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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 113, 13 December 1873, Page 3

A Danbury saw-filer always wears wadding in his ears when at work, so as not to disturb his neighbors.

Me. Fenton, the Chief Judge of the Native Lands Court, the Hawke's Hay Herald hears, is about to go home on a long leave of absence, with the view of ultimately retiring from the office. Judge Smith, it is said, is also about to retire on his pension.

Talking of the element of religion entering into election contests, one of a small knot of electors enquired of an insurance official recently, “ What is religion ?” “ Religion,” replied Mr. 8., “ why religion is an insurance against fire in the next world.” It is rather a bad sign that so many prefer to take the risks themselves, and decline to pay the premium.

Professor HochsteTter in a letter to Mr. Nattrass, of Nelson, says :—lf I was not bound at present by my situation and a numerous family, I would have set out before this on a visit to New Zealand, to be convinced by my own eyes of the progress made and to see again dear old friends. Perhaps this will be possible in after years, in the evening of my life. At least this is a wish I always have, and which receives a mighty incitation whenever I see in such kind letters as yours, that I have not been entirely forgotten in New Zealand.

As to bonnets and. hats, some of our readers (the Graphic remarks) will hear with surprise that specimens were shown at the Vienna Exhibition .made of glass! The time is probably at hand when our bonnets and windows may be cleaned at the same time. A contemporary states that “ the hat is made of loose pieces of glass, fastened closely together by a gutta-percha band, which allows it to conform to the head. Inside there is a lining of silk, and the trimmings are various, being for the most part birds and flowers A bonneVmade o f glass weighs but a few ounces is vary .durable, because rain cannot spot it, and the cost’ thereof is small.”