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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 47, 24 January 1902, Page 4

Very high tides wer e experienced in London at the end of November-. The water in the Thames rose on a level with the top of the Embankment, and from Westminster to Black friars the wharves were swamped and work had to be suspended, several towns along the east coast were flooded out, and at Chathan Dockyard the staging round the new battleship the Prince of Wales was washed away.

Three inquiries into the disappearance of Liverpool sailing ships should compel the close attention of. shipbuilders, shipowners, and shipmasters. As is rather common when all hands of a missing ship are admittedly at the bottom of the deep blue sea, the game was scarcely worth the candle. The four-poster Manchester, of 2581 tons, carryiug case-oil from New .York to Yokohama ; the Cape Wrath, of 1998 tons, in ballast from Callao to Oregon ; and the Limache of 799 tons, in la!last from Callao to Tocop'.lla, have all disappeared without leaving a trace. The case oil trade is very dangerous unless the ship is well ballasted, aud l allast by itself, simply shot into the hold and roughly trimmed,.simply, invites disaster. The Manchester is hut one of quite a number of case-oil,, carriers that have gone missing. “ Did you see Mr Smifkins this morning ?” asked the bookkeeper. £ No,” replied the. publisher. What did he want ?” “He desired us to advance him 15s on his forthcoming work : “ How to be a Financial Success.”

Henry J. Ryror, one of the wittiest' of English playr*ghts, remarked bn one occasion : —-A play is like a : cigar. If it’s good everybod} 7 wants a box. If it s bad, all the puffing in the - world won’t make it go.” His Reverence Have one aim in life, and stick to that/, and you’re bound to succeed.” John—- “ That’s w(mtl says to the other chaps, sir. “ Don’t mix your drinks, and you can carry all the more.” ■ ‘ '

Western Kansas editors have a- uni-, qtie way of prodding up delinquent .subscribers, as this will indicate :—“lf you have frequent headaches, dizziness, fainting spells, accompanied by chills, < ramps, corns, bunions, chilblains, epilepsy, and jaundice, it is a sign you are not well, but ai-e liable to die any minute. Pay your subscription , a year in advance, and thus make, yourself solid for a good obituary nbtice.” A one-legged political orator; named Jones, who was pretty* ..successful ; in: bantering an-It ishman, was . askedby the latter “how he had come to lose bis leg.” “Well,” said Jones, “on; examining my pedigree, aud looking , up; my ’descent, I .found that there was some convinced that it had all settled in that left leg, I bad it cut off at once.” “Be the powers,” said Pat, “it ’ud ev been a deuced good thing ef it had: settled in yer head.”