THE LITTLE UN.
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Thixrsday Bebruary 12th, 1885 Saturday next is St. Yalentines day. The usual weekly meeting of tke Mutual ImproT em mt Assoeiation takes place this evening, and will ke open to visitors. Tke programme will inelude readings, reeitations, and essays. Tke Bevd Tkos. Spurgeon isexpected to reack Auckland on tke 23rd inst. wken ke wil t resnme kis duties as pastor of tke Baptist congregation. Tke new Tabernacle is expected to ke opened next xnontk, and to ke free of debt.
A boon to t( i'ptsts . A foot-kridge is now keing cciustructed across tke streani at k\ kakarcH arewa, Rotorua. Tke Dunedin Committee in connection with tke Industrial Exkibition recommend tkat tke ckarge for space ke reduced to 6d per foot. We are informed tkat tke 11 on. Mr Stuart, premier of N. S. W. is now on kis way to tke H ot Lakes and will pass througk Tauranga. A gang of Boston Araks took possession of a vault in one of tke cemeteries of Boston, in whick they imprisoned a rival kootklack, leaving kim tkere to die of s a vation. He was oppoinunely discovered ky a police inspeetor, on tke verge of insanity. According to an American paper, tkere is living in Waskirigton County, Ark., a Metkodist minister, wko is now over 113 years oid fiis name is Tkomas A. Tenant. t ixty years ago ke was admitted to the Missouri Conference and assigned to the Arkansas cireuit. The number of persons killed in Tndia ky wild animals and snakes in 1883 was 22,905, as against 22,125 in tke previous year. Of these, 20,067 deatks were due to snake kites, 287 to woivt s, and 517 to leopords. Tke lcss of cattle frorn the same cause amounted to 47,472 animals, keing an increase of 771 on the figures for the previous year. Professor Parker of Dunedin and Professor Thomasof Auckland arrived here about ten days ago, and proceeded to Karewa Island for the purpose of collecting speeimens &c., they remained on the island for about a week during which time they collected 5 cases and 1 kag of larje lizards, also 1 jarof lizards which they have preserved in spirits, a numker of birds of diff erent species, and a quantity of eggs kesides many speeimens of various kinds. Theyleft for Auckland with their treasures, on Tuesday evening, per Clansman.
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Little Un, Volume 1, Issue 56, 12 February 1885, Page 2
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