Dismay and something worse in prospectu is' the lot of a number of residents in a local ity called the "Strand" at Reofton. The Road Board have informed them that some c l a y — tfcey do not even add, weather permit ting—they, the said residents may be com pelled by the said Board to shift their habi tations to some other locality, at their own expense and without compensation. The only consolation we can offer these unfortu nates, is an assuranoe that worse consequent ces than thi3 sometimes come o£ having taken up an untenable position.
A company has been started near Mel bourne for the purpose of utilising uightsoil. From 100 tons of nightsoil they can make 10 tons of guano, which sells readily aI; £5 a ton. Besides the guano there is also obtained from the 100' tons 'Of material 1J tons of sulphate of ammonia, which is worth £18 15s in England, where it is used as manure. Tho nightmen from tho city pay the company 2s a load for permission to empty their casks into their tank as otherwise they would have to carry the nightsoil four or five miles farther.
At the funeral of a Chinaman who commit ted suicide lately at Tuapeka, each person who attendod is said to have been presented with a shilling on leaving the graveyard. The custom is aaid to be a long established one in China.
