MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 97, 19 November 1877, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

The New Zealand Sun says : — T?»e ways of some people — and of journalistic organs especially are indeed dark and orookpd besides being fearfully and wonderfully erratic. Look, for instance, at. some of those West Coast prints which now 'a«days struggle valiantly against bnrd times with the lubricating help of official printing ink ! Ido not, of oourse, refer to that miraculous organ, tiiafc star of (he first magnitude which illuminates the Buller firmament— the Lyell Argus ; nor do I care to trumpet forth the fame of that other luminous print, the emanations of which permeate most phos* phorescently the atmosphere of Kumara. Frstina lente, the war cry adopted by mv last-named lilliputian friend in its festively sarcastic columns, should at once be adopted by another of those West Coast, organs— the Inangabtta Herald, a paper which twice a week, delights an enthusiastic and applauding mining community. In the latest issue of that remarkable production, my eye caru9 across the following advertisement; whiob, notwith^ standing the fact that it occupies a most prominent place in its columns ; must certainly, be called a pro- Adamite curiosity It is thus worded :— - Proviaqial Secretary's Office, Nelson.

mHE TENDEUof the IN ANGAHUA I HERALD Propriety for ADVKR* TISIN& having be.e.o a< 9. »ted, the INANGAH^A/ UERALU will be tbo i authentic newspaper, medium for publica* ti.on of Provincial GoveinEhnt Notice, ' • EUGENE (VCONOU, A Provincial Secretary. Happy medium !— and tbrice, thrice fortunate "! Eugene O'Coppr, Provincial Secretary,", whose historio fame is thus : paraded fjprth for the admiration of prei sent, and will of course reach the eye offuture generations ! We, on tbip, side of the dividing range, ho,d some sort of idea that. Provincialism had long died, andjbeen, buried out of sight, never to reappear any more. It seems that such i,s n,ot f^lie case. The "medium" has spoken, and like ii i p* Van Winkle, we and ths rest o§ -the. Colony, have evidently been, asleep dur? ing the last few years, and, are awaking, to the fact that the old state of things is once more flourishing —in Nelson^ at least, and that our old friend Kugone is still to the fore, more vivacious than ever, and with an all«powerfu]l *| medium " ready at hand to bo- $. I anxiously await the next issue of the i. 11, to<learu " some more-" The Melbourne Argus oomplains with justice that its special telegrams from Europe, lor which it has lately paid as much as £80 in one day, are, delayed to, allow shorter messages to come through, and yet some people say that in war limes newspaper proprietors make more mouey than in times of peace. If they will reckon up how many extra threepe ces it will take 10 reimburse the Argus for £S0 worth of speoial telegrams in one day. they will have some idea of the state of the debtor and creditor account when balanced up The stamp mania. — It is stated (bat ono of the Mindleses magistrates the othotv day. wa3, offered, but refused to accept, £'000 foi' liis collection of foreign postage" stamps ; and also that an extensive collection of 17,000 varieties, including many unique specimens changed bandsfor £300* It is believed that \his is the highest price which such a. collection has ever fetched in England. Iv France, however, the mania has reached a higher pitch, jfor it is reported that one of. the most complete collections ever brought -together, was sold privately for no less than £'3000, That there is some remaining, merit, in fallen humanity is most interestingly plain in the following paragraph taken from the. Melbourne Argil* :— " A, few days ago the Rev Mr Bardin, Church of Knglaifd, ohaplain at tho Pentridge Stockade, brought from Melbourne one of tho photographs illustrating the sufferings of the inhabitants of tho Madras Presidency from the famine. „This was shown to some of the prisoners, wi»o, at once expressed a wish to contribute jtbeir mites in aid of the cause. A subscript tion list was soon got ; up, and thoso. persons who would be entitled to money at their discharge put down their names for various sums from 1* to *Vk. -Thoj» who had no money expressed their will-, in-jness to gi «p a day's rations. It is stated that nearly £40 has been subscribed, and it is thought this slim will be increased. Already the officials have subscribed £22, whii'h. with the ibrnn-r amount, will be over £60 from I'entridge. As regards.fche. prisoners, tbeir'good intentions will havo to be submitted to the bead of the departmant for his approval. .It is stated that at the timo of the famine in Ireland tho. prisoners at Port Arthur, in Tasmania, and other places, gave a day's rations." There is a curious but sure " famine, meter" in India. In a receut dispa'cli of the Times' Calcutta correspondent, it is stated that the Bombay papers hare, boon drawing attention to the extrjs-., ordinary incre:iso in the amount of" j nvellery and personal ornaments tendeie.l tor sale at the Presidency Mint, asaffprd"« ing a sure test of the severity wjth which the fam : ne is pressing, on,, the peo«" plo. It appears that, while the rvalue, of silver ornament tendered from January to October, 1576, averaged from £800. to £600 monthly, it rose in November J,a t over £6000, and has increased so' enormously since then that. in Mny, l^SVifc was £80,000. It is mentioned as a welk. known fact chat the purchase of ornaments is the Indian peasant's usual way. of investing Ins saving*, and heelings tbMU. "trinkets" as long a 6 possible:- -The inference drawn ace- r linjjly is nhaHhV remnrkable increase in the value of pplty' jewellery taken to the Mint indicates great digress among the. lover orders^ |s they would not part wjth tGeir jejwel* unless through pressure of di>e necp<?<(i§y. l The nunbor. of gold on ameifs.^pfferg.t, for sale Is also regarded as an iinm}slak ye'»v c'» able sign that the .middle, qjasje^uar©, suffering severely from the famine*..*', •■■ I The New York correspondent of a ' Western paper refers'tb the salaries* paidto mamgers' of Toribus undertakings Two managers of brewferies in NoSr York are rail 25,000'.' jeach, five pid. 15,000J01., and seven receive 10#!)0dr|. per year. Jewelt roceivor of Erie railroad, eats 50,0<X)ilnllnrs ; Superintendent New York Central, 20,000 ;• the Gpn«>ral Mannger Pennsylvania Railroad 75.000; the " hparl man " of New York and Bos- 1 ton. 35,000. and a number of others not less than 20.-000dol. a yaar. The Bank Presidents receive enormous at least si's receive 50,000. p,er year, bach ; nine range from 25.000 dol. to 30;OOf)dbl , and a . number get from 10,O0j0doL to, 15,000H01. a year. A number of Insurance Presidents receive lO.OOpdoJ. ,ner annum ; several enjoy incomes of, 25,00rt, dol.. one gets as high as 32,0P0J0L and still another 50,000d01.-a year.- And ifcis found that the companies paying the highest salaries spend the smallest proportion of their total income for expenses < ! of management. The San Francisco Post is inforwed by the despatches that the Grand ' Duke, Nicholas is about to' inflict* s> a severe, blow on Sulieman Pasha's rear." If if is not too late, and the' Grand Duke Will be advised, we would suggest that a pair of •those new alligator^ leather shoes, with doable decked soles, 'wo»ld enable the Russian heir apparent tostrrke a : blow of the Jequisit© eniphnsis, and having 'some* thing left over. We are n^t'advisdd as to the vulnerability ot the*- Pasha," so R ,to speak, but if he has been riding anyaJmy mules recently, as is prohably v the case, it would be difficult .tp^jniafiinea more; efficient waapon than the one suggested. A wJbole. army corp» provided with boots of the aboT.edescription couldv be relied, upon to accelerate a Turkish retreat ia s a surpr.sin'g manner. Our information ou v this subject can bo relied upon, We v endeavored io negotiate for a gairofiliesi;.

a'lonpf'time in""a Epift'trey*slrpet store tho other day. .The- proprietor vrere a pair. < s '* ' : ' ' " '" Tl>e honorable men'iber for the Thames. ' /: wlic^j fpends. delight in ci'llm* " B l'y •''Kowe','' onre fjave his opinion of Parlw* raenfc, ac Nfhafc Mr Svrans<n 'ernierVa ten- ' 'Wd-sixpen,ny dinner, at whi«h the con. plusiqn r ooin'q tp > (through the hazo of ; the" '■•• sieamioff ]\ol Kfl '1 ) that Mr ltowe 15 m,s ,a fipjeqdi4 fellow.- This i^ what he is reported to hare said : "After I gpfc to. Weliinfitoo and formed acquainr with .he Member?— aqd % can tell yptUliey are ; agood tem.pered, jolly^ lot'o/ Jelic'ws — and judging the position ol j olfairs.ljCarae 10 the conclusion thai wha yrast'obogofc ms be c;ot indiyjcMy b jgeKShiin l^.' planning, and nrrangng ; and] ( that course. If I had raadi gpdi^jjw by tho liour or by the week \ ii j h^.4 the olnqueDoe of Gladstone, I wo.uhi "po'iliaVe acquired half as much fop the „ .Thames ,as I hove done by this m, ans.' |Jtunt spoken " Wallie " tiwanson caused t*otrjQ tun in the House a lew evening* a^o by-re.fer.rifti^to these reminiscences of his jioq-.^frif)u4i who, went to Wellington to •' wx>rk the oracle." and says he did it fllean, but Mr Swanson says he would jjponq'r go" without things thau adopt fche , ,meaijs Mr liowo adopted. J -/In d<?!icrtblng the provision made in '55an Francisco for ex(itittui«hing h're Mr j t-liirk, writing from America, says :— " I I called at the ofl^ce of a fr^ond, by. appoint' mentitbgo and see tho S'lndurance Fir^ , fcatrql 1 , harness qp on the strike of la ,o'clpck. It took about >i< seconds to dp it;, hut the men were all standing about ready. On an alarm ot fire at uigit they . -are ready in J3 or 14 << conds. The Alarm trltich i 9 given by c felicity, oofns all the dqora. rings a bell, which also notes iho number of the block, a whip strikes eaohof the horses, which are all harnessed and. nqt tied up; the men -jeep halt dressed, tli« other portion ot their clotlu-s being on tho engine ; they eomo down a filMe from the slt-epiug room, and Ine liorros are in position. The fastening 10,, i« simple ; nnd as before stated they are ready to start iv ■ fourteen seconds, 1 his Tttlrol in generally first on ilia ground, aniiif U.efire has not made tnueb way, nnn often put it. out with ihnv hand; pnirine, but their principal onjecb is to Ba SeAuSnd Star's W-llingfon cor, re«pondent telegraphs:- Oar rorrespon. Aenthnwen more eorru^ influenoj in Wei 'n Hon lately than Auckland people . caries i'eve p.- sriblo. A certain monetary i'ristimHnn and politicians are trjnnu; to retire vof < s, nnd now money i< n , olj-ot. * ThMntaMTreekonWß of tho card, notw.thflfcandin^ bnse : politioJ traitors, shows a rnaforiity «? two for the Government. -Be leo Ati t mpmbors ol the p O|»p«*Uon >ir» teavil'v '.mortK.Ked f and pr,«|.ure x* lotion 11i m Another on dit re he late lifill"' Mr'tiwanson wnlkod in and saw n m«nJ»iid.-< woman standing tr.«rether--not • -rfMynft ,wifp-somebody elses wife, llir Mfmhn- attituda of devotion, blow, g ; ■wifliv'luß mouth on the woman s halt AthtHMkhwm. Th" male gender bdonus | io the Govprnm^nt House. . <riip* Wellington pot* p-ndj-nt oflh.» herald wW as fol'pws 01 t' e llth of !O*H«*rTfc ■•« now reported that Mr- , 'Mp*A& Wood wjflthe Morplot of the Wiliavbar-t- Ministry. It-ig further re-tirtited'«iafc'-1»o • l'ttf undone in -tm daysUafetit li"d t^kon i*o mft-t.s«o a^comrnlifilii tfltGenw* Grevhal n«r«el Jo. ' p^nnd oftt<6f the Mini^P/ «n.l bir W. »FHahefhw< lirid'bei"- "hoHen chief. V was nll'tfrrtn^d. On Mr Woo.r* icturn , Sir George, insisted that he / syuld m'nin'ain ■ his po«Won of londpr, -' and-cWef.of the Minift y.'. I'll t it was abshrft'lb fch'i*»fe "f! any thin ■' ' g \ At ' lie mp'efiiij'nf ihe Mildle a> d oth«r; prf , '• ; Mt'W^d nrg'ied in the Kame' fashion, • -fioolar'nf that ««r G-orge Groy must take- Pi'eniier bi > and th-o-v down the gauntlet of-'ffM'firttiO'i ** <"n c. f lh ; g W-" into 'he oimpi ai d uj' rgsidt'is 1 hat* we'Ree'w'sat now w «cc.' . . A«en»«<ional not. nnf. in th« programme ' WiS'introrlflfed »t, St G^r^VHall-, Wpllingtortvoi'n' ee'tt ive^n'. when Mi* Gerra-fd, ' tie • t-*obat, was preci pita ' c 1 irojnJ ceiling 'o fl >nr, whilst perVmu B it ; walking ae\ In tbissepne be wslkj 'c.d downwards, along a lnr-zontal ladder t «aTjallel'W.ithanfJ <?!r»sf ti fie roof. On ISifuPlliipire^&'raypa" nenrdusnrs^ fcfofllnV^laWu3 (f. f of :tiWliid<3er h> Yfjffirar^f^OTn^noritleri'Bir fall' was Ti»ir i tjallyi.brblren..'.'Tlie gymnast escaped •witbput;any b' oben boaes. • Tele^apliie communication between WdllttigW^rid tho South was inter* rutted/ a'few dslys since by a curious a<meift tiwt lnppene I in Wellington. A horse^dtawing a cart took frfahfc nnd ■\ib\tft\ at a firions pace along Ingostrc pt'rM! / and'wlfe'ii 1 assing the corner near . the ! 'PefiStj'g Motpl. the runaway got partly on the : footpath, and ftfc ouee came into v'i'fA6ht collision with tho first of a ]me of telegraph-poles, with such force tb^itlie tifaß^iv'K^pst of totnra lievrt, »nk iped'iri t#o"like a.twig. The horse irtirstied his career' with unnbted spe.pd., jitfdiri like I ' Wanner swept A w-i th« ent r ■ linb f of ! tel^rapbic' posts a,l >ng tho street, frntn; Tar.maki street to Cuba street, tlie: posts/with wire,* and insulators, falling 1 with a tremendous ornsh o.i the Jiousps. and T^r"ahdahs V>v the roa,dsidp. Nobody was injured, and c.ven th 9. hor«e, which brougntto n (ifiandstill nt 'e.iulh by cpmpletflly nM.ted in hv telpgr^ph wire*, ; esn,ir>ed w i'h on!y^ a few bruisesami 'scratches. Acang of men smarted at onSe'to repair tke ; damages, and the lino T?as put all right.