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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 322, 6 November 1875, Page 3

Thebe has been fearful mortality among the infants of New York. The largest church edifice on the Am riean continent is the Cathedral of Mexico, which is 500 feet in length and 420 feet in breadth. It was ninety-four years in building—from 1573 to 1667. WE learn tb it intelligence has been rel ec’.vcd in Auckland by the last mail, that * the Rev. Father Hickey (who some three or four years ago visited this city) is likely to be Archbishop Croke's successor as the Homan Catholic Bishop of Auckland.— A". Z. Herald. The Nelson Times, in an interesting description of Webley’s Cloth Factory at Nelson, states that at the present time the factory is able to turn out rather more than 1500 yards per month, or say from 15,000 to 18,000 yards per annum, and tuis can be done by working only eight hours per diem. Thb Melbourne Argus says : —Some time ago three young lads named Hogan' and two brothers Swanwick were implicated in a robbery in Geelong West. A book has since been found, shewing that they had formed themselves into an association, under the title of “ Tae Scarlet Riders.” Articles of agreement were drawn up, by which they solemnly pledged themselves not to divulge anything about their partnership under penalty of a fine. Neither of them was to rob ou his own account, or touch any article in the plant, a list of the articles contained iii which was also found in the book. The articles of association were signed, Colonel Stamford (late P. Hogan), secretary of the Scarlet Riders. Hogan was formerly in the service of .11 r. Ellis, tailor, Melbourne, and in the pocket of the book has been discovered a certificate of good character as an errand boy. Dbbbaudikg the Pbixteb. — Snyder in the Coromandel jfaii, says : —"To give a customer a receipt on a written bill head instead of a printed one subjects the Tradesman to a penalty of £lOO with six months’ hard labour, the first six weeks to be in solitary confinement upon bread and water. We do not think the punishment is sufficiently severe. The law should be made more stringent. Tne man who writes out his own bill heads instead of having them printed would be capable of committing auy crime that hud to be found chronicled in the Newgate Calender.” Fbeemasosby at Rome. —Garibaldi was unable, through illness, to be present at the opening of the Masonic- Lodge at Civita Vecchia. The proceedings commenced at nine o’clock on Tuesday evening. Signor Mazzoni, the Grand Master, made an impressive speech, vindicating the essentially constitutional character of Italian Masonry. The Lodge is named after Ferrucio, the hero of Italian independence in the 16th century. A brilliant banquet followed, and the toast of the Universal Craft was enthusiastically received. Among the Lodges represented were three Homan, and the newly-founded lodge of Orbeteilo.