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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 17 June 1881, Page 2

We publish this morning under some die— [ advantage, but we are suro our readers will overiook the deficiency. We are compelled to reprint matter which appeared in a special edition issned by us yesterday. The excitement in town last evening over the election was intense, and the' whole town 5 was in a perfect furore of excitement and ' cheering, » The Education vote of the New South ' Wales Assembly for the year is £525,865. i Concerning the shipment of mutton from I La Plata to England, mentioned recently, a f London correppondent under date June 9, . says that it is 'being sold *t4i<l per lb- The f ■v*^ wnMaa - nnrnif m Ifllhn fffl littld ! more than black-looking skin and bone." , Among the items ofinforniatiou concerning k the passengers of the Tararua (says the MclI bourne Age), is one to the effect that life as* surmce* policies to the number of 16 and amounting to £5003 are payable to surviving Mends by the Australian Mutual Provident Society, and that on one life the sum of £1500 is payable by one of the younger institutions. Tlie speciil correspondent of the Lytelton Times telegraphs as follows : — The report of 1 Captain Kurae. who was recently appointed I Inspector of Gaols, is in the hands of the Government. The purport of Captain Hume's , recommendations has not leaked out, but I have authority for stating that the report is , of such an illiterate character that Ministers have under consideration the desirability of having it re-written by another person before printing, or of referring it back to Captain' Hume. The report has been described to me as unique in caligruphy, spelling, and grammar. The portland cement manufactured by Mr D. Atkinson has been tested by the GovernDistrict Engineer, with the result that a briquette broken at seven days gave a tensible strain of 3651 b. to the square inch. This is 1 751 b. in excess of the tensible strain required by the New Zealand Government, and also bj the Metropolitan Board of Works, London, which is 2901 b. to the square inch. Mr i Atkinson's cemeut weighs 1181 b more than the English standard. The accuracy of Mr , Reea's former test at New Plymouth may be doubted. A private detective, named Alfred Bishop, has been committed for trial for stealing a sovereign from a woman of ill-fame in Mel- . bourne, Ashmead and the Baroness are just as happy as two sneking doves. Aunt writes us , that he calls her ' Burdie ' and she keeps her teeth in his shaving mug. The revised New Testament is printed in paragraphs, the chapters and verses not being indicated except in the margin.