News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 47, 24 January 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

The lonic's ran Horn* t rpm Ljttelton occupied 4L day*. ;■ The Jesuit Fathers have 175 placet of worship m Madagascar. j j According to a telegram the comet hag been seen at Greymouth, also at Taupo aud m the South of the Middle laland. It is reported that m a shoirt time the journey by express "train \n Sydney and Melbourne will be shortened byndarhr two hours. The distance bfttween the two capitals is 674 miles, _and the time at present occupied by the express..!* 19 hours. Tour future husband seems very exacting, he has , been stipulating for all sorts of things, 1 said a mother to her daughter, who was.pn the point of being married. Never miud, mamma,' replied the affectionate girl, who was already, dressed for the wedding, ' these are his last wishes. 1 • Th«j receipts for St Matthew's. Anglican Church, Dunedjn, for the year showed a great falling off^jTho receipts were £930, and the expanditure £1260, showing a deficiency of £330.. The present liability is £5608. ' ; ' ■*- - J A Wanganni firm of architects have receiTed instructions to prepare plans of a cheese and batter factory, T;o be erected on the Makino Roftd, near Fielding. 1 A prudent man,' says a witty Frenchman, 'is life a pin- His head prevent* ! him from going too far. j '■'■'* Wind ? s ixciaimed Mrs Ramsbotham, 'wind i Why, ;my dear, it v blew a perfect banco ! • >'A little book just published is entitled i How to Talk.' A ijopy should be placed m the hand of every barber m the land, ' No,' said the eloping woman, « there isn't the Ls«at likehood that my husband will discover jour whereabouts. He's & detective. f Thompson is not goibg to do ' anythinjc i more m. conund rume. He recently asked his wife the difference between, his head aud ahogshead> and she said there waa none. He says that it is dot ■ the right answer. .. '"'. . ' I find, Dick, that you are m the habit of taking my jbk6s and' pawing tham ofif as your owni ii.oyo'u oall that gentlemanly conduct 1' ?To be. sure "I do, Tom. A. true gentleman will always tate a jok» from a friend.' Dumley was making an evening eaii* and the nice little b,oy of the family had been allowed to' remain up a Kttle later than usual. *Wif he iaid, 1 during a lull m the conversation, ' can whiskey talk f * ' Oertaialy not,' said ma. * What put that absurd notion into your head V '- '* Well/ he replied, ' I heard you say to pa that whiskey was telling on Mr Damley, and I wanted to know what it laid.' Says a correspondeat to aeon temporary: — Spofforth, the renowned Sydney bowler, is a sheep-driver io Queensland at the present time. It is given on very good authority that there is only some ten communists now remaining m New Caledonia, the remainder having either escaped to, Australia oc been amnestied. The registers of medical pr-aotitionara and dentists m the "colony of New Zealand are published m a recent Gazette. From these it appears that there are 394 ■medical praotitioners and 83 dentists registered m New Zealand. A. bin- spondent of the Auckland Weekly News states that an infusion of bltfe gam leaves stmds unrivalei far healing soi c* on the necks or breasts of hordes. The same remedy taken inter* uaily is said to be a certain cure fox colds and similar complaints. • The whale* rectntjy captured at Weljs, linoton have jield<d 2^ tuna of oi',-^ which. has been, so)d for .£3l. person to Mr 'J'yer, of Ngahaui'anga, i proprietors of the.a.s« Tui have obtained, the contract .for the conveyance of 3&0 tons of. rails to Eoxton for the Manawatu RaiLway Company. German resi^enta qu tha Moantainroad, Taranaki,' of tha Lutheran persuasion, are anxious for a building where I they can meet and worship m their . mother tongue. Jh^-y are ap^euing for help m theTaranaki papers. On the 31st ulc, there were 224 money order offices and postal savings, banks op'n m :New Zealand, as cony pared with 208 for the sane date of 1882. Manchester is unable to make city improvements co ting nearly £50,000 per veai out of the profits of its gas* works. ' Sample, the hnrsetamer, is raakiug lots of money m Victoria. He has been testimonialided. Hard lines for a clever; man to be so afflicted. The Italian insurance companies told King Humbe.t, ot lU!y, wlio, having spent his money m paying his fi ; ther.'a debt.B, tried it g a his lifj insared for £I^,ooo, that crowned heads w,ore a poor venture, and she? never took (uequ