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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1643, 24 February 1886, Page 4

The New Zealand Times has been hoaxed by a fictitious marriage notice, and remarks : — lf there is one act m the world of which it may be safely Raid that the person who performs it is a fool and a coward, it is t at of inserting a false birth, marriage, or death notice m a uewspaper. The lastnamed of course is. the worst of tire three, bujb it is quite apparent that the folly is not to bo measured by- the extent of pain paused. It matters not how contemptible may be the author qf the lie — persona pt the highest character and position may be put to the greatest annoyance. The following paragraph should be read by all who are partial to honey. It is from the pen of a correspondent of the Hawera Stai' : — " A singular accident which might have terminated fatally occurred m this district a few days ago. I relate it as it might serve as a warning to others. A settler met some Maoris, whom he knew, .who were carrying some honeycomb they had obtained from a bush hive. They pressed the settler to try a piece. He broke off a small portion, about two cubic inches and began pQ eat, but soon cast away the remains, as he found lie was stung m the throat. There was no bee m the I comb, therefore I opine that it must have been a Bting with tho poison bag attached that was m the honey, and which ctung his throat, fortunately for | him, m a part where there waa very little muscle and very little else than cartilaginous bands. Even m this l caso his throat almost closed up, and he was neither able to swallow jhis saliva nor food. The poor fellow was in 'this trying condition for about 48 hours, when the swellinj; gradually deorfaatd, "