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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 430, 22 November 1876, Page 2

The Good Templars of England form a temperance army of 135,0 X). A newexplosivematerialcalled" tonite," or cotton powder, has been tried successfully at Haddington, Scotlaud. It may not be generally known, says the Wexford Independent , that the eagle, raven, aud parrot are each centenarians. A fat nrm can sit ou the thumb nail of the statute of the Goddess of Liberty to be erected in New York harbour by the French and Americans. Dr B. W. Richardson's idea of a sanitary city, which he called “ Hygeia," is probably to be put into practice on the Sussex coast, where an eligible site has been secured.

It is announced that the Rev. Dr Wallace, of Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh, has succeeded the late Mr Russel as editor of the Edinburgh Scotsman, at a salary of £2OOO per annum. All men are now agreed that the six days of creation were periods of indefinite extent. They are not solar days, for evening happened and morning happened three times over before the suu was created.

It would appear says the New Zealand Herald that the praiseworthy efforts put forth by Sergeant Armstrong, of Awanui for the discovery of the natives who set fire to Mr Walker’s premises at Awanui, upwards of two months, ago, are to be frustrated by the Native Department, whose mysterious proceedings no one can fathom. It would appear from what has lately transpired at that part of the East Coast, that in the event of the incendiar* ies being discovered—of which there is no doubt—the Government will not sanction their being prosecuted, on the ground that were such a course pursued, a native disturbance would be created, as had been the case in April last, when Mr Walker's cattle had been illegally taken possession of and sold by natives, whose conduct in the matter was extremely reprehensible. The inference, therefore, is that the incendiaries will not be brought to even ifthe evidenceasto their guilt sliouhflj be ever so strong: unless, indeed Walker insists upon prosecuting them, which it is to be hoped he will, and thus spurn any offer of compromise of the felony that may be made to him.