MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume 19, 18 November 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wo lake Vhc following from lli« Chri«tchurch Press:— The Hnilw»v« Construe* lion Bill, n« originally introdujed by th < Mini«ler of Public Work*, and ti it ha* emorgod from tlio Lower Hou«*\ are two vory different measures, Wncn first brought under tlio notico of tho Home and (lie country it containd provision* of n most daugorotn ar.d tinprocedentori olim-hclor ; and us it now stands it is n harmless tncasii'O enough, and altogether unnecessary. Doforo it underwent tlioprocess of emasculation at thl» hands of tlio Lower Houso it liad all tho appearance of being a Hill having for its ol>j*cb tho Triilidrnvr d from tiio control of Far* liiinu>iit of I ho public works of tho colony, uti'l (lie gifing to MinUtors absolute poorer to decide which should be begun and finished »nd which ddayod. It did more, it uiini'd til throwing iuto tin) hands of MiniHtors unlimited power to gratify theic Iricndi nnd pluce tho public works of th* colony in tho hands of it fow luyo conIrnolorw. Tht» intention of tha Dill w>t so Bclf-ovi<to;it and Mmi.itciM l»«nj> solves hud «o liltlc to aiy in its de(Wnt<\ tliit the moMWMit it li(vi:iß> Apparent that it would bo oppoiod, tlu>y gim» I wny, without ovon making llio !cmt nhoar of fighting. Indeed, so thoroughly demo* rnlisotl Im* thn ' strong ' G-jvernuietit become, thnt thoy Invo »l> nulnnol nil show of principle. Although Mr At i*j*u • drew v few dayn before h nl regr«(te.l th» position tn'<e;i up by t!m jVo!*>n an I Mnrln.iroiigh members, nnd ulthouijh h» j oxprriHSo.l sorrow that I o eon! I n V» s<»o hn w.-«y to nuiko l\\«m parltcipain in hi* •iclipinc, he ncrorthlcsj was forced at the ln.it inomotU io puroh.Tso (hat rote (oc I'O I .'. OUJ, tlio estimated coit «>f cx!»n.iinj; tho iS'oL<on on J Foxhill railway sonu thirtoon miles, Wo nciirccly know whether tho nttompt of Ministers in tlio tir\l pl«c« tc tfflt into their own hinds tho absoluts control of some six or soron million* of monfly, or their subscqaeut conduct in connection with tho Hill, in moO desert* ing of rcprobait on. Hit both gar* un** I nrntJikonblo cridenoe of tho utlcr abs^ne* of political principlo. The full of Hoodol's head hrn nlmnsft coincided with tho introduction in'o th« ]3und«Brnth ot J.'rinoo Uitmnrok's new project of Inw ogtinsttho spread of tho Somliflt organisation, Tho Chnnoollor has doclinod to dopnrt from tho original position ho Axnumod in the lust Koiclistsg. K« doclincs Mornisij? Post) to jv.ifc muoli faith in public opinion, or in th > verdicts of jurymen, or in th« counter iniliionccs of discussion. All nssoei.it ions which hnvo tho object in view ofpr.>pa% Kntins Icnots mibrorsivc of socioty ar« to bo forbid lon, nnd forbidden by tho fiat of police nnlhority. Kvory tra'e which lend* itdolf to nny co«opcr.itio;) with the con-« detuned doctrinos is to h«ro over it tho constant uicnnro of ttummiry cxtinclion by the sororoi^Q will of tho police. The printer who prints n pamphlet in wLich tho police or other otlieins discorflt subvorsiro doctrine, wh.jteror that m\T be, tlio reslnurant kcop<?r who i;ives men' nnd drink to suspected Socialist?, nil mu»t drnnd tlio senteneo of tho police. Th« only appeal is to ft Star Chamber of vino hifih offiisials. Nojirywill bo tolorutod in tho mutter. The«j nnmsuros aro, in ■< dead drastic. Tlio only question U whethor thry nro likely to make matter* bettor ! Wlmt i» Socinliio» P It apponrs from t?to nnnnni Report of tho (.\>m.niissi»nor in Lunacy, inuod ny contljTi that the total number of re^is*orod luaatiej anl p'r^us of

**. ii miw i linn; >iimii.m Ki.ni. 1 1 mm, I «.,»uA..w w w )iiitid in K»»j»l-n» '••'n-1 VV/iloj on J,iniMW 1 Inn). wa« G8 S;V?, briivt nn inuren^o nf ,'J9')9 on tho'c ffliirncil (»r Jiinnary 1 XH77. Tho tntinbor of nvil" limntins wn« .51,021, nnd of fcinolu lunnfic* 37.5 H. 'J liv nniiner lunn!icn numbered fl'"),81fl, Ami 7fiPi/ nro doscribi'd m " prirair pationiß." This la«t r!iM» inclndus tho Holdior*, H.iilor", nnd crimirml nn<l othor lunitlios mnint/iinnil nt. Iho cxpcnuo of tlio Htiilo. Tho ratio of lunatic to flm population on Jnniury 1 la«t wan 27.57 per A corronpon lont informs Iho Eaho that t)\o hreakfHMt on tho ooension of tho Prin«e of Wnlos's vUit lo uavoil iho fstfltuo -)f tho Priiioo Conß^rt co<t £2000. Tlio ThaakupfirinK for the rwverv of tit* Princo of Wales cost £13.000. That, if>o, wai Iho amount spent, in tho roccp* lion of tho Emporor of Unsflifl, The Shah of Fursiia'H r^coptimi post £15.000. Th« Sultan* cost £30.000! Tho flowers nlono at the recopiion of tho Prinoo of Wal*9 on his return from JnYvi cost £2000. Tho banquet in honour of tho Cflfir £2070 Thfl uphol-tory bill whb vionrly £7000 ,mor<>. The eo«t of tho mam cards at Iho dinnpr wns £03. £170 wan spent in bands, £25 far whikls, £22 tor tfioved, £2^2 in RrHfnitiPß, and £7 viiifiM corkscivn's 1 Tlip- fl)w<M* nt tho Hlioli'h recoption rout £527, and (he gloros nl iha Czar's £57. 'I'Ucre is now a biflf ''ill to p«y for tho infttnllution of Lords I{.»fl( i on»fi«»ld nnd Salisbury ns freemen of » ll.e City. It i« nlwrtys unkindly said of lh« pro- j i '■■'ii»fl« that thuy out-cio us riondonerg/itli fl'inkcy'sm, nnd tho Into nstom><J"rn([ j M'iviTinemoiit of 'tic oomjj used'TtV tho i Vi'v)pti of Wulofl duri^jf' hii visit '—l think to Dnrlmoutli^rfa nited n« nn iv« h\kVi6» of thin. L'tfondor, by thf by. wKBfo thnt conifli c»m« from. Hi* Knynl )fi«i»nosfl baii'not, much hair, bu still "hp tnfut hnro a .com!) of hit own, I minpnsp, nnr! hud no Do«d of a s',rny one Or did the n'rartUiM' sloal Lia Roj«l Ifiu'lincsn' «tm>b from' hiji dros«ing«cn»e, nnd llum MAW <-fiti i' for sale ? I rcnlly thii.lc I wh'Mjld liavo more rooppft for him as nn iwpu lent thiof than ns tho (.'rnwling Htiof) \i« wanlil otliorwjso upponr. Only don'f lot urn (1 tttcr ourficlv* 1 !' tlmt tln'u lußt rl'isr «f eronlire is only spawned iv < ho pro fin cos. I fliui remember whon n lady in *ho Botnnioul Rui'iinni, If o mm* t nrk, wan «o»n fnllovii >k (iifl Kiyil Highnos^ iii he <>tt cherriei* in ordor to pick up tho stones ! Tli« London f'ofemobas Mir fo|lo*vlncf : ~* Mr W. G. Graco had tho contr.il of flio arrnu(;«ni<'nt(i rohpoAtini; tlio •Southern ton in which plnyod st Nottirmlinm ro flouMv for tho benefit of TJoorgo Purr, nnd for Ihn acrvico of his «irlu ho cliimed nnd w«« pni'l £75. Ifi« olj'ven <!<mßistofl «f four gowtlomon, who paid thoir own Qxpoma*, nnd did not piny for hire, four pre^onnionalfl, who encb rereivo 1 30 i a <I»t ; liimsolf, lii« hvolhcr, nnd liii coiifli'i (.Vli* Gilborl). Thfl payment to Iho pr<iK fpsftiohnls occounts for £13 \onr'-nu n nico !ittl« bnlanoa of £57 for division mnonizst tho family, nnd a rtrv ojmf -rdibln family arrsngfnipnt. too. Hat thov subs«ribod 1o tl»o honeftt 'uri'l ? you will n-'U, Nothing of tl»» kind, Not on« of ' tltn family ' nntafts is H6»k down for «o much ns m\* )»enn# ; wliilo Itiit'tsrd Difl, p^offts^iontil, fl!)p#nrn na n rlonor of £5 'o tho fund, nnd lio did not clmrßfl a fnrthin<^ for lum nervice*. Snoh Hpp.-n.'s to lie tho diflVronoo in those d«ys balsteen a 'gomlcmati ' and ti profomtioDitl oriokwtfr. This \* nUy no tM«sns *Xrt«»plion«l itiflidont, and a good wany lesdmx orii'kotorn hnro «;nt to nc« *>»utotnr<l to these nrmnßoni<»ntii that they o.io »n« no rnjjHon wlmtordr f*r Alteration. Tnily. "S" »* second nnturo, Tli* luloit jieiontifiealory is told by tho Mornine Post thus:—" Tlio .S»turdav sl«vi*iw on<?« declared thnt tho «ro«to*t Wnornotor of tba huma.i rsrr> would bn Vb who could nnablfl men to drink nn un* I'iuitflil quantity of tvino without dottinor •lr*Mk. Snub a mnn bns be»n found. Dr }W\\ inventfld the toloph noj but it* won d«rs ),ale> befovo the t«| ( 'j»n«to!{rnph. Thin in no #lcstriertl miohine, by which the rmlflt* nan bo tickled nr.'l plon^d by any flavour, and for any lonjfth of timo, with«ut (oat of indtßostmn or iovhrity. By iw'.tiMi* soup or finli or wine into n veenp (t«»ble nun me tod with a powerful buttery, the truti \>{ tlio diintieit vhnrts otn lio ■uonroyti nlon« a loloijraph lino for-nilos, nnA to an unlimited nnmbftr bo us visitant* 'J'twy har« only to put thi» wiro iv lh«ir mou h», and they «oi)m to bo rating nnd 4rinking, They mny p;ot xlrtinlc or ovor« ftfd, t<uttho moment the oon'aot ii brokon tho ffffoots pnsa off, nnd nothing romains Wut A 'doliglilful otliilaratioi).' Tho in* vnn«or, lioworor, koeps tho modus opcrtmii a porfect soorot, and wishe* to por« UvA hi< diaoorory before ho diitoloxos U ti> tbo, world," Tho Athflimtim has the following note : " A proapootus bns bt»on shown to us of 1 The Library Production Committeo,' whirtli proposes to ty the manuscripts of nuknown author* thnt attention which' tho prospeatun sllogna that puUishors do iiot pay, and, it is ndderl, that tho prizes in tha literary contest Hovc-iwlnys nro psrhapn tho greatest in any profusion j for instano, £8000 wns paid to Mifis Kvann for liomola. The names of this * committee ' sro not ftiven, but ' nmnlottrs' can bocornn ' honorary mornbors ' dy pnying ' tho sum of flro Ruinous for (Butrmoo nnd sub«oription.' ' Amateurs ' may ho qui'o sure that, if they enn write iiovoU hnlf n« nblo ns ' Hoinoln,' puh« tialiftra will only bo too happy to read Ih«irMHS,and charge thorn nothing for no doinjf," Tli<« Wan Frnncisco Vatt sny« n sinpio woollen mill in tho oily of Lnwronco pfoduom every w«ok 1,000,000 yird« of <Iyod »r printed cloths, ft pny« £32,000 a w«ok as wn^os. It employ* 5300 per* Bon», paytnar thorn ai on avorngo rnto of keen's a dny to women niH j^irls, nnd ldul, end 40 conts a d«y to men, It oonsuntos 500 tons of stnroh unl oxponds 400,000d0h for printing nn 1 dyoing mhtariftls ovory yonr, Tho wool it ro« quires onlls for tlio flaaooi of 100,0)0 boail of fihoep, It sootiroH f >0,1, cloth* im?, and nsunlly ro*poolnbl» suviuf?^, to (if 3o;) persons nnd thoir dapondonts —not )<tn* ihun 10,000 souls nlto^otli(»r. This, with tho frritflita pnid for transportation t»t iIH mntorials nmi produuts, sliotra vhit. ono mill contribute* to tho wosUh, p'»wor» tnd prosperity of tha country, xlifl woollen industry of tho wholn counn try amounts to moro than 20Q,000.000 a yaar, Tli«ro ore n««rly « thousand w jollotx milU in Ohirt and other Western Btnton. f n a Victoriun Polieo Court tho oth*r day a cheap practitioner w«s nmonggt tba tipsiy wnichliouso waifs, and nas duly fined 6?, On tlio same morning, a Ultie

lntor on. hrt flpiwurcd on behalf of n ' Hicnt. Alter (ho rising of tho l!onrt, n hiuhlv tTH| IO (-tnL-le» niloriify. talking wnli i tho Clmi'm.n of tho 8.-nuh, exposed liiN surpriso nt a man who had just been fined for drunkenness being permitted lo appear in n ense — it any rnto, for tliut day. ' Well.' siid tho vory pmotlcnl uingiairnta, ' I observed on the wutchliomsa Hheot HiAt «hon ln« poelcots were Moarohod thoro win nothing in them, and I thought I mi«ht nfl woll lot him ohm ni> much n* would discharge tho lino I had inflicted. Otherwise wo should never havo got it.' A mrmt extraordinary nooidont is ro» ported from tho town of Pont-on-Ilovnnn, A briduflroom, on tlio conclusion of he mnrrinifo ruromony, was taking his bride and tlio member* of tho two fumilies to his house, on the outskirts of tlio town, whon his enrrinco onmo into such violom rolliaion with thn lonj? end« of v load ol fir trco (runkfl ludon on a cart,, which was oominpf from tho oppoute diri'ction, that one of tho troo«onf!», after pouotrntlntt tho body of \\* eonohinan, went through that of' tho bridd's father. 'JV yt'uwa of wood hud to be flawn in two before it could bo oxtrieatod from the bodies of tho Ticfc : m», who died Rhortly nfu-r iho operation in borriblo MifTering If th» polo h»d bfen tmiil to bar* im« nalcd the mr>/:bcr*iii'litw, the »tory wowll ho rpgardod liere, whoro molh#rfl-in- law nro at a licary disoount, as an inponious fiction. BUKRPstivo of a stroko of lurk too uood to bo truo j but tho booiiiicl vioimf^^tho horoicidiil fir trunk being the fnthor«nt'4iiw, ajjuiniifc whom, as such, I no npoctnl nrucu,'9 nxists in tlio country, I the narrative probably is to bo taken for