MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 159, 22 March 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Severareaaea of dysentery and diptheria have occurred in the Arrow dis- | trict lately. | ilt is rumored (says a correspondent 'to the':.Bruce Herald'), that >. reception in the shape of a dinner is to be 1 given to Mr. V. Pyke <.n hi* commencing the duties of'ttesid -nt M.igwtrate and Warden in the'district'of LawThe quartz reefs at Lawrence are not making muih progress. Three accidents have, occurred at the Blue Spur workings, Tuapeka,Vlately. James Campbell, in the Otago Mining Company, was nearly killed.; Ealston gj.t his collar bone and Cousins in . the Otago ( Gold Mining Company, was recently nearly" guished. > * . The late Warden and Resident Magistrate of tho Tuapeka district w.as'presented with a iiold watch at a public dinner given given him. The ' Chinamen acknowledged their appreciation ,o f * his conduct by presenting h(m with .an -illuminated address and diamond "ring to the tune of £BO.

A fire occurred at a farm at Blaeks, occupied by Mr. H. Black, whereby .about 70 tons of straw, together with part of" a thresh ma: machine was consumed. Mr. Black's loss is estimated at-over ,£l5O The husband of Lady Don, Mr. 11. 0. Wilton, is dead. The Tokr»raairiro,annu»l races were hold on Thursday and Friday last week. The weather was favorable, arid the several, events were well contested. The .following is the result':—First dayMaiden Plate, of 30 so vs.:. Sa'amander Sam, 1; Camelia/2* Flying Scud, 3. District Handicap, of 60 sovs : Slander, I; Backbiter, 2 ; Medofa73- -Distance Handicap Trotting Race, for 30?sovs: Bobby, 1; Modesty, 2; Banger, 3. Hack Selling: Kace, of 15 sovs: Kaven. 1; Tommy, 2 ; Queen, 3 Flying Hani dicap, of 25 soys : Slander, 1;„ Catapult, 2; Lyndon, 3—Second' day— Publican's Handicap, of 40 sovs: Lyndon, 1; Catapult, 2. Handicap Hurdle -Kace, of 30 8 ov 8 : Pretender, 1. Settlers' Kace, of 20 sovs: Camelia, 1. Tokomairiro Handicap, of 75 sovs: Yatterina, 1; Catapult, 2. Consola, rion Handicap, 'of 20 sovs-: .Catapult, 1; Duchess, 2 j Flying Scud, 3. There are sixteen feet of water in the Caledonian shaft. are at,£l6. i The largest fire,that,has occurred at i Insflewood, yictori'a, since the""great conflagration of iBO2, took place on the 24th February last,.,when the Empire, State, and Shamrock' Hotels, and Messrs IReddick,, Burnett, and Savage's stores were destroyed There was a rush of thifty-'two : applicantsfor a. situation of rate-eollector at o Greelong, worth not more than lOa per week,"and the list included' ineriln' the most varied stations of life.

A man has been treated at Maryborough for snake-bite who was suffering from " too much brandy. " The injection of ammonia effected a perfect cure.

A solicitor in. Melbourne has been committed to gaol for two days for interfering with a witness in a case in which he ,was 'not engaged. Messrs jSpiers and Pond have nearly completed the " Criterion,." and they in it early in the new year. At their I see many old Victorians who are permanently engaged,, and they all seem jvery happy in. being able .to serye those they have years; a Some idea ,pf "the extent of this business; will be convey ed, when I inform you that there are something like four'hundred young ladies kept employed as barmaids for their, railway station refreshment rooms/

An old gentleman of great experience says be is never satisfied that a lady understands a kiss unless he has it from her own mouth.

Corneius u'Dmvd tells a story of an "hidunan, hound to keep the peace againsi all h*»r Majesty's subjects, ex-i-laimiiitr, " Then Heaven help the first foreigner I meet! "

An Iris!«man noticing a ladv pass down the street, espied two strings depending from under her mantie. Not knowing that fcheee were styied sashes and were hanging in their ex- laimed : " An' faith, mam, yer gVilusses are loose!",

:•. A: £Lawyer ? s lawyers know the value in t pra-tice of their pr feasion of-general*knowledge op information to be obtained by practical intercourse with the'worldandstudies outside the la>YJ.ib,rary. ,In .a book just published by the'daughter of an! advocate, Mr-John Adplphus, the following is -told-,- which will-illustrate the- valueof the kind of knowledge referred to. /'he -writer says : " A very extaordinary criminal case was,.entirely decided by the knowledge my father had gained of nautical affairs in his early voyages to and from t?-e West Indies. Lascarswere on their trial for the murder of the Captain of the ship; the : evide*h'ce of the mate seemed quite conclusive.. In the course of it he : said,- however; that at the ,time, .of the ,inurder , there was great con fusion.'as the ship\vasin much per ( i!,.and requiring ail.the attention of the sailors to prevent her striking ou a rock. . -My ; ,father,, who defended, the prisoners, asked so many questions as to the exact number cjf the .crew, and where each man was and what he was engaged in during this perilous time, that at, last the judge, whispered,' I suppose Mr Adolphus, those'questions are to the purpose ? I own |. do.not see it,' thinking, doubtless, the time of the court was being wasted. After a few more questions as.to the r ,duty each man was performing, the-witness had accounted for every man on. board, the captain being b< low and the two prisoners mur'derii.u Him. My father fixed hV'eyeson the witness, and said, iri> a searching and loud voice,' Then who* was at tjhe helm ?, The wretched mate ■ dropped down in a fit,' and soon after - confessed that he was himself:the murderer. In his false evidence he had given to e'ich man his position, andSeft 'none.t«)*fill:it." _' ' ' - The small-pox the Britishllsles. .Cardinal Cuilen-.per—-mits the use of meat on Friday forsan—itary reasons, owing to the prevalence--of the disease.

A wounded Irisrlraran? wrotefrom the hospital, and froisbed uj?> bysaving: "I'm for this= country.. I've bled for ii,and I'll soon be able to say I've (iied for it." J "

. 'JEgles/.in ,the 'Australasian' .says :- —"A .man, said to be, crazed, paraded the pavement in front, of the premises of one of the banks some time since. ( He had a? placard'affixed to his bat, setting'fprtli tHat' the bank was a defaulter because it would not honour his cheques. .If he .had no funds at his credit his view was highly original. But whether this poor fellow was or was -not.,.self deceived,; there is no doubt that the banks do : .tipld money which does not belong to. tl\etn, arid 'which frequently lapses to them through ,a, process of concealment which should be put an end to. There are many men possessing means who are not careful to keep books or preserve records of what belongs to them. One of this class dies suddenly, and his heirs are unable to= find out what he possesses. He may have lost' a bank' deposit receipt—no uncommon occurrence—and all trace of where his money lieo is_ obliterated. JN"ow, this defect would b|;rejmedied by . the banks, either voluntarily or under legislative compulsion, advertising unclaimed amounts in their possession when the accounts relating thereto had .notbeen operated upon for a certain time—say two years. lam sure that if such were done, some honest people would get their own, of which they are now deprived by the discreet 'sflence'pf its present wrongful possessors.,, By keeping this" subject periodically be'ore the public, it will probably form part of the next measure relating to banking, and probably next session. If the banks "knew their own interests . they would not wait to be compelled.