MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1779, 5 November 1886, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The London correspondent of the Shefteld Telegraph is responsible for t.h« following :— The town is tingling with a little scandal from the threat rical world. The story goes that an infamous attempt was nude to kidnap

one of the most beautiful young ladies I of the London stage. Various accounts of the storj are given, but as the matter if* likely to be heard in one of the Police Courts, we may soon know the precise details. The story * is almost romantic. The actress in a question was called upon by a lady, who descritad herself as occupying a high social position. The actress was induced to promise to call upon her. The promise was fulfilled, and it transpired she had been induced to go to a dreadful place. The prime mover in the conspiracy is said to be a man of rank. The matter has been laid before the police authorities, and, it is said, a public prosecution is in contemplation. According to the Ci Timaru Herald," Mr William Sweet, nursery man, of Temuka, claims to have discovered a perfect cure and antidote td that pest of gardeners, the blight. His experiments have lasted over some yean; but he is now confident that he can not only cure blighted trees, bat can prevent the recurrence of the evil. Mr Sweet's remedy is wry simple. It consists merely in the planting in proximity to the affected trees a shrub indigenous to England. How this* affects the insects which carries the blight we are nnaMe to say ; but, we have been credibly informed of some wonderful mum iftsssi lij ■ash ap parentlyumple means. One Mr James Glover bas been conducting a series of experiments upon the administration of criminal justice in England. He began some years ago by stealing a goose, for which he found the sentence was seven years' penal servitude. On regaining his liberty, he stole two geese, and >?ot four months' imprisonment. At the earliest subsequent opportunity he stole a. duck, and the result of the experiment was fourteen days hard labour. Some of the Kimberley adventurers " planted " a portion of their stores to lighten their load. There is a story told of one party who buried a portion of their supplies and made it look like a grave, and erected a tombstone and placed on it the words—" Sacred to the memory of ; w but some travellers came along who were a bit inquisitive and dug up the grave, and discovered a quantity of flour, tea, sugar, tobacco, Ac.