NEWS AND NOTES.
Til 305 strong and heavily-scaled wooden boxes, the tailed Stales mail steamer Somnaa took to Australia last week almost the fortune ol a Midas. Each of ila- drab boxes contained bars of gold, ami the total value of ila- treasure was slated to he 13,5(111.mill, dolla rs.--
Between 50 and tin hoys fmm New South Wales will In- visiting N--W Zealand lowards the end of (he present year. The parly will he under tin* control of Captain C. A. Brough, who took 50 lads to the Wembley Exhibition lasi year. The part v will make a comprehensive tour of New Zealand, la-ling appi oximatcly four weeks.
Pressman are impiisii iva--ii is their prerogative. One, in a country town, hearing that two arrests had been made, hustled round to tin* police station, hoi on a scoop. On i Inti ail also was another pressman. They arrived ai the police station, only to learn that it was merely a case of two drunks, they simnher lag- peacefully in cubicles much cooler than the busy streets. There was a question ,-is to whether the sluinherei's had sufficient for an eve-opener when released, and the answer appeared in the space reserved for ‘‘Personal KlTccis" —mucorkscrew! And one pressman knew that not far a was was a brother Root chinan.—Exchange.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2861, 21 March 1925, Page 4
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218NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2861, 21 March 1925, Page 4
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