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Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 18, 13 November 1878, Page 3

The Paris Exhibition. —At the Paris Exhibition, Mr Kuorpp, C.E., of Wellington, was awarded a bronze medal for a j cabinet of dried plants ; and Mr Dougin ! M'Lean, of Napier, a silver medal, for an j exhibit of wool, Maori weapons, &c. Only four or five exhibits were sent from New Zealand altogether. N.Z. Tblegrapiis.—The revenue of the Telegraph Department during the year ending September 30, amounted to about ±*75,000, showing an increase of about 4:9000 ou the previous year. During the i year 175 miles of line carrying 272 miles of wire have been erected, besides the j addition of 340 miles of existing lines. Is is True ? —A contemporary is responsible for the following : —A singular scandal has been caused by some thieves ! breaking into the Dunedin Temperance Hall and abstracting from the Good Templars’ refreshment room a promiscuous assortment of grog, consisting of brandy, hollands, and champagne. Then and Now. The Wairarapa Standard says : —“ The advancement of civilisation has necessitated in many cases the use of two bolts being put on the doors of dwelling-houses besides the ordinary lock, in the Empire City. In the early days of the settlement of Wellington it was frequently the case that customers would go iuto a shop, and finding the shopman out, would help themselves, and put the money in the till.” Those were the days when Wellington resembled the parents of the heroes in yellow-covered novels, and was poor but ! hppetq.." j