THE LITTLE UN.

Little Un, Volume 1, Issue 77, 6 March 1885, Page 2

THE LITTLE UN.

Muliuin in parvo.

Friday March 6tb, 1885 Tbe A.C. camp at Paribaka bas been broken up. Tbe Grovernor of NewZealand bas arrived at Adelaide. Crops in Canterbury are badly injured by tbe rain. A labourer named Samuel Green died of beart disease -wbile walking ; along tbe Fernhill Bailway, Otago, on | Tuesday nigbt.

Murdocb's sa-wnnll at Invercargill was burned down vesterday. He bad anotber sawniill destroyed by fire quite recentlv. A large sbark measuring nine feet was caugbt off the Town Wbarf on Wednesday by Mr W. Downey. Sir James Pendergast bas been elected to tbe vacant fellowsbip of tbe New Zealand University Senate. Tbe Turakina, now loading frozen meat at Dunedin, is to sail tomorrow witb about 12,000 carcases. Anotber old identity bas joinecl the Great Majority, in tbe person of Mr Henry Bickers, wbo expired tbis rnorning, after a long illness. Sir George Gray will be unable to accompany Lord Elpbinstone to tbe Hot Lakes, baiing to meet Mr Brady, tbe distinguisbed naturilist, wbo is expected in Auckland on tbe lOtbinst. Mr J obn Harrigan, of Oamarau, wbo bad goneto Dunedin witb tbe intention of entering tbe Hospital, was found dead in bed on Wednesday morning at the Leviathan Hotel. Tbere was an unusually large nuniber of visitors and members at tbe Mutual Improvement Association, last nigbt, to bear tbe paper on tbe late General Gordon, by tbe Rev Mr Slade, and all wbo attended bad tbe pleasure of listening to sometbing above tbe average. A vote of tbanks to Mr Slade was porposed and carried by acclamation.