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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 476, 31 May 1890, Page 3

A man being in want of a coat called upon a tailor of the Jewish persuasion for the purpose of investing in one. He tried several, bub could not find one to fit him. At last he ventured to say that the tailor could not fit him. “Not fit you!” cried he, pulling the coab up tight at the back, “ vy, it fits you like de paper on de vail.”

Mr Call is the Isaac Newton Watt of Melbourne—the gentleman who loses all respect for human nature in presiding over the City Police Court. The public has just received a shock to learn of the very sad death of his wife by burning. Mr Call has been an influenza victim, and was away from home for a change when the occurrence took place. The occupants of the house on Friday night were Mrs Call, her two daughters, and the servant. About half-past 10 on that night tho two Misses Call went into their mother’s bed-room to say good-night to her, and found her in bed reading a book with a candle burning on a small table near the side of the bed. Next morning Mrs Call was found by the servant dead on the floor of her bedroom, into which entrance could not at first be made for the dense smoke. It is supposed that Mrs Call fell asleep while reading, and that in some way the bedclothes caught fire. She must have been awakened by smelling the burning material, and probably while attempting to make her escape from the room she was suffocated by tho smoke and fell on the floor, where her charred body was subsequently discovered. There were no hangings to the bed, and there was therefore nothing to communicate the flames to the wall or ceiling. The deepest sympathy is felt for Mr Call and his family.—Melbourne correspondent of “ Otago Daily Times.” Respecting the unemployed in Sydney, a further report has been sent to the Premier bytheßoardappointedtosupervisethegranting of sleeping accommodation and rations. The report shows that on Friday night 168 men slept at the drill shed, Fort Macquarie, and that on Saturday at noon the ration of a small loaf of bread and jjlb cheese per man was served out to 160 men. On Saturday night 159 men slept at the sheds, and on Sunday afternoon 200 men received the ration, while on Sunday night 190 men were accommodated with sleepingquartersandl7B of them on Monday obtained the bread and cheese fare. Attention is called .in the report to the increasing numbers of men availing themselves of tho action of the Government, and the question is raised as to whether it is desirable to continue the rationing for any further period. It is pro bable that in a day or two the frugal meal will be discontinued. It may .be mentioned that of the 168 sleeping in the shed on Friday night 53 were recognised as persons who had received relief on former occasions.