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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 102, 30 April 1879, Page 2

The Sydney Kcho understands that in the winning. oreW of tne boat race Oxford and Cambridge were two .Australians, Messrs Army tage and Fairburn, both belonging to Geelong. The eight hours' demonstration in Melbourne was very successful, frilly f 5,000 persons attended th- fete; several of the Ministry were present.

, The i'att gives the following as the statement of tbe assets and liabilities of Mr G. Thomas of Wellington :— Total liabilities, £13,940. Assets— Book debts (good), JE3431 ; di^to £?25f stock, £2276; shares, £300 i bills for cdllpctloni, £lsod • total, X8222J deficiency, £5708. The deficiency is made up as follows:— Bad debts, £5000; loss on vessels, £2500. We are informed on the best authority that there is no truth in the statement made in a contemporary that Mr Thomas' failure is due in any way to undue pressure on the part of tbe banks On the contrary, the Bank of Australasia treated Mr Thomas in the most fair and liberal manner; and he finds hd fault at all With the way in which they have acted. A Christchurch telegram of Thursday Says i— A meeting bf Williaffl Saunders' creditors was held tcnlayj at which a very satisfactory balance sheet was shown. His liabilities amount to £34,693 !7s 4d, exclusive of mortgages— £33,9ol 19s 6d, which are deducted from the valne of the land. The principal items are: -Cash creditors, £5242 9s lid; trade creditors, £18,043 12s 2d; London agency, £13,407 15s 2sd. The assets amount to £53,183 3s Ild, leaving a halahce bn the tight side of £ 16,489 6s 7d. Tbe ipnief iterji is land, £51,__6, from which £33,301 19a fed of mortgages has beefa deducted; and; besides this, .there i_ merchandise, £9259; live stock, £1500; outstanding accounts, £6387 lis 2d, sundry debtors for land secured by mortgage on same, £15,316 14s.

During his stay at Queenstown (Otago) the Governor was presented with an address from the Chinese of the district. In the course of it they said—'- Sens of the celestial country 5 and only slightly acquainted with the English language^ yet we have heard pleasant ahd favorable reports of your Excellency's just and generous dealings with men of all races* and that you treat all races with loyal impartiality. We desire to congratulate yotir Eafellency, and to render to you the best wishes of our hearts. Much disquiet has been ours of late by reason of the Bill against Chinese Immigration, but we desire to beg from your Excellency a fait consideration of our position, and to point out that now we bave thrown open our flowing and blessed country to the enterprising English, so also we may hope to be permitted to make our homes iv the spare corners of the Eoglish Colonies. We desire to convey to your Excellency the trust and confidence we have in tbe kindness and justice with which you will regard our interest." His Excellency is reported to have replied that he had spent some years in China, and was acquainted therefore with the character of tbeir countrymen, and during his administration in this Colony should favorably consider the request of their petition.

A treasure in the shape of a Chinese servant is thus described in a letter by " Silverpen," to the N.Z. Herald, from Sau Francisco :— " Picture a bright, handsome boy of 15, with a queue down to bis feet and a jaunty cap on his head, doing the work of three women. He bakes bread and cakes fit for the gods, if those gentleman ever indulge in siich coafse fare } makes all kinds of fancy dishes, entrees, puddings, and pies ; washes and irons exquisitely, and goes about the house like a sunbeam on a cloud. I am trying to find out the imp's fault. Of course he mnst have some great vice within so many virtues. I look with misty eyes into the plate-basket every evening, and count the dollars in my every-day purse frequently during the day. As yet, he is a perfect treasure, nor will I fail to report when I find out his hidden sin, which, no doubt, will be of some account "

A child residing with his parents, Bourkestreet east, Melbourne, met bis death in a most extraordinary manner recently. It appears that at about half-past 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Bridget Curass, the servant girl, went out leaving the child in a small cot. On her return to the house at a quarter to 4 o'clock she was horrified to fiud tbe child quite dead. Its head was caught between the iron of the bedstead and the mattress. Dr. Teague was at once called in, but no medical aid could bave been of aoy avail. He expressed bis opinion that death had resulted from dislocation of the neck and asphyxia.

According to Inspector Mallard, of Dunedin, a young lady tailoress, in the employment of Mr Maurice Hepner, of Upper York place, ingeniously tried to shield her employer from the penal clause of the Bradshaw Act. Ou the Inspector paying a visit to the establishment, about three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, recently, he found one of the girls diligently employed ou a pair of trousers. " Why are you working at this hour ?" asked the officer. " Just for my own pleasure," said the girl with a smile. " And whose trousers have you got, my dear?" " Only my own," waa the smart retort. Mr Hepner explained that the girl meant she was employed on piece-work, but he was fined notwithstanding.

A settler coming into Wanganui market on Wednesday last (says the Herald) had rather curious experience of the value of his produce. He brought in lambs, fowls, and eggs for -ale. The lambs, well grown and fairly fat, realised ls 9d each; the fowls, 2s 6d each; and the egg_, 3s per dozen. The London World says :— v The story of Rich, the harlequin, having been once recommended by a physician who did not kuow bim off the stage to go and see himself is paralleled by an anecdote of date as fresh as last week. A sufferer from depression of spirits, consequent on chills on the top of intermittent fever called on a fashionable West-End docter for advice. ' Try change of air ' waa the prescription. The sufferer was a special correspondent, who had just completed professional journeys extending over 17,000 miles within eight months." " Don't you think that justice is rather an odd fish ?" asked a gentleman of his friend, who responded — ** Why go '?" " Because she has only one pair pf scales," was the reply.

Sometimes it will happen so I— * w Twehty years ago," said the passenger with the rea ribbon in his button-hole, " I knew that man* whom yoa saw get off at the last station. He was a young man of rare promise, a college gfadutiteja man of brilliant intellect and Shrewd rftercantile ability. Life dawned before hira in all the glowing colour of fair piomise. He had some money when he left college, Hs invested it in business, and his business prospered, tie married a beautiful young girl, who bote him three lovely children. No one dreamed that the poorhotfse would ever be their horatf. Bnt in ao fe'*il Hour the young t_an yielded 1 to the terflv^ c*e *- He begrfri id drlnf r/eef . Me liked it, and drank more. . He 6fdtittj and encouraged others to drink. That was ouly 1 . years ago, and he was a prosperous, wealthy raaC. Today what is he ?" The clergyman in the font seat, solemnly—" A sot and a beggar!" he fed-ribbon men, disconsolately : " Oh, no ! He is a merfiber of the Congress, fffld owns a brewery worth £150.QW.^-^ Atttexkata Paper. Lord Chelmsford. Commander-in-CHfef of the British fofees at tbe Cape, is the eldest Son of* thd iaia nohleman of tbat name, who was so 1 well knowd as att ex-Lord Chancellor antf who' dfled ohly last yfl_fV The present holder ot ttie fjifte/ who' was prevfetfcfy known as the Hon. Frederic_E Thesiger w>3 bortf in 1827, so thai! he IS now i_? the 52nd ye'_r df his ;age, I_e Was edtfeated 1 at Eton, and adopting tiro military profession, he entered the Rifle BtigtfdVj ?n \944. He became Ensign and Lieutenant oi She Grenadier Guard* hi 1845y Lieutenant-Colette? of the Ninety.fifth Foot, 1S58 ! ; Colonel, 1863? Amd" Major-Genera!, 1877. Ble served with the Grenadier Guards in the GfftAea from' the 31st' o* May, including the siege titf* fail of Sebasfopoi He has the Crimean titeM and clasp, the Sardinian and Turkish war medals, and tbe Order of Meds_ie. He served in the Indian mutiny with the Ninety fifth Foot, for wbich he also possesses the Indian medal. He was acting Deputy AdjMtantGeneM of the Bengal army, 1868-70, aad hi that capacity was present at the capture of Magdala, having Iteett mentioned in official dispatches " for great ability and untiring energy." .

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