IN A NUTSHELL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2529, 7 June 1895, Page 3

IN A NUTSHELL.

Tho rain extinguished tho forest (ires in tlio neighbourhood of the oilfield;) in North Pennsylvania. Tho total nntnlior of rondcn in tlio reference department of tlio Wellington Free Library during May was 276, of whom 10 wore ladies. Wednesday ban boon appointed for tlio half-holiday in Onehungn. One baker nt 'X'irnaru 'dculinod to follow tho example of his brethren when they raised tho price of bread. Mr 0. H. Bowater, teacher of tho CainpholltoWn School, who was a patient at tlio ■v.,, 'Wellington Hospital with a throat all’cc- ■*' tion, has returned to bis school duties cured, Mr Thomas Roots has been appointed inspector of abattoirs and slaughterhouses in Waitotara County. - Wo understand, says tlio Napier Herald, that Mr (1 loosen lias sold tlio lease of tho Provincial Hotel to a Wellington resident. At a smoke concert at tho Ararnoho rn- .. froshmont rooms on Wednesday night Mr linden, one of tho railway employees, was presented by his comrades with a hot ■water kettle, a cruet stand and a dozen silver spoons In honour of his recent marriage. The resignation of tho commissions held by Lieutenant J. W. P. Halcombe, in the Manchester Rillo Volunteers, and .Lieutenant Frank Hill, in the Brunnerton Ride Volunteers, has been accepted. Mr S. if. Deck, Stewart Island, lias resigned bis appointment as a Justice of the Peace. A lad named Harry Williams was thrown from a horse on the Wanganui bridge, and dragged some distance with bis foot in tho stirrup. The horse was placidly stopped by a man named Mitchell. Williams is not seriously injured, it is hoped. Twenty thousand sacks of Adelaide wheat are being shipped to Invercargill. Hr P. W. Ilislop Ims been appointed Public Vaccinator for the Geraldine district. Mrs Ormiston Cliant, who since her marriage has become an ardent champion of women, says it is her own domestic happiness that makes her so anxious to assist her less fortunate sisters. Mrs Patrick Campbell draws a salary of £7O a week. The Marlborough Express refers in very complimentary terms to Mr John Holmes, the well-known merchant, who is leaving Blenheim with bis wife and family, to reside in Wellington, after 10 years’ residence in Marlborough.