MISCELLANEOUS.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 249, 21 November 1885, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

+ ii!(•1!I.1 i(''* I V« I•n' I! \ 1 ! i.i' ' 1 ;> S ne« l] I 1 »1 f' L 1 itripatted t.i, shot is given a>> l(>li >fi pi r sceon' 4 A pSol ot 1') i 111 in London has tie en sold a! the ia ! f '»! I'ol') [lij-J <t; j a ere f-* 1 i , •rinaie t ( t/'ii-Ms are mcrva j ing lis I 'Me eii h'S (/I (j| t'.' IIM li V . Lnii'S ii no fhi r'eti prcier tiie-u !o male pructi ti-o-e? -» ' r cycle l -' ar#» {erbiddon in the s>erliu street 3, the i>• • 1 it*e - rdmances deciding that t!i«» machine is a veiuci t ede, and so is prohibited Lord ( a ringion has si a* ted for Sydney. A larve number of I; lends were present to b'd him ia re well, lie \ a lies witi) him I •!<) ions of luggage, twenty servants, and <ight hor>. H. Bco:ch shepherd dogs are now cm ployed at the Cape in herding ostriches a vvrrk which i in v perform with great sagacity 'I wo men on horseback and one dog will drive a troop o» 100 ■.o 150 lull-grown birds witii as much as «ix or eight men on horseback A piece o ! evidence in a 'are breach of promise case was a cufi with an offer < f marriage written on it. line night while the defendant was holding the ilaiiitill's hard, whispering lervid words, he popped the quc>tion in on the smooth linen at her wrist IS he was sen linn nlai or shrewd enough to keep the article? out of the wash, and now it is c! practical value.

Some ol our A»<ck!and swells are (says the ' Stnr ") making great guys of themselves by shaving off their whiskers, simply because it appears to be the fashion. Not to be behindhand, a young lady has cut the whiskers off her pet cat, and really the quadruped doos not look a bit more comical than some of the bipeds referred to Surely this is fashion gone mad with a vengeance Ihe Queen on Monday attended the funeral of James Bowman, her oldest Highland gamekeeper, who met with a fatal accident last week

Nap'er cabbies say that the telephone has given them the hardest knock they have had lor years. Two Greek hdies, one of them the niece of the Archbishop of Verria, have beeu captured near Saiouica by brigands, who demand a ransom of £B,OOO

The South Wales ik Daily Telegraut" stales that the P1 ince of Wales is expected to open the Severn Tunnel about the end of the year, and that there is every prospect of the visit being extended to Newport. The tunnel is already practically finished, the only thing remaining to be done being the completions of the approaches.

A cemand for Bavarian beer has increased so much of lute that the Munich brewers are tunning special beer trains every day. Tae largest shipments (outside Germany) are to Paris at:d Havre.

On the authority of the 44 Wine and Fruit Grower," the United States will soon be the greatest wine producing ♦country in the world In ten years time, it in estimated, the annual produce will amount io 10,000,000 gallons.

The Duke of Edinburgh has received a private intimation that he will succeed Lord John Hay in the command ol the Mediterranean station and the new double turret ship Colossus is to be got ready at Ports* mouth to go out to Malta with the Duke in January. The Duke has selected Lord Charles Bereslord to be his flag-captain; this appointment is approved of by the and will be geneia'ly popular in the afrvice.

As-the morganatic young Princa 3l»nry oi liaile.burg has been lurned into a '• Royal Highness" because he was married to the Queen's voungest <l«nughter, there aro to be found many pcoplo so foolish as to ask why a similar honour was not conferred on 1 lie Marquis of Lome, who married her Majesty's vourgest daughter but one The answer to Mr Labouchere *eems simple. Lord Lnne is an n. I'j ince ilcniy is a Ihj Duke of Edii.burgh has had trouble with the hop-pikers an his

IventEsh esiater Picking was finished Ihi September 22:i(i, and tnougn ;lie usual price is cightee? p' j ],ce per basket the Duke offered a k -hij un:. w sich was relumed awv.dsr such ;) r-»*v that 1 lie Duke became {'nnlr.oi ed. and quiclCy ;>aid Ihe full pi ic(-j

The intcrnatioi-a! Yacht ZSI iti-h livs resulted ir iht victory ot the American tessel Puritan. fh: pa s d the winning pu.-t stx in:!u! ■ s be?ore the Gr J Oesia. On v-t j pt. IS-h, howeveiv ihe Genesta won the two cups given by the C.uimodore and viee Corn.no-de-re 0: the New York iacht Ciuh, heating 1« n other vessels Ibi Sept. 23rd, she jvon the Brenton's Keef Challenge Cup, beating the American schooner Dauntless in a 300 mile race. The latter was saiLd in a rag ili i: Si or m.

The cricketing season in England lias proved to be one ol the finest ever known (or that and all out door sports. IV. G Grace has b-eu in fine form, and has made io2i ram in 39 innings, wMi three times not our, mi average of 4130 runs per match The English team visiting America his been having a very successful lima, having a» yet oroy met with one repuV, at Philadelphia

ALi At antii tinker received th e intelligence a few days ago I hat he had (alien heir to a iortuue in Enghni of £25,000 Together with the news came a ch< que lor £SO to pay his expenses from America

General Sir Frederick and Lady Roberts arrived at iiover from Indie, on September 17. The gallant officer was accorded a most enthusiastic reception by the townspeople and garrison.