NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 75, 29 June 1878, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

. There ia a female Christy minstrel troupe at San Francisco. It is said to be popular with elderly gentlemen. The experiment of casting type of hardened glass has been successful m Paris. Glass is cheaper than metal, and finer lines can be cast m it. It is a sad fact that Mrs Abraham Lincoln is living a secluded life man interior town m France,, and declines to return to America, lest, she may again be placed m a lunatic asylum.' It is stated that the Attorney-General of New South Wales is about to take action m the matter of Art Union letters. A correspondent of the " S. M. Herald " thinks r that.it would be an easy matter for a privateer or * any enemy 's_inan-ofr war, to make a prize of the Australian mail steamers whilst they are coaling at King George's Sound. The Board of Education of Scotland reports the total income^ for the last year at £1,474,400, and the .entire expenditure £1,583,034. Threepence per head is the -price paid , for rabbits killed at Kawarau, Otago. Five yeaTs 'ago rabbits" were considered a choice dish at 3s. per couple. The finances of Japan having fallen ; 4nto a state of disorganisation, m con"sequence of the great cost of suppressing the late insurrection, the Government, it is said, has issued paper currency .to the amount of 70,000,000 dollars. Bee-keeping, says an exchange, can be made very.lprbfitable. A -man in Wisconsin recently had as many as 1400 hives, together with alarge farm entirely devoted to bees. Hewais quite a -poor man at starting, and died worth 100,000 dollars after purchasing the farm In New York State a bee-keeper soldin one year 22,7251 bof honey at 19 cents, per lb., free of everything, the fiax flower of new Zealand possesses a great attraction for bees, and therefore bee-keeping ought to be a r ;profitable speculation m this country. The keeper of bees can rival the insects m " improving the shining hour " if due attention be paid to details: For the appointment or caretaker and at the Public Library, Christchurch* there are already; at, least 120[applications, and they *are still flowing m. The appointment involves long hours, a free house, and a salary of £3 per week. The following tall story appears m an American paper :-r" Princess Mary of Teck is so patriotically warlike that she is called the Queen of the JingOes. The otherday the Premier was dining with HeY^Biiyal Highness.' ;." You nave,'' said Aßhei; ''^ the CJueen With YJV% the Parliament,.- and: r'the country •• what ;.m6jre:dd ybu wrapt ■?;' Lord Beaeonsfield, glanced at* his plate, and 'solemnly re, I plied, -"Potatoes, ma'am." . ; We are glad to notice that the Government purpose issuing, on the Ist July, two; and five shilling postage stamps." Delinquent subscribers to newspapers will find this a ready mode of forwarding their quarterly subscriptions. We commend the action of the (j_verhment m the matter. V ; A German shepherd at Moonta, has just iv heriti>d -fiao.OOOthrough the death of arelatne. *