CLIPPINGS.
The picture of the Antwerp Fish Market, painted by W. Logedsil, exhibited in the Royal Academy, has been purchased by the Queen. It is proposed to erect a church to the memory of the 24th Regiment, which suffered so heavily at Isandula. During the British occupation of Cyprus the trade and commerce has increased fourfold. The young Duke of Portland immemediately on coming into possession of his vast fortune settled .£IOO,OOO .on each of his half brothers, and a jointure of £6000 a year on his step mother, Lady Bolsover. The Arlberg Tunnel, which will open direct railway communication between Austria and Switzerland, has been commenced. A local committee, desirous of preserving to the public the right of unrestricted access to the famous Stock Ghyll waterfall, near,Ambleside, have, says the Manchester Guardian, purchased the property on which it is situated, and bound themselves by agreement to dedicate it to the public for ever. The than ks of her Majesty's Government have been conveyed to the French Government for the energetic steps taken by' them to cause search and inquiry to be made on the coast of Iceland for any traces of the Atalanta.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1129, 23 September 1880, Page 2
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194CLIPPINGS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1129, 23 September 1880, Page 2
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