Brevities from ‘Truth.’

Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 677, 26 January 1894, Page 3

Brevities from ‘Truth.’

Maori carving becoming rare. Child burnt to death at Nelson Matches !

Melbourne girl eloped to D.imiin with her father in-law.

Northern paper says : ‘ The bite of a shark is a startling incident.’

Scene—Sydney beach. Dwg swimming in Ocean. Shark. No dog. Large shipments of Sydney horses being sent to Wellington for sale by auction.

Sydney man fined 40s and costs for cutting off his wife’s hair. Eating unripe fruit in hot weather is as dangerous as taking poison, while there is nothing better and more healthy than good, sound, ripe fruit. Shark 16ft. long harpooned in lower harbor, Dunedin, and with irons sticking in him, towed the boat for some 6 hours before he gave in.

‘Dear Truth, —I wouldn’t be astonished to see the Govt offer the Speakership to Mr Geo. Hutchison, M.H.R.’ Indeed. Well, no one cares whether you are or are not astounded. Cabinet Leakage : McKenzie insisted on McKerrow, Seddon ‘ went blind ’ on Ronayne, while Reeves threatened to be hysterical if he couldn’t have Scott. Great Scott ! On dit Mr George Hutchison will be the leader of the Opposition. Ringworm broken out among cats in Wellington. Several children have caught the infection from their pets. Thomas Smith, aged 57,- laborer, Marylebone, batted his wife’s head with a poker until she fell, almost dead, covered with blood. Four months’ imprisonment.

Women in Canada are working as Government clerks, college professors, theatre managers, stenographers, gardeners, compositors, confectioners, and fishcurers. Marriage is on the decrease.