MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 411, 10 February 1877, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

CoUiiTY CIIATKILAN"ij SAT.AHV. The County Council of the Thames County Lave voted their Chairman a salary of £2OO per annum, and cue guinea a day for expenses while travelling on County business. "W hat constitutes " personal occupation " by a deferred payment selector was a " nut to crack " for the members of the Waste Lands Board on Monday. Meanings various as the number of members present were advanced, with more or less acceptance ; but there was proof which hung by a dog's chain. The inspector reported of this person's claim that he 6aw some few signs of occupation, but none of. auy individual at the time of his visit. There was, however, a dog chained up to a but. The Board decided to accept that as proof of tenancy, it being held that, the dog being chained there, its owner would'not be far off. This fact may furnish a useful hint /'to absentee selectors.— c Southern News.' I

Asphalt.—The Christchurch City Council has decided to expend £lß,oo*o in asphalting the streets of that city. Giffir Linnets.— In the Taieri and Clutha districts grey linnets have become so numerous of late as to be a positive nuisance. They manifest a particular fondness for turnip seed, and the result is thai some of the settlers have had to sow their crops twice over. Every possible means have been tried for saariug the birds but without succeas.

Janet: " Heeb, Betty, an' here comes roar granny, jest eaun'ily fou!" Betty : "Oli, ay, she always takes amuekle on a Saturday uieht, jlist to last her over the tia<vbaat-h, for she's far too religious a body to drink sperrit o' the Laird's daay."