News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 306, 28 November 1883, Page 2

News in a Nutshell.

Cook's Guide'.'-^He^ ¥ose; n - ■ ■ Men of Letters.-^Postmeii aiitt ftbmpoii*' 'tors. _' ;''_ Z'''* 7 '"V •^; ;i ■■■ '■ Note' this, Female '■'■* Emigration Agents !— A newspaper •hW published five columns of namef-of eligible baohe* lore and widdveraj fot thai ia<jU^, m vittW of their leap^jear privilege* nejet year, . . Why is .-a writer mote free than fr king I — Because he can .choose bit own sub* jeott. ..,.._ , , ;i . . A distinguished New Zealarider travel* ing to Russia ; ' Here is a nice Sic I'm in— invited" to dine with the' Ozar, tad no insurance on my life' !' A recent electoral joke was the publioa* tion of a little vplume on tbepq}H4gid achievements of a^ candidate: The reader, on opening it, found that the pages wet* blank. Nearly fifty Municipal Councils hart : petitioned the Vjiqterian Government m - favour of assisted immigration. " The North Otago.Timep states that the Oamaru Harbor Board loan of 425,000, beaciag interest at 5 per cent, per annum, hasUeen anccessfuliy floated iDlidndott, the price receLredTfor the: ; debenture* being £98 per /!L r . '■ When a raijlway is commenced out west, the work is ' piished 'forward with great vigor. The Phcj6q Railway ia nodr beinjr constructed at the rate of 35 mile* pet weelf. A Saturday or two ago .6 miles of line ware made. .. ,-., The Sydnay Town and Oounty journal says that the stock-breeders- of New* South Wales hare m one year paid the breeders of Neir Zealand £60,000 for heavy draught mareo, and. £10,000 for heavy working horses. New Zealand »l*o supplies horse peas, beanf, lrnsaed, barrotf, and potatoes. " Ul : ''" A massive silver .model of. a Victorian gold m(he h,aa been iwn| t$ Calcutta,; Gold to the yalue of two hur^dre4 million^ sterling {fas "been producel ifl Victoria np to *he end-of latt year, ■ , • v The chaplain of Melbourne gaol has forbidden- .the circuittion jir tht />V»r Cry ' m that sstabliahment, for fear of it contaminating the prisoner^ I .. :, The revenue of Fiji is showing elasticity, and there is the prospect of a surplus at the end of the year of £10,857. ' The colony' is now about double* that ?of four years ago, without any increase of taxation.