The book published some time ago in Lon don, entitled "Wanderings in the Interior of New Guinea," by Captain J A Lawson, created a good deal of interest when it first appealed It has now beeu asceitamed that the 1 elated wandeimgs aie a tissue of im aginings, witli less truth as a foundation than theie is toi " Hobmson Cuisoe " Me des cribes mountains 32.000 ft. in height above the level oi the sea, and ogLci uondeitul .'things which: he never saw. The vessel in which he saj s he sailed Lorn Sydney ioi New Guinea, m IS7I, it has been discoveied, has no exist ence. ;

Recently a man named William Ci igh was fined £j and costs at Melbourne loi having used an unjust wughmg nuchine It was louncl tM.il, fiom the mannci in which the levei was balanced, the puichasci always received 101b. less than the apparent weight and horn a deficiercy m the balance weight, the customei lost 2lb moie, so tiiat each piuch.isei -was dd lauded ol 121bs weight which, in the v.asc oi hall a-hundied weight ot coals 01 othei small quantity, made a. seuous diffeiencc A puichdsei oi a ton would lose two lmndied and a hilf

The total amount received for assessment on stock this year in Ofcago is fully £00,000, and is in ■ excess of the amount previously ever received by the Government from the same source in any one year.—Daily Times. A friend of ours, says an exchange, who suffered severe pains From NWalgiii.heiiring of a noted physician in Germany who mvaii ably cured the disease, ciossed the oce.in and visited Germany for treatment. Ho was per manently cured after a short sojourn,and tho phj sician freely gave him the simple remedy. which was nothing but a poultice andtea made .from our common field thistle. Thole.ivus, are macerated and used on the pnrl allccted as a poultice, while a small quantity 0 [ the leaves ara boiled down to the proportion of a quart to a pint and a small decoction drank ,before each meal. Our friond says ho has never known it io fail of velief,wh.le in almost every ca^c it has oil'outcd a cure.
