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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 228, 27 September 1870, Page 4

A waggoner, named William Colgau, got stuck with a load of goods near Mount Ida, Otago. He asked assistance of a fellow waggoner, which was refused ; and, in despair, he hanged himself to the roof of his waggon. The Otago Daily Times, in its issue of September 9, states that pleuro-pneumonia, in a malignant form, is re-apprearing in the Moeraki district of that province. A beast that had died was opened and "showed unmistakable evidence of the disease." On the farm where this occurred there were five other infected animals, and several cases in other parts of the district are also, says our contemporary, spoken of. Wellington is rapidly becoming excessively moral and decorous among certain classes, and "ye manners and customs" of old and new Wellington are altogether changed. This is but natural, as we stride along the broad road to civilisation and refinement, but sometimes "notions" are carried too far, as, for instance, the other day a young man lately from home, and possessing excellent testimonials, was refused a situation for which he applied, because he had visited the theatre! Eheu, eheu ; verily we live in strange times. H.M.S. Challenger sailed from Wellington for England on Sunday week. She goes home by rather a circuitous route, calling first at Brisbane, then proceeding through Torres Straits, calling afterwards at some of the East Indian ports, and then on to Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. The voyage will occupy "about five months. We understand that while in the neighborhood of Torres Straits, Commodore Lambert will continue the search commenced by Capt. Montgomerie for traces of Mrs. Gaseoigne, wife of the captain of the Sperwer, wrecked there about a year a?o, who was reported to be alive in the hands of the natives. The following paragraph from the New York Tribune of 22nd June last is significant in connection with the news oft hostilities having broken out between Turkey and Egypt :— " The long pending troubles between the Sultan and his Viceroy in Egypt are to end it seems in war. Russia has interfered, but not as a peacemaker, and assured of the Czar's powerful aid, the Khedive prepares for war. It is well-known that he had drawn much of his armament from this country, has shipped sixty thousand Remington rifles, and has more under contract, and has enlisted numbers of American soldiers as officers of his battalious. Such a struggle is likely to lead to other European complications of more serious nature, and this speck of war may possibly become, in brief time, a cloud obscuring no small part of Europe." The Galois tells us a story of a lady who preserves her beauty by plastering strawberries over her face every night and washing them off on the next morning. The fair creature has for some time past been annoyed by a troublesome creditor. The other day he called before her beautyship had arisen, and insisted on forcing his way into her bedroom to demand instant payment. "But fools rush in where angels fear to tread." He bad no sooner got into the room thau his fair debtor cried out, " My dear Mr. Duud, why could you be so imprudent as to approach a person suffering from small-pox ! Look at my poor face !" The creditor gave a shriek, darted out of the room, andhas not since been heard of. On the afternoon of June 28, Dr. May, of Great Crosby, near Liverpool, had oc- ! casion to cross the Lancashire and York- ! shire Railway at that place in a trap drawn 'by a spirited horse. When about to pass through the gate at the other side, tha horse became suddenly restive, and barked. Dr. May strove to force it en, but the animal still kept its place in the centre of the rails. The noise of an approaching train attracted Dr. May's attention, and ou turning round, he saw to his horror, that j the express would in a second or two be 'down upon him. There was no time left .for consideration, and he sprang from his | trap and alighted safely on the other side !of the line. Almost at the same moment | a crash betokened the fate of his trap, and iu the distance he saw the head of his horse rolling iu the dust, it having been completely severed from the body of tho animal and carried on by the engine. The conveyance was entirely destroyed.