MISCELLANEOUS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1381, 20 August 1885, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

It don't pay to hunt for good luck. Luck iz a subtle thing, and but fu kno it when they fiud it. Tallent allwuz travels in tho wake ov genius, picking up what iz karelessly dropt bi tho wayside. General M'lvor has tinned up in Brisbane, where he is endeavouring to organise another New Guinea expedition. Messrs Blackwood and Sons are about to publish "The Tory Policy of the Marquis of Salisbury," by Mr Philip H. Bagenal. Countess Von Hobenevvks isn't a handsome name, but it is the incog, under which the Empress of Austria travels. "Rogues and Vagabonds," a seiies of the waysides of life, by Mr George H. Sims, will be issued by Messrs Chat to and Windus immediately. It may look strange on the face ov it, but there are lots ov people in the world who have spent half their lives trieing to take the eight spot with the seven. The cadet of a large English iirm contemplates starting an earthenware manufactory in New Zsaland. The precise location has not been fixed yet. The Russian Government has issued an order forbidding the newspapers to make any reference whatever to the action of Russia in the Afghan affair. The Turkish Government has sent 1700 troops to Salonica, on account of the threatening attitude of Russia on the Bulgarian frontier.