News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 39, 14 January 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

! - ' -^'oo:— «•' '■' ' [If t it were i^pt. fo^.the.j^.jrcLb teileff, a good pan j^yAung/ men wt^ld ; np| be drawnto Suqday '^eetiijgßJ,7 "" ... "' . 4, .Mther! cynical lady,; somewhat of a flirt, says, moat; mgn,. Jike colds, are easily bought but difficult/ to gat ri<t» of This' new . Queen 1 >f .Madagascar - has married the iPrim'e' Mtnf^r, *iirac<jSrd« dance with the _ custom_oif the country.' If .the. late Queen also observed. ,lbo custom trf the 'c'duniry, i th4 i Priine Minister would b«. the nW "Queen's uocle as well as husband; 1 , :! -' a ;. - : - •; /. [ - d Ga^aih F[ m pkfSdo', kk Ebgli^ihi^n, ■ and editor ofibe Chai-iestoa News atti Mercury, bas'bead «reatedtia Knight of the the Order of St^-George by the Pope, for opposition .he has. made to r , duelling, and which Bas gradually led to tbe suppression of the, practice m South Carplina. there 1 are I^q6o' 'Bliie ia Adelaide; il: ': Tv "V 1 " '*' ' . BaHkruptcj.eß are nujSerous iua^'at predent From 'the * Weekly; 1 Ad vertiW' of JinuaiyS we ream' thU.Ohriatch^rch eup^ plied 9, Tiinarfl 5- Wellington' 2, Wgnganui and PaliiierstoniNortll;B, Oataanl 10, InvercargiiJ ll r New Plymouth 6, Napiar 1, 12-f-a grWd total of 04 to begin the ne wye ir with. • U . In a borougbr not-a hundred miles from, Auckland,, has arisen; a, sdinewhai curious 1 coniftljq»tion«. Atnooß^oja a^eetain day, the new Maypr^wa^.^ns'jUi'Hed into office. Just a quarter of an'hbiir before that hour his: spouse had presented him with a pledge of affection. 'Has 1 lie lost the traditional cradle by 6fteen minutes, or has heia clainii tdtfas being Mayor-elect at the time F Replies are invited. Fred iand, fhe^\ wje'rd iduhussing Leap Year ia the Square .last liked acres, anbthei 'ready l money, nnid the least was a good; penman! Fred hewed % deep sigh when he replied ' that he wou'd wait until the Hot Lakes was . oouverted into a Mormon country. 1 . He stands upon the pavement And wrestles with the tyeeiie » He looks m through, thQ window^ And this is what ni^ sees : ; 'Lights low, a oouibfn'atioQ' ' i Of . m.<rostacbe and of curl— * . Aflother fellow'a buggjqg , Tbe other fellow's gir).