MISCELLANEOUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 93, 14 March 1885, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Still lots of distinguished visitors. Swans live over J6O years. A barn full of oats has been burnt down at Hope, Ht;leon Sign of the Times —Three charges of arson in one week. What benevolent "blokes" we have in charge of the Benevol«t society ! It costs over a £1,000 a year to keep and clean the Crown jewels of England. iNew !*outh Wales Patliament is to meet on the 17th inst. The Gairlooh brings a ?eco id lot of excurpioni^s from New P y mouth. A beer exhibition is to be opened at Vienna next month. A French proteasor says blue eyes are destined to disappear from Europe. England last year imported £5 000,000 woi th of cheese. The Rimuraka tnoK from Wellington I 6,000 carcases of frozen mutton. The dog licensing fees in Paris reach £20,000 per annum A chilly operation is kissing a lady on her snowy brow. I The one answer to all criticism, the best test of all wotk is result. I Thame-. Mutual Imps have decided that it would be wrong to go to the Soudan. A youth h&* just been fined £5 at Christchurch for disturbing the Salvation Army. The magic tiddler and his "wizard" i agent are to be at the Thames on tbe 21st int>t ; It is proposed to extend the Exhibition building at Wellington, and receive appli cations tor space till 3 1st in.-t In the cricket match, Wellington v. Nelson, played at the Empire City, the home team weie victors by 191 runs. Two boxing matches are to"come off in Dunedin shortly for £25 and £50 a-side respectively. Mr Brillance is rough on th* Soudan Volunteers. He says a lot of them are known to be " mere loafers " Te Whiti has declined (without thanks) Tawhiao's invitation to a meeting at Whatiwhatihoe. Tom Long, the Napier hangman, has had a nanow e;-cape tiom decapitation on the railway The Rev W. T. Carter, of Adelaide, is to retire from the pulpit for one year in con sequence of the elopement of his wire. 'I he Committee of Canterbury Agricul- ! tural Association have decided that a more cummodiou- show #iound i- need^. W. W Priicha»d a commie-ion ayent, ha*« committed s-uiuide ai Timaiu by taking arsenic Th« proposal to Bend a team of New Zealand bowlers to the b astt-r tourn ment at vielbourne has collups d The 'Benevolent" rxe'-utivpexpeotnmHn t<< net a- -ecretary and find a Queen street I'ffice for £40 a year. • attic fmm v\ nitara bv the new steamer (4«irlnch aie d«liveied in Auckland sale\ards within 17 hour- of leaving Taian-iki. Mi K-ad Governor ol V\ ellington Gaol, who is h's years o' *ge ha< h> en call' r) un to ie j iern ■ n no.jount ot a^e. He has held the popi*"ioi' t«>r 25 >ears. Tl>e number of passenger- who travelled h v rail in 1883 wa> 3 000 "00 000 or more th -n tw j >utue\s for every pert-on on ihe earth. p '-tor Goo<lall <"i Wellington eavs it t< about t tiiHul'-n ump^ mure diffivuit to 'eciiii' .i ronvi'-tton under the pie-ent Lice siiiiT \Ct thin under the old A«'f The i><th i a s' P»r«dHH is at Venice Hv'S' wh • glow I >it tin- re»'iictfd hours o SitawMil em <d viihenv\ t.i le^rn that thi ir" at c iftS ol Venice, Flonan's, on the piaiza of St. Murk— has never been clo»ed, nisiht or day, for one hundred and fifty years. Ihe syndicata which recently acquired the Wai w era estate are displaying some enterprise in catering for the pleasure of the visitors to their aanatoriutn An order has been given to Mr Bailey to construct a steam launch about 4<'ft in length, sft deep, and Bft. wide. She will be used for picnic parses and probably for landing passengers. The engines from the Custom' launch, i will be utilised for the new boat.