Miscellaneous.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 300, 8 March 1907, Page 2

Miscellaneous.

* To as all, as elector*, Citnas the call to doty. It ia for us to «ay whs ther we shall sit idly by and see oae brethren in the back country suffer year by year for want of roads and bridge* 3 , or whe her we shall throw party politics to tbe winds, and j >iu band to band with those wh > seek reform. Stratford Post. It is most marvellous to find that Parliament has not seen long since that a vigorous reading policy is tbe thing most needed in New Zealand to-day, and that such a policy would, by increasing the productive capacity of the land, render the colony still more prosperous.—Stratford Post. A sixteen year-old boy was among the ** drunks " before the Auckland Police Court* He wa» made the sabj-*ot of a prohibition order. When the Magistrate ( Mr Kettle ) was reading him a lesson on the evils of drink, the youth said “I’ll find it rather hard to give it up at first, your Worship!" A new type of blight has attacked the potato crop of Mr. C. Twining, of Shag Point, says the Pal merer on Times. The skin of the taber is quite brown , and when it is removed insects in large numbers are seen, some of them beig a quarter of an inch long. A young man residing at Mangaweka the other day swallowed two balforowns tn a joke. He was admitted to the Waogauui Hospital for medical treatment, which fortunately proved ■uooesful. A remarkable experience bapnened on Saturday to two recent arrivals at the Poeeidon rush, iu Victoria (way* the D *ily Telegraph.) Two men, named Hannon aud Gascoyne, went to the field a few days ago almost dead broke aud secured a claim, which did not for tbe time being respond to their hopes ol: fortune. So low were their finances that on Friday night they spent their lait 3d for a loaf of bread, and sent to Melbourne to borrow a few shillings. During Saturday morning they sank a hole in the ahallow ground, about five chains from prospector South, aud to their jiy unearthed a na«,get of almost pure gold, weighing 87oz Tbe past week was rather qaiet at ** tho rush" and the only other nugget of any size was that obtained by Wragge Bros, weighing 2200 z. A peculiar find of gold has, it is said, been made by a resident of Linton. ▲ gooee waa killed, and on being opened, rough specks of gold were found, the lot being about three * quarters of a pennyweight, valued at 3s. Evidently the _ gold had been picked up whilst tho goose was feeding oa the roads.