MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1089, 19 May 1882, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The following general order has been issued to the members of the police force of N. & Wales. Similar instructions to New Zealand constables are not altogether unnecessary: Having in view the serious consequences to the holders of publican's licenses,' should they convicted of offences under the new statute, it will be desirable to impress upon the police generally the necessity for exercising extreme discretion in proceeding in such cases. They should be well assured, not only that an offence has been committed, but also that there is dear and sufficient evidence to support a prosecution. Further, the members of the policeforce, authorised generally or sptdally to enter licensed booses, should not exercise that rigbtaapridoiisly, or without being dearly satisfied that the law is being violated, and that it isthsir duty to act Edmuhd Fobbbrt, In* spector-General of Police.' It is related of a certain prominent undertaker, that when on one occasion he had to conduct a funeral, he proposed, same day, to the widow of the dear departed. She replied that she would have liked him very well but for the fact that he was too late. M T\» late!" echoed the astonished cherry-case proprietor—" why, how's that V " Well, you see, I'm already engaged to the man that came to measure him." A Chinese Doctor is making a stir in London. He has settled in fashionable Harley street, at the West End, and is sending out circulars with testimonials of his medical skilL He asks no questions, but says " I will tell you where the pain is felt." He promises to relieve asthma in five minutes, to bring to people in a fit, and to perform difficult operations without the use of instruments. On Lee seems to combine necromancy with medicine, and perhaps he is in league with the stars. He is said to hail from Australia, but perhaps our cousins over there did not appreciate the wonderful Chinese doctor. Queen Victoria faints in a hot room or after a prolonged ceremony. In the coldest weather the hot air is never turned on in her suite of rooms in Windsor Castle. Mr Bass, M.P,, has erected at a cost of £35,000, a magnificent pile of buildings known as S. Paul's Institute, Burton-on Trent, and has presented them to the town. About £200,000,000 of the United States national debt has been paid since the war ended. France has now more then treble the national debt of the United States, and Britain more than double, even Spain has a bigger debt than that which remains of the United States. It was in a country town in Queensland a Chinaman was charged with selling bad liquor, and his stock was seized. A two-gallon keg of whisky was brought into Court Several experts tried it, but none could swear whether it was whisky or cod-liver oiL When the parson failed, it was thought the case was hopeless. As a last resource, the local editor was sent for. He finished the keg. This was considered as conclusive evidence for the defence, and the Chinaman was acquitted. It is alleged that a couple who recently went through the form of marriage in a N.S.W. country churchbridegroom was 40, tiie bride but 16 through an oversight on the clergyman's part left the edifice without signing the register. They quarrelled a week afterwards, and the bride sought the home of her parents. The husband, who sees that he has not been legally married, now refuses to sign the register, saying that he considers himself well out of a bad bargain.