MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1295, 9 July 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Smokers are likely sojuto be-suppli ;cl with cheap- and good cigars, manufactured from Xcw Zealand tobacco. Cigars ate novr to be manufactured, by expert hands at Auckland from tobacco grown at Palri. The • Star ' says: — '±.".e duty on imported cigars ib Ga per ib, and a3 tlie Association on]? pays Is, they will be iv position to supply a superior aruicle at a much lower prico, and at the Barae time to realise -a hanlsotne profit on tlieir oper- . .ons. There will Ue an ample supply of material, for the very good reason that neighboring settlers will grow tobacco leaf in addition .to that raised un the company'b estate, which will be managed by Mr Clark, a Florida planter. The amount of material on hand is estimated to be sufficient to manufacture 160,000 cigars, and as tlffr grPwTin T twftSbg linespgcTaa. ~" to be fully ten tons, the output of cigars and tobacco will be materially increased also. "A formidable battle," the St, James' Gazzette says, " has been going on for some time between two New York operatic managers over Patti, but the Academy of Music l\as at last secured the prize. Messrs Grau «,nd Abbey hove indeed gained the day, but whether they are to be congratulated on their victory is quite anotha/ matter. The terms seem enormous. The diva is to have 5000 dol — that is, £1000 sterling — for each performance This is doubtless more, and more by a I long way, than has ever been paid any other prima donna. Patti herself, however, got on one occasion from Colonel Mapleson £1000 for an extra concert at Cincinnati ; and she lately declined a Brazilian engagement for 30 performance at £1200 each. The recent story about the Fenians . sending clothes to their English friends of high degree now turns out to be a shameless hoax played by Mr O'Rafferty, of Dublin, on the Premier and several other high Government officials. Mr OR. sent little nQt«s, worded somewhat m follows, to Mr Gladstone and othefß : — [" Private .and confideni tial] Dear Sir, — The clean, underclothing which yon put on last Sunday morning were all infected with malignant small-pox. Your washerwoman ia a rank Fenian. Take them off at 6nce is the advice of A Friend. 1 "* Mr Gladstone immediately rushed upstairs, took a hot bath, 15 grains of blue mass, sent for all the family physicians, and had Mrs Gladstone and all tbe household vaccinated. The other Government officials took similar precautions, and were equally frightened, with the exception of the Prince of Wales, who, when his secretary rushed to him with O'Bafferty's missive, merely smiled, shut one eye, and remarked — " Too thin I They can't play me. I h&ven't changed my underclothes for three weeks I ' According to the New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Record, the building of underground railroad* in the metropolis is about to be undertaken as the only true solution of the rapid transit problem. The Broadway Undergi-ound Railway Company already have a charter to tunnel Broadway, and propose to push this " greatest project of modern times'' to speedy completion. The company propose to begin at the battery and tunnel Broadway, running the dirt on their owu tracks. The roadway and sidewalks of Broadway will be replaced on arches of solid masonry resting on heavy iron columns set in secure foundations. An arcade underground street will thus be formed, in which there will be sidewalks fox ioot paßßengers and four railroad-tracks in the centre. Frequent stairways will lead down f^rom the street. The scheme is stupendous but eminent engineers pronounce it practicable. The cost is estimated at between 1,000,000d0l and 2,000,000d0l per mile, and there, will be 12 miles of it. The following story comes from Dunedin : — " On one of his recent official tours the Eev Dr Eoseby had the exquisite pleasure of occuppying the next seat at the dinner table to a well known bookmaker. In frdntof the rev. gentleman stood a gorgeous pie of such inviting appearance as to attract enquires from all parts of the table as to its contents. " I'll see," quoth the Doctor as he deftley inserted the blade of the carver into the crisp pastry, but before he could raise the crust the bejewelled hand of his neighbor on his coat sleeve restrained him, while a high pitched voice with nasal twang was heard to exclaim, " Hold hard,, I'll lay 5 to 1 no one names it. v Gorged Livers, — Bilious conditions,, constipation, piles, dyspepsia, headache, cured by "Wells' May Apple Pills." sd. and Is. boxes at druggists. Moses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Agents for Australasia.