MISCELLANEOUS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 628, 25 November 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr Sims Reeves' greatest success during his present provincial tour has been made in "Icaunot say good-bye." Mr Alexander Brogden, the eminent railway contractor, was a passenger to New Zealand by the last' Frisco mail. He intends to visit Wellington shortly, and will be interviewed by the promoters of. the West Coast railway, to see if he can ; help them in any way to carry outijjtke construction of the line. . ■ :^' .

A short time since a nia'u went to a police station in London and applied for a warrant against the I'rince of Wales for having shot his sister. The police ran him in on a charge of lunacy.

It has been decided to discontinuethe practice of keeping post-office savings batiks open on Saturday evenings, on and after the 3th of next month. The offices at ■Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, and Diinedin will be made exceptions, however. One of those venemous black spiders! so well known in the colonies bit a little girl, on the arm, at Mount Gambier, \South Australia, a short time ago, and notwithstanding all efforts to save her she died from the effect? of the bite. '■' - The reckless gambling at London Clubs has become a scandal, for'scarcely a week passes that the quarrels of the alleged gentlemanly gamblers do not extend to the' police-court. •. •A profound aenaatisn was caused throughout England when it was stated, on apparently good authority, that dishonest practices had prevailed at the last title match at Wimbledon. Servant Marshman of the Royal Marines has been tried by cairrt.martial for fraudulent ' marking and has been acquitted This news will be gladly received by Englishmen all over the world.

The house still stands in Salem, (U.S.)', built about 1632, by Roger Williams, in which is a low room, with solid oak beams and timbers, where the witches' trials were held, and whence many victims were led nut to die.

The widow of the Jewish Cologne banker, Baron Abraham von. OppeWieim,who in 1870 gave the munuficent sum 0f£160,000 for the wounded,' has just bestowed £30,000 for an hospital for poor children of all professions, in memory of her late Jijisband. During the 12 months ending August 31 of this year, there were imported intp the United Kingdom'about sixty million Gwt. of wheat, about thirty-two rnilliqn cwt. of maize, fifteen and Uialf million cwt of oats, and twelve and a-half million owt of barley. In a recent issue we advised the farmers of this district to plant maize af a rotation crop. -From the above figures it will be leen that there Jb a very large market for it at home, .

Keminkobnceb on vvwuwroif.-ln the year 1845 & worthy citizen pioriqed his way with Borne difficulty, through fern and ti-tree to Te Aro i?lat facing iii : search of ■tii'er'aur's veyor's peg which had bqeo driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spot was ereoted.a small house, in which ajery successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long siuce retired from the scene to the land of their birth-