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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 299, 18 December 1868, Page 2

We learn irom Auckland the sudden death, under very melancholy circumstances, of Mr Auld, the chief officer of the barque Novelty, who was taken ill whilst on his passage from Sydney to that port, and died in his berth on the following day, 28th ult., in lat. 35.5 S., long. 160.55 E. The following Melbourne telegram was published in the Sydney Herald of the 12th ult.: — ' Mrs Auld, wife of a mariner in Sydney, has been sent to the Lunatic Asylum. She arrived here six weeks ago for the benefit of her child's health, who however died, and it is supposed to have affected the mother's reason, and she was arrested while walking in Swauston-street, 'with the dead infant dressed in her arms.' It appears that this intelligence had a most; deleterious effect upon Mr Auld's health, and he seemed as if he found it impossible to rally from the shock which the intelligence caused. At this particular season it may be useful to some of our readers to know how the American beekeepers strain their honey. They tie the comb up in a cloth and hang it near the fire to melt, so that the honey may drip out. It must be neither stirred nor squeezed, otherwise the beebread, if there be any of it in the comb, will mix with the honey. If the honey is badly candied they add a little water, melt it with the honey on a stove, in a tin pan, and theo filter it. To clarify their honey, after removing the comb in the way described, they add a teaspoonful of saleratus to a gallon of honey, and bring it to a boil>ing heat. The sediment then rises and may be skimmed off. Milk will do just as -well as saleratus, and -water must be added ito keep the honey at the consistency wanted. Jit the late Belgian Tir National Mr I?arquharson scored five * consecutive bulls eyes in succession with the ' Henry' weapon. • This was made in an extraordinary position, Mr Farquharson lying on his back, holding up his head with his left hand, whilst his right held his rifle to his Bhoolder, the barrel resting on his legs JU the knee.