Newsin a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 59, 8 February 1884, Page 2

Newsin a Nutshell.

■ ••. -••i^ :00: i i^, T o y. n The Taranaki News is la a position to state! authoritatively: that i*i§jMa&fc&t, kmsons intention jtp- r .agtiin ottar himself as a candidate YorJHe 5 Egtnont seat, and .that there is no foundation whatever for the story about thtf^gebt-GeiieiiUbtpi^ There ia a total of 638 officiating clergy, men m the colony^fos a of half a million, giyiog a;pai§|rage of about 803 to eaoß^iQclutling men^women, and children. * ■■*■'-■:'- r r r 3 -* '■ : Johtt^Newt6n,' who wW } sentl>i&e'<fio> be flogged at/Dunedinifoc bciifiihaLasniflt on a child, suffered the first initefcKrfttof .2|i lashes a few days, ago, ,rEe#inJer»d .severely. J « „.* . -- r - ■•-.-•'• '-■- :••■• Kawhianprog^essingit; Tie^ar^nbir four stores, a butcher's shop^ .tf nd 2ih grated JvaterManlifeßCtory;/;Me6Bra:'Lkaft*. '•ley areabotttitpereobaliotelioirj; i^^ a The Sydriey'Mornmg -Herftl^^emarK?* —'Those who saw the scene ttHe&ftftfo which resulted froiri;' -the burning -hfhhm Garden Palatje Will be gratified to lea'm'thjK thW grounda dn which th« graco^i^o*. ture stood Kaye" again assui&efl 4tritt«6®f ' tive appearance, and been 1 Ihroiwn tinhk 'as a resott for (,he public,'' ' . >': V '. ■:« ■ Iron. finger»rinjta Ipro^ntienuin I >ai» coming into fashion. Iroa braoelett for gentlemen m. certain cjrcief Of fopiet^hara long beep fashionable, . . „. ' \ V ! ? An Ale^ridria correspondent of 'tho London Times says no' European fam^ i could remain m Egypt after the witb* dra teal of the British troopa. "" The North OlagoTJmea denies that th» crops m the district have been, so seriouily iniured by J)h? : inclement.' '>uther/«M :-alle«ed. O^.conteuiporaiy \aayt thatjf ' fine rule for 'the nexV ! ft^r weeks, the damage done will prore to har* been very slight, Horses are, Qheaip in ' Melbourne iuit now. A aerr'ieable' grey'sadfd'fe horse, of . good appearance,; vwia knocked;, ,4qwa.tfa» Qtber r^ay at a sale for half .a^soTecei^n^ ..,-, 'loan pan,on,&ny subject- jousyso>, to mention,'; said a friend,, at ours a;f^w^ar« ?gOfr., *"Oan. r you pun on, the sign's of tAo Zodiatif ' said we. •By Uetaini rfeaiiV&B,^he promptTeply, " r ;I > ! :' <sq ' Mu3gee, f in New South Wales, fiaj been the aceae, of a sh'pcking. pcpurrence, A shepherd, pape;d . iemiedy, while endeavouring to'eiingutan a bush fire, got into a thick undergrowth, was surrounded' by flrtmes,' and/ before h« could make his ©soape,; waBO literally roasted to deaths 'I! ; a^.r- A In Sydney it is suggested that a-mounte4 patrolt should be established (fa Jthe sum burban districts of reellHarmed man, eaob, with; aivi appointed beftt, ajjd^wjifcpowe* not only to arrest .all evil-doers, but to break up r atreet-cprnerr .JKnoti, wherein every plot, v fro\n' robbing Sfc" clothes-liM to murdering' a womanv ifl hatch<iCf ney.iainiabad^Bjo:^ I.H} a:!i O. Lord Wolseley. add reining ;J|ie volunteers of Loqdop^pbiersed; th*t^rery nation of Europe was arming, a.nd tnat most seoaible ,peoplerbelieved ; this fao^to indicate that r there are coming weV ihe world eohie tenio'e wara.and tbar^Bnglihd should be prepirid' 'fdr : 'thai- 'time l o£ trouble. '• ;; •■■'• -.'' • - s<