Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 4 August 1892, Page 3

Notes and Events.

..', ■■■; .'rr^T! • A lady in Bradford the other day yawned before going to bed. " She remained," saya the local paper, " engaged in the act of yawning so long, fch^t had to be hastily suminoH£a\, who discovered that she had,dJßlpcated her maxiliary muscle anaVeould'nt close her mouth. Some ladies have not such a good excuse as this for not closing their mouths ■oorier. ;

In the Supreme. . Court, Dunedin, on Tuesday, an application was made to |us,tice< Williams, and an order watf granted, that T. W. Wylie, the co-respondent in a decent divorce cas«, Thomson v. Thomson, should j pay, the .^I|QO damages awarded ! against mm to , petitioner into Court. m Jn the afternoon an applica» tion wa,s made for, a warrant for WylieX'&'rest. under the Bankruptcy Act fctf 'concealing" his property. An affidavit waa filed that within the past few dftys he had realised assets worth between £30,000 and £40,000, but .had .declared he had neither moiMy i *tf6i 'property to satisfy the writj^A^warr&ntrWas issued, and Wylie . was jjubsequentiy lodged in

Sfimfi; 10,000 persons visited Caprwra; Italy /» on June 2nd in order to d^mfcmorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Garibaldi. All the members of the family we&'alsb present. Siguor Menotti GarßbSldii received a very sympathetic finessage, from King Hunssrt, ,in/ which , his Majesty Baid:— " The memory of the great soul p^GaribaJdi, who, intent on a most exalted task, disdained : every petty party struggle, will for ever keep -afee-tiir aflame Krf that ardent love of their country felt by the Italian people, who, in the preservation of their liberty, -will be able to draw inspiration froui the example of those who- won for them such

■ - _ .% _* Supreme benefits," i A strange coincidence is thus related ; — A Hawera gentleman one day recently waa having a social glass with a friend in an hotel. A young man came up to him and asked if he was Mr So and So. Reply was given in the affirmative. The young man then explained that his father had been murdered many years ago on the Harriet Beach, near Opunake ; that he had just come from the North for the purpose of visiting the scene of the murder. He understood that the gentleman whom he was addressing had been a resident on this coast for many years. Did he happen to have known his father, and where the murder took place ? The reply was, " Yes ; I knew your father well, and know all the circumstances. The * murderer of your father is standing in front of you !'' On the other side of the counter stood a couple of Maoris chinking, one of whom had been a notorious character in former years. Our informant states that it has bejn said the same Maori has on more than one occasion had his teeth in human flesh. The murdered man had £80 cash on his person when he was shot by the Maori. This, ot course, was taken.

Til IS MaNAWATU iIiLHALD, 'IHtiUBDAY, AUGUST ,4, 1892.