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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 132, 3 June 1880, Page 2

The Manawatu Times thinks that as Sir William Fox's eloquence has been so long bottled up, it will go off with a "pop" during the coming session, like his favourite beverage. Of course the Times means ginger beer, not "fizz."

An Otago paper vouches for the correctness of the following memoradum attached to a debtor's schedule, and signed by the chairman at the fiual meeting of creditors : — " We are unanimous in the opinion that the debtor is a rogue, but that it would take too much money to prosecute him.' 1

An exchange says: — " The Glasgow Town Council have a Town Clerk, named Dr. Marwicfi, who receives a salary of £3500. He recently sent in a bill for £8000 for special work and the Council paid him £4000 on account, but have now asked him to refund that sum."

The Hawera S(a r says :— From the present aspect of things, it may be that the Government will have to protect Te Whiti from the wrath of some of his own followers, who have been heard to state in an open manner that if he were to advise them to go to war with the pakeha, they would now bo inclined to shoot him. The scales are at length falling from the eyes of some of his dupes. We shall calmly await the result, feeling assured that the way the Government is acting is the best road out of the Native difficulty." The Rev. Newman Hall was married on 26t>i March to Miss Harriet Knipe, daughter of Mr E. S. Knipe, Elvaston Place, Quoen'sgate. The marriage ceremony was performed at Christ Church, Westminster, Bridge Road, by the Rev. Henry Allon, D.D , assisted by the Rev. Henry Grainger and the Bey. Edward White. Miss Knipe is the lady whom Mr Hall admitted at the divorce trial that he intended to marry if his suit succeeded.

In reference to the desire of Dr. Walli3 to extend the franchise to women, a correspondent requests ub (Auckland Herald) to insert the following passage from Dr. Vogt, a celebrated German anatomist:— "The type of the female skull approaches in many respects that of the infant, and in a still greater degree that of the lower races; and with this is connected the remarkable circumstauces that the difference between the sexes as regards the cranial cavity increases with the development of the race, so that the male European excels much more the female than the negro the negrcss." Our correspondent adds :— ln this state of affairs, and while upholding the real rights of women, might it not be better for the Rev. Dr. to adopt the r6k of St. Paul, and occaaionally remind, them of their duties ; for by becoming better helpmates to man, the difference in capacity of the skull would be lessened, their physical frame more perfectly developed, and the deteriorating influences of civilization arrested.

One of the most daring swindles ever heard of was perpetrated not long ago upon a well-known London Bank. About 2 p.m. a well appointed brougham, wiih coachman and servant correctly dressed— cockade? on their hats, breeches, top-boots, &c— and an earl's coronet upon the harness, drew up at the dooi of the establishment in question. The servant was seen to get off the box, go to the window of the vehicle, touch hia hat, and receive from one of the inmates a piece of paper, which he took into the Bank. It proved to be a cheque for £410, signed by the Earl of Blank, and payable to self or bearer. The nobleman in question having always a large balance at the Bank, the servant or groom was merely asked how he would take it, when he produced a Blip of paper on which was written — " £10 in gold, the rest in £50 notes" The cheque was paid at once, and the man took his departure. A couple of hours later, when the balance of the day was being made up, one of the clerks remarked he had read in the papers that the Earl of Blank was cruising in his yacht. This caused the manager to send round to his lordßhip's town house, when he learned that the peer in question had not been in town for nearly a monih. To make a long story short, the cheque was found to be a forgery, although the signature was an admirable imitation of the earl's, and the cheque was evidently taken from a chequebook which had been given to his lordship. Further inquiry showed that within twenty minutes of the cheque being paid by the bank the notes had been changed at the Bank of England.

In an analysis of the voting at the recent elections at home an English paper has the following : — The total vote up to April was : Conservative votes iv 1880, 1,004,000 ; Conservative votes in 1874, 890,000. Conservative gain, 114,000. Liberal votes in 1880, 1,366,000 ; Liberal votes in 1874, 999,000. Liberal gain, 367,000 votes. Tbe Liberal net gain, 253,000 votes. ( The Conservative success in London* tended to greatly increase the interest in other metropolitan elections. In the city, the Conservative poll was nearly two to one to that of the Liberals. Westminster ranged itself on the same side, and returned two Tories, though by much diminished majorities. Greenwich, lately represented by Mr Gladstone, also sent up two Tories. On the other hand, Southwark, so lately lost, restores the Liberals by a good majority. In Chelsea, Marylebone, Finsbury, and Lambeth the Liberals have carried all before then.

The Town and Country says that at Adelaide a few days ago, all things considered, the ' largest wager ever made in Australia was laid, not excepting Thompson's wager with the Hon. James White, when he laid £10,000 to £400. The bet lately made was £10,000 (o £100 about Rothschild winning the next V.11.G. Derby and Cup. The bet was laid by Mr W. Branch to Mr W. Pile, the owner., and the Victorian bookmaker also laid him £1000 to £100 about First Water for the Mebourne Cup in Victoria. Rothschild i 3 a two-year-old, and his performances have been only moderate. He is a son of Countryman, own brother to the Stockwell horse Rustic, who ran third to Lord Lynn for tbe English Derby, while hia dam is Tinflnder, by old Tarragon.

The Inangahua Herald says :— "THe' members of the Church of England, Greymouth, intend holding a soiree in July, for the purpose of welcoming their new minister in the person of the Rev J. P. Kempthorne. The Rev Mr Sedgwick, we believe, will succeed the Rev Mr Kempthorne in the Inangahua and Grey Valley pastorate." A judgment of some importance to bankrupts was recently delivered at Poxton. An insolvent who was summoned for non-pay-ment Of fates put in bis certificate of discharge as a bar to tbe action. The collector, however, showed that no notice of failing had been given to the County Council, and that the amount owing for rates had not been included in the schedule. The Bench gave judgment for the amouut claimed, with costs. A young man named Elmer Severance, of Princeton; Minnesota, bet one of bis companions a quarter thai hedould place a dipper of cold water on the stove and hold his floger in the dipper untill the water began to boil. The wager was accepted. Severance held his finger in the| dipper quiet awhile, but was obliged to withdraw it before the water had reached a boiling pitch ; hence he lost his bet. On examination it was found that the finger was completely cooked. The probability is that the finger will have to be amputated.

It is said that Krupp and Co., of Essen, in Germany, deliver steel rails " off ship " at Bristol at Us per ton below the price at which the contractors were enabled to obtain them from English makers. ;

A little girl shutrp as a punishment for some fault in her father's barn at Baud (Morbihan) has been killed by a wolf, which, by climbing a rubbish heap, was able to enter by the roof, JThejfamily had been at work in the fields at some distance, and on ihe father opening the door to release the child the wolf sprang out and made off, leaving'on the floor the half devoured remains of its victim.

A recent Dunedin)telegram says:— A point of considerable importance in connection with the working of the land tax, was determined by Mr Simpson, Resident Magistrate, to-day. Last Week, R, Martin, as Deputy Land Tax Commissioner, sued the Hon. W. H. Reynolds for the amount of tax claimed, viz , £13 Is 3d. The land comprises ten lota in all, three situated in Port Chalmers, one in West Gore, one in Dunedin, one in Montecillo, three in Oamaru, one in Claredon, the whole valued at £13,017. Mr Reynolds having parted with the fee simple, served a notice on the Deputy-Commissioner in terms of Section 39, requiring bis name to be removed from the legister, but Mr Martin, not deeming the information sufficiently specific, refused to do so. Mr Simpson beld that as Mr Reynolds had failed to comply with section 31, in moving the Supreme Court to issue a summons to the Deputy-Commissioner to show cause, he had no alternative but to give judgment for the Deputy-Commissioner, with costs.

A novel balance sheet is published in a late Government Gazette. With all due circumlocution it sets forth to be the Balance Sheet of the Ngaruawahia Domain Board up to the 31st December, 1879. Uunder the heading Dr. it shows — To receipts, nil ; under the bead of Cr. — By expenditure, nil. R. R. Hunt, Chairman And the correctness of these intricate accounts is vouched for by C. T. Batkin, Assistant Comptroller and Auditor, who signs that they have been examined and fouud correct. The Secretary and other officials of this body can scarcely be over burdened with work, if the above is a sample of the usual balance sheets.

It is not often that a clairvoyant comes off so triumphantly as a young lady named Louie, who claims the possession of second sight, did at Nottingham the other day. It appears that a Mr William Nicholl, a well-known man on the turf, without absolutely expressing disbelief as to the young lady's powers, declared himself sufficiently incredulous to offer Louie a £5 note, provided she could tell its number and the bank on which it was drawn. The challenge was instantly accepted the correct number and name of the bank given without a moment's hesitation, and the note was handed to the fair artiste amid much applause. The lady certainly deserved it. A H jasian Nihilist in England has offered the following plea for the justice of the attempted assassination of the Czar :— "English journals," writes the Russian, " are making a mighty to-do about the 'atrocious' attempt on the Tsar. They cry out because we have striven to slay the good Alexander. Let us see how logical they are. A man named Paine ia being tried for his life for having given a woman brandy in order that she might drink herself to death ; at least, this is what is alleged of him. Should be be condemned, not one of them will have a word of pity, and his condemnation will certainly not be called 'atrocious.' Now, in 1862 a powerful teetotal movement began in Russia, and as every solemn pledge is taken—according to custom— in church, the priests were obliged to assist the community. The new ' disease ' spread very rapidly and the effects on the revenue were becoming apparent. Whereupon the Tsar issued a ukase commanding the dissolution of the Society of Abstainers, and the apostles o£ temperance were forced either to keep absolute silence or to work secretly. In one case a single woman is the victim ; in the otber case eighty millions of our countrymen are refused all release from the national vice of drunkeness which ia destroying our peasantry body and soul. The English writers condemn Paine and called the Tsar blessed, although the latter has a hundred crimes on bis shoulders equal to the crime of crushing the temperance movement."