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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 106, 6 May 1871, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle is responsible for a rumor that, on the expiration of Sir George Bowen's term, < the' Marquis of Noroianby -will be the next Grovernor of New Zealand. . • ■ During the coming session,' says the Post, many hon. members will sadly miss their" favorite ancl comfortable haunts around the fire-planes of the House. The hon. member for Kaiapoi will no longer. . be able, to stand with his back to theiire, his hands, .under his coat tails, chaffing and laughing with the hon. member for Eoslyn,, while. discussing the price of wool, alike, oblivious of, and indifferent to .the., reproving' glances of" the- Speaker.' ' The' hon. member for .Avon and other enthusiastic developers of native industries will no longer be able to use-;the fire-places of the House to; test the merits of the coal from newly-discoveredrfields,. until the ex- ;• perimenfs "resulted' in charging tlie' atmos- ' phere of the House so highly with sulphureous fumes ,tha ( t : i^t might easily have been mistaken for "'another' place." ' The fireplaces have been removed, the chimnies knocked down, -.andhoi^ ;raember | s*aref.for^ the' Futui-e' \6 v& Wrmea by nlekhs of hot' water pipes; ;runßipg^routid_.th6'room in triple bauds. The ventilation of the House/-'*nb"v-er i VeryT gtf6il, Iwill 'sbaidelyibe itnjjroved by the removal of the fireplaces. For remainder of news see fourth page.

The ravages made by the great fire in Lyttelton are being rapidly obliterated ; buildings have sprung up on the vacant space more substantial than those they succeeded. A spice of entertainment was recently imparted to the proceedings of the Sandridge Police Court by the behaviour of a witness in a case of abusive language. The solicitor asked the witness, who was a native of Ireland, whether she had ever been charged with abusive language herself.' '" Me, V cried the woman with an emphatic thamp on the witness-box, " I niver used a? taste of abusive slanguage to any one except me husband. " " And where is your husband " asked the solicitor. "- Shure he runnecl away from me," replied the witness ; and this evidence of the power of her abuse, when concentrated ou one individual, caused a general roar of laughter. — Argus. Nailed. — A: schoolboy going out of the playground without leave, one of his masters called after him, and inquired where he was going. "I am going to buy a ha'porth of nails !" " What do you want a ha'porth of nails for ?" " For a halfpenny !" replied the youngster. Mean. — There is a chap so mean that he boils two bone buttons in a pint of water. This gruel lasts him exactly one month; he has used the buttons so long that he has boiled all the holes but of them. He keeps warm in winter time by standing under his next door neighbor's gas lamp. Modeeatio-n .-—What we called moderate men, or rather what may be called " imbecile " moderate men, can neither raise a storm in favor of liberty, nor quell one in favor of despotism. They must be acted for. They no. result for themselves. A wise moderation is assuredly a virtue of the first quality ; but who ought to be. lukewarm, when the liberties of his country are in; danger? To be moderate in such an emergency is to be no other than a slave or a coward. Pope said that lie never knew but two great men in all his life who had been moderate in their politics ; and these were the Duke of Shrewsbury aud the Earl of Halifax. A policeman was dismissed' the force a few days since, for , exceeding his cjyiy in running a. train into the station., '■> ••■*., :,*. A Woman's Bow lDßii.-- ( -The marriage tie. -.'-■.: ' ..'■■■ ; ■■!■'___ ;■__" •';■''■ •••"'■•" | '•■••■•

The Nord states that Captain Tackels, a Belgian officer, and a writer on military subjects, has invented a new fire-arm which loads by one movement and discharges twenty-four shots a minute. Live tor Something. — Yes, for something worthy of life and its capabilities and opportunities for noble deeds and achievements. Every man and every woman has his or her assignment*^ the duties and responsibilities of daily life. We are in the world to make the world better ; to lift it up to higher levels of enjoyment and progress ; to make its hearts and homes brighter and happier by devoting to our fellows*-our best thoughts, activities, and influences. It is the motto of every true heart and the genius of every noble life, that "no man liveth to himself" — lives chiefly for his own selfish good. ••"St™— »~ — t^— »^«— >-V—^— >~>B^—^B-aß_^^^-^__^^^^^