GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 40, 14 November 1868, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

The liOngw^ood. diggings are turain 0 ' out well. The Oferepuki-coTrespdnffenl" • of the Southland Times sats one party will, on washing, out, net something i&e £12 a man per week. "" ~" A new steamer -called the.Antrijn._ has been launched on Lake "Wakatip. , A large distillery jn cpna^Qn with a manufactory of sugar from beetroot is to- be star-ted.at Eangitikei. A house was lately set fire to by the heat of the sun at Comrie, Scotland, Truman & Hanbury, Buxton, have on hand the enormous- amount of £7000 in. copper money. They want the mint to take it back for reisiue/ - but the authorities don't spem to see it. An old nigger washerwoman has been awarded the French Academy's prize for virtue. School boys in,- Russia — lucky fellows — have 255 holidays in the year. The Barb and Victorian Tim Whiffler have been scratched for tbe Melbourne Clip. Sidney Tim' "WhifHer is first favourite, closely followed in the betting by Ragpicker; Fly,' arid Little Fish. A Chinese newspaper has been established in Melbourne. The shares^ of the Almanda Silver Mining Company, Adelaide, have risen £8" The news from the Gympie fields is more favourable. The Prince of Wales birthday waa celebrated in Dunedin by a Forrester's fete, a Volunteer eompe' ition, and an excu-sion to the Maori Kaik. The compositors employed on the West Coast Times have struck work, owing to a proposed reduction of wages. At the recent meeting of the British Association at Oxford, Miss Becker, of Manchester, read- a paper in defence of woman's equality with man amid loud applause. The yield' of gold in some of tae claims at the Thames appears to be very rich, as we learn from the Soirthem Gross that in Kelly's, claim 8,307 oz. had been obtained for five weeks' crusihing j in the G-olden Crown, 2,524 07.. from 97 tons of stones ; the Manukau, 353 oz. from 25 tons ; tie Lucky Hit, 77.JDZ. from 1 cwt. ; and the Prince of "Wales is- yielding at the rate of 20 oz. to the ton, An attempt was made recently by a lunatic to assassinate Baron Hausman, the famous Prefect of the Seine. The street cars of New Orleans are now propelled by compressed air. A dispute is going on at home between some of the most eminent medical men whether castor-oil is- $r is not beneficial in cases of diarrhoea. In Liverpool some time ago, a child £ot hold of a bottle of brandy, and drank part of its contents. Death was the result of this infantile spree. £100,000 worth of property has been destroyed in Lisbon by a great fire. A severe shock of earthquake wasfelt at Tarariaki on the 18th inst. It caused damage to the amount of £5,000. The Executive Council of New South Wales have replied to the suggestions of the Duke of Buckingham by refusing to amend the Treason Felony Bill. A miner named Strange walked from the G-ympie to Ballarat, a distance of 1700 miles. The time is not stated. - ' The Revising-Barristers in England have pronounced the claims of women to the Suffrage illegal ; but have permitted an appeal to the Courts of Law. Tbe Bank of New Zealand, has declared a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum. H.M. ships Warrior (ironclad) and Royal Oak (turret) came into collision on the 14th August. Tiie damage done was not serious,- and no lives were lost. Last year 56,000,000 cigars were consumed in France. , The Mormon President, Brigham Youngj, does not seem to have any objection to turning an honest penny. He has taken the contract for the con^ struction of the Utah portion of the Pacific Railway. The keeper of tho buffet at tlie Railway Station, Bale, charged Queen Victoria and a suite of thirty persons 700 francs (£2B) for a breakfast of coffee, eggs, and cold. meat. Another Ritualistic clergyman has joined the Church of Rome. The cattle plague has broken out in Illinois, U.S., great numbers of cattle have perished, or been destroyed. A French general was recently arrested in Cork on suspicion of being a. Fenian. He was released with an •i^olqgy when the mistake was <&bcovei^v The ra^ & m © n © championship qf the Thames wa? rowed betwqen-Percy, of Newcastle-on-Tyi:^ and Kelly, o| Putney. Percy was an etfcj winner. It is said that Jefferson Davis intends becoming-a-partner. injfehfijnejr,cantile firih .of Fr4seg, * Tr^nhojmej & Co,, wbjc;a, wUJ in future be cajl|d Fraier, tkeno'r&X^ '■ r £ '-O «*s 11, Septland has 'just acquired a sewjfe peer uT'.iJie; pgnx>a''of -the Dakt'Bf Birckmajfeim ' yrho h^B-,sUcce6Bfiilly establisaecThis claim tqtho^-tMf! of Lord Kinloss. ' ''" ' ' c ? The Fiji excitement isragiqg in Melbourne to such an extent that another steamer has been laid on the berth for Levuka. It is announced that excursion tickets will be issued, on this occasion, for the benefit both of- pleasureseekers and of parties desirous of visiting the islands before making un.. $heir minds to settle there,