MISCELLANSOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1662, 5 February 1886, Page 2

MISCELLANSOUS.

I beard a good story the oth f d*y almttt a politician who ha? gOO« to. a place where •»« are attorni a d»«4 division will be taken on the Day of Judgment. He nas invited kf Mr Dalley, Q.a. to dinner At Manly Beach. Mr Dalley it a frCMt goortnand and pridea himself en betnc oe» of the best cooks in Aattralia. " What do yon think of that totipf he wiß ask. " I was in tie kitchen at half pact two, with my apron on, preparing tke ingredients." He gave Sir Job* O'Sbanassy a recherche dinner of eifbt eonnwc AtdesMrt hasaid, "Now, Bir John, oonfrM yoo "^w *••* f better dinner in yoor life, nor one y«t enjoyed more.* M V«ry good oinaer^ Daliey, verygood r inner," answered |be old , knight •• Ah, bat ywi ifr*et enjoyed a dinner i tore ; vow did yoa 7 ■•• \Vell," wlactantly replied his jraet*, « I can i»oaroely say that, because C distinctly romptnl-or » dinn«r •ome yeaif »g" I eitj >yert a great deal more." «'Oht did yo«? Tell me, Ye«, HI me," inquired Dall?y, in tones of unusna! earnestness, and with his month almost wattling in exp cfat'on "What didyov have?' 'A belly of

pok some greens, and a bottle of whisky," was th* «.nef reply, to the co .steruation and diwppoiutmKnt of bis h.«t. who in telli..« the »wry lugubriously added. « I believed him ; but fancy w^tinst a Hiniwr of eignt courßei on that stomacb. ' Tlie tendency to cheaper money h«s been marked, the general average rate of cliscmMt in Europe U™"*. fallen fr0'»4.27 p v ceiU. in 1851-80. to B.7lper c-.t, vh 4^l -80-o.r •>' 059 per coqt. Tv (freai BiUam tlie fall was fwn 4.17 ynv .cent, to ftjs jx-r cent., or by 089 per cent In other word*, the f i!lliid 11 -»fM;«l{!Ho«»t one fo -n-thV so rhat a niwmfact«w eotilil Urrxv £4 t;( > f"* ana o nit fo^ wiii.-h lie i--i 1 ; 60 wo-il.l hive ! nd to pay SniO. Amongst other remits .if :U -.«•« Jv.r's investigations, it i« «li*>w:i t')^« i-li.M crifiuiie« to m-C'winUte in i • «i-«»t bmks «-f Eii-^p^ «t tb-> '-*teoM p»»r c-nf. ?>t. a ..nun ; lI tliat b-tween f.«»sii eimtal "i I <leposit.« the InisiniM Of .kiiiki:.R «^lh £100i)00,000 ye.ty. Ti«e hr ki-« derait.da in Anatiiilia excet-d those of otlier parti of i H^ worl«». h*ivi..-» '.-ci it. thft «n> of about £6,000,000 per annum. The *%-erajje- of money use«l i«« banking in Enjdand to po.»ii. ; ni...i ■•* V-H j*i LeaH,£ll tv Can*lu,.»nd £32 i<« An trali«u -