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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 323, 1 October 1874, Page 2

, Trout Fishing at Last. — A Southern contemporary Bay:—* " At the annual meeting bt the Qtago Acclimatisation Society, . held in Dunedin recently, the committee reported tho success, of the brown trout. It was resolved — "That this meeting recommends : that there 'shall be an open season for brown trout rod-fishing during the ensuing summer in thbso streams within the province in which fish of that description were introduced by the Society in 1868 and the early part of 1869.'" We observe that among the late arrivals itf- Melbourne Were Mr and Mrs George Case, who, came by way of India, Western Australia, and Adelaide. They are now performing" at St. George's Hall with great snccess. : ; " Apple Jack," who has acquired a local celebrity as town crier, a w£ep, , billetickor, and " village politician/ at Williamatowo, got himself into hot water at the late Municipal election. Heated tjy sundry imbibitions if u ring -the day, he presumed, on the licence -accorded to bim by many people to MfJohn Morgan^ ex-Councillor, that h 9 was a f duffer," &c , ringing bis bell aU.;ithe, /time, .and otherwise; held that gentleman up to the ridicule of the crowd who ( were assembled about the pojjjng-rbopth, r As. he^had^pre- , vigusly i ;beep, . the object of Jiie tow.n crier's 1 inaultitig; personalities, ,:•; Mr "'Ajprgon,' who is a Justice idf tho;Peacb, fell; it incambeufc upon Him to' bring the matteri under ,the notice, of ; the Police Bench. i . Accordinsly Pennell, the crier,, was summoned for using ineiatyitog words, 'and f was fiped;; ?ps with £2 "costs'; indefault, a fbrtriigh't's incarceration. The Bench .regarded such^cbnMiafti^at^ polling-booth as, lifee'ty to keep people away from^recprding their votes, and, thus prevent 'Ma fulfilling o' publiti' r " :( I ' A London paper say^; — " The new Postmaster General, it is elated, -ifl istrongly in fav-orof reducing the.newsjpapeji*' postage to one farihing; ;but as "the Ve'duction, if carried 1 pat at once over jfae. whole kingdom, would .Wd to a serious diminutjon, :; of r rev J epjie^..it is probable that it may he. preceded by the applipatipn ofi tjiie fartbi»K r«ta to the diatriciStJQ which particular newspapers are published. By this plan the present carriage by 13 8J,ng!ejne.wspapsr8 by railways wouW^'sJjpßr&edfcu, very much .^Q.t^B : cpnv£ni^n^e of, the public, .If, is alsorumbtecUhat^he telegraphic charges to newspapers will shortly undergo fayorable restriction." •■ ; _ _' > i y ■" ~ . •■", .■"•■o 1> r.i y. a . ";, A /^colbf ; flag; p'tf 'the-' BUOifnit of .^e.Cz Cathedral, which Ima heed a conißtflftt eyesore toi the -Gernians, has just been removed, a reward of 100 thal^rs having been, offiaredfor the feat, which r. iwaa -attended, vy tlh: considerable danger. 1 AfteV gaining the top of the 'Gothic j^wepr two balls had 1,9 be :: soaledT to reaoh the' flagstaff, . A;,, pative;: >f : Kfandenburg, acouatomed to perilous entt rpngea, ,un.dertook|, the (a^k, providing himself with two planks for scaling the balls. On surmounting the. first he staggered, and everybody expected him to fall, but he reached the flagstaff, lowered the emblem of French rule, and substituted a German flag of black, white, and red. In four hours he was again at the bottom^ and .was. cheered ; by the while a r troop 'df \ soldiers who had witnessed the sQpejrjtion reiurofed to i their quartere« -

How, to, Cheat the Doctor.— A soldier, lately wroteVhli fdllpwin^ kd»ice ; to a comrade :•£■** previous to going to hospital .rub ypuri/tpngue with chalk,; re^dy fc>r the./ word, °Put out ypur. J tdpane ;'^l\^%iie^^^'db^^e i : ;i8' > -goiQ^> to feel your pulse, he sure to knoclc your elbow against the wall, and it will beat to aoy number in a minute ; then, if you wish to persevere to be invalided, be; on the look-out for a fdend^to bring, you a- bit of raw bujlocg's Hytor every j morning, in order to spit blood for the doctor ; of course, have a little bit of liver in yeurmoTJth^nnderyourtongue, fresh, . ready for him when he comes round l the hospital ward, and have a good piece ready to. spit out for him wben he approaches your cot"; f then . give'^-a great^sigh and a groan, and you are sure to be ordered lamb chops, chicken, rice pudding, port wine, „ Quinnesft'Bf_ §toat— -in. fact, you may live on the fat of tbe land for the . remainder of ryonr soldiering,^ which will hot "he long-; but depend upon it you are sure of a pension, even under ten years' service." {Por remainder of News see fourtk page.)