Mr Rees waxed forgiving and soft hearted when it beoamo his melancholy part to bid farewell to the House in which his resonant tones nave so often echoed. He said that he was compelled to follow his friend the hon. member for Grey Valley (Mr Woolcock) into retirement for a time, but before he left the House lie wished to say that if he had at any time trodden upon anyone's toes, he begged his pardon, and hoped they would part the best of friends. The following story, at the expense of Mr Manders, is from the special Parlia mentary correspondent of the Lyttelton Times :— Soine evenings s.go I took to the Theatre Royal a lady and her daughter, a sharp littlo girl of about 12 years .of age, to see Darrell's company in " Pink Domiuos." My young friend 'was deeply iuterested in the remarkably clever per formance by Mr Whyto, of Tubbs, an aged, but uncommonly gay Lothario, who," during a portion of the play is con siderably more than the proverbial " three sheets in the wind." Now, last Tuesday e^ing, tlrs KtiTe girl paid, her first visit to the House of Representatives, and had the inexpressible felicity of wit nessing the exhibition alluded to in the preceding paragraph. After intently looking over the railing of .the Speaker's gallery to, the spot where Mr Manders was holding up the back of the seat in front of him, she turned to her mother with. the remark v Oh, Ma, there's that funny man Mr Tubbs again." Verily " Out of the mouths of babos and suck lings,?' &.c.,&0. .. One of the hottest regions on earth is along the Persian Gulf, where little or no rain falls. At Bahrin the arid shore has no fresh water, yet a comparatively numerous population contrive to live there, thanks to the copious springs which break forth from the bottom of the sea. The fresh water is got by diving. The diver, sitting in his boat, winds a great goat skin bag around his left arm, the hand grasping its mouth ; then takes in his right hand a heavy stone, to which is attached a strong line, and thus i equipped he plunges in and quickly reaches the bottom. 