MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 15 November 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The ChroircL* state.-* positive'/ that Sir Arthur G-ordon intends toiako up his residence at Au.-k!;md during eact; icccs^, and will in all pr:>b;\.l)i';i!y make occasional visits to ! iji for thspurpo-e of exorcising ;\n ad minis ralivo check _P'"it i- flairs oTth.it itjttrostia_ Coloay and the niiimtion of which was entirely his own work. During tho session of -Parliament, of course, iir Arthur will reside at Wellington. Au almost perfect house has been lately disentombed at Pompeii. It is probably the beat preserved of all tbe Roman dwellings hitherto discovered,

The most profitable railway ia the ■ world is a little nffiir not half a mile H long, which eonaeet3 the Manhattan H Beach aad theßrighton Beach Hotels H on Coney Island, N.Y., the sumtner ■ resort of the wel^to-do New Yorkers, fl Ifc is of 3ft guage, aud has two loco** H movives and four carriage?, a traia H running each way every five minutes, 9 Ths railway paid for itself in a few ■ weeks after it was opened, and last H year returned 500 per cent on itg H cost. The expenses are 30dol. a day fl and the receipts average 4.0d01., the fl fare being sc. fl It has been decided to survey mora fl land on the Waimate plains, and oflfcr fl for early sale. Tbe survey will be fl carried out within sight of Parihaka, fl close to Te Whiti's residence. It ia fl expected aggressive measures will fl follow, hut for this the Government are fl prepared. fl Mr Ellison, chief officer of tbe ■ Assam, who, on ibe strength of Martin fl sta t e m en fc, v !^s^ ll !_____^H 'and tried, but aequi.ted in LonddnTor V the great robbery of gold from the ship fl named has returned to Victoria, and fl entered an actioa for LSOOO damages H against tbe Melbourne Daily Telegraph, fl Me is also bringing actions against fl several other papers. It will be re- fl membered that the P. and O. Com- fl pany gave Mr Eiiisoa LIOO by way of fl compensation for the wrong done him fl aw their instance. 9 Geneaal Phayre is a son of a private fl soldier, who died at Calcutta somefl years before the outbreak of tbe former fl Afghan v/ar. The General's brotherfl was, when a sergeant, killed at tbefl Kyhber Puss ; aad the General bimself,fl when orderly-room sergeant, had thefl honor of being imprisoned with L.idyfl Sale audsi" others. The remnant offl the _i-.li Regiment at th.* conclusion ■ of the campaign numbered only sixty ■ men of all ranks. Originally tbe sonfl of a mere private, afterwards thefl adopted cniid of a color«sergeant t and! educated in the regimental school,! General Pbayre has carved out bisfl own fortune with his sword. fl One bushel of corn will feed one heafl for one year, and if she bas the run offl a barnyard and the field, sbe will doW we'll on this quantity. If given otherfl kinds of food, a h.n will need a quar-H ter of a p : nt of grain a day or _5 quartsfl for the whole year. fl