General News.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3914, 15 July 1881, Page 3

General News.

On Thursday night at Lancefield Sir B. O'liOUghUn addreissed a large meeting of the electors;of the district. In the conrse of thi speech, the Premier expounded the policy that the new Ministry proposed to adop. He regretted that any remission of'tiiititfti at th* present time was impossible. Government, he said, proposed daring the forthcoming session to read «H)jtt#tbtf>l«id*ax bwith sMe^to include city properto, He announced that Parlia sto authorised a new loan of £4,000,000 for publtc works at an early d»te, that it was intended to extend the area of,land 1 which selectors were permft^ltf lSjold; and that a RoyalCpmtnis■iail ipoiila'be: appointed to enquire into oi^eworlcine of tbe KEducation Act. With regard to the tariff, Sir B-yan gave his pledge that the principles on which it was based should not be touched, and, id conthat the watchwords of his ' party were " Peace " and " Progress ' The Taieri Advocate is responsible for 1 the ifollowibg:-"A most amusing affair occurred at. Waihola recently. A gentleman met a J ypung lady acquaintance at the railway station, and he noticed that she was carrying in her arms what he thought was^ai.baby.- Being aware that tte lady was, ; nnjnarried, he thought he , t «m rentitled to deal in a little banter about her' 1 first,' when he was stopped by the remark, 'Hush! Don't speak so loud.;, it isn't a baby. Look! He did look, and behold ! what he imagined to be a baby proved to be a very fineiiare carefully wrapped up in baby's clothing. The hare had been presented to the lady, but »he had been cautioned that as hares were not then ioseason she was to take care that she was not detected carrying it. Her woman's wit came to the rescue, and she had devised the above most ingenious fcheme." ... ■ - ■ _„ „ . vThe^wjiterof" London Town Talk in Ac' Iran*:*ay*:—Here is the best thing trouble has given us. A. "Lwd League pratOMaddressing a crowd, *Mi*O«mng them in high-falutin terms <i4imbi*tUMt .Creator had .given the land to ln'anifrtaMlfodwii: He Rave it to Adam first"-—— «• Arrah, be aisy about Adam, exclaimed a warning voice from among the m^fSpfamWWemcted without comi /a^' c £flntrj! correspondent having written bio laV American editor asking "What do yon feed your cows during the winter? „,receiv«4#g fejlowtojrreply :-What do ' we feed ouitcows?. Good man, we have ,nojsowa- r andif! neob&dy they would eat ;!;'r«xchiwawVpld'newspaper wrappers, and originalnianuseript poems, or go hungry. Sona the taste of anything else would they get out of this office.