ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 89, 3 August 1876, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

■ thcu'y has been. some talk (the " Tuapeka Tlmuß " Mays) during the Municipal elecof gasworks for Lawrence, but if gas not be manufactured at a ehea(>«r Ito till"- 11 at tnverc:ir;/ill, we fear the pro- ; wt would not receive moej* eneortrageiiuiit. Tltt> " Southland Times" says : vClio difference between the cost of gas Kerosene is still a matter ot con--interest to the citizens ot' Inver,ll%'ill. Jfotwithstanding the reduction Luntly made in the price of gas by the ;„n)o«i,fckm, it appears that an establishing can &tiU # b«3T move cheapty lighted by than by gas. For example, in OT »f the hotels iiv town, seven burners JU I seven kerosene lamps were kept kitted t'<>r ftve hoars every night during lm whole of last month, and the money ,Irish the landlord expended on kerosene il wits ft, whereas his gas bill amounted, IV states. to i/l r»s : A Very tangible difyl'oncu. i 11. X circumstance has been reported to 1m Melbourne "Argus" which shows that In, comity which should exist, between limited public institutions is not always liainfcained. Some time ago the comnittou of the fteefton Hospital, New Zeamid, sought the assistance of the eomBilto of the Melbourne Hospital to select t suitable met I teal man for the post of cjiiiunt surgeon. The selection was marie, ; ml intimation of the fact with particulars kid aolrt' tefßeefton. No repty whatever w aunt Ho the letter. After waiting for „iiu time the committee of the Mei(iiinio Hospital, to terminate the uncerliaty in which the medical gentleman : juotuii wits left, telegraphed to JKeefton, lion the answer was obtained that a man id been appointed to the post. It is utlly likely that the authorities who Wteil the committee of another institumi in. so uncivil and discreditable a way onld venture to solicit similar aid on any Iture oscasion. Tim captain held his own. His ship was lly a coaster, but he wits a man above opinion. Me had a cheque to cash about fortnight ago, and he cashed it. Next Drning be received a tetter from a bank uutgutt requesting a call. He never had ipt a bank account, and was divided in j mind whether he was goin-f to be koil a management or whether some impious friend had paid in £I,OOt> to i credit. He hurried to the baxtk, and twdily introduced himself to the manager. l)h r yes, glad to see you. I suppose yon ,va wOjiG to pay that £2O the tetter gave i hi yesterday in excess of the.£fo*jtte you osentud I* This took him abauk. for a imient,, but he at once truthfully- and lorgatkally denied any excess 0f.,-.pay- ; ant. " Oh, but there must have been 1 tiiu specific payment is noted on the back tliu cheque." This was too much for d suitor. So he intimated, in terms of ! sohitt) directness, that that manager per- | rted the truth in saying so much, adding, Look here, Mister, how seldom have you : arcl of a shipmaster being .brought up i f robbing his. employer {—how often bank i irka, tellars, and even managers l" And m that aon al Neptune was advised to OT those premises, which he proceeded Id'o with the studied leisure of a man In would have given £."* for somebody in lit bank to try and hurry him. But they \n'k

Tllti Melbourne '* Argus " of the 22nd ; learns, by tetegfaph, that the steamer •ue-Atoon, engaged by the various AusiitHV (lovemineivtS- to. nan with cable !Bsng«» between E'wrt Darwin and Baniwangie, arrivett at Port D-.vrwin on wlnesday afternoon, at twenty minutes it six o'clock. In the absence of any iisfnotory information regarding the ;Hlitiorv of the cabte between Java and

igapori;, we scarcely know when to exct Eriropean intelligence by the Ly-ee-Jim, but under the : most favorable ciririßtjvnc'iss ten or twelve days must elapse fi>i'o she can return t» Port Darwin with smutches,

" Mimkey " is the latest ternt of enttearunt by which of the ladies of Caverurn dusignate each otb,er9|husbands. At u Policu Court 'Monday, two married miios, bearing tfift Somewhat eitphonious nius of Cox .and ftic, confronted each liw us litigants. Their husbands had li'chuscfi jointly a section of lanti ; liip titriveti to secure the frontage, and Cox k put in the background. Mrs. Cox jrn erulwavoured to secure a right-of-way,

lareupon Mrs. Rip declared war. She iso by marching in fijont of Cox's restiiw with a cudgel, threatening to storm » citadel. i>n Mrs. Cox making her puiffance with a chitil in he.r arms, she facuostkui with, '* Well, what has MonJfjfjt now to find fault with I" Monkey, explained, was the term familiarly pliuil to Mrs.. Cox's husband. Sttbaeintly Mrs. Rip, threatened her neighh head with an axe, and Mrs. Cox

felt dreadfully crtli tip." The Bench ®jl it necessary to compel Mrs. Rip t»> "in peace, ao they bound her over in tafcintial securities to keep it. 4 West Coast paper say* ;—" Another fcrous incident occurred on Saturday St. Kill la wad leaving the I*uttki 'Ppiny wharf. An intending passenger • tawing behind an unsatisfied elvmi, | the creditor determined to make one jMtfort. An employe of Jttie estab™s&t was dispatched with instructions the levanter .it «lt risks. When NWifttuur bailiff arrived on the scene * Earner was just leaving her moors'' An angry disputation took place on " jhatf r which was unexpectedly tenntm by {hu debtor nwiktng one bold effort the steamer. But Nemeats had ' (> t his coat tails, which had therefore sacrificed,, now representing the«i« received. The next cry was, *"\Vhere ®s- ticket r' But from the inmost re--8«s of the crown of his hat the indlsJtobt© pasteboard was trinrnnhantlv pro!B(f r and the steamer hauled off, the ler party heing left lamenting.

I It is a popular idea that lodging-house [ keepers have a lieu on the goods of their [ lodgers for money due by them for board and residence. That this is an erroneous notion is well known to lawyers, but his Honor Mr. District Judge Dowling pointed it «>ut again in the case of Kelly v. Skerret, tried before him in Sydney recently. Hotelkeepers have this lien, so have artificers on goods made up by them; bankers have a general lien on the moneys and securities of their customers ; an« -soiicitors on the papers, deeds, and mopey of their clients in their hands ; and a similar rule applies in other cases by custom, by Act of Parliament, or by special agreement. But neither regular lodging-house keepers nor persons who may give occasional board or residence to lodgers, not being mere wayfarers, have any claim to the property which may be brought on the premises by thoae (persons; nor can they sett atlch property to pay themselves the amount due by their lodgers. The rule is worth making a note of. »