MISCELLANEOUS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7072, 18 February 1893, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Farkee’ oldest living son is 50 and his youngeet one year. tb : wands of hairpins, in many been recovered from Pompeii, of Bavam, who is 19 years g been forbidden by his grandfather ballet girl, bus caused a sensation away wibli her. language is dying out. Teu people spoke Irish only. !n were 88,000. In 188* there war - could speak Irish and English, there were only 643,000. More, Northamptonshire, years ago, threatens to return. the bed ot the Mure, which was iu England, was out up into farms gradually sinking, and engineer* Hava been commenced to preregion from being submerged immigration returns up to January showed that the colory year then ended lost 6000 souls instead of having an influx as year of 1000 In the last Australia has taken 3 764 * u Victoria gained Zealand/ she lost to her 840 that an attempt on a largo to be made to distribute over the populated provinces of European agricultural population of districts. It is authoritatively two and a half millions of able* in the central provinces are or any means of livelihood, are now to be offered special settle on agricultural land in of the empire where the not eo congested. squabble was lately in probetween the local hotel the managers of the different centering on the World’s (fair meeting was called by the upon the railway companies tickets to the World’s Fair most prominent speakers at some of the bo'el-keepers bad a great deal to say of citizens to make the The railway officials to make a reduction in their thirty per cent if the hoteleduce their charges twenty this was caarying the paa too far to suit the ”of ( bicago, and withthey treatjd this counter piece of impertinence, to manage their own own way, and charge what one imi.viduul tersely put for my health, and ,r Oongress,” And the railthat if this patriotic railway goose and hotel make any reduction