MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 13 December 1880, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

j A L'lijJon firiQ siiininoiiecl one of Uieir dler'-s I.jielr for frabexxiiiiu; the sum of i' 4 13i 111, wliicb ha had heen sent to coiieef, The ptis>i)er was a tjill resr peV^di)»e<r6oliiril>" yo'un^ ni;iri 21 years of a^e., ife actoiiif^ tbe ■jeKj-'Sei-buJt stated in defence tint his w iges trere only 5 per week, and out of this lie ' p:fi<t'~3* 61 per week for puruxijgsipn to sleep at a coffee hou*e ja 8.-lhnnl Green, which, feft hitt- ft,T all tJtl»trvpu«pose**-lS Ql per *epk. He was- at the time receiving medical attei)d;>nee. He tiied in vnin >o l>orrow'"24 J: tb'keej> IsinKoif train sta.-Fiiu. 1 sliou^d like <o' kqoqr.tUfi: secret bj ; wiucli • a youn? man, wiio ha^ not done jji-oviusj. pays butu-her, baker, tjiioi-i diibtor and washerwoman qpon Is 6 | per week amd keeps an appearahce'd^eeni etioush for a city otliue! ; This utif be«JU ! iliil rich, mysterious, hungry I^oadon pustzles me tuore and : pore. . ,-">*- r ' "■ ; The Weliinstoa Post s-ijrs that i he Gbvernajent^lWVe bee^i advised by i lie AitorDeysGeneriyl under tii=i form of Commissions now issued to the Governors ol.;S:etW--Z'b'»l»iid; it is not necessary for Ministers of the late Governor to be re-appointed and re- sworn on a new Governor tikips rio&a, :i . T"e ■, p^ftjent practice is for tw<> commissions to be issued: to s Gorernori; first ;a sbortpn?, simply conveying his appointment, a»i gecoudly a long one-^addrl-ssed raer.ey to |S The Governor,"" and not to the pers< n holding that office— ;settingft>i-tii in de:aii alt his duties and powers. .Ap it is uudir the latfe'r tlialMiaistefeira ippointeiiwit is held that they do not r< oujre lo be rnuppoinled irj coitanq teni& ■&(■■■& Hian.e iv tlie person lioldiim the, office Guvemor. Ministers, therefore Wilt iiot be swum in Hsjain,. but will go on a*jf no <-h;inu(J of / Jv)V3rnor 1j id occurred. J'his iip,jlies also to niflinbers of the Executive Counfi'il. ■• ' The American* are sending out ?i P >!at (f?ppdiiii)n; thij iibjcrt iif n-fiicb is to land >\ small eojony al L-id-y Ft'uukltu l};iy fo the purpose of seieiitifio observation aid P2sl>loMirba. The yes-el clio^en is i tie Gulnarp| a Clyde»b»ilt glpainer of 230 tofts/ Appommol all nis proVi;fed for 40 persons, 25 of, wb,qm couiprise the Pol; * 00l ny. • Dr. (' r lentpr sa.TS the erifre absence of sunlight on the dee)- e\ bottom s-ems to' Jiave' thes.inie eiFfct as the darkness of cures in redue'og to a rudimentaiy condition tlie eyes of snnh of their ins hfib ttmtf, us Bsli and cruitneea, which ordinarily enjoy visual poa'er, ;n d many of those are provided with enormously long and delicate i<elcri or hairs, with which they feel their away about, just ag a blind man does witii his stick.