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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 403, 27 September 1876, Page 2

The Bay of Plenty Times states that the carp liberated in Lake Rotorua, about a year ago, can now be seen in thousands, enjoying themselves in water almost too hot to bear one’s hand in. It is a noteworthy fact, says the Wellington Post, that the large majority of the foreign immigrants arrive here provided with some kind of firearms, revolvers being the favorite weapon. The Auckland Star of the 18th Sept, saye It was publicly announced in the Roman Catholic Churches yesterday, that the Rev. Father Fynes, has been re-ap-pointed Vicar-General of the diocese, by Bishop Moran ; a position to which lie was appointed by Bishop Croke, prior to his leaving Auckland. The Otago Daily Times having made an inaccurate statement with reference to Dr.Featherston’s duel," AnOldldentity” writes to the editor of the Taranaki Herald as follows : “ Permit me to correct an error inyournoticeof Dr. Featherston’s life. The duel you speak of took place not with Mr Edward Gibbon Wakefield, but with Colonel William Wakefield, then principal agent of the New Zealand Company. The seconds were Mr John Dorset, aud Mr (now Sir) Francis Dillon Bell. No one was wounded." A New Deodoriser.—Dr. Goolden, in a recent paper in the Lancet, recommends nitrate of lead as a most effective deodoriser. Bad smells from whatever cause are removed as if by magic by its use. A pound of the material, costing less than a shilling, and in combination with common salt, furnishes sufficient to make nearly 400 gallons of fluid, so that it is also remarkably cheap. To prepare for use, take for ordinary purposes half a drachm of nitrate of lead, dissolve it in a pint or more of boiling water, dissolve about two drachms of common salt in a pail or bucket of water, pour tha two solutions together and allow the sediment to settle. A cloth dipped in this liquid and hung up will sweeten a foetid atmosphere immediately. The value of such a discovery for many purposes, medical as well as domestic, is incalculable. The Wealth oe New South Wales. —Referring to the prospect of the squatters during the approaching shearing season, the Hay Standard writes I There will be shorn in New South Wales this year 1876 upwards of 25,000,000 sheep, yieldingapproximately above 125,000,000 lbs. of wool, equal in value, at Is. per lb., to £6,250,000 sterling. £3,500,000 sterling every year is a good nest-egg even fora wealthydependency of Great Britain The cost of shearing this vast lot of sheep at 20s. per 100, about the average price, would be £125,000.