FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 134, 5 April 1879, Page 2

FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

The ‘ Argus' says that sir Chinique is an (.'ld m.m who speaks English fluently, but with a strong IHueh accent, and apart Uv;u the attacks he makes on the Roman t'.it'.'uflies, his preaching would not attract l\v the capture of the Hatfield bushrangers tAm.-table Ivresford receives £‘3o, and is promoted to be Senior Constable, w ith increased pay ; Power receives £2O, ;;:ul is promoted to be a constable of the firs; class, with increased pay. Chas. Hay has received. £SO. Special letters of e.’•.amend.-.non have also boon sent to the A curious story is told about the recent exhibition of tae electric light on the Victoriouso in' Sydney Harbor. It is said that tho light was found suddenly to illuminate Lady Macquarie’s chair, and that a middleaged gentleman who had not been observed previously was noticed by the bystanders in the very act of kissing a e.dv. \\ hatovor the reason, he suddenly look to his heels. The mar.,_ we can imagine, is one of the firmest believers in the benefits of gas in Sydney. IIoi.I.OWAYS OiNTMEXT AXD PILLS. — (Had Tidings. —Some constitutions have a lendeney to rheumatism, and are throughout the year borne down by its protractesjjP tortures' Let all sufferers bathe tl» v affected parts with warm brine, and afterwards rub in this soothing Ointment. They will find it the best means of lessening their agony, and, assisted by Holloway’s Pills, the surest way of overcoming their disease. More need not be said than to request a few days’ trial of this safe ami soothing treatment, by which the disease will ultimately bo swept away. Pains that would make a giant shudder are assuaged without difficulty by Holloway’s easy and inexpensive remedies, which comfort by mode-atiug the throbbing vessels and calming the excited nerves.

During the discussion in the Nev.South Wales AssembA in reference to me ration contracts in gaols and otner public institutions, Mr M‘E!hono assm-ted that the contracts were got up in sm-h a way as to throw them into the hands of dishonest speculators. Mr Kidman, one ox • the contractors, called from the gallery, P“ It’s a lie,” and he was ejected, Sir Homy Parkes, finding that the House had no power to bring tin 1 offender before the . gb.-ir, moved that the Attorney-General itahike proceedings against him. After a discussion, the motion was carried.