News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 256, 2 October 1883, Page 2

News in a Nutshell.

Thomas" Garden, blackamithy Feilding , , has been' adjudicated a ;brankrupt6htfhe petition of K. Gardner, and; iCo, ,ofcW«l» liugton. .-• _. „•; .-,.-.,, .*,.., ■) ,',L •)., , ,| Administering a Sedative.—f Doctor, I want you' tod look at my., tongue,! said a loquacious belle to her physician, ' what do you think is the' matter with— ?*''_£ wants rest,' was the-reply, - : '- >»'" u:i " / , One of the best living sculptors- cannot carve a turkey. ••^[.iU x*l Which side of a horse to take m mounting ?— The outside. ' ' ' ' • There • are 3,985 paper mills, m. the world; producing 950-OUO of paper per annumr- * — :~-.~- — ~ — r :'-*— During July and August last, 1,987 persons arriyedh m New,; Zealand, and 1,947 left it ; net gain to the colony, 40. By,the new. law as -to, .machinery,, all appliances' must be safe, under a penalty of £20 to £100, > When is a fiah fit for the lunatic asylum? •-- When it is m Seine. ' ; :■■ d r „L "* A man who says.- he. will subscribe anon veiy of ten] proves .to be . a non*subspriber. „ J", "Job n Chinaman '! ia _, lea ying o Ne w ''Zealand j* -, In July and, August -lasfll'T Celea'tiats' left our shores,' and Only 'three* arrived. ~~"" r t oi K Britain; 'ho less 'than 270]000,000 .articles are ? pledged ' with 'my uncle 'in the course of a year.— When a dumb,; .photographer JMnta I <tO> .says f yes ' to.a customer, hie merely- displays two .noaatiyea,", .-. ' " ( . , ,' !, > \ " l! A 'inan-'W-.o marries'' a' girl for her good looks sometimes discovers,, that ."> thing ot'beanty is a ' A ' : f What is most generally < wanted m the way of navigation is -- a lifeboat that will rid c safely [on a sea of. troubles. The newspapers of the w r orldjuse3ob.ooo> tons of paper p«r annum— onto 1 third of tha total produce of the paper mills. A Wairarapa settler .has_. had. eleven thousand hop plants . set, this season, the land having previously been sub'soiled-tb> a depth of sixteen inches. The local papers says the matrimonial season has commenced m, and around] Greytown.