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The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser (Heathcote, Vic. : 1863 - 1918), Friday 5 May 1871, page 3

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:-On my way iium.l il Matthew

Reens,.down' a range about h.df

amile behinid John Gr.,lam.'s residence,

at Avnadalk, after suiser, m: horse a?'

startled at seeing an animal coming down a

tree, which. I thnnght at the momenttA be.

an aboriginal, and whenit.

got within about i

eight feetof the ground

it lost itsgrip

fell.My feelings at the moment were any

thing but happy, but althoughmy

horse was

restless,I

endeavoured to get agood glimpse.

of the animal by following it.as itretreated

untilit disappeared into a gully. It some

what resembled the shape of a man, accord

ingtothefollowingdescriptioi--Heig ht,about

five feet,slender. armse luong, legs like human

being,only the feetbeingatouteighteeninches

long, and shape like on iguatia; with longtoes, antd muscles of the arms and chest

beig?well developed, the back of the head

straigltwvith then

and body, but the

frunt df the faceprojected 'fo?ward, with

monkeyTeatutree.

Every particle of the

body, except the feet and face, Wias, cAvered

with black hair;,with a tan-colored streak

froiim

theneck' to the abdomen.

'

While

lnolkin at-Tiohi

it,eyes tind.,

notion, fter the fashionof a monkey.

It

Vwailked'juadruped. fashion, but at every few

paces it would turn round and look ut me

followint it,supporting the body with two

legs anid one ain, the other was

placed aiross the hip.. I also noticed that it

had no tail. It appears that two children

naiined Summers saw the same animat, or one

similar,:m the same locality,about two years

ago, but they sayit was then the size of a

boy'abhut thirteennr fourteen years of age.

Mercur.y.

SA NEw FOOD EOR THE PooR.-A meeting

was held at the Whittington Club, Arundell

street, Strand, to test the qualities of Geyelin's

Combination of Liebig Extractumn carnis and

granulated Brazil Tapioca, as a thorough and

cheap food for the poor. Numerous repre

sentatives of the principal newspapers and

scientific journals, clergymen interested, in

promoting the comfort' of the poor, and pub

licmenconnected with poor-law administration

were present. Mr. Low explained to the

meeting that he had made arrangements at a

considerable cost with the patentee, *herebylie had become able to

supply the" beef and

tapioca soup which they had just tasted to

charitableassociations, workhouses, elergymen,

and. others iriterested inrelieving the suffer

ing of the poor, at one penny per packet, the

packet containing the essince of half a 'ound

ofbeef,: with 60 per cent of the finest Brazil

ofbeef,: with 60 per cent of the finest Brazil

tapioca. - He was'ready to answerany ques

tion that might be put to him. Mr. Francis

Fuller: would inquire Whether thepoor

buy this food for themselves, or whetherit

might be distributed to them through charit

able agencies. Mr. Blanchard Jerrold wanted

t know whether the beef and tapioca soup

had been tested in an extensive manner, that

is, ifany

great charitable bodies had applied

it to the necessitous, and. found ita sound

and sufficient nutriment. A clergyman pre

sent would be glad to hear.whether,

ifa

clergyman went or sent to the. depot.in

St.

Mairy Axe, he could procure, say 50 or 100

rations. reply 'Mr. Low.:stated: that. the

food he had coveunanteid ito sell it must be

bonafide for'the poor. Itwas not at mattter

of profit-of course as the patentee sold-it to

the geferal puhlicit

was-hbut h: (Mir. Low)had spent upwards of £2,000 in

perfecting

the mixture of the two foods soa

to do tlihat

whichhe' is now able to do,

viz., to give

phliilaithropists the opportunity of putting a

cheaper food'than had yet ben contrived with

in the reach of the most necessitous classes in

the couiintry.-Observer.

MR.' MARTLEY'S OPINION OF BANKS.

Mr. Martley isof opinion that if the banks of

thecolony

received their deserts they would

all be on the'roads; at least he said that that

was hisopiniamrnyesterd:ty, in the Sandhurst

Cuunty..Court, when hlie wasvery hard upon

banhkin,corporations in

generad, and the

Orieirtal Bank Corporation in partic.dilar.

The learned counsel could scarcely find words

adequate enough to express hisindignation

at the mean and unprincipled proceedings

banks, whenever they had the advantage.

The cause of Mr. Martley's wrath in the pre

sent instance was the conduct of the manage

ment of the Oriental Bank insuing

Messrs.

Penistan and Pringle for debt incurred by

the Edinburgh Tribute Company, of which

they were shareholders. The manager of the

bank advanced the sum of £250 to the direc

tors of the company on two guarantees, by

waich, they were held liable according' to the

interest which they enjoyed. " All the

times things " elapsed in due course, but

the Edinbugh Tribute Company struck noirold, nrdicd they release thenaselves fromi

the

hank liability. Affairs becoming rather despe

rati, and the bank beiag veryisnxinousto

g-et

h uok their money with inter-eat1 in'stitutcdat

in the County Court to recover the-um.i

from Mr. Penistan and M Pringle,

w

the only' liableshareholders worth

powder andshot,

the residue of the tributors,

as the attdrney, for the bank putit, being

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as the attdrney, for the bank putit,

being

paupers. 'Atthe-outset of thu'.ceseevery

legal iropeidimeht wea 'rai.ed by 'thecouinsel

for the defendants, tried to show that

the s-ireholdera'.ere responsible

by a guaranteefcii

a portion of thedebt'

the plaintith had the favor of circumstances,.

however. The guarantees did not clearly set

forth thatthose who signed were only-

liable

to a limitedextent, and no parol evidence

admissable.. Mr. Pringle in show

ing to the satisfaction of the court that his

liability was limited,and was struck out;

but Mr. Penistan was less fortunate, and a

yerdict was given against him inone

cast,

for.£50, and in another for £200,

with costsandinterest._Beandilndependw1nt,

Aworthy Yankee deacon had been very

industriousselling a new church book,

costing seventy-five cents. One Sunday

morning the minister, just before dismissing

the congregation, rose and said, "All you

who have children to haptise will pre

sent them next Sabbath." The deacon, who,

by the way, alittle deaf,

and having an

eye to selling the books,and supposing

his

pastor ,was referring to them, immediately

jumped up and shouted, "All you who

haven't any can get as many as you want, by

calling on me, atseventy-five each."

There was nobenediction,

that morning

worth speaking of, and the deacon, after helhad

found out hismistake, changed his pew from

the front of the church to the third from the

rear; and though he cannot hear the sermon,

he is consoled, with- the thought that the

young ladiescan't snicker at him.

SITh,.

, C,'

of the 10th April.thus

describearemarklabie natural phenomenon:

- On aMst, the p.s. Duke of Edin

burgh. w-.1e oji a tAp from Auckland to

Woau liea.d,experitenced a violent

storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning

About 9 o'clock in the evening, during the

heaviest of the stbrm. a large ball ot fire

descended in dangerous proximity to the

vessael. From Captain Farquhar'sdescription

of the phenomenon,it

must been, with

out doubt, one ofthe most eixtraordinary of

the kind ever wittiessed. He says that the

repoirt caused by,the atmospheric disturbance

and the concussion were such were such

to shake the vessel from stem to stern 'in a

most violent manner; and that as soof as

recovered from the shock he saw a large ball

offire,

about the size and shape of a hogshead,

of about the size and shape of a hogshead,

descending from the clouds in a perpendicular

line. It appetired so close to the ship that he

atfirst feared it

wouldfall

on:board,but- it

dropped into the water about 50ft from. the

steamer. Captain Fartluhar states that" at

the time of the explosion he experienced a

most; extraordinary sensation, being totally

unable to speakor some seconds. He

stttes-that th&hulL~of firo-omnitted-u-strong

smell ofsulphur."

List of Unclaismi.d Lotteis, at the Post Once

Heathcote, for the week ending May 4,

1871.

Blackburn Joseph McLellan D

Croucher Geo. Maddeford Mrs. W. J.

Crowe Mr. Osburne.

Davis Mrs. A:uie Mcfinn A:exr. care of

E'gland S Mr. Duncan

EvansR W Naughton A F

Fullgrabo Louis O'irine. Miss Al. A.

Gardner George S. Rowan Lee

Hecht Francis Scott Mrs. MarthaHicks A Snow Francis

Itzerott Wm Smith MaryJohnson Marc Sparks J

Kier?ch Bruno Thomas J E

Mitchell Miss B. B. Wagner C:.rl

Moneghan John Wade Robert

ALFRED L. SUTTON Postmaster.