Miscellaneous Items.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1620, 28 January 1886, Page 4

Miscellaneous Items.

(PHe vagaries and oddities of tht g\>M prospecting of the day are really laughable. There was a ? time wheu the value of the virgin grouud soon declared itself to the prospector, and ground that did nob ho declare itseH vrnsifopeedily abandoned. ' Now .the prospector shrieks to the Go^vei;m^np to come and tell liini what, tlifl gyound he is fiddling with is like. I^ ; Cue old d&ys. the, miner langheel at^' the feJ3senal geologist, and wqnt l jjis^wri way to .work ;> he was mpch^oftenei m the right than the geologist. Now the first thing he dqes.Jiß...tQ.-h O w] loTa "geologist to come and help him to' a '• conclusion, bis own eyes being of noj er vice Jn .the uuttt^t T at issue, . And yet it is the same now i^ag ever it'jwHs". ' If, after reasonable prdspectftng a ( qu.arter reef will ■■■not show; ; gpli atthe naked eye, or if its' k « casing v mil not give fair prospects,.it;i^s.j(i i ojfc ■worth , botlieriug ; with. And,so jWti^h aiiuyial ground. Jf the was^i dirt will not show gold or pan out pros,pects, the digger will labor m vain, all, geologic creation, won't hel him. "'Wheje 'tis, there 'tis," said the wise old cousin Jackey, and where 'i isn't all the professonal help m the.world. won't make ie " tis*" Why, oh pvspßCtos worry the Government? Why, oh, Government, allow yourself ts.be worried ? Tell the prospectors t^go $0 prospecting, aad not> cry out till, they have found something Aseodeus New Zealand Mail. ' i Mi < „,lievestani, the member, for NelsOh, has forwarded to the Minister of Justiceanuinerouisly .signed petition in' regard, to the action of the XeLspn JdQfcicefe i|n regard to> the appoint nuept of Mr' Harlejr as a Justice. *rhe petitioned," 3 who wis'li ~*M^ Minister rosu)Hio.utthe appointment and uphold tfoe i; dfg i nrly of the Crown 1 , state that ]V1 r Harley is morally, commercially, and m every other respect fitted to to bold, the Coin mission of the, Peace. The signatures to the petion include theinames of legal and medical gentlemen a'ri< I a large : number of persoriV m bnsiness m the Oitv of Nelson. Mr Leveijtani,, who does not sign the pe£|tioji 'ijar^reas-piU i' which he sets foi-bh, urges Mr Tole to uphold the dignity- of his office l»y relenting the interference of the Justices m regard to the appointment of Mr Harley, and thier contumacious^ 'conduct m nob complying with the requirements of the Act. The Justices meet again on tho 2nd December to'crecive the reply; of the Miuister to rheir coin m unicatiou anent Mr Uariey. It is probable that ' no i=eply vril)- Me sent them, and 'thh!^' if, when they next meet, they do not', iorrlAWt&ta : .tije Governor will be ad-7A visaed- to trake. the matter into his ownu hands* ; '^ Roman' society has been a good 1 deal scitndaUtwl by some very ugly^ transactions which have been brought?, to light m connection with the gambling affairs of the people m high life. A lew months ago the Brazilian Minister at the'Gourt of King Humbert was caught cheatintf at baccarat and advised to leave Rome within 40 days by the president of the club nt which if toot place. The diplomatist declined to do so. Then his name was dropped out of the invitationsat the 'Royal dinner table, and Baron Vdn Kendell, the German ambassa lor blqntly told him, "You are socially damned." The Rrazilian GovernmenV'ha'ving been informed of bis disbbrie?ty,. *he ,was. recalled. Since then two young noblemen attachetoey fche'i Vaticain Coiirt-i— Marcheae Pacca lOonle Vinci, have gone wrong. They no* merely cheated atcardy, but forged an(J' ! ' swindled and then levanted. It i«]sai4 that there are 50,000 young men bearing titles m Italy who are too proud to wotk, while sonj© of tlieoi are poor euough to a teal.