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Kumara Times, Issue 1028, 17 January 1880, Page 4

The Board of Trade, London, issued a regulation in January, 1877, that all candidates for examination for masters’ or mates’ certificates should satisfy the examiners as to their ability to distinguish the principal colors—viz, black, white, red, green, yellow, and blue, these being the colors used for flags or for night signals. A return embracing the two years from May, 1877, to May, 1879. has been laid before the Imperial Parliament, and this return shows that out of a total number of 5967 candidates only 26 were absolutely rejected as being decidedly on the night of the Masonic ball, found and restored to its owner the gold bracelet, valued at over a hundred guineas, which was lost by Lady Robinson near the entrance to St George’s Hall, has received the sum of 10s as a reward for his honesty. The InangahuaTimes of Wednesday says: —After a long and chequered existence the career of the Independent Company has at length been brought to a close. The mine, together with all the workings therein, has been purchased by the Wealth of Nations Company for the sum of L3OO. Upwards of 18000 was expended upon the mine by the old and New Independent Companies, the latest undertaking being a low level tunnel of nearly 1000 feet in length. The ground is thus well opened up, and although the stone could not be worked at a profit by the Independent Company, in consequence of the charge of 10s per ton crushing, it will pay the Wealth of Nations Company handsomely. The purchase is generally regarded here as a master stroke of policy on the part of the Wealth, as the mine is connected with the battery, and payable stone can be itmnediately got out, thus placing ia reality the Wealth upon almost, if, indeed, not quite as good a footing as it held three or four years back. _ The Wealth of Nations now hold three joining leases, namely—the company’s original lease, and those of the Vulcan and Lidependeut, and, with a splendid battery, is no doubt in lor a long and prosperous Innings.

His Honor Mr Justice Johnston, in passing sentence on Albert Pillow, spoke with withering scorn of the trash of which too much of the cheap literature of the day consisted. As to the culprit before him, he described him as a silly, idiotic person, who had possibly looked upon what was really a mean, cowardly, and despicable act as a test of bravery and honor. His Honor reminded the foolish young man that for his folly he was liable to a sentence of penal servitude for life.

A rather smart retort is reported by the Sydney Telegraph to have been given in the Legislative Assembly by a Mr Dillon during a debate on the new Education Bill. The hon. member was arguing that the source of all crime was ignorance, and upholding the principle of secular education. Another hon, member on the Opposition benches ejaculated, “What about Captain Moonlight?" “ Well,’’ said Mr Dillon, 11 1 don’t know abont his case. He is one of the victims of denominational education,”