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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2445, 13 March 1888, Page 2

There is a curious story on record relating to dress improvers. It is said that one day last week "a lady ,- slept at an hotel in Birmingham, aud left behind her —hidden dctweeu the mattress of the bed —an " old fashioned bustle," very heavy, because it was stulfed with artialcs of jewellery valued at nearly £-00, each artiole having attached a small slip of vellum, which seems to he a tradesman's mark. The police have been looking for the " lady," but at present have not found her. They have a man in custody who is supposed to know moro than he cares to tell, and it is imagined that the jewellery forms part of the proceeds of burglaries in Melbourne, Victoria. Weekly state of tbs Waikato District Hospital for the week ending Saturday, the lOrh of March, ISS.S:—Remained from last week. 11; discharged, o ; remaining, S (7 males and 1 female.) General health of the Hospital, good. The Secretary of tho Waikato Hospital desirea to acknowledge with thank* the receipt of a quantity of fruit from the vestry of S. Stephen's Church, Taniahere, for the use of the Hospital. WiNTKit Fuk-xishin'u.—Sealskin. Tub (lerinan barque Juhanit has been burnt at sea, Part uf hor crew have been picked ui) !»nd landed at San Francisco. The shutting down of the furnaces of glass factories in tho United States and Canida has rendered 12,000 men idle. Till-; griul .secret ot getting on in the world—a secret which fnw have learned—is to know when tospoak, and especially when to koop "till. Messrs \V. J. Hunter and 00. will sell by auction about tho middle of April the farm belonging to Mr V,. B. Burdekin at Paterangi, containing 150 acres, together with the fu.rnitu.roj atock, &c.