MISCELLANEOUS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2690, 2 November 1881, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

During the sitting of the Church of England f Assembly at the Diocesan Assembly, William street, Melbourne, a thief entered the lobby and walked off with a quantity of property valued at about £SO.

They have a queer custom down in Fiji, A lady who keeps a licensed house in Suva had to get permission from the Court to play sacred music on the piano in her house on Sunday evening.

The gross receipts of the Melbourne Exhibition were £359,916, and the expenditure to June 30, £318,441. When accounts are finally squared up the balance will be reduced to about £3OO.

“ I’m sure,” said a confiding old lady, “ that ray son never drinks anything at night, because he’s always so awfully thirsty in the morning.” “ Come, Bob, how much have you cleared by your speculation?” “Cleared,” answered Bob with a frown, “ why, I’ve cleared my pockets.” Some crusty, rusty, musty, feisty, dusty, gusty curraodgeon of a man gave the following toast at a celebration :—“ Our fire-engines—may they he like our old maids—ever ready, but never wanted.”

“The mainspring of Italian music in the eighteenth century,” says a recent writer, “ was the exclusive and passionate worship of the human voice." But Italian music has experienced a change. Its mainspring is now in a box, and is worked with a handle.