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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1268, 7 May 1883, Page 3

« ; 'It^tßJte'jlf^Mrvea for' one of Mr, o&^' j^fton supporters to pot in practice i&amogt ingenious, and at the aaßie laaid Baost disreputable, election dod^eSreVef heard of By the way, JJr. Wajte&eltfa opponents seem to liajwa|iivihfc|s^ jf.ni r iti^'a^i4^^pßunt in «leett^i§^a^,/ tactics consists in ai perscui*&kfrg sfeii ' an flcfiwfn'tere'sf im thei*^d&test '*$"ix> fill: "dp yotingj. PtyiiHffi jffifi' fin&iJr'** qlgria^irrea of as JtaOf 1 w&Mplww^^ftßJpra aSyppssjbLe, w^'«^^9J^'i»'sla^3ag them upon thel r^il^ut jbefere4loing that he -qmietl^fin^ v otiffil» 'p^lllics' of his dientß.-ySe;tiie^ register^. aUwh^^wfavor ana -^M»^sjJ^ i pj^e'4;iii J^s^pokeifc ; This h^W^don^^this eleetion^by a well faowirßttdeafc in Reeftdn, for -yrhttm fltfa^^zoofA ; unpleasant : . fiSt^r-' ndm lips a |>ity the- ingenioua and Hn^cmpljfeflis'hidividuatwhd discovered and pr*c^ed tfaibli a Bharp eleotioneering^dodg.^had not-eibployed -bis gift in a more'le^timate direxjtion. . Even though late in life he" might yetaccomplish'* great deal if he tried.-Grey Argus. • ■;■■. . ' Ifc /. §. liL Jacohson, together with several other {jentleman, called at the Theatre o^Cß> on Monday for the purpoas of oompar^tig the Alford FoVest' «p«eimena diamonds from thftflooth African mines in the possession of Sir H. Stanley i of the Stanley and Darbysbire Opera Company.. The diamonds shown to. the party were in rough, and . of that; variety known to tho trade<..a» " bought* Mr Stanley -that when a stone was' first exposed to' \fa air, in many cases it was found Jko ''explode," »^j. break-in pieeee. The larger of these pieces were caliedip the zainers ".bought," the smaller an4 dinner portions were termed " dßva^et"" In order to prevent this B^Sakpg. "up of the gems, it Was cuatomaxy for tb.e South African miners to carry w-ith them a piece of soap, into which they pushed the stone immediately it was tafcen oufof the ground. Wnat was known as art smoky stone" was qu^te a different thing. A fitofie of this nature, when looking -through* was clouded and- smoky in appearance, andt . in ■ from . thirty to thirty-four hours after it was taken out of the ground it would break up into useless fragments or go to dust A miner, when he found a " smoky," hunted round until he came across a new chum diamond purchaser, to whom lie sold the <( priceless gem " for as much as he could get . We may mention that Mr Stanley has known the SouthAfrican fields since 1862, and at present holds an -interest in the Bonato mine Kimberleyj which*, until tl e formation of the ♦'diamond ring/' paid 30 per <jent He compared Mr Jacobson's specimens with the South African diamonds, and with one which he had procured from Gulgong, New Bouth Wales,. and pronounced, positively, that three f of them were diamonds. The specimens in the possession of Mr Stanley are of considerable size, irat Mr Jabosen'swe'all smalL Infidelity says Archbishop Vaughan, "is the mother of revolution, with dynamite in one hand and petroleum in tbe other. "If- the altar is menaced so also is the "throne. Keligion and. social order, authority in State as well

i as Church, is subject to the assault of 1 this modern &e. <v '^ •.• . • , 'It ia repoited that the cost of pub- , lishing the Christinas nnhiber of the London * Graphic' reach the total of £21,000. ' Som« twentjr years ago tFoe Allen killed and dressed 15 sheep and one goat, at Butcher's Gully, Otago, in 7 seconds under the hour ; hence the' name -given to the gullj," Discussing the recent utterances •' of the Colonial Treasurer, Mr Fish, and Mr Stout, in a lengthy leading article, theDunedin Hearld introduces the following good .illustration of its argument :— Jjord Chief Justice Lefroy once had. to remind an obstinate jury they were judges of the fact, But' he was judge of law. " Aye my Lord," said the hard-headed' Scottish foreman— "but that's the verra fac we doot." Just ao with . the. Colonial Treasurer and the public. From hia lofty position he declares that certain moneys paid into the Treasury will produce I certain results. But say his oponents 'That is the very fact we doubt, '