MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 217, 17 January 1877, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Whilst worktop their elaim^k Dsurkie'* Terrace Creek, Charleston, <« Monday last, Messrs Dalian] »ud Campion cam* aorosx a cash-box buried under about tea feet of tailings. Hie state of the to* showed that it bad been forced open, and oa raising the lid same portion of inex* pensive jewellery and a number of totters (some bearing the post mark of tea year* ago) were found is a fair state of prater* ration, and from their contents it was an* parent they belonged to Mr Akswortlu Some four or five yean ago the box, $m* taining jewellery, letters, and papers was stolen from the Bobin Hood Hotel, and there is no doubt that th* thief, after appropriating what he fancied, threw the bos into the creek, where the- tailing* subsequently covered ii to the depth before stated. We hear that some papers relating to landed property which were iiv the box at the time of the theft are not amongst the recovered treasures. The Charleston Herald has changed hands, Mr John Tyrrell having disposed of his interest to Messrs. Dottman and Dwau, who will ia future carry on thebusiness. The Wellington Argus Company have held their annual meeting, and ate per* feetly satisfied with the position and prospects of the paper. The New Zealand Times, too, is said to be jiroftimiipfr favorably. . ADnnedin telegram tothePost gitee the following sporting information*-* Transactions on the JDunedia Cap during the past fortnight have beeu but far, mainly owing to tin departure of anf bookmakers* to Auckland, Maroro atiil nominally heads the list tt 7to 1. but none but the easily imposts npoft drtttt of backing him at that prioe. Ten to one is alt that is Obtainable about King £fc3Qp. Gay fawkes and Teopleton are nearly as good favorites as Yeeod's honet Fsngawerwere and Eight Bow» havt been steadily backed, aaagnine snpportett of Mr Cootnbes' horsebelngmoreeonfident than ever this yean t» they know that if any man can get bin on* Day, hit present trainer can. Three»year-oMs are not much fancied at present, and 80 to l oaa bt* get about any of them save Yaroa. Apntite letter ha« been received from MeHmorn* sUting that four of the Victorian nominalionß—Cleolite> Spring Jack* Stiletto, and King— may be expected over shortly, which improves the proipeot of having a good field. | A rather peculiar case came before the Licensing Bench at Kelson lately. The police alleged as against an applicant for the transfer of an hotel license to himself that he was living with another man't wife. Applicant's solicitor explained tnit the woman had bees deserted by her husband eight years ago, and that the man she was living with was willing to marry her if the law allowed, adding thai his (the solicitor*) opinion had W«

tulced is jthe matter, but that he had no \ ' y«t had time to make up his mi&4 wha advice to give. If a womans' husbant was absent without her hearing of hit tint seven ye«rs%sbe could marry agai; without laying herself «peu to a charge c bigamy, although if the fint husband wer eventually to torn up the second marriag would be invalid. The Court decide* Under tne circumstances to adjourn for month, promising if at the endoftha time the parties were married, the transfe should be granted. The honour of tbe best Centennial job it aocordW to the Emperor of Brazi; On learning the number of revolutions 0 the great Corlass engine at th Philadelphia Exhibition per minute, h said, "That beats our South Americai Republics." The Legislature of Victoria has decide* that it is not desirable tkttf brewers shouk be interested in pablichouse property and in the new Licensing Act there is i prOTiaion imposing a fine £8 per dayfo every day during which any brewer i directly or indirectly interested in men than one public-house. 7he argument used in favor of this provision is thai brewers being owners of publio-heusei encourage the sale of bad beer, Mrs Daniel Goldgcbmidt'a well deve< loped bust attracted the admiration ant curiosity of a eustom*honse officer in New York the other day, as she stepped ashore from a German steamer, and he her over to a lady inspector, who found £2,000 worth of jewellery in the place whew the wool ought to grow. The latest costume for emancipated women in tbe United States is more remarkable for simplicity than eleganeei It is to be called the " Emancipated Cosh tome," and is the Invention of Mrs Gear* ing, and though ii was cold in summer, Mrs Oaring found it warm in winter. The new garment (says the New York Herald) is made all in one piece— tuoio and trousers combined— and like the icebouse of the inventor, is lined with saw* dust ; and Mrs Gearing maintains that in extremely hot and cold weather, a layer of sawdust evenly disposed about the person will make the wearer perfectly comfortable. "In proportion as the tern« perature of the atmosphere rises or sinks to the neighbourhood of 65 deg. Fahren* * beit, the quantity of sawdust may, we are assured, " be regulated until the weather » feels neither too hot nor too cold." Thus clothed a lady would need but one dress for all seasons of the year, and could adapt her clothing to meet the most sud« den changes of the weather by merely taking in or letting out more sawdust. The London correspondent of the Argus, writing oa September 29th, states that v considerable sensation had been produced \ daring the previous week by the loss of a i large number of foreign bonds in their transmission from the London Stock Exchange to Paris. Tbe value is said to exceed £40,000. The theft is supposed to have been, the result of a well-organised plan. Many Russian bonds are inoluded % the baton, and as most, if not all of those lost are "To bearer," ifr will be extremely difficult to apprehend the thieves. The bonds were sent over the London, Chatham, and Dover, and the Northern of France Bailways, bat where or when the abstraction took place it is not even approximately known. The loss of the property may lead to a peculiar . action at law, for most of the valuables were insured, and as the police cannot discover wherthei- they were abstracted while paising over the English or the French railway, the question is as to who shall be N4 liable for the loss. The amount is large enough to provoke a serious dispute. A good story comes from Takapau. A few days ago the landlord of an hotel in , that part of the district was playing at quoits with a few friends in front of his hotel when, a swagstnan came up and asked for lodgings. He was told by the land-* lord to go to the taproom, where he could obtain refreshment. When the tramp entered the bar, he found it unoccupied, jtncf perceiving the tilMwx, hesteathily attempted to draw it out with the object ,of counting the landlord's takings. Fortunately for the landlord, but unfortunately tot the mgsman, the till waian American Patent Alarum one, and when 4 taken hold of by the tramp, gave vent to • / a sound similar to that of an alarum clock, That was heard by those who were with the landlord, who on being informed ol the oirettmstande, rushed to nis bar, whew be found the inquisitive individual standing aghast with wonder and alarm, ' with bis hand still on the handle of th. r till. The landlord soon recovered bin 1 ft from his stupor by administering to him t P lesson which he will remember for son* time, and then bade him depart from hit nospiiable threshold. He left a wiser, bti a sadder man. Mr Gapes has been elected Mayor 0 Chris ttfhuroh, Dr Bouse of Lyttelton, am Mr. Ellen of Baisdou