MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1652, 13 January 1886, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The • Press ' says that Master Alfred Bill, yonn^esn son of Mr C. Hill, L&mbton Qmy, Wellingtm, has been "nsraged as leader of the orchestra of Majeroni and Wilson's Conic Open* Company. The engagemmit will la«rt dnrinaj the enjainjf spasons at Chriitrhurch and D medrn. It is prohab'e tlwt voums,' Hill will n^xt y*>ar proceed to Europe in order to er»Mtina<» his stodieg either in the Royal Co!!e^e of Mnsic. Lond yn, or else in on^ of tho Couservatones of Mtwic in PiHs or Berlin. The young musician is only sixteen years of age.

" JEW in the • Australian,' baff the following: -"There is every <*ravi*y in the Anstrahan situation— in its financial us<ie.;t. Two colonies have closed th ?ir annual pnMic accounts with a considerable d«*fi .-it-ncT, viz., New So itb Whl^s anl Sooth Australia. [The writer migte have a<Lled Near Z^aUmi.] Sa fu\ neither lias facad the m itt**i* iv a proper s>id statesmanlike manner. Tin-re is, of course, the Miciwber-liJce <>xprdient of issniiig Trea«n y bills to till the gup. Bat more than that is tiered. Th« Goveniinent wlich (lfsired 10 do well l>y the prn'viiu-p. it controllei xrwhl Mtlly faw th» difficulty I.y 'lcfi:iit.4 pconojuy of Hxjx'nditore, ami by sufficient aJtiitional taxation in sorno shipp. No othHr cotir^ is even ar^uiblc. Tli^ chance of better Masons w not a \-»|{i| as3et against a l;no-.vn tl^ficiency in the Tr»*as!iry chest. If the credit of tlto colonies is to bf maintained in Grw»(i Britain (for We slwll all suffir in common !>y piiitical cowar.lice), itnns^tje in tlie wiy suggested. W!«n the strain is pa^sod the burden can be lij»htt*ned, and wrsfc string* can a^«i» be relaxed. Bnt prompt, vigorous action is that f hich will snstain Amtralasia'a credit."

! Oipe ostriches b^ve been lately introduced into Australia for the parpose offarmingt iem.»nd tbasesUbJish a new industry, which bids fair 'to become a remunerative one, if properly managed. Care and skill necessary to success in the rearing of ostriches, and if this attention is not paid to them failure is ittvaHaMy the result. In the Cape colony fort ones have been ru*d* by ostrich fanning, and a similar result may l»e expectel in Australia. There is always i great demand for the feathers of . his bird at high prices. A geutletnan, at present re*diifg m Auckland, lately received a consignment of these feathers frond th« Cap** at which he was a colonist for several years, and having readily and profitably disposed of tbnu to son** of onr leading drapers, he has orden*d another consignment, which is expected to arrive h*re ere lo>tg. There ott^'it w be sufficient enterprise in New Zetland to add ostrich farming to its other industries, our climate being well adapted for such %n undertaking.

The followinT explanation is given of the manner iv which th« aborigines find their way in the Australian l»u*h : — While resting after lunoh at Billy Nudgel Creek, Jaeky e*plait»e<t o»e of the methods by which hit couutryuaca (md their way n thickly tiuiUnni country. Any description of th* habits of the ftt>origiuea of these Coiouieg is always interesting, althougk |to the great majority they are bat | little known. A >lackfellow, whil« he has si^ht of the sm», can always direct his course with accuracy, but on a doll day, or even at night, if he can g«t m light, he will give you the direction of | north, south, oast ;»nd west almost to ft point An exaini tation of the leaves of tlie gums, and mo*t other trees of the fcivst. will reveal the feet that the outer or upper surface of the leaves ii of a blister tint Uian that underneath; olxierve them dotely, and it will be; found tliKt the prevailing direction of all the brighter or tipper portions of leaves is to the east. Che momuig sou. This feature the blacks have utilised ; it U thoir corapp.sw, and H*« m«»>r other of their habiu and customs, is the result of observation and common sense,

A lively eontrwersy has arisen oak of a statement n-cently made by Mr Parnell to the eflee; that previously to 1873 the professorships, the fellowships, and scholarships of Trinity Collf g« • could only I* held »»y members of the English Chorch in Ireland, and that some Catholics ac opted the system which subsequently i«er*iiie known as •• tm-niiut far acUof •.r»hiw; f> — that Vt» to *«>•. during" Tli»-ir tlift* y«W f mj.

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d*M.*e they cOTwe"*-'. although Catholics, to na> t ik- of the Bac.-ame.its of the Episcopalian Church m Inland Up to 1873, said Mr Parnell, that state of things existed Tins extra. ordinary sHtem^nt, whi«h w a senons ififl^ion upon the character of a nnrnVr of professional gentleman holdin? the highest : positions such as Professor Ma!?nire, Professor blattery, Lord Justice Naish (px.Lord Chan : celbr of Ireland). Mr O'Shinxwwy (late. M.P.). a"'' «*^ r * l oth(#r J t W n contradicted in indignant terms 1-y V< M^uire. who, in a letter to thy • D lily Express,' characterised it as a "malignant: falsehood," and stated that in 1854 th* Biird form r, neholanhips expressly for the purpo* of adniittin? Tlom^n Cathnlics, and n was hi.melf thrt first who oh*ained one. Paoe Woodcock's Wind Pats have f<»r thirty years hM th« rirst. pUw i i t • world as an effectual anti l««t« t-» 'whw tion, winl on the sfto-n:ich, hiiiMiwnH^^ and all complaintH ari*in<: fro-n di««nriler^storwach, bowels, or liver. Tmiuc. mvi« c.ratin?, and purifying, they f»rm the b«.t temedy extant, and may he taken by »lri and Toun<« with equal Iwnefit.— K •♦ K flfd., 4b. 61., family Boxes lU. of a! Chemists. Pn>nnetor Pa^e Woo Ice^-k Lincoln Knjjland