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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 268, 19 November 1878, Page 2

The Manutahi Debating Society recently discussed the interesting subject of the number of bachelors in the colony, and the reason why the young men do not get married, the theme being particularly applicable to Manutahi (says the Wangauui Htrald), where, though there are plenty of young people, marriages very seldom occur. In the course of a long and interesting debate at thia meeting it bad been advanced by one speaker that the young men did not marry because they could not get anybody lo marry them. " Tbat is not the case in Manutahi," said a member of the society. " For, take the case of Farmer So-and-so, who has six marriage able daughters, who have waited a long while for an eligible suitor." The little speech, iu the natural course of events, reached the ears of the happy patent alluded to, 'and he made such representations on the subject to the head of that society as to cause hini at the next meeting to announce that members would do well to be more guarded in their remarks when discussing such delicate matters aa bad formed tho subject of the last debate. A building in wbich timber is to be dried in the Americau fashion is being erected for Messra Guthrie and Larnach _ Compauy in Dunedin. Tbe building is a continuation of their present premises, and will be 66 feet by 72 feet, and have a height of 20 feet. The timber will be dried by currents of hot air, and the heat wiil be generated by utilising for the purpose the exhaust steam of the engine. 70,000 cubic feet of timber will be able to uudergo the process at one time; and working the stock by rotation, 10,000 feet per day will be turned out. The timber will be stacked on cars, and while at the first stage the air will be comparatively cool, the seventh temperature will be about 130 degs. No handling of the timber is required, each car simply being moved forward every day. — Dunedin Herald. The Melbourne correspondent of the N Z. Times writes :— I was standing in the bar parlor of a country public- house yesterday, reading a paper. The barman was an old grey-haired man of about seventy. I wondered why he watched me so intently. As soon as I laid dowu the paper he said "Melita is coming up." I looked towards the door and said, " Well she can come, . I suppose ?" " She's a dark 'un, my boy," he continued, " I'll lay you'll be slipped up." "I don't care," I said, " whether she's dark, of fair, — I prefer a blonde myself; but you see I'm only just married, and don't care much about any woman but ray wife at present." w Who's talking about women ?" asked the old man in wrath. " I thought perhaps your barmaid was called Melita," says I. The old man walked away, and it dawned upon me tbat I was thhe recipient of a deep tip for the Melbourne Cup. It's the same go where you may. If you look into a, paper someone is sure to ask you whether Cheater can do it with that weight, or whether Bavanaka hasn't a big show this time. Every hotel has a sweep, and every apprentice in the colony has '« drawn" a dark horse, and won't take double the price he paid. The usual miraculous dresses are being made by Melbourne milliners; and altogether it is anticipated that the forthcoming Cup race will utterly eclipse all previous gatherings. We make a publio and Government, holiday of it, and wait patiently for the usual paragraphs about gentlemen failing to "square, up;" clerks missing and found in the Yarra; and impecunious sporting men putting off the grocer, because " a fellow must make a splash on Cup Day, you kuow 1" A fight during divine -service (says the Wellington Chronicle) is not of frequent occurrence, but such a thingiook place yesterday during service at the Lunatic Asylum between two of the inmates. One young lady, it appears, has a habit of continually expectorating, which habit proved an annoyance to a Maori lady; also an inmate of the Asylum, and who yesterday sat behind the " expectoratist." The native expressed this annoyance by giving her friend in front a poke in the ribs, which had the effect of briuging the " white" woman's hand across the dark woman's face. The . native, blood became aroused, and a hand to hair combat resulted, which while scandalous to the service appeared to be highly amusing to the visitors among the congregation. The good tact of an attendant, however, speedily brought matters to an amicable conclusion. . . A Catholic priest said at a temperance meeting in Providence the other day that, while there were no statistics to show that the Irish are more intemperate than other people, it must be admitted that they do not •conceal their drunkeuess so well;

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