MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1304, 1 October 1883, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

.'■'. A _recently-pul)lishe^l,"s^tdnient of the yi^eld.Q^ precipus ,in.^i i 5 J phows it ,that ;iiii 1882S;tLheiqutpiitofr-gQlcj,in the^ajtiire : world was* Vfa,Lued*at> ri&idijOOtil.pOO, aiid &f silver &i&\7opWW.\ <»It j is a fact niot gpfieral^'Uirtrhii tidd'-flMife Tlussia is rl'lmthird greatest producer of gold, the yield oi'that (GOilHtiy^.lfing £6,u00,000, pjijy £430,006 ''less than the United' f fates "and £4(10,000 less "than" ustralia. The United States is -the ■ greatest "silver pro'cfiicer,, theyjel'd'.in .15§82 being, i§§iOjopi. ;..>iustra)ia, itiiough ranting in tho pyqilyictioni of gold, coinpribateSj s.c'.aljcejy,' any silver to the Wpil^^Vsuppty^i-r^fiile^ Mexico, a great; silver producer, 'yields •bjitj little gold. The comparative clatja ,shpw that the United Btates^is the onl^ -.country iv which both of tl>q precioiis. •metals are found ingre^ i^dundance. ;f The Higihl>ol/ha'm» ; ledtut-6 iconla'UneEf' to excite great'. . in tere'sft; iii tlil? t; -b i tlier. colonies. The Dean of Melbourne and, the Eev. CanoU; 'jDiclansqii have pub-;! lished an appeal to (Christian people tothe effect that, considering the grave* impoiitance;of-the-controyer.sy(iujJriated by -Mr Jnfetice : Higinbotham^Sileetdie, : it should bd d 'mattei-'oi special -pi-aiyer.' that the discussion maV' be^o'vei-i'ti'led' for good.:' ..Th'ey fio npT alfudb'^o^the" lecture . as '.ldasphemy/ b'lit^are/.eou^ vinced „;thajtr .,it{ ,ia,,|.p^epai:i ) iig' 1< ithe i Wdy -for ilhe rejection. >of the. essfinlbiah truths ■ "of "'-Christ's 'Oosp'elj ,;- .-^tHOrmond College the Rev. A. J. Oaanphejll, giving hi 3' ,^ipiiio^ credit io'r sincbwty / he considered that he. .stiuct.'aii |the very root of the Christian belief; and the delivery, of /such /a lecture in the a-^Ch^^aii! jGhipqh ,wasf> an °P&*g?t .ilM 3 ? i^ey^l>j; Nigli terian) has made the uncharitable sugge^tiPil,tsat!the]Jlud^e .'is? ; revenging himself on the churches for the opposi-.. tioWtheyialf.OTie timej , offered > to, his education scheme. On the saniQ' .subr., ject ! the Melbourne con-esporidentr of the ' Southland News' .writes.:— rff;lihe lecture has- profoundly stirred the religious world. The daily and! weietly journals have teemed -with, corrftspoti- ■ dence on the subject, . and> the 1 vials of clerical wrath have.heon emptied oil the head of tlie learned- lecturer- Until 'he must have felt somewhat bewildered at the- shower of abuse his enunciation had provoked. ■ Tho ■ matter,- too, has had the efltect of reviving tile;' Strong' controversy, and that outspoken Presbyter has had a' lively time of it >at the hancls of his critics. • Neither of the assailed gentlemen has, however, yet vouchsafed any reply to the multitudinous attackslevelled at them." ... • ni . '•'.' Don't die in the house. — ■■ Hough on Rats " clears out lats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jack-rabbits, gophers. 7|d. Moses, Moss ' & Co., ■ Sydney General Agent.