MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 280, 18 July 1874, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Five publicans were fined £5 each at Wellington for selling liquor on Sunday. The ' Guardian;' states the next meet- I ing of the Otago Institute promises to be very instructive and interesting. Captain Hutton will read a paper on ' moa ' bones lately unearthed, including the skincovered relic discovered on the Knobby , Ranges, and a perfect foot found amongst the debris at Hamilton. Attention .will also be drawn to a " hump-backed" whale —a species new to the Southern Ocean. It does not seem to be generally' known that the public may obtain admittance to the V Institute through the members or fecretary. The forthcoming meeting will e opened at 8 p.m. on Monday next, in the University. A gentleman from M aerewhenua brought into Omaru a parcel of gold weighing 40 ounces, proceeds of that district. He informs us (' North Otago Times') that the srhallness of the yield is attributable to the heavy frosts, which have frozen up the races. From the new year to the present time the miners have been able to do but little work—in the early part" of the year in consequence of drought, and latterly from the severe 'frost. Our informant adds that the development of this goldfield is being much retarded by the • want of water, and is of opinion that were water brought in from the Kakanui or the Otekaike River a large amount of payable , ground would be immediately .worked. The" trial of Louis Buisson, on a charge of attempted wife-murder, was i concluded at the Supreme Court last week, the jury, after an hour's deliberation, returning a verdict of not guiltyi Mr. M'Kenzie, "atPahnerston, referringto the proposed railway reserve, is reported to have said:—lt was intended to set aside 2,000,000. acres of land as security for the loan, which it was proposed to pay' off in twenty years from the sale of the" land. As no provision had been made', he, in conjunction with the member for' Mount Idaj succeeded in carrying a motion that the railway from Palmerston to' Waihemo should be. extended to Clyde. He had no doubt that if v the loan could be raised, this railway would pay well.

It may interest sporting men," says the ' Star,' to know that Captain Machell, whose horse Reugney won the last Liverpool Grand National with a gentleman rider,on his back, is a brother of Captain Machell, aide-de-camp to Sir George Bowen. Captain Machell won the National last year, and is described as " a man who, making racing a business, has honorably made a fortune by it." ''The combined heights of the staff of the National Bank, of New Zealand, Timaru, consisting of the manager, teller, and assistant clerk, reach a total of no less than 18ft. Bin. The trade done by this bank must be something very tall, no doubt," says the "penny-" a-liner " of the ' Bruce Herald.'