship-load of these 1,200-pounders. They would be cheap at £l5 per head passage money. It would simplify the rival claims of capital and labor—to import them hand in hand. If the New Zealanders don’t want rich immigrants, let them send them over. We have room for battalions of them.” '

The Otago Guardian thus summarizes the recent navy debate in the House of Commons:—Mr Hunt, the Tory First Lord of the Admiralty, delivered a panic speech, in which he declared that the English navy was “a paper fleet;” and for a time the unscrupulous men who now control the destinies of the British Empire, and their partizans in the Press, made great capital out of the statement. The possibility of a successful invasion of England was dolefully admitted; but Mr Childers soon afterwards demonstrated the fact, (by a most careful analysis of the effective strength of the English navy, and the combined navies of all other maritime Powers), that England at this moment could hold absolute command of the Channel and Mediteranean; that she could protect the colonies without any exception ; and that within three months she could have such an armament afloat as would be able to drive the flags of every other nation, in every quarter of the globe, off the high seas. And Mr Ward Hunt, having mastered the returns which ho bad laid upon the table but did not understand, admitted that Mr Childers had not exaggerated the strength of the English navy, and its potential reserve. It is with profound regret that we (N.Z. Herald, 24th July) have to place on record the death of Mr William Rattray, nt his residence, Allanbank, Epsom, which took place yesterday. The deceased gentleman was among our very old residents, and for a long number of years had identified himself with every movement for the alleviation of suffering humanity, fur the promotion of religion in its widest and truest sense, and for forwarding every good social movement. Mr Rattray was a man much beloved by a large circle of friends, and greatly respected by al] to whom bo was known outside of it. His loss will be deeply felt by his brother philanthropists, with whom he had for so long a time been a fellow-laborer in every beneficent cause. The deceased had only, reached llis fifty-second year before he was taken away, and but a few days back was in the full enjoyment of excellent health. Few indeed will there, be who will not feel a desire to pay their last respects to all that remains of one who had by a life-long service worked so well to deserve it,

A French widow has drowned' herself out of grief for. her husband, thirteen months dead.

The artizan who repairs the Mcrry-gp-rounds in the Champs Elysees—mostly hobby-horses—hastakenfor sign, “Veterinary Surgeon for Wooden Horses.” A well-known Count in Paris lately ordered two'magnificent bouquets for actresses, and bargained that thefleuriste should give him “ something in ” for the Countess.

The Figaro, ‘a Paris newspaper, ever given to surprises, announces, as a premium to subscribers, a watch, which in addition to other marvels, will remind them when subscriptions fall due. Two versions of Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress ” are current in France—one, a mere translation from the original; the other, an “ amended ” edition—considerably modified, wo imagine—to suit the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church.

According to the City Sanitary Inspector, the following is tho favorite recipe for Jamaica rum, as “imported” from one side to the other of Paris :—Four parts of scraped new leather, one of oak bark, onequarter of cloves, one-quarter of fresh tar, forty of treacle, and water ad libitum flavored with alcohol.

It will require very conclusive evidence in future to convince anyone that Scotchmen are illiberal. They can give freely enough when they are rich, competing, and like the object. The managers of the Scots Church in Melbourne, intend erecting an organ in the new kirk. It is to be constructed in the Colony, some of the pipes being imported. Its cost will be about £1,600, and it is to be .a finer instrument than that in the Town Hall. Within a day or two after the project was mooted, £1,200 was subscribed, the first donation being £2OO, followed by givers of £lOO each.

Tho Rev. W. James, of Lewins Mead Chapel, in his sermon on Sunday, 26th April, took his text from 10th verse 2nd chapter of Revelation, “ Faithful unto Death.” Speaking of Dr. Livingstone he said, “ that in the judgment of his contemporaries be has been one of the grandest and most heroic men of our time,” and pointed out a strange coincidence that on the day when the Government, apparently with reluctance, gave £250 to defray the expenses of Livingstone’s funeral they gave £25,000 to the succssful general who returned from Africa (Sir Garnet Wolseley). He said he would not say one word in judgment of that grant, but he would say that the heroism of the traveller was of a far grander kind than that of the genera].

A gentlemanly-looking man has been examined at Derby on a charge of intended felony. He arrived at an hotel, bringing with him a small leather bag. He lived on the best of everything, running up a bill of £1 7s lid. When apprehended the following remarkable document was found upon him:—“ Recipe how to' live on 6s a-week.—ln the first place, you must be possessed of a good suit of clothes. Secondly, you must have confidence in yourself, otherwise ‘ plenty of cheek.’ Thirdly, you must provide yourself with a leather bag, about 2s, well stuffed with paper. When you arrive at any place where you wish to stay for a few days, walk into an hotel and ask if they have a bed at liberty for a few nights. If 1 Yes ’ is the answer, make yourself at home, walk into the room, and order dinner ; ask to be shown into your bedroom, as you want a wash; come down again, leaving your bag upstairs, taking care to keep it locked up, that they shall not see what it contains. Take dinnerroast beef, fowl, fish, cheese, &c., taking care to order half a pint of sherry ; then they will think you know your way about and have plenty of money. After dinner call for whisky hot and cigar, which is very nice. Sit for an hour or two, and then go out on business, or a walk, as the case may be. Order tea for 5.30, with toast. After tea sit a while, then ring for a brandy hot. Then take a walk, weather permitting. Come in again about 9, call for a whisky hot, cigar, and slippers. Pull off your boots and make yourself comfortable before the fire. Have another whisky hot. Ring the bell for a candle, and inquire the number of your room'. Retire to bed about 11 o’clock, taking care to order breakfast for 9, with ham or egs or a nice chop. After breakfast take a walk, and so on as before. P.S.— The bag is the main point. It may serve you for a week ; it has served mo eight days ; but you must watch well the people whom you are with. You can always tell when they think you have stayed long enough. Sometimes they will ask if it is * convenient for you to. settle your bill.’ If so, say, ‘Of course it is. lam just going to the post-office for a letter. Get my bill made out, and I will settle it when I come back.’ Of course, take care not to return for your bag, and be careful to put your comb and brush in your-pocket every morning, as you cannot tell what may happen during the day, and you want to be off in a hurry ; but, above all, keep a bold face on it. Then buy another bag, and proceed on your journey. You need never fear getting a night’s lodging if you possess a bag, and if you don’t happen to have one, don’t despair, but go straight in and ask for a bed; they will not refuse. Order supper and breakfast and such like. After breakfast you can say,.‘ Can I have the bed again t.o-night, as I don’t think I shall be able to do my business to-day ? ’ I have stayed three days and throe nights when I hav’n’t had a bag—when I had but one halfpenny in the world to bless myself with. But then you will say, what are you going to do for a bag ? Well, there are lots of bags at these hotels; help yourself to one when yon depart, and you are all right again. It is about a month to-night since I had about one halfpenny left and no bag, and to-night, the 16th of January, I have one halfpenny in my pocket and a bag to be going on with, living like a fighting cock, and seeing almost all the towns in England.—Yours, &0,”