MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 43, 14 June 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho Now Zealand Herald l says :•— " \mongst th" Maori* it in- thought thnt a salary of IVJOO n year is- too- nmnll for Tiwhiao, while Knropoans nro generally of opinion that JSIO-n weok is handsome for doing nothing to- a man who has no-position-to maintain, and who does notr need to koep a gig to vouch for bis respectability, whodoos not drink, nnd whoso favorite food is potatoes and pork.. Itis contended, however, that 'LW'iiao has a position to maintain, and that h-« must bohospitable, while, as bo has I'-ur wives,, horo must bo many sudden demands on his purse. We shall soo wl< -ther tho Waikutoswill stipulate for a higher salary for Tawhaio, and ifi tbey do, « ilab reasons will thoy civo.''* Pope Loo XIII has sanctioned- a plan, for tho conversion of Central Afv *a whioh was propared by Cardinal Fram'-i whilePrefect of Iho Pi-opagnnda. TUo- rain* sionary work bus been entrusted • » a eon* greuntion established somo yen™ ago by M. liavigerioat Algiers. TW"lv<> ii.^ion— aries have already left for Z'<»7. 'eir, and it is exported that they will b • a hie toleave in April' to leavo for the inten >r. P. Livinsne will take charge of •'"■ 'Missions. to ho established on Lakes V-ctoria 'md' Albort P. Parcel wiU fix his hen.lipiart.TS on the Tanganyika : and it is proposed' to push forward os far ns tho capital of Musta Yanvo. whioh miuht certainly be renehod far more easily from the west coast. Tlio missionaries hire been- instructed in tho uso of soiontifib ins'ruments. nnd whatever benefit tho negroes mny derive from the oxistoneoof this mission, geocraphy is almost certain to profit from them. The vaunted Roorosy of tho ballot has reeoived a rudo shook at Mcl bourne. At tlio Easter sports on Iho Agricultural! Society's gronnd a saveloy man vondod his lollies, pies, and bakod pofatoos ia ballot, papers which had heen used at tho Collingwood eleotion. How those papers had got beyond official control was n mvstory, and that thore had boon laxity somewhere wns evident.' Tho dotoon'vos having investigated tho matter, stato that the returning oflloer for Collingwood (tho lato Mr Mnokenzic), wbo, immediately after the eleotion, sbould have lodged tho papors nt Parliament House, omitted that part of his duty : and thnt after his death tho papors wero troatcd as rubbish, and eventually found their way to tho dustcart. Tliey wore found ori tho corporation dust heaps by tho saveloy man, who, appreciating the raluo of paper, took poss session of tbem, nnd scrupled not to uso them for wrapping up his dolionoios. Tho Wellington Cbroniclo says thnt it mny not bo generally known that thoro is nny differonoo between tbo social positions of the bucthor,tho bnkor>.nnd tho draper, bnt it appears there is. An interesting young lady, whilo walking with an equally interesting and fascinating gent lonian(who by tho way, she had not often soon before) told her companion, who bad offered to tako her to a ball, that sho could not go '■ because butchers nnd bakers wero to bo nllowod to bo prosont/ She in* formed him thnt sho would not mind' attending tho bnll if only drnpora were to bo nllowod to bo prosont, but sho drow tho line nt butchers and bakers. She apparently considered Mint drapers occupied n much higher social rank tban othor tradesmen. Rut sho wns also a young lady who stood on " etiquette.' When her companion nskod bor to take his ami she roplicd, 'Ob, I never tako youo£

gont!«n»"n'-< ir-iH but somotimis young gent'lo nen i<i'<f> nii"M !' ' Crtii you lei me linvn vn no money this morni'ig to purchase a ip'W b<>nuct my donr P' -' By an I bye, love.'— Hill's wlmt you always *ny mv love, inn how o-ui 1 buy and buy wit'iou* ni »nu,y P'— And tliit hrought th,rmonoy, imt, us uno good ium doHorvot another, fler wit wos so suaoosifu! thn sho tried «K'iiu tho next week—' I wnnt m-iiiey, my door, to buy a now dress.'—' Woll you can't have it. You called mo a hour lust. night,' suid hor husband.—' Oh, woll, dear, you know it was only beoauso you wero fond of hugging.'—lt hit him just ri«ht ng'iin, aid sho got tho money and something extra, He left his pretty wife and hurried off to business saying, ' It tokos a fortune to koep such a wife, but it's worth it.' Tiro Count and Countess do Cham^ hord, having boon given to understand that thoy would bo Teeoiyed nt tho Vatican moroly n« privato persons, abandoned a contemplated journey of congratulation to tbo Pope. Admiral Commorell is exercising a right of search strictly in the ansa of nil ships eonvng to Gallipoli, all of which aro bourdod by British naval offiuoM, who do not permit any debarkation of goods or passongow until tho ship is oxumiuod. Russian papers state* that thoy hnvo no doubt tho British (loot could force ita way into 'lie Blank Sea even in caso thoy oooupied the European shoros of tho B.»B|>horou«. Since the publicity of Lord Salisbury's despatch acom-vloto ehango has takon placo iv tho Turkish policy, which Imi boon becoming pro-Russian, but it is now thoroughly English. Tho advaqco of tho Rtifisiann in tho neighborhood of Buykudero has boon Htnyed.aud tho Turks have re-occupiod it in strong fotoe, and nro throwing up fortifications ou tho land sido, They hayonlaoan entrenched camp at Illaspay. botween Buyukdoro and the Capi* tni, with 70,000 mou. Osmnn Pasha ia command-r-in-chiof, and Multtar chief of tho staff Genoral SkoboloiT was ontortaincd by Onn-<iiUGenoral Fnwcott at Confltantinopleon the Ist ii It., a distinguished party mooting him. Genontl SkoboloiT said ho should vory much rogrofc a war with England, and would conddor it most unfortunate for his country. On vhe 7th Genoral Skoboloffgavfl n return dinner, at which many English were present. Several Russian general* expressed thoir grout mm fur puaee. Thojr had hud enough of war A niival committee' is sitting at tho Admiralty revising tho stoam tactics nnd evolutions of tho fl«ot. A new code is also boing prepared for uso in in the navy, which would rondo r the present ono useless if it fell into tho hands of a foreign powor. Tho mon of tho reserve nro coming in with great alacrity. The old sailing lino-of-batr,h» ships nro being surveyed und prepared for hospital ships iv the Mediterranean, Lord Nitiicr of Magdala. ond Sir Gurnet Wolselv are in communication with tho War Ofiice, A telegraph line has boon laid aoross tuo Sea of Marmora, complotiug telegraph communication with Malta, Admiral Ffornpy'a fleet ban boon re* Unforced by tho arrival of the Devuntotinn.