ODDS AND ENDS.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 52, 31 May 1884, Page 6

ODDS AND ENDS.

The cry of Aucklanders— Give us a (political) rest ! , The gas-man always sings in long meter. A murderous habit— Killing time. There are 200 Chinamen in England, j Brought up on the bottle— The label. Tramways are being introduced in Fiji. There are 2,500 000 volumes in the French National Library. Mr M. W. Green, M.H.R., is in favour of land nationalisation. A shop and six-roomed house were burned down near Timara on Friday last. Something that should never be lost, yet seldom kept — A bad temper. Austin, Lewis & Co., Dunedin, have failed. What the potter says to the clay— Be ware. New Zealand produces five million gallons of beer annually. Two Auckland Head-masters are in "sack "-cloth. The coal mines at Russell turn out 100 tons daily. When is a man almost sure to be hounded down ? — As soon as he goes to the dogß. London wool market maintains its healthy tone, Complaints are made of sheep-worrying by dogs in the suburban districts. Cure for tightness of chests— Work and economy. Mr Geo. Thorne, junr., now threatens to be a " thorn in the flesh " to his friend the Premier. An International Forestry Exhibition is to be held at Edinburgh in July next. The retail price of eggs in Christchurch is Is 6d per dozen. Sir George Grey's platform — No immigration, land taxation, and "population." Lord Roseberry's motion on the recidiviste question will be brought up in Parliament on 30th June next. Oamaru Athletic Club held their gymnastic sports on Saturday, amid cold and wet, and in presence of few spectators. On Saturday night Mr M, W. Green, M.H.R., received a vote of confidence at North Dunedin. Oscar Wilde asserts that his poetry will be read when Shakespeare is forgotten. Possibly, but not before. J. Lockwood has been kilted by a train on the Canterbury railway line near Heathcote Station. The French National Library had its nucleus formed as far back as the time of Charlemagne. A Sydney clothier bought up £1,400 worth of Oriental Bank notes at from 12s 6d to 17s Gd per pound. At Timaru the other day, a boy of 10 years of age was picked up in the streets in an unconscious state from drink. The Earl of Northbrook, First Lord of the Admiralty, and 37 of his relatives, fill 60 places, and have received £797,000 of public money. The " Otago Daily Times " says that too much reading of "Progress and Poverty" has made both sides of the House mad on the land question. Why did the 'orny-'anded cheer the g.o.m. last night when he called them "whipped hounds?" They rather seemed to like it. "Jewish persecution" in Auckland — The City Schools Committee will not allow Jewish children to leave the public schools early each Wednesday to get lessons in Hebrew. The reason that New Zealand editors so seldom visit Europe is because they dislike to have their wives mistaken for professional beauties. Boring with the diamond drill, the Springfield Colliery Co., Canterbury, have passed through four workable seams of coal —the lowest at 454 feet deep, being of good quality. Close on 30,000 sheep have been taken out of the Hawke's Bay district this season to supplythe Wellington markets. Siberia now has a comic paper. But if common report be true the paper is the only comic thing in Siberia. Three violent deaths, all accidental, took place in New Zealand during April last. Since August last no fewer than six persons have received fatal injuries from tram engines and cars in Dunedin, Christchurch, and Wellington. It is a pity that the contest between Mr Rees and Sir Julius Vogel is not to come off so that the colony might have witnessed what the " Rangitikei Advocate " calls a fight between brass and brains. With the profits accruing from watered milk the milkman's wife buys watered silk. Mr Parnell proposes to raise £40,000 to pay Irish members of Parliament, who though patriotic are too poor to live in London on politics. Sir F. Whitaker has been retained on behalf of Mr Geo. Thorne, junr., in his action against the Government. The amount claimed is £4,000 for breach of contract, and £409 for commissions alleged to be due. Mr Pisteur has discovered that, by inoculation with virus taken from mad dogs, he can render all dogs absolutely safe from rabies. " What's in an aim ?" remarked Jones, as he fired at a burglar and put a bullet through the hall clock. Wellington people have no faith in the Premier's " depopulation " theory. This is how a birth is announced in the " Post :" — " Skinner. —The cry is still, "They come." On the 10th May, at New town, the wife of W. Skinner of a son."