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■ , London April 28. The House of Commons negatived the motion censuring the financial administration of the by a majority in favor of the Government of 303 votes against 230. Consols, 98f. Iquique has been bombarded by the Chilian fleet. The Prince of Wales visits the Victorian Exhibition after the opening. A portion, and perhaps the whole, of his Indian collection will be exhibited there.
If Noah had foreseen the future, and killed the two mosquitos which took refuge in the ark, he .would have rendered some of the strongest words in all modern languages unnecessary. . The inhabitants of Ballyshanaasy, a town m Victoria, have petitioned to have its name altered to Auburn. It is said that the chairman of the meeting convened to choose an appropriate name is red-headed and has a numerous, progeny of daughters, ■whose flowing tresses bear the same bright hue. A coloured preacher was holding forth at a camp meeting'in, America, his theme being the creation of man and man's fall. Hβ said that when God made Adam, the first man, he made him of clay, and stuck him up against a three-rail fence to dry, ' Stob sar,' said an excited and rationalistic hearer; 'if Adam was the first man, pray who put up dat ar fence.' ' Put dat man out ob dis chappel, was the reply. 'Such questions as dem will spile all de theology in de world.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 391, 2 May 1879, Page 2
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239LATEST EUROPEAN. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 391, 2 May 1879, Page 2
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