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News m a Nutshell.

The London Daily News says the report that Mr Gladstone thinkß of resigning this year is absolutely unfounded. The Mexican Government is importing Flemish people to introduce into that country the cultivation of flax. Lord Lome m writing an essay proposing to give Ireland provincial councils, instead of a central Parliament m Dublin. On the recommendation of medical officers, the authorities of London have resolved to establish a crematory of Elford. Captain Gordon, of Fyvie, who was well known m naval circles, fell dead at a meeting of band directors m Aberdeen. There are cases m tenement houses m Birmingham, England, m which two families, including children, occupy one room. The new fast mail service from New York to the Pacific coast does not cost the Government any more than the former slow service. From 1334 to 1831 sumptuary edicts . as to dress were issued at Berlin. Th^ last forbids women without rank to wea. silk dresses. Miss Elizabeth P. Peabody, of Boston now nearing her eightieth year, was the first to introduce the Kindergarten system into America. A bill has beon introduced m the House of Commons to hmnanisej the children, computed at 60,000, who live on canal barges and m travelling vans. In ancient times a church was a sanctuary' but a fox which lately took refuge m an English pulpit near Brighton, was slaughtered without compunction.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 156, 30 May 1884, Page 2

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233

News in a Nutshell. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 156, 30 May 1884, Page 2

News in a Nutshell. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 156, 30 May 1884, Page 2

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