MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume v, Issue 46, 21 June 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wo regret deeply to .co statements thai .gold bus boon discovered iv Wynnad. tho bent colJWproducing district of South India, nnd \b boing *workec| by tho '.' AJphft Mining Company." Tbo -world dpes not nood moro gold, and thp distyrbene , o \Yhiel\ ii profitable gpldfield woul«^ produeo in an India district might bb excessive Tbo. profits of tbo business will certainly not exceed thoso of coir wtylo their gambling character may attract hosts of Europeans, whom tho Madras Govern* ment may find it very drffioult to control. Wo .1,0 not, of course, vouch for tho reports, but wo beltovo, tbem, asTTio cxistonco of gold in tho South, as well as in Assam nnd the Punjab, baa long beou demonstrated. Tho nntivos, moro especially in tbo Punjab and Assam, mako a wretched living of tho search, but then thoy only wash tho surfaco-Sands, loaving tho "reefs" from which tho gold •» brought down, unattaokod. Tho Assam gold*boaring region is in thp contro, of a continent, and well out of tjho way, but tho' Wynnad roofs, if thoy turn out profitable, aro acoossiblo by railway within twolvo Bplos. As nn instanop of thp prosperity, of somo of tbo Chinoso traders in Sydnoy thp Evening Nows mentions that sovorM havo latoly brought down from China tlioir wives and families, In Cnatleroagh street thoro is a very happy family, nnd tho daughters, two in number, aged about sixtcon mid oif-Moon years, are a good, samplo of tho Chinoso beauty. 'Thoy aro . certainly very modest and of comely nppoaranoc, und otherwise! indicate good , breeding' Their dress does not inobulo ' thb* pull back,' to show tho form divine, , but is loose and (bwing. The hair which is vory long nnd black, and porhap* a * lilt'o wiroy (this aside), is drawn ti^bly , back from thb forehead, tied noatly with, j ribbon bohm. l, and allowed to fall grncofully over tho 'shoulders. A rose on tho side completes tbo adornment. Thoy 1 nppoar very shy, cvon" among tho -a hi to persons of their own" sex in tho neigh** -, bonvhood. Tlioir feature's aro very re- ,' gular, nnd soft in outline, aa a pah tng ; not tbo least ntlractivb feature is their ' liquid almond eyes, which bavo a moit i kirtdly bxprossioh. In justice to tho. Chinese, it ought to bo stated that thoso iii CaatloroaKh-atroet who aro married to, Kurope.ui women, hayo no disrbputablo homos, no broken-hearted wives, no rai»ced children. Thoir homes aro clean, with plants and flowers to tho very door, and tlioir children nro almost tho cleanest Iho best dressed, nnd host fod in tho, noiidibourhood. Tho Snn .ftmn Times says— Somo years ago, a physician well known bore** jiliiiuts, was culled to soon lady who was imported to be suffering with torrihlo pain, tlio physician hasfonod to thii residonoo oi' tho lady, and found.' her -in bed. Ho 1. -It her pulse, looked nt her loiikuo, and ■nnimonrod writing a proscription. Nho, sii.l, to him •'— * Doctor. I don t think you iin.lorstand mv case.' 'Oh yoa I do/ Mii.i' ho,'* I, understand it wry well.' All or n While tho lady ' rcmn'kod lo hin^ miain i .^Doctor, I don't think you know ••■.•hat's tW'.initter with mo ; ih.it. you unIpratuud: Ht-.iy oondition,' Tho doctor replied : ' tin yes Ido madam; I havo a patten lup towu f a young man,' just, iv yoiiVrdix ; suilering with tho 'a:* mo disSlT*..', ' A*& hour nf'orwurds tho Indy.'gava birth HI n ten pound boy. • * A' Detoit'boy s'ood nn nni roll.i, with a cord' attached to it, in a publii* door way. K.lbven persons thought that tho wtiibrolla was theirs, and carried it with them i tho Ipnßlh of tljo string. V**S . %»*\ suddonl'y dropped it, and wont iF without oneo looking back or stopping, to pick it, upngain. * ' ' Writing of nn inquest uv Sydney, tho, • Vagabond. rclatos : thnt som.*" amusing evidence wasr-ivon, Ono witne**'* described, tlm barman nt the hotel ns » '.cross botween a "wood -chopper and an etnptv botllo".' Tbc't'.'.rotier, ustonislp'd. as welj, he might b.>, demanded ' nn explanation. Well, you see sir,' Said Scot lie. ' ho' pusses his timo belwoen biii'uin« out, ; onipty holies and _ ehopj'iiitf wood.' : A not hor witness, a girl, nindo tmcon^ soiously a first-class' pun.' Mm was vory' rcticont and shy, ns fomnlos in such cases nro ant to bo, nnd Mr Want was rather' searcliing in bis questions. She giggled and blushed so Unit tlio Coroner jocosely ' said, • What is tho matter P, Mr Want is not winking at you' is ho P', 'Oh no sir its worao than thnt; bo's prossing mp' Iso-' X enll thnt very good for Manly. ~ Sir William Joryois (tho European Mail states) is now in London, and look* ing very woll aftor his trip to Australia, 110 boliovos thoro is a grout future for' tho Colonies if 'tho democrats can bo brought to understand that' thoir' interent lies, not in ofiprinf* a factious 'opposition to progress, but in doing their bbst; to promote useful aiid necessary works, nnd' in support ing. tho introduction of a useful class of immigrants.' His plans for tho .naval and military defences of tho Colonies, having been explained, havo 'own .generally endorsed by tho authorities, and if; ia hoped tht) t tho Colonies will lost) no timo in carrying thorn out. A remarkable enrthqunko ot. Tntinn, Now Hebrides, ia thus described in n Jotter addressed to tho Boy Dr Stool by tho Boy Thomas Noilaon, resident missionary nf; Port Resolution, and publNhod in tho Sydney Morning Herald :—" Ou tho l()th January, nt 7 o'clock a.m., wo had tlio most severe oarthquako that I hiivo ever experienced. A largo pice.> of land from tlio high bluff on tho west aido of tho harbor was thrown forward into tho son, Thia cniisbd 'a 'surge that was thrown over tho point on this -f*iilo of 'tho' harbor lo a perpendicular height of nbout ''.Oft, nnd wliich swept, ovorthmj--before it, and brought a oonnidorablo, quantity of fish high and dry upon the hind. .Nearly alt tho canoos in tho harbour belonging to tho natives wore <los« troyed. About two minutes aftor tho oarthquako a riso'of Iho'lnndaionr: tho wholo west sido of tbo harbor took jilaoo. to tho extent of about 20ft, This has" narrowed considerably tho effective an-' choraao in tho harbor. On tho Htb February, at half-past 12, noon, another oarthquako of soircoly so much violenoo occurred, nnd was followod by another, riso of laud on tho western sido of tho harbor to lbo extent of about 12ft, Somo.

roaka over which thero ueorl to bo soven or eight (ntlumfl of w.uer have boon thrown above nigh wnlor mnrk. Mr lolor-* non, a Irndor, who is living hero, has boon tnking soundings, and snys that tho onto tho harbor is ■till olpar. but yos^ls doming bore will nood to bo oareful, ns the harbor is muoh narrowed.' At ono of tho porformnnooa of tho Poloy Troupe, rooontty «if«» « Ooola h, Wflottth | W«l«. in, which M.s« K«to B»oley w»W »1« Blpnflm, on a half fnplt wiro rope. 800 ft long nnd.Spft hwh. iti awkward fix occurred which, whdo nngoroustotho lifo of this talon tor) nnd intrepid young lady, had also.a ludricma Hide to ft; Sho had just commenced walking tho' Wiro (reports the Mijdgoo Indopondont) whon a storm of wind and _, rain camo on of unusua strength, , the lightning playing UP alf ff w« ""'- Return she couUf not and hor only safe y Lby goingshcad, which sho did with Undoaful coolness When she rooohed About tho middle of tho wiro two pot Spips flew around her, chattering mty. Ono perched on her shojildor mko other °n the ond of her balance ffe, whft sho could not got n lof wiUjj Jut rnnning a sorioua risk o { J»« ibalanoo; Th? rain now foil in torrents ffd ft M«Stn«»K became moro twdly }M, and ip add to her terror the Wpio crouched on her shoulders, and Soancd out a la rnvon, * Lord have Cv upon us,' "whilst its male on ho S Tof' fho poo devoutly responded 'Amen j nh-haljie V Wm SWey crossed SSlt aod rpcpivecl thp onthus.astip planma thQ -prowd. Tiio magpies bo Wed to a yell-known Ooolah.tp, Mr 'Afchy I^endorsov, and thoy certainly do credit to' tlio m^ml Irainmg ho has put fihQta through.