MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 26 December 1881, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS .

Hanlaa demands of Trickett 2000do)s as a condition of rowing him for 100

dols. a-sHe at St. Louis. It is re^arcieil as a bluff. The course is in magniffeient condition , and Trickett is anxious to row. There are over 50 000 applications before the Irish Laud Commission, In fact there is not a county in Ireland but has sent in applications. Lieut. Sohwaltka's relics of the Fraoklyn expedition have been placed in the museum at Greenwich Hospi* tal. The winning of the American horses in England and France this year amount to £300.000. The Princess Beatrice has given £2000 of the proceeds on the sale -of her Christmas book for the sup* port of. the "Belgrade Hospital for chil* dren. j A Garfield memorial service has been help by the Municipality of Berlin. Lucerne the sculptor, has been in* structed to produce a classical bust of the late' President Garfield. At Missolbnghi, in Greece, :be Byron staute was unv.eiled with great popular enthusiasm. The sailing ot the mail steamer was postponed till date, on account oPthe trains being snow bound on the Central Paific Railroad. A new form of distemper which is prevailing among the horses in New York is puzzling the veterinary surgeons, and many are dying despite the utmost care, 3Mr Ja'iniif- Rodell, of Taurango, has a harmless, but once dangerous plaything in his office in the shape of an exploded 100 b conical shell. The destructive missile wag turned up on the rececourse some weeks ago It j% one of ?the sheila thrown at the \hbOiith Pan fighti and from the posiin which it was found must have been fired very wide of the Pah, It is said that the blue gum is ao .enemy to almost all insect life; and Mr Mills of Maryborough, Victoria, has turned this property of bis eucalyptus to good account. By his making a practice of strewing blue gum branches on the ground round about, and fastening strips of bark round their stems, his fruit trees throve wonderfully ; and whilst those of the neighbor? are blighted, his own are entirely free from insects.— Exchange. } The Hokitika Star days of the West Coast Representatives: — ' They are far and away the best team that has yet been returned by this part of ]New Zsahnd, A cartoon has been issued by the Wellington Advertiser which is descriptive of a grand Ministerial election show. Mr Bryce is represented as fighting with a Maori, who seems unable to understand what he means by annoying him. Mr Rolleslon acts as drummer, and is awaiting his orders from the Premier to make a noise and tickle the ears of the electors who are looking on trying to learn what the .nonsense is all about. Mr Hall has his back turned on the electors, with his finger on his nose, laughing at their crelulity and calling out, ' Down with your votes, gents, and the figgers will perform. Give the drum a oner.' The cartoon (the Dunedin Herald says) is intended (o show up the Ministerial tricks with the natives, and bears out the Bishop of Nelson's charge that tbe so-called wa? J was got up for electioneering purposes. ! All this may amnse the Government, but the electors will have to pay sweetly in the end. A somewhat alarming occurrence is re ported by the Wellington Post to have ; takes place at the residence of the Hon. ■ W. W. -iJohnstonvPostmasfer'Gener/il. on the 28th ult. After the household had retired to rest, Mr and Mrs Johnston Were aroused by a smelt of burning, and on further investigation a dressing room was found to be in flames. The servants wore at once aroused, the children were removed from tbe house to a place of safety and energetic efforts were made to put out the fi^-e. Thanks to the rxerfions made, tlte flames were confined to the one room, and after some trouble were completely subdued. Mrs Johnston, it is stated, had had occasion to go into the djcessinsiToom a short time previous to the outbreak of the fire being discovered, and it is conjectured that it was then that the mischief was caused — probsMy by a spnrk from a candle getting among some inflimnble material, which afterwards bjirsj iiUp a fljm,?.