PICKINGS AND GLEANINGS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 278, 14 March 1877, Page 3

PICKINGS AND GLEANINGS.

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' ABDICATIOX OF THE CZAR. | Once moivj tlio minor is received that tli« Czar w:il abdicate, or at least appoint ! his s.4i n-4<:nt for a prolonged period. i Alexander i.-j l>v n«» means an old man—- ! Uv v.iH b- «.:iu-\v.i -.n April 20 : lmt he is 'a v.iy Mi;lanc!t>»ly man. ilehas long | f.»nnd t'te catv.s oV his uinviekily empire an almost intolerable burden, and could he !.a\e bad his own wish he would ere this have laid aside his crown. He hates war ; but it lias been his destiny to have had a cotifuant succession of wars waged, often without his consent, for his generals w, re in the wilds of Central Asia beyond his control. Thcs-j have v.-ssd him, but a war in Europe would be afar more serious m.d.ter. T\.e hist broke down the iron constitution of his father,-who sank under it at the rge which his son has now rrnched. The Czarewitch is now in his 32nd rear—just in h's prime, that is. His would probably induce an important iiiodi'icat : on in foreign politics, f »r he is as French in his sympathies as his father is Germ:i:i. AND SO THE WHEEL TURNS ROUND. Tiie X>:v: Zealand Herald says :—" Anyone present at the departure of the Hero for Sydney, or the Wanaka tor the Southern ports, could not help being struck with the large niunoer of artisans and their families who were leaving the district, llv the former vessel there were no fewer than V2 to 1-t persons all told from the Thames, the bulk of whom had resided there f< r years, and were at last compeikd by thedullness of mining, and the absence "of other means of making a livelihood, to si-ek fresh fields and pastures new. Three or four, however, were bound for the old country, having been pretty successful in various tributes during the last IS months. On the other hand we noticed many who were recently brought into the coiintrv at the count.y's expense bound for New South WaK-s, not having found the Auckland district to their taste or the work m» plentiful litre as it had been lvpi-! sen e I to be in the old country. In the W;t:iaha wire several young men who came out in the Olenloia and Tliuriaitd Cattle with the intention of settling upon land, but, after a few weeks' rimbliite. have no seen anything they felt inclined to purchase.