EVEREBODY'S COLUMN.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 488, 6 July 1875, Page 2

EVEREBODY'S COLUMN.

We condense the following from the Auckland papers of yesterday : — General sickness prevails at Ohinefuuri. — The German Club has been revived in Anckland. — There was a heavy gale on Saturday night, the spray breaking over the wharf. The shipping- wa» co nuiderabty injured, panes of glass were blown out, sheets of corrugated iron and shutters were torn out, and fences were levelled. — A female vagrant named Eliza McGinn has been brought before Mr Beckham for the sixtyfourth time. — A Committee has been appointed at the Thames to secure increased representation in the General Assembly. — Mr J. B. Francis, who was ordered to pay back rates on the testimony of the City Collector, produced the receipt next day, and obtained a refund of the money with expenses. N.B. Keep old receipts. — A parcel of real Norwegian oats, which yield immense crops, has been received in Auckland.— A boy named Edward Paddington fell from the Supreme. Court tower and sustained severe injuries — The £ Cross " is the apologist of the railway*^nanagduie^t," and jL^ives quite a coltur tfe rose view 'tff the. "remedied' which have been applied. The "Herald" boUUv challenges an inquiry. — 624 immigrants came to the colony last quarter. — N. Z. Loan Mercantile Agency declared dividend of ten per cent. — "Pokeno," the pet dog of the 50th, who served in the Waikato, is engraved in the "GrapTttc." — Maoris, to Church of England in Auckland coutribttfed £1,409 during the past year. — The Alumbagh and Dover sailed for

Auckland in May with 772 immigrants. — T£e clergy of Church of England in England have agreed to discourage Sunday Minerals. — The '• Echo " says if Vogel does not reiurn there is no man that can lead his party. — It is stated that the four Superintendents of Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago will form an opposition, and when the Supply Bill is brought on, will endeavour to carry a motion that supplies be granted for six months only, of course resulting in a trial of strength. — The Poverty Bay " Standard " says there will be no more grants to Road Board Districts in the province of Auckland, there being no money. — It is proposed to establish a meteorological observatory at Gisborne. — The Waikanae bridge, province of Wellington, is rapidly approaching completion. — Many Tasmanians are removing to New Zealand, owing to the low rate of wages ruling there. — The telemeter, an instrument for measuring distances by the velocity of sound, has been adopted in America, — A man who had some difficulty in getting a subscription from a Tasraanian, banker towards a race fund, drew a cheque from his own bank, and opened a new account. That fetched the banker's sub scription. Next day, however, the artful turfit< drew one cheque and re-deposited his accouni to his own bank. — Potatoe flour is much in demanc in America. — A correspondent of the "Star" sayi Dr Pollen was formerly a brick-maker at the Whan and was frequently suitfUHMieH foY nonpayment o wages. — Some ignorantNius^caa iiftk AucfetaiM. sen tenced a child to be privaWy Vy^ w* *l°r hQyin< left the Industrial Home t6\visit a Mhefe who wai dying in Hospital. — An association called the Bab cock Fire Extinguishing Company has invented i machine which extinguishes fires by means of self generating carbonic acid gas. — The Provincial Coun cil of Otago has authorised an expenditure o £10,000 for free 'immigration. — Coromandel roadi are in ft wretched condition for want of fund to repair them. — A man named Cross has beei injured in Queen street by the sudden collapse o an embankment. — " More immigrants is, the cry at Oamaru. — The Otago Provincial Council hai voted £1,500 as a bonus to a paper manufactory.— George Giles, an Odd-Fellow of 37 years standing was recently buried at Dunedin. — A daughter o Mr. Andrew Craig fell over a cliff in Auckland and it is feared has suffered fracture of the brain.— At the Papakura R. M. Court in Elder v. Vince claim £1 l&^&t, j^dg<«ent^ % for plaintiff. — A Waiuku, Mi*. Maeefield *(as %finSA£s and costs fo tresspassing tcf-shoot^oh Mf . \/<ms^We's property Bennett, charged with assaulting A. Holmes, was fined £2. — The New South Wales Governmeni has arranged a temporary Frisco service for foui months. — Clothes-line offences are rife in Auckland — The entire horse, Young Noblen:an, died recently — The settlers of Woodside, Great South Road, pro test against being deprived of a daily mail owing to the opening of the railway. — It is said that a mania for em migration has set in amongst the farm servants in Kent. — H. M. S. Challenger has lately obtained soundings to an unprecedented depth. — The Australian u Sketcher" praises Sir George Grey's terseness in telegrams. — The Customs returns of the Colony shew that during the half-year ending June 30th, the amount collected was £121,946 10s Gd, against i*W8,445 Is for the corresponding period of 18><L S* _^ #-^