IN A NUTSHELL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2367, 24 November 1894, Page 3

IN A NUTSHELL.

Lieutenant Peary Britos tlirit lild.oitplotv lilg party nicit with terrible stonHfj while crossing thd led; Tho thornfoiiietev fdgiJWed 00 degrtkW below zero, and the slodgo dogs wore frozen. A telegram from Dimodin states that the Education, Board have effected economies amounting to over £ 100, Tlio secretary’s salary and the inspectors’ travelling allowances liavo boon fedttcod. Another telogranl says that tbo Board llaVo decided tu nlriiiltalfl tluSU’ altitddc ill supporting Miss While at Moa Creek. , 'J.'ho new Wanganfii Hospital la to be Wilt Of bi'icli, and tlio tender of Messrs Bussell and Bignoll, of Wanganui, has been accepted for tire work. ,

A Wanganui cyclist. Air Hadfiold, made the trip from Wanganui to Palmerston on Thursday in tlio good time of 1! hours and IJ minutes.

Home commotion has hoen caused in commercial circles in Victoria through thd Tasmanian Government Issuing fornls claiming iuconlo tax retrospectively on goods disposed of in Tasmania. , Tiro Wanganui show was very successful.

Mr W. Hook, proprietor of tiro Cafe do Paris, Palmerston North, lias sold out his interest in the hotel to Airs Manson, of Kaiwarra..

A iMacquaid testimonial fund, limited to one shilling subscriptions, has beon started in Auckland. The Building school children have sent 10s.

St. Patrick’s College Brass Band is to perform in tbo College ground from !) to 0 o’clock to-morrow. The grounds will bo PV'eiJ, to tbo public;

'Die Woodvillo lixaminur has declined an advertisement from a now'firm of Chinese tradesmen, on the ground that Chinese competition is unfair to the other business people of Hie town. A man named John Smith broke his log while bush-fulling on tlio Mangainingl Meek. His mates had to carry him twelve miles.

A swimming club lias boon formed at Palmerston .North.