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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 292, 17 December 1878, Page 2

An English paper reports the following 1 iJsmart spfecniation j— On^the^tajJrfifningiafter the signature of the : private-' Anglo-Turkish treaty for the cession of Cyprus to England, that isto'say,"the<46h>of June] -Mr Zarify; ; ths, well-known ;bankar; or i Constantinople, despatched to Larnaca by the Austrian ; 'Lloyd's T j*aokefc one of his '< employes with' sealed instructions which he was not to I open' until be arrived at Cyprus. The instructions proved to- be< an- unlimited: credit : and -authority to purchase everywhere all the ; agent could get hold of, whether houses, lauds or cattle without loss of time. The agent, with assistants^ -, : succeeded in buying property to the 'extent of .£40,000, consisting ■of , houses, shops, fends, in town anp ;country, "diltivated fields/ &c; &K,'4U of wtiitih were • -'obtained at very low rates, owing>to the prevailing misery throughout the country. : Today this oroperty is worth more than 4£3ap,apo. r,- ... [.-.. ...... /v i ii-JTheJSdez.Canaf is 9a-mifes'ia«lengthi It is ,not .broad .enough in some -.places to let two' vessels pass; ahd'inany^riidings have i rbeea piade foe thi», pu|pq^. mea- | "during 480 -ieefr' fii^lengtfr and- 'drawing 25 feet 9 inches have passed through. f j.V.Se r rpeQt^B&:ihlboolal& the ladies -ane I the latest novelty in Farig.- 1 During a snowstorm, in/ the, Wahsatch mountains, two miners" 1 werq ■ carried] qa a sndw-slide; 'dver'a: pre6ipica f 500 feel 4«ep. iTh^jr !flscsipe4 with oply.a few bjwiies. •) 1

-- ; - ... • ' sr. • - jy- , J&9ng the fosUrip of tfo .p's,tManawf| JtofW4Bganuf,\wHile;a ,large| ttfeHdJ@eoguifi f^'gKKig about sis&tons, Mas : geiMbofaltfe ffi ogtoe tijiMj Qt^pt th^blocks glle wayj M 1 tpfheayjj mass fell, fßt|ia3hiu&||he bus $$IW#K th f# ea maf VFsiunatejiMe other , t^ekJe"lfeld,pH]fe d&k s o| the\ves3sPprobablsK would have been stove id. Fortunately no-* body was hurt. The Timara Herald says:—" It is with great regret that we learn that several farmefa in this district have turned their sheep on to their young • crops, f rthe-latteir-owing to the continued dry ;\rekner,' jfieing 1 * cottipleteJjrrnined; We sitfcereJy hdpe^thaf rain will come in tifiae to aave the larger portion o| the crops." hotel has an Irish iemaTe" cook who stands six feet eleven inches in her hoae. The Legislative Council, it appears, is to be punished by Sir George Grey for its treatment of the Electoral. Si» ;^r -Jraring thrust into its luldat one Wood from Sotithland; who now jholdJ : jt seat in the House oV Eepreaenfatlres|whieb; he has been persuaded by a revengeful Gfo#eromeut io resign in o|der that he may be tya^slated to ttie ! Upp'ef. Ohaß(iber..>|£o^ severe is the punishment in stofe So* iliej unhappy"' Councillors may be gatherei&fVbnt the following photograph of the tool that is Being. played with by the Premier, takenffofifi theQiniaru Herdldi— " Mr WoOji)" says bii^coutempbrary, 'f is p at; v excellence the bore of the House. * Infinite Wisdom ' is they Same he gbea by, because though he knows nexfc^-to nothing 'about anything, he ne. ver jby any chapcf misses an opportunityOi e^pregsing hfs vievVs oni every liCss^ible suUject, wJtlfan air of? supejrktiye. learbinjf oiQd authority. Aafioon as he risei^ andjfae always rises at the mbsfesitidplibttune moment in every debate, tHe teryiSed imeia^ . ber^flyin.all direkibns, andatay kj» ;good long/time. Sl Tbe^ know for certa^ftthat .. whatever ariybody-elflA had said before !birq>:, Mr Wood will esy over again at" least once, and that, moreover, he will add. a great many lengthy remarks of his own on. every conceivable subject except tbe^ one under discussion. Nothing &to|>3 him, or. .shames him, pr^ "disturbs him at all. Finance^aw, edubatibn, points of order, taxation, native affairs, want of confidence— itj(s all the same to hitn. He does not want ahyHbdy to U^teaHo him, Jig not want anyone to reply^toj he does not want even to knbw tbe question:; His infinite wisdom is all-sufficiq§. Justw^en a debate is growing interestjngijand a fine passage of arms between tote readers is on the tapis, up stands this drpafu| man, calm, ;qa'iet,and collected, shining all over with: 3mug ael f -satisfaction ; andjslowly, slowly* inexpr- . ably lets himself run down. Cougtnng, ironical cheersj.lraritic crie3 of ' quesHori,'" are all thrown away upon ; himu • Nothing vshprfc of Wn extinguisher suchs'"a|iS^A.n|derson ''the Wizard of the North used to Hide himielfti under, would stop his, flow of solemn) bosh; aud^ even 4£ that were popped iqyqr him bodily, it is doubtful whether he would not ! g° ; on talking, till tha messengers took' it off again a^ the adjournment of the House/-