MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 219, 9 May 1873, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

The ' Press' publishes as an Otago rumor that a probability exists of Mr. Macandrew being appointed Agent-Greneral. The following extract from an American journal is quoted as supplying some cogent observations; on advertising You I cannot look over the advertising colums ! of your local paper "without finding "the name of the niost enterprising men of your place. And you cannot look them over without finding something that l you want. If you lose a watch, a dog, or a child, or if you desire people not to trust your wife ! you rush to your local paper, knowing I that every one will; read your advertise- 1 ment. But you will plod along in business year after year without calculating -how much you are losing by not advertising it. The slow men of business, who fear to risk a dollar in advertising,, should be reminded that it is in no way inimical to life, has never been known to poison anybody* and would-not harm the youngest child. Do not fear it, my friend. Make a mild experiment for once, and watch the result." The salmon ova, which arrived by the Oberon last week, has been transhipped to the steamers. One box has been opened, and Mr. Johnstone, of Canterbury, is under the impression that the ova are in excellent, condition, and the best ever landed. ' A ::very peculiar case was heard at the Melbourne District Police Court the other day. Alfred Penrhyn, who. was engaged as a walking gentleman at the Theatre Eoyal under the name of G-uyon, summoned Mr. Harwood, manager oi the theatre, for £9, three weeks 5 salary. Mr. Fairclough, tragedian, had represented to the management that Penrhyn was the notorious Park, the woman impersonator, and had declined to play with him. • The management had, therefore, informed Penrhyn that, unless he refuted the accusation, lie must consider his engagement broken. He now summoned them for wages under the engagement, and' denied that he Was Park. Mr. Fairclough and a young man named Chubb swore positively that the plaintiff was Park. The plaintiff himself, an actress named Louise Crawford, and a young man named Bateman, both of whom had known Park well by night, swore as positively that the plaintiff was not Park, Bateman said Plaintiff was six inches tallel* than Park. Mr Wyart, 8.M., after hearing the evidence, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, vrith five guineas costs. It was stated that a writ of action for libel had been issued against Fairclough, and'thathe would be also summoned for, perjury. Lab on Wanted. —What with numerous public works—commenced and about to be commenced in South Canterbury, and with a large demand on the part of private employers, the labor market here is pretty weli denuded, and we fear, that the call for no less than eighty men for drainage works north of the Hangitata is not likely to be immediately answered.; i Immigration, and that direct to Timaru, is the only means for-supplying the much needed labor; but, when shall we get it ?

A more or less worthy Scotch wife was I remonstrated with.; by her, minister for her habit of beating her husband; ghe explained that her husband's conduct r,-was not all that it ought to be. The minister spoke of kindness and forgiveness,-.en-> joined her no more to use her fists and nails, but to " heap coals of fire upon his head>" "Weel, minister," replied the now enlightened wife," " since "you say sae, I'll try the coals, but I may tell you i that twa or three kettles o' bifing water has wrocht no improvement. President Thiers 1 new library embraces one hundred and twenty thousand volumes They are all uniformiiy bound in green cloth, except his own works, which his publishers have presented to ; him bound in the .jrio&t splendid crimson velvet with gold rims. - • Miss Ada Wyndham, a relative of Barron Channell's died on the 23rd January, whilst under the. influence of nitrous ox* ide, gas, administered for a dental, operation. , This is the . first recorded death by this" new anaesthetic, which it was confidently hoped was entirely free from danger.. - A; verdict of homicide by misadveni ture was returned-at the inquest. < A number of Celestials are leaving this district; turning : their 1 wandering foot-, steps towards the home of their fathers, where doubtless, a joyful/welcome - awaits them, for they all go with a bagful of gold, —Nevis gold too. It may not be one of the ■ 1 things that, is generally known,. : but nevertheless Lam assured by Chinamen themselves that it is a fact,.that Ne vis gold is ' the most valuable of any that finds' its way into-China from New Zealand ; and this receives some confirmation from the circumstance that some of'these homegoing Chinamen have purchased gold here for £3 17s. per oz., which is a shilling more than can be got for it in. the usual way of trade.—lSTevis Correspondent.-—' Cromwell Argus.' > Mr. . Webb's Mail ;■ Service.—The ' Southern . Cross' has the'following respecting Mr. Webb's solicitation for the remission of penalties :—" In the eyes of " smart" men Mr.' Webb, of the San Francisco line, will be deemed deservingof credit. His self-confidence—correct nomenclature might term it effrontery—, is boundless; and his appreciation of other people's memories of the past must be very obscure when his own interest is the medium through which he looks. Notwithstanding the manifold shortcomings which have been borne with and condoned —despite the many promises which have been disregarded, and the repeated state-, ment which misled people both here and in Australia—Mr. Webb can telegraph asking for the remission of the' penalties, he has incurred by his breach of contract. This, too, when it is known here that he had been all along contemplating selling his boats in case the subsidy should not be granted by the American Legislature ; and when it is also known that numerous, breaches of contract have' been made throughout the service. . The Government, we are informed, is not likely to. comply with the request; indeed the Government dare not, i£ they regard the Legislature. It is true Mr. Webb has run at a loss ; it is true that he has dropped a large sum of money ; but ho " stood to win a still larger, had his service been such at the outset; as would have inspired confidence in him and his-line in.; the : other colonies. As- it is, the • colony has paid a good deal, and it and its-repre-sentatives will not\ be v gratified" if the Government forego their rights. Indeed it "would be viewed as. a bad precedent, and induce, much of that recklessness: which, among contractors, springs from expected impunity." ,