News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 245, 18 September 1883, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

Thompson with;his , diorama. is : travelling through Queroalandr^t'* Severe winter weather haa been expeii-i •need m the interior of Otago. '"~----~** . The Kennedy Tfamily of Scotch* vocn» lists have .been.au iumense success m. Ball ar at. 'Ths New South Wales ohemists^are pre?, paring a Pharmacy Bill, to be introduced ' next session. .~-,Thirty.-tw,o denominational schools have been leased m ft ew South Wales for public school purposes. ' ,:.,<■ - A hydraulic lift for the. convenience of members ia to be '.erected at Parliament Bouse, Melbourne. ' ' v ' : ' • Pollard, the -Salvationist, has received promotion twice -since he came to' New Zealand. He ia now a major. There has been grumbling /about' the; ' villainous stuff' foisted on the smoking public m Melbourne. During the* ten years ending 31st December, 1882/756 public schools' were estab -" lished^n New South Wales.. Tlie're are said to bo 20,000,^00 acres' of ' country m New South Wales over which , artesian wells may be expected. •'-'-" '' The chief inspector of stock in^Qaeons--land estimates the total 'number of, sheep m that 'colony at eleven millions and a half. . The « diamond>drill ; ;'at Mr /BignalVAi Widgegoara station, Queensland, ha» struck a splendid aupply.,qf goqd.,waterjat--200 feet, rising 160 feet; m ten minutes. '** • A clergyman writing m a Melbourne paper points out that-* H.M.S.[Pihafore' and * Our Boya,' the purest dramatic productions of thin, era, have also .been the, moat successful. ' ! ''''"*-»' 5 At a late 'meetinj^qf the ; puu(Bdin,Cit^, Council the «' shanghai ''|nuisabce iwM dip j cussed. It was also mentioned -tliat- th'e larrikin element m the city had increased very much of late.: j /•, I\ ' A;j .>•-':/ Mr C. H. Bromby, the Tasmanian les»turer.jwas suedin' the; Melbourne District Court for the recbyery/if a! twp.ahillinir = cab fare by the driver of a ' hansom' cab," and had to pay the fare and 15s costar - At recent land sales m AdejgideCihe ,late Governor, 1 Sir Wm. Jervois, pur» I chasel, 442 acres on Lake Alexandria, m the Hundreds of Brinkley. . These lots , are on the route of the proposed,' overland railway jine',' about a mile off the track. _', A coming Tasuiariiaft cause" .celebre ia 'aaid tq ! be a divorce suit instituted by a' well-known solicitor of Hobart.'a partner' inone of the leading firms'; against his iwifeV who is connected with some of the best families m the colony ;' i The oo»rea» pondent is. said to be a o,young car»driver* youngenb'igh to be the lady's son. The boai found at; Qhau i Bay, near Terawhiti, is believed to have belonged to the. ill-fated Hannah Barratti . The/ Rangatira, champion ' cutter qf Auckland for years past, has been wrecked at. the Great Barrier. The crew were aaved. > , „- >•. .., ,