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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1165, 3 October 1882, Page 2

; Amongst recent .additions to the Zoologij cal Society’s collection of living animals is a ■ young nude African elephant, which now occupies the stall in the elephant house lately I vacated by the much-lainented “Jumbo.” j “Jingo,” as he has been named, in view of ! recent events, is at present young in years, I aud small in stature, being only 4ft 2in. in i height, ami weighing 700;bs. He is, howI ever, without blemish or defect of any kind, : aud is perfectly tame and gentle. In course j of time it is hoped thao he might attain the ; full dimensions of his predecessor. “Jingo” was captured by Ai.d)sin Upper Nubia about three or four years of age. The match between two Wanganui slaughtermen, arranged some days ago, hus come off, and is thus reported by the : “Chronicle;”—lL Elly, in the employ of i Mr Firman, aud R. Percival, employed by Mr Caddy, had a match for £lO a side as to which could dress a bullock ond six sheep in the best manner and the quickest time. Elly aud Percival having selected their sheep—the former taking five wethers aud one ewe, and the latter three of each—Percival won the toss for start aud choice of bullock. 'The contest v/as then entered upon with the following result: —Percival, bullock, lamin, osecs ; sheep, 24min. 4Ssee. Elly, bullock, lomin. 4sec.; sheep, 22min. 30sec. So far as time was concerned, Elly therefore was ahead by 2min 19see, but as his dressing of I of the beef was considered by the judgei to | be inferior to his rival’s, he was declared winner by lOsecs, only. The result ap- ! peared to give satisfaction, and both men were cheered, a collection being made on the ground for the losing man. The betting was even at the start, and it is estimated that about £390 changed hands over the contest. The Mansion House Egyptian Refugee ' Fund amounted, at the end of July, to ! £6OOO. , Monsignore Virture, many years Roman I Catholic Chaplain to the forces at Malta, has j been consecrated Bishop of Portsmouth.

I An additional million had to be tacked on to : Mr Gladstone’s war credit vote of £1,300,000. ■ in consequence of the inaction of France and ' Turkey. Barrow-in-Furness has promised £2.000 , towards a statue of the late Lord Frederick Cavendish. The Duchess of Cambridge has completed her 35th year. The Dean of Wells sends to the “ Guardian,” a letter he has addressed to Mrs Booth, auknowle bring the receipt of some of that lady’s writings. He re cognises in them a mind after the pattern of our Sav'.our’.i, ami enlarges upon scvaral points , which struck him forcibly. The other day at a meeting of the Salvation Army at Chatham, a sucker infoi ned his hearers that he had be.<.s bad as they were, and that for twenty v<: irs he h.,d been 'in the Devil’s service. Why, the :,” asked a practical non-coinmissioned odiccr who was listening, “ why did you not serve a year

, longer, when you would hav e got a full pension and a long service medal ?” The “ Dunstan Times ” says that during the hearing of a disputed wages account in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Alexandra, j Mr F. J. Wilson, solicitor, stated for the ; benefit of the litigantsand fur general inforI mation, that agreements between employers j and emnloyces do not require stamps, and ! as the fact is not generally known, we make i a special item of it. 1 Mr William Ellerslie Wallace died sud- > denly at Otaki the other day. He was the | eldest son of the late Mr John Wallace, ami ; brother to Mr J. H. Wallace, of Wellington. I He was one of the pioneer New Zealand I Company settlers, having arrived in the I Colony in 1840, in the ship Glenbervie. A somewhat strange incidents reported to I have occurred at the Royal Ho’-se Artillery ■ athletic sports in Dublin, at which the Lord , Lieutenant was present. The greasy-pole competition, after much diversion, was won , by a driver named Baker, who, on reaching ; the top of the police, surprised everybody bj • shouting loudly, “ Three cheers for Parnell I” He was ordered down, and marched i under escort to the guard-room.