MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 1 June 1881, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

, . . .— r — ■♦ % — The following f wrinkle ' will be found useful to Bankers should they ever tie placed in the awkward predicament of having a run on their Bank : — Once there was a ran on a Bank in South Wales. Small farmers jostled each other in crowds to draw out their money. Things were at low water, when the manager in desperation be« thongbt him of a resource. By his directions, a clerk having heated some sovereigns in a frying-pan, paid them over the counter to an anxious applicant, Why, they're quite hot! 1 said the latter as he took them up. 'Of course.' was the reply, ' they're only just out of the mould ; we're coining them by hundreds as fast as we can.' 'Coining them!' thought the simple agriculturists, ' then there's no fear of them running' short !* Their confidence revived, the panic abated, and the" bank weathered the storm, . .JL recent visitor to New Zealand is credited by the Adelaide Register witb having thus expatiated upon the Hot Springs :-— 'Talk about cure 'for gout! —why you have only got to bathe in the hot springs for a few times, snd it'll draw every particle of gout you have got in your body clean out, won't leave a remnant. I was there. I saw it; and I teil you ib was surprising. Round the sides of those pools were heaped piles of gout— all the gout that has been tikefl from the suffering persons, of all the Europeans who have bathed there since New Zealand was colonised. There it is in masses like the rocks at Port Victor, and the Maoris sa v it out in blocks and build houses with it.' The ' happiest day of his life ? was a ead misfortune for Derbyshire farmer named Mr Joseph Tym. This gentleman went to Stockport for the pur* pose of getting married. The wedding took place from the houao of the bride's sister, and after the ceremony the latter provided dinner, of which

rjasted ducks was a part, and of this b;th deceased and his wife partook. After that the married couple left for the honeymoon, and on arriving at their destination both wtre unwell, and were very sick during the night. This sickness, which was accompanied bv diarahcea, increased, but medical aid was not called in until two days after, when it was found that deceased was so exhausted that recovery was improbable, and he died oq the following day. The condition of his wife was also so critical that her depositions were taken, but at the time of the inquest it was believed »be would recover. The jury returned a verdict of * Death from natural causwu Accelerated by eating indigestible food.'

A wag suggests that a good opening for many choirs would be * Lord have ! mercy on us, miserable singers.* Mr Wm. Strain, who arrived in the Colony in 184&, hae just died at Tokomairro, yC-. The country abou£; Jtangiikei, Wairarapa and ¥$jfajoa* suffered greatly from the drorijgfck Eight sportematf in. five hours obtained 210 hares on :'Mr Studholme's estate at Waimate. Miss Williamson; * duo, died at Dunedin an May 2nd. fihd took the veil two years ago aa Sister Mary Domitiick. The special Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, says tha:; Mr G. G/FitzGerald, yrho is now contesting the Grey Valley seat, is simply a nominee of the Government, A case in which evidently some hard eweariig took place, was heard in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin Mr John Wilton sued Mr G, Macan« drew for the sum of £33, alleged to be due on a dishonored prbmissbry note, and in the course of his evidence said that lie had been paid £5 for renewing the #11, and also the sum of 5s on another occassion. Beyond these amounts hd had not received anything on account, and he still retained possession of the bill. Mr Macandrew on the other hand swore that he returned the money borrowed in two instalments of £10 ; and Mr Smith, of the Stamp Office/corroborated his statement in regard to the sum of 4520. J His Worship, having place before plaintiff the alternative! of a nonsuit or a verdicjfe for thtt defend^, aufc the former was accepted, the Migistrate remarking at the flame time that he believe the defendant's etory. Mr Dennistion, who appeare d for the defendant said that more would be heard of the metier. Professional curiosity: A young lady slipped on the ice and lay'recklessly waiting to be rescueij^ !a! clerk in a hosiery store who was standing near the Bceno oi the disaster viewed the spectacle with professional curiosity a moment or two and then exclaimed : * Pretty; very pretty^ they would cost 39 cents a ; pair.'— Brooklyn Eagle,