News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 20, 21 December 1883, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

' a. There ar_ said to be 2000 cabmen m London.- r . y; ■ ..Ah. .-.a.) ".A Several assisted „ immigrants, direct from Germany, havp arrived m Tasmania. Miss Bella Guerjn, a Ballarat girl, ii ;the , first la;dy .Bachelor of Arts- at the . Melbourpe Ijhiverßity/ .."," A Hbbart tradesman intends shipping potted butter ip glass jara to' the Calcutta Exhibition. ', A splendid hugget.bf pure gold, weighing 246z5r., was recently PneartPed m a claim at Upper Temora. Thei'compositora' eooisk pf the office, Melbourne, Jrar been lighted by the electric light with great success. .Ifc is prpposed m Sydney , to. form a company to-buy b'anaPas and" pineapples to preserve thep* for export. X; ' ! 1 At Casino, an up-country town^in N.S. Walee, some^New Zealand draught mares .sold last week at £40 each, i : ;ji< '.;■:, .It lis proposed to prohibit: the; use of ...barbed wire on: streeta rand roads iv populous localities; near Christchurch. The Age has "no hesitation m • assert* ing," that the' Victorian y Police Department ia "utterly uhdeeervirigVof ; publio confidence." •„ ,- r^ ; »"i. •■ Z. There was a :j^rge 'gathering at tha fpneral of \Mr W;J^. ( Hatnilton; an old aettler, and one of the proprietors of the -Lyttelton Times. . Mr-Stout; in'S_e>courSd;©f T 4u'rece_t lecture, at Wellington on.fiLarriHinisra," ,*aid that m his opinion , f fti, top pmca was made of the matter/ ... , r The'Twtmaiciian Gold .Mining Co., last week declared its 61st dividend, amountting to £3000.' Ttiii makei £259,500 paid m dividends, or £92 18a per aharejon the original issue. Tha.:large7.diai_b'nd: recently- foudd ia the. Orange jFree State*, South Africa, by Mr Miller, weighs sf.pzs.j [(avoirdupois), and is the third largest, diaipond- m the world.' The Salvation Arpjyhasj decided to establish a home for discharged prisoner* m Melbourne; and to J devote special at* tention to 'thitr branch s of 'their self imposed work. Iron tanks and troughs containing .water are to be placed by the ; Govern* ment of New South .Walea m waterlew district! of that country, to; r supply the wants of travelling stock . , ' " x ' < '' The , flold' medal for the Champion Prizß taketth all clashes,' offered for com* petition at the TikbiPairiro-'Parmera' Olab Sho w by: Mr : J antes • McDonald, M.H.R., fell to the lot of that gentleman jhifiQGrelf, who scored 4? points. ;