Miscellaneous Items.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1467, 29 September 1885, Page 4

Miscellaneous Items.

Writing from London a correspondent says : — A curious and almost comic romance m real life has recently come under my notice. Soon after his wedding ho and 'his wife had a quarrel, which led to his searching her boxes,, and there he found an authentic marriage certificate — not his own. Inquiry elicited the fact that his bride had been married a year previously to a man m New Zealand. As the second husband docs not agree with his wife he is now advertising m the Australian papers for No. 1, the lawful spouse, to come and take her off his hands. No. 2 promises No. 1 that if he will communicate with the advertiser, he, will learn of ; ' something to his advantage." Imagine No. l's feelings when he learns what the advantage is. For once (says the European Mail) m his life Mr Georgo Augustus Sala has really hoaxed the British public. In Daily Telegraph of August 5 there appeared the first of a series of letters— which have beon looked forward to with much pleasurable anticipation— on his tour round the world. There were m all over three columns of laige type leaded. With the heading, " Laud of the Golden Fleece — Four Hours m New Zealand," the reader naturally thought he was about to peruse a brilliant aecouut of colonial life, from the pen of the renowned " special," instead of which ho was treated to perhaps the greatest amoun t J ' of t wadd le th at was ever published m a London newspaper. A young man w)>o was married three weeks ago, and who kept himself m a condition of semi-druukenness m the interval," has reached a Brooklyn police conrt. His explanation was that he discovered his bride* had a wooden leg. The judge sympathised with his misfortune, but considered his powers of observation limited. A Western citizen who had been worsted m a fight was told that he could collect damages. " I did collect damages," he replied mournfully, " I collected everything but a piece of my left ear and two front teeth ; I could u't find those." . ?■ A mob of 104 bnllouks from Te Aute" station, Hawkes Bay, arrived at Masterton last week, being the first instalment of 500 purchased from the one place by the Gear Meat Company. Although they had been twelve days on the. road, one and all of the beasts looked m splendid condition, aud so far as their appearance went, they might have been m a paddock here for months past/ The estimated average weight was between 11 aud 12 cwt— a weight which,, taking the number into consideration, is simply astonishing. The mob was put m trucksand forwarded to Wellington. Private telegrams from Auckland represent the condition of the quarantined, circus there as most deplorable. There are 20 employes, who, of com sp, are thrown out of work, aud the valuable animals are confined m an open hulk moored m Iho hmbour. Unless they are allowed to land the proprietors will be utterly ruined. A Wairarapa. eoachbuilder advertises that his business was" established before the llood." By that fie means, we pro siime one of the many Greytovvn floods r which have taken place from time to time. At a parish church m Dorsetshire a considerable sensation was recently pro-, duced iv consequence of the vicar" publishing " his own banns of marriage; The roverened gentleman is m his eightieth, year. • The Patea Oil and Fibre Company, have decided to give Mr Courtney power to sell theit plant while at Home for £1800— £500 to be paid m cash and the balance to remain for three/ ears without interest. The Chairman of the Education Board on Friday at Auckland reported the death of a district scholar, Miss M; Browning, 15£ years old;:: The^young lady won a scholarship last year, and immediately after passing her annual examination this year sbo was. attacked by brain fever and carried off. An accident of an extraordinary and fatal character occurred at Huddersfiehl on August 10. The London and NoithWestern Railway Company were repairing tho roof of the railway station. During the morning, while a high wind was blowing, the roof fell. m. There were a number of people on the platform beneath, some of whom were killed, others severely injured. It appears that the roof was being rocked about by the wind, and the iron girders fastened m etnne to the main building swung out, bringing the whole roof down, and bonding and breaking tho upright girders. Two persons were killed and several injured. Many narrow escapes arc reported. The Waikato Clionse Factory is gettins: on belter. An increasing home consumption is springing up, and the factory has lately been unable to sup ply orders, having no oheeso left on hand from last season.