MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 252, 2 January 1874, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

, .Aia a!brother in' Court that%e"thonght whiskers very un-i professional". J "Tou are; riglit," replied his friend'; i" too bare r faced.'-' '■ - *, . ...'.j •'

The recent heavy ■ gales of wind have, 'with* crops, and dispelled the hopes .many indulged in,that fruit of .all * kinds would be sold at a reasonable rate during .the coming fruit season. In every garden there is a severe loss, >in some -more than in others. Mr. ;Feraud, of Monte Christd, estimates his loss by the ;ton. At the ; Tevibt, we believe, the loss- is nearly-an entire one.— ' Dunstan Times.' *

' An acciderit?ofa serious nature occured to a • little daughter - of Mr. house. It appears that a cart s 'contaihing a .barrel was '.passing down> Norths-street", when* the' little" girl* • behind,* and s 'by ,some' : cause # the ; ; barrel fell ovev: and. came: down on "the child, * fracturing dangerously; the left'leg between the foot and the knee, and' bruising 'the entire„ leg. Dr. Hammond," who Was" immediately sent"' fori ,was promptly] in attendance; and set the ,leg, but it is feared that amputation' may \be necessary.—' Timam Herald.'' Accidents.—We regret that Mr. T. f Davis, of j Pal rnerstori, had the misfortune" to break his .leg just 5 above the ankle, on Saturday ! last, after He returned home from the races.'' We,have npt the precise particulars as to the cause-of the accident, ; but believe it-arose from a twist in a fall,' claused J by slipping on? the floor of the 'house.Drs. Brown and ' Moffatt werequickly in .attendance, and under their 'combined, skill the leg was' set, arid the patient 1 „'is 'now' progressing favorably. —'A few days previously a child of Mr. Gowdy's was severely injured in the face from the explosion of a cannister of gunpowder, which she had somehow got a hold' fire ;to* while, playirtg with -it., Dr. Brown, who was/'.called *in, regards it as a wonderful circumstance that thej. child escaped without further injury to eyes.— 1 Waikotiaiti Herald.' The effect of the combination'by the banks to reduce the price of gold bears its fruit already. The miners, always hea-. vily taxed and specially so, , have put up their backs.. -They will not sell their gold, 1 ' and rievei;,. in our ,memory, at any,, Christmas season/has the precious metal been so scarce. The,miner, has hitherto been a golden goose to pluck, 'now he is, proving< that jthat .celebrated bird, is not altogether destitute of-bi'ains. Storekeepers and publicans. are in dismay! The . hopes of a brilliant ready cash expenditure crumble away, and we venture the .prediction that next ithe -banks will feel the. recoil.. By ilth'eir conduct* they; have disarranged ;mei'r ■ cantile transactions and 1 injured many interests beyond the charming ring of " squatterdom " If the Mining Associations do not bring weight and influence to bear and urge an export of gold under bond to the .-Melbourne -and Sydney mints, they forget their power. Politics to them are now the useful institution—the means to an end.—' VVakatip Mail.' r I he remark made by M r • Bastings while in Cromwell recently, that jt would be a good thing if the Provincial Councillors could all be sent round the country to visit places and see things for themselves, deserves a slight notice. All' up-country members of the Council will confirm the statement, we think, that the great difficulty which meets them in their advocacy of purely country interests is the igno-

raace which generally prevails iii the Council as t9 what thecountry " and its inhabitants. s really are like. Not knowing the country, and not knowing the people who; inhabit it; 'how shall.they be able to provide for their requirements ? It was not at all a bad notion on the part of some of the country members T-la'st year to hold a sitting of the, Council say at Queenstown, ;br.som|othjfe The mem?bers would of necessity: learn much .to their geographical advantage—at any rate the : shape and nature of thg country for which ; they legislate and provide. If the sitting could' further be arranged,', as it wjas-last 'time, t° take place in., the middle of winter, , the, members would return home . (if they were fortunate enough) sadder and wiser men. They would never have the .face to again vote the miserably - inadequate sums they sometimes .do • for up- . country roads,—'"Argus.' ■ ■■ *

, Holloioay's Pills.—For. the cure of debility, biliousness, liver and'stomach'complaints 'this inappreciable medicine is so well known inevery part* of-the f -world;; and the cures .'perforrted"!by''its* lise are "so' wonderful, that it now stands pre-eminent.above a'll other reme-. dies, more particularly for the cure of fcilious' and livei"'complaints, disorders" of stomach, dropsy;; arid debilitated constitutions. ' In •tlie^e.diseases thejbeiieficial effects of tho,Pills. are so.- perrnanent™ that ~the, wh'&le is ■ rcnovated. the organs of dig estion strengthened and a free, promoted. They expel from the secretive organs and the circulation the lnprbid"' matter which produces, in'flaYnmali6ri,'"'paip,' : and ! physical 'decay—tliui annihilating/'by their purifying properties,' the virulence of f the most' painful* and devastating diseases! > , i, .