NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Tablet has at length spoken out against Chinese immigration. It says that their exclusion from the golclfields is a necessity which no sentiment should set aside. Edison's telephone is to be set up in every large town in England. The wires attached to each subscriber's house will be carried to a central office, So that any two of them may be put in communication in a moment. , . The teetotal organs are not quite pleased with the fact of the testimony of Sir James Paget, Dr. Lauder, and Dr. Bernays pointing to the moderate use of alcohol. Women are becoming more and more masculine in their attire. Deerstalker hats have been succeeded by ulster coats, and now we have in the Champs Elysees white waiscoats with gift buttons.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 623, 11 February 1879, Page 2
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131NEWS IN BRIEF. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 623, 11 February 1879, Page 2
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