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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2325, 4 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

.'" Adam and Eve" has been a failure at the .Vaudeville Theatre, Paris. These are the same parties who were failures in' the Garden of Eden. ' Thk Rev. Joseph Berry preaching at Trinity Church/ Napier, the' other day, caused a laugh by saying', "It would be a good thing for us if we could'oftener .forget'all mankind'and think more of the units of mankind ' that are close to us. Never mind about all mankind being embraced ; what about the servant girl n ; your kitchen." ; Most of the mediaeval artists who re-' presented Moses painted him with horns upon his head. Tins arose from a mistranslation of the Hebrew word htran, which in the Vulgate was translated cornuta or horned, but which really meant rays of light darting out in the manner in which the sun was formerly represented in the rude woodcuts of early almanacs. Our translation, " his face shone," does not givo the full force of the original. Qoekn Victoria's coachmakers at Derby, Messr Holmes, hare just' renovated one of her majesty's six state carriages, in preparation for the functions of the jubilee year. The door handles and armorial bearings are of gold, as also are the crest and Order of S. Geortfo upon the roof. The body of the earraige is of vermillion mixed with gold, and even the ironwork and springs are gilt. Representations of the crown and garter are amonfr the adorn - ments of the equipage, which is lined with blue silk. No fewer thau 4000 leaves of gold were used in the decoration. Mb Hay'tKß, the Australian statist, estimates the population.of Australasia at the end of 1886 at' 3,186,082, the variouscolonies being as follows':—Victoria, 1,033,052 ; New South Wales, ]j030,762 ; Queensland, 313,703; South Australia, 312,439 ; Western ■' ■ ■ Australia, 40,035; Tasmania, 137,211 ; and New Zealand, 689,366. South Australia shows a decrease of 984 persons, all the other colonies showing, substanial increases; Victoria is the most thickly populated', the proportion of personsto the square mile'being .11-75, Now 'Zealand'coming next -with 5-65. The percentago to the square mile for the ■whole of the colonies is given at 1.13.