MISCELLANEOUS.

Kumara Times, Issue 181, 3 May 1877, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is the opinion of a Western editoV that Wood goes further when it is leffc dut of doors than whdU well hdu'sedV He says some of his went half a mile'. There have been various offtciailiiatt from St. Petersburg that it is necessary to re-establish thd imperial alliance.

An liriperiai decree has teen issued directing the organisation of eight more* cta-ps erf the Russian army. Kepdttef from Bucharest and Belgrade state tha6 the ptepiratioris tna"de by the Russian military authorities indicate a possible* intention' of moving upon: Turkey through the Timok Yalley. A member of ari Education Boards' Mr against the. prte posed new school. Reviewing . ft. schedule of families furnished by the" applicants of Broad Bay, he remarked : " Theirnumtereate wrong—deliberated wrong; they've misstated the families dnd oistances and everything. There's s ~is credited with & bitlky family of six, but he's got to grow* the half of them, yet (Laughter.) John ? " ;fo said to have nine bairntf r.ady for the school, but there's a couple* of them over age. Here's three dead ones entered just below. (Renewed laughter.) ThereareM'tf -'stobebora atid if you read on you'll see twa M'C— =— 'sthat were never born; (Roars of laughter,) Mr A—--is credited with four, and he's only got three and WV-^is mentioned here as bavin* nine when he hats only eight. .£-''"*' would never send his children down a 300-fee* precipice to Broad Bay when net has a gcrod road to North-East HarboHr* School, Mr „G~^—has only fa& children, arid he's deUcntted here fls having si*" (Whter.) Oneofctfoj members of the Boatrd Suggested tfcafc Mr present, and could explain.perhaps, Mr" "Yes I've got six, afld, what's more, I've g«S ten altogether. " (Renewed lau>hte> > Mr Raynbird : "Ah I but yctTcan'b have so many!" Mi* G " 1 naVe I tell you. front you see two of then* are twins/' (Screams of largftteK) The Board decided to adhere to their previous resolution granting a new* school at Broad Bay. f