MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 1, 19 April 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wo ((Thames Star)' nro informed by a gcntlbman who witnessed tho doparturo of the mail stoamor from Aucklnud yostordays that cvory berth iv the saloon was o.i&' Hi\«oil. A good numbor of tho passongor vniv) officora of tho army and nary who lmvo rocoived peremptory orders- to join their rogimouts- in tho one case, and ropnrti tliomsolves for serwico in tho other. TIIOBO Kontlomon ,vpho lmvo boeo scattered about throuKh the colonies arc now making thoir wiy homo as expoditicusly aspossiblo— somo of them, possibly, in hopes, that a> European, war will afford (horn that opportunity of distinguishing thomsolrofl- which tho last twonty years of 11 piping timos of poaco " has denied tliom. Tho oane of Itobort Jacobson, or a» ho ohosc to stylo himself, " Count Mourn viofF," who was scntonood U> a yoar's imprisonmont for obtaining goods on fulso protencos, affords (says tho Wellington Post) another illustration of tho uttor 1 uanlcssnoss and folly of tho wollnto^do people at homo sending out thor family sonpograros to tho Colony with tho idea that they wi(l turn over anew loaf mid do bettor This- Jacobsen, if such bo his real namo, was supplied with suffloent funds to llvo upon in a modost way. If thcro had bcen> any storting metal in him he-would haromade his wayintosomo sphere* of usofutnoss. But hohad'a tasto for succulent dinners, unlimited oham<* pngnc, flush hon3es, and extravagant living generally, the indulgonco in- which led him into swindling, and loft him- in tho grasp of tho law. Tho Colonies nro n bad plnoo to send out suoh men to. At homo, if thoy begin to go wrong, thoro are ffionds and social influonoos to restrain them, and lead thorn- back to a right course. There- oro- no suoh. things in tho caso of tho strnngor in the- Colonies. If through weakness,, wickodnoss,. lnziness, or dissi* patiotu suoh a young man is likoly to go wrong,. lu> ia allowed to do so without l&t or hindrattoo. Vorily, tho Cblony is no plnoe for such as Jacobson. Tho following extract from tho Sporting Gazotto, January 19th, referring to a woll-known Victorian Sportmnn who rooontly loft tho colony on a visit to tho old country, will no doubt bo road with interest, and tho hero of tho story easily

identified. " 11. H. " writing "Oi Is in 1 en-Is from thp Mi Ibinds " siys : — )u ■T'lMtnrv Oth tlto Py tohley mm* ♦•> v\ r .-•- leHon, where th***" w»s a tnut, mv» I / culled ion to nvot th»>m, the croiH 'n'm ; greater from its hi'tng known tint fli,» Kmpivss of Austria would in all pr<>hibility l)o there. My attention win .spo* cially culled to a m>n very well- got up na to his boots nnd brtvehoq, hut with ■» kind of saueep'in looking nlfijr on. tit.» tooof his k*ad — heaven only knows, how ho keep* it thoi'o— on a loan bony thoMiig i» brod : with a long- tail, who wis o.illo I, i.i derision. I expect, Old Virginny; nn-1 1 certainly both his stc>»d, his straight whipwith' a nink tassol nttnt'h'nd *o if,, an I lux / remnrkihlo got up, were suluVicnt to ii.vite com motifs not, nltOi?ollior of n ohii.. plimontnry order from a crowd with ti-n.) on tlioir hands, «■» those had, nnd.an< inclination for ohnff I was tol I tlint both. liorso nnd intin woro Australians, nml Uio owner of the horso it is suit!, lias great, hopes of winning the Liverpool with lii i. If they nro lo bo ronliscrf, 1 think 'h? horso has n urciit d«*al lo loam lv»foiv tlcv cn'l of Mnroh, for I saw him sitoppo I at n littlo placo a dotikoy oould have i» it oyor. Th" Tuapeka Times of sn*s : — " Mining operations «t the l)\w> JSpuc .ro uo»v in full swinß. With mn; or t v<>exceptions, all the cluims arc I'uily cmployerV, anil are iloiti'f nMna'^jilily well. — Messrs Hnlos nn<\ Himle at, the h 'iriwiin^" of tlvo week hml'tlieir nnunl monthly wmsli • up, and rumor hath it; that (lie resuli, ujis i\ handsome oako of retorted -aold ne.nrlv (VlOoz. in we>Klit.— The (.Treat Ksionde.l' Comptiny n"o busily employed crushing. With twenty head of heavy sttmnorsthey aro in position to ' put through ' m\ onormous quaniily of stud 1 daily. Tlic niao.hinory recently erected works smoot'ny and «ives the utmost siitisfiii-tion. — -Tlio Otago Company continue to prosecuiotheir labors with «ood results, and tho samo romarks apply to Morrison and' Company, who aro working full' tinn. Thn Persovorunce Company is reported to bedoing oxoc«"dingly well. Livin^stono and' Company who Imro boon idlo for some timo, owin^r to their w iter supply hiiving boon out off to fai'litn'o ilio eonttruotion of tho AmnlgMmnt'.'<V C^mp.nies 1 piping, intend to resume o icrntions in tho eonrsc of a day or two, — Th- North of livlandl party, despite their ill«luck, li^e reas into roposo n\oro<'ot»li ifneotn ih'-ir ur.mud.. Thorn is ti lik«3liho »d, we are ini'oi'un'd, of this party's pluck and porsovoraneo beinjj rofnrdod hnilsotiiolv ore long. They have a Awn \v\n-U employed, an I their prospoots are very oncnnra^iiu. — Tho Kip «nd Tiar 'claim (Grieve s) is. paying well, and the fort un ato proprie'fjr hns no cnuso to oomo aiu with his. monthly returns.— T : io NeU>n Dtrnpany me making gook progress with 'he erection of additional ma-liincfy. Tlu?y antieip'Ue hitving tln'i I) itt.ory in in iti >n toward tl^| end of ne\t w-e I ."