MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1323, 14 November 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Several big scores in cricket match** were chronicled in the Melbourne papers on Monday, toe 29th ultr Playiug for East Melbourne against Fitzroy, Lewis raa de 2&7 runs, and was well seconded in his efforts by Scott who made 77 ; Trapp 65 ; Groube, 55 ; M'Sijane, 58; Horan, 49;andMusgrove, 48. Tue total score was 680, of which 68 were extra. Fitzroy made 24 for fire wickets South Melbourne totalled 473 playing against St. Kllda. The principal contributors were F. Walters, 125; J. Slight, 85; J. W. TrirnMe, 69 ; P. Deeley. (retired hurt), 61 ; G. E. Palmer, 43. The extras in this innings were 33. Ballarat made 2J6 against Melbourne's 188. Foi* Ballarat W. H. Figgia eotttribu ed U5 r and Lawler 60; for Melbourne P, McDonnell made 118 (not out). la another match, Kew v» Hawthorn 1 , the former ran up tbe tidy score of 247 for seven wickets, A. W. Banard being top scorer with 117 to his credit. The following description of a fine old English house is worth reading: — " One of those grand old houses which our ancestors built to last unto their latest posterity has recently entered upon a new stage of its existence. The • < )ld Vicarage' at Neston, which hag just been converted into a school, is one of the most remarkableof the half-timbered nouses in Cheshire. It was probably erected towards the end of the 1 3th century, and it contains an astonishing quantity of grand old oak. Beneath the picturesque old porch is a door fastened with a lock which for size is almost unique — 17m long and 13in broad. This leads into a large hall panelled in oak, f foin which rises a wide staircase of solid black oak. he doors also ar» of black oak, and the windows are stiJl protected by the massive wooden shutters of a long-forgotten age. The house appears to have been little altered, and several of the rooms are of great size. Some of the rafters in the roof — veritable tree trunks — are from j 70in to 80in girth, and they are perfectly sound. This picturesque old place is built on the true cardinal points, and its foundation are in the solid rock. Long r low, and manyga led, it is in spite of time still asbeautiful and as sturdy as the British oak of which it is inlt" The European Mail say*: — TheBradlaugh incident seems to have retired into the shade for a while. It will be remembered that the hero of this incident promised his supporter* to swoop down upon the Bouse like an eagle upon his quarry, and to take his seat in defiance of the famous resolution which excluded him. Whether or no the approaches to the House were carefully guarded by Inspector D jnning and vi& merry men, or whether Mr Bradlaugh saw fit to forego hit intention, is not known, bat certain it is that he did not carry it put,, and that the junior member for Northampton ie still unseated. There are whispers, however, that he did not carry out histhreat because the Radicals promised' to use their influence with the Government to make the way clear for him* next session. Meanwhile the provinces, will be stumped, and Mr Bradlaugh will occupy the attention of the democracy from one end of the coantry tothe other. The Salvation Army has introduced; a new thing in Dunedin — a news-girls* brigade. There are numbers of girls who go about the streets alluring you, to buy " Tne penny War Cry sir." Some of them are no dou -t in earnest,, as for instance the young girls wha knelt down when the Arcade was most crowded on a Saturday night auJ prayed for a degraded sinner (probably half tight) who would not buy her War Cry. But the majority of them are serving a bad apprenticeship to impudence and forward conduct They would do well to take the- advice tendered to one of them by a lady who* was solicted to purchase. "Go home and mend your stocking," she replied to> the discomfiture of the slip of a girl, whose whole appearance favored th* suggestion that she- was out at heel. Somewhat of a sensation was created in the City Court this morning, says the Melbourne Herald of the 22nd ult, when Mr S- Crombie-Browne^ and old Melbourne aud New Zealand journalist, was brought before the Bench on a charge of having obtained! £2 in Tasmania l»y means of a valueless cheque. Be ective- Walsh stated that the Police- department had received a telegram from the Superintendent of Police at 1104x111 stating that a warrant had been issued against the defendant for the offence named, and hue therefore obtained a warrant under the Fugitive' Offenders Act, and took the defendant into custody. Ho asked for a remand fo a week in order to obtain an extradition warrant from Tasmania. Mr Leonard,, who apppeared for the defendant, asked that bail might beallowed, whereupon Detective Walsh intimated that there were peculiar circumstances which rendered it imperative ly necessary that bail should not be granted until a certain person had been taken to Tasmania. Th|sput the Court on the gui vive, and it oozed out privately that the person tohe transhipped to Tasmania was a young lady. Mi- Leonard remarked that these proceedings were taken mer ly for the purpose of getting the young perssm back. Mr CiH (the Police ."Vtagistvate) said, " Very well, when the occurrence- takes place you can make your application for bail ; it is »j-----case of elopement." Tbe Victorian Der'>y for 1888 has not "cc» won by Archie (to whom seven .Nfclfomiif tipsters gave the pr«s>'of place), but hy Martini- Henry, th#"colt !>red t>y the Auckland Stud Company being sired by their imported .vSisket. Oar Melbourne sporting wiiten&f Warrior" has the credit of ha-viug Jpven na the correct tip for tbeporby/writing

from Melbourne on October 24, •• Warrior" said : "I mast admit I like the son of Rapidity (Archie), but there are two objections I hold against his winning — viz., fust, that neither, in France, England, or Australia has it been known for a horse to hare a cartload of money pending on him for months previous, and then go in and ■win ; and secondly I believe, if any cf the horses only push him hard after a mile and a quarter has been travelled, Archie will be found wanting. Should no. colt attempt this move Archie must win, butl believe the colt that will open the eyes of the racing men of Australia ■will be the Now Zealand-bred colt Martini-Henry," and he added his opinion that Archie would be second ; with Sardius third. Archie however, was not placed, but Sardius was second. That "Warrior, 11 too, knew what he was talking about when he threw out the v hint about ahorse having "a -cartload ot money on him," is bourne •out' by the fact that Archie's running on Saturday was so mysterious that the stewards intend holding an inquiry concerning it, and that the jockey was looted »»y the disappointed public.— O. Times, This is the sort of gossip which the American newspapers serve up for the •edification of their lady readers. — It is said that Mire Work is going home to England to rejoin her friend Miss •Chamberlain. Miss Chamberlain is the American beauty who has, to a icertaih extent, taken Mrs Langtry's place in the regard of the Prince of Wales. Miss Work and Miss Chamberlain were the two young Americans Trho accompanied the Prince to Hamburg last summer, to the scandal of one •class of people and the envy of another. Wales. lika3 them because they are so "awfu.ily jolly, you know;' they wack him ou the back and smoke cigarettes -with him and amuse him greatly, and the old gentleman is very fond of those -who amuse him. The Princess is not *o fond of the two Americans ; she thinks them exceedingly vulgar, and though she allowed theui to visit her to «aye more sbandal, she treated them in a way . that American girls have the reputation. of resenting* In connection with the Melbourne ■Cup, Mr I. Abraham, of Dunedin, offered a>rize of £5 to jihe successful ~tipster of the first three horses in that jraca This was to be competed for by subscribers o. the Witness ; and if not won the money was. to be handed to -the Benevolent Institution. There -were several hundred competitors, but no one hasT been successful. One -person, however, was very near it, as Tw placed the horses as follows : — Martini-H«?nry, First Water, Calma. The £5 will thus go to the Benevolent Institution. . The total, aholera returns to the end ■of August show that there had died in Oairo and its suburbs 6710, at Diametta 1830, at Alexandria 710, in the Provinces of Crarbeih and Dakelieh 2810, ■each, imMenoufieh 1610, in Charkieh 9590, in Gallizeh 1090, in GalliouWih 710, in, Behera 650, in Upper Egypt €06 ), and in various places 1320, making altogether 26,900. In the Army of Occupation there were 138 deaths. The Artillery had 21 fatal <iasßß, theOavalry 8, the Engineers 1, -th- Royal Sussex 33, the Duke of •Corn wall's Regiment 5, the Black Watch 8, the Rifles 20, the Gordons 13 the Camerbns 10, the Hospital Corps 15, and other corps 4. A recentissue of the Cape Argus says :"°Th"e number of people anxious to obtain passage to Australia and New. Zealand is on the increase to such an ■extent as to make this exodus to other Colonies a matter of serious concern to who have the intrest of this country at heart. There cannot be a doubt that a very large number of one of the most useful classes in the community — the skilled artisian class — are leaving the -country. Is is to be hoped that such a tide of prosperty will soon set in again 4s will hold out inducements to these and all intending emigrants to remain in South Africa." In an article on " The Society Aspect of thb United States," Archibald Forbes ••states that " Mr Vanderbilt's new house cost £3,000,000 sterling to build, decorate, and furnish, the pictures not includ d." It is understood that Mr Vanderbilt has spent two -or three millions more on pictures and statuary. Of New York society Mr says that " it costs consumedly," and states that whereas a bachelor can live in London and go into the best society on an income of £800 a year, it requires over €1000 a year to do the same in New York. Social etiquette makes it necessary for him to give "posies 11 at 25 dollars apiece to ladies who ask him out, or to whom he wishes to show any attention ; and a friend of Mr Forbes,' who did not force the running, showed him his florist's bill for the last season. It totted upover lOiOqO dbllark 1 . 1 At the «nd of the season 'a visiior, to "New. York is expectpd to give a "theatre party" which costs him about £800."" A carp, weighing thirteen ounces, was taken- from the gullet of a shag at Napier, the other day. Nowonderour imported fish are scarce in the rivers where these birds frequent. Major Pollard, of .the Dunedin Salva^fen corps, has got married at Inverjargill, to a lady named Pearcy, who^ust arrived from England, where she 4was a captain in $c Salvation armprv . -„*+■ I .* < £he No 1 Not9i MiOMiix: mine at O/nipie, Queensland, £8 a most profifoble one. ~ The last s% months it has yielded 7,ls7 ounces c&gold, and paid il 3,500: in dividfinds/^.Altogether the stnine has given its fafeky ;owti^rs over %128,000 in dividends. . , "Rough on bats." — Clears out rats, mice, 'roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, gophers. 754- -Druggists. Moses, Mq§p and Co., Sydney, General Agents.

The steamer British Queen shipped at Lytteltou for' London, eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-four ounces gold, which no doubt came from the West Coast. . . The Australasian has the following :— «• We understand that a 1 cablegram has been received from the secretary of the Surrey Club stating that a concession would he made to the Australians by arranging a big match at the Oval for August,- the whole of the proceeds to go to the Australians. This is the only concession to be made." A new regulation came into force on the Ist mat. with reference to the sale of strychnine and arsenic. The regulation forbids anyone, otherwise qualified, to sell or dispose of strychnine or arsenic except on the production by the intending purchaser of a statutory ; declaration setting forth his name,' address, and occupation, the exact quantity, and the name of the poison required, and the express pupose for which, and the place or places in which, it is to be used. The declaration is to be given to the sellerß and immediately forwarded to the Eegistrar of his district. : The Launceston Examiner, or, )ctober 23, has the f , (lowing reference o an individual who ;e case was brie% tlluded to in a recent telegram :— " Mr ■*. Crombie-Bi'owne, a journalist, who is well known in Lav •.cftst'm. and has for some time past been resident in the capital, departed suddenly from Hobart an Thursday evening, leaving his wife and family behind, but taking with him a young lady who has liisuriU) held a respectable position. He arrived in Launceston by the mail tai'i on Friday, and a warrant was obtained on Friday for his arrest. Acting on telepraphie communication received, the Melbourne detectives arrested Mr Crombie-Browne on Saturday evening, and he will be remanded to Hobart on a charge of issuing valueless cheques." London Truth says : Lord Sudely is bilding a large jam factory on his estate atToddington, in Gloucestershire. Two years ago he planted there 93,000 gooseberrys trees, 167,000 black currant,2s, 000 plum, 3,000 apple, 900 pear, 9,000 damson, 500 cherry, 10,000 red currant, 25,OO0,raspberry, and 100 cobnut, and fifty-two acres were planted with strawberries. At the same time 10,000 Scotch firs and 10,000 poplars were planted for sheltering purposes. The astonishing progress of the frozen meat trade is thus referred to in the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's circular for transmission by the San Francisco mail.:— 11 When this industry was first mooted in New Zealand — fcss than two years igo — the most panguineadvocatecouF lardly have anticipated such stavtlin results in so brief a period. The ps sort already covers 14,133 carcases c iheep whilst 15,000 additional ar mder process, awaiting shipment, am we understand that engagements hay been entered into for the conveyance € it least 200,000 during the year 1884 rhe wholesale withdrawal from th flocks of the colony cannot fail to giv 1 permanent value to its live stocl md to the lands which carry it Ther Is accordingly an appreciable advanc in the price of sheep to be noted inthi sonnection, accompanied by an in: proved inquiry for grazing properties. In reporting the Governor's receptio it New Plymouth, the Taranki Heralo. 3ays: — Signs of preparation for landing were observed on' board, and a few minutes later the Union Jack on board the steamer was lowered,, and his Excellency was seen to descend to a boat belonging to the steamer, precisely at noon. Suddenly a report of a salute was heard, which took everyone by surprise, as there being no artillery corps in town, no one was prepared for this part of the ceremony. The improvised Artillery Corps were hidden from view behind the Fishing Bock, and consisted of a number of the men engaged on the works, who had conceived the plan df paying a tribute of respect to the representative of royalty Dy 5 firing off seventeen charges of dynamite, in a drive facing the sea. The explosions were fired off with wonderful precision, and resembled almost beyond distinction the salute of a battery of artillery. This was one of the most successful features of the landing, and we are sure would be none the less acceptable to his Excellence, for its novelty and igenuity. Probably it was the first time a viceregal sal v c had ever been given by dynamite. New York is stated to be numerically the greatest Catholic city in the world. Over nine million of persons in France are said to reside in houses having no windows. 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.