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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2439, 12 January 1881, Page 4

An Irishman got out of his carriage at a railway station for refreshments, but the boll rang and the train left before he had finished Ids repast. “ Hould on !” cried Pat, as hhe ran like a madman after the car, “hould on, ye murthen old stame injin—ye’ve got a passenger on board that’s left behind.” A negro was suspected of surreptitiously meddling with a neighbour’s fruit, and being caught in a garden by moonlight, nonplussed his detectors,by raising his eye, clasjdng his hands, and piously exclaiming : —‘ Good heavens ! dis yere darkey can’t go nowhere to pray any more without bein’ sturbed. Twelve waitresses per annum arc married from the Sydney coffee houses. Norway’s carrying trade between America and Europe is increasing tremendously. The consumption of spirits in Great Britain continues to decline. The census returns show that fifteen millions in America never enter a church. The income tax valuation of Great Britain is now £134,000,000 higher than in 18(30.