MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 18 March 1881, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The woman who under the name of De Lacy Evans, some time since gained a short-lived notoriety as the ' man woman/ attended at Mr Panton'fr chambers in the Melbourne Police Court, on Feb. 3rd and applied to that gentleman for relief, The applicant who presented the appearance of beings a hearty well -conditioned woman of middle age stated that she had recently arrived from a neighboring colony, where she had been the victim of a specu'ating showman who has at length left her to her own resources. Being heartly Bick of the show life she has recently led, she had managed to obtained a passage back to Mel' bourne and suffering from a physical infirmity which incapacitates her from severe labor she desired that she might be admitted to the Benevolent Asvlum. Mr Panton gave the women a letter of introduction to a member of the committe of the Benevolent Asylum. We observe by our exchanges that I the well-known indefatigable contrac* tor, Mr David Proudfoot, is adverttV i ing for 1200 men to proceed to NewSouth ."Wales. The invitation is to blacksmiths, cirpenters, fencers, and i navvies. They are promised threeyears' steady employment. Each reel of paper on which the London morning papers are printed is on an average, 46 inches wide and 3£ miles in length. The combined issues of the Times, Telegraph\ Standard and Daily News, if placed ecd to end would form a continuous line of nearly 600 miles, or nbout the distance frotr. London to Berlin. What is tha amount at a pennv a line. Mr Paul C. Boussett, a Russian engineer, has invented a novel and ingenious deep-sea sounder. It coni sists of an ordinary registering log attached to an inflited billoon, and a head hung by a tigger at the bottom. The log is lowered into the sea. It is in a vertical position ; as it sinks tlio vanes of the indicater revolve, nod the depth is correctly registered, When the sinker touches the bottom the trigger sets free the balloon, which rises with the log to the surface and floats until it is picked up. The gold raised in Victoria durinss 3879 amounted to 758,94? ozs., as against 775,272 oz*. in the previous year. Since the first discoyery of the Victorian goldfields in the middle of 1851, the total quantity of gold recorded as having been raised therefrom is 48,817,5960z5, of an aggregate value nt £i per oz. of £196, 270.354. These figures give an average per annum during the period of about 1.700,000 ozs,, which is more than tvrice he quantity raised in tbo year 1379,

At the festivities of the jrecenfc royal deer drives in Scotland, feel dancing and the making of' free foresters/ were two features of the amusements. Free foresters were made by, smearing the individuals with sta«Vbl*O!l. In the case of a lady a touch suffices; Mrs Corn* wallis Wesrt. who is a fine reel dancer, was amongst those honored. . At the late christening of the ninth De Lesseps' baby, the creole beauty of the mother was enhanced by a toilette of x>ld gold satin, Qaeeu Isabella of Spain, who officiated god-mother* wore , red satin and plush covered with quantities of white lace ; she appeared >t the font in royal state, with the charge d'affairs of Columbia* representing the Bishop of Panama. In the middle of the ceremony the Pope's blessing arrived in an envelope—for the baby, the family, the exQaeen v the guests and the Panama Canal. At the reading of the benediction Madame de Lesseps fell on her knees, grasp* ing tbe nnnoio's band and covered it with tears and kisses. The London Times recently contained a strange advertisement , from a lady, who wished to fell * rien fur trimmings in sable tables, elegant sealskin paletots, diamond ear-rings, br|ce^ti,'it» e*qu?» sitely fitted travelling-W/ two fine fur carriage-rugs, some lowly electroplated entree 'dishw, tea'tray, fish and dessert knives and forks, and numerous other new wedding .gifts* v There are twelve case of typhoid fever in the Auckland harbor. Mr J. Yete Tack, a Chinaman, is a candidate for the Wesleyan ministry in Victoria. North's estate is expected to realise 20s in tbe pound to ordinary creditors exclusive of the holders of sweep tickets.