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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 197, 27 July 1883, Page 2

According to a Victorian p*per, when Mr 0. H. Bromby was lee; u ring at Wangaratta, "m the course of conver* sation he expressed a hope that the reporter bad not & unk his gin. A nobbier of this liquor had been put m a glass on the table to stimulate the energies oE the learned ex- Attorney "General of Tasmania. Tae reporter replied it was not his custom to inbibe other people's liquor, and gin was not his drink. By way of excuse for his excessively refined remark, Mr Bromby explained that m Wellington his gin had been drunk." The Electric light m the | Wellington Parliament House is by new means proving satisfactory, and member^ complaints ure numerous of its trying effect m the eyes. The Herald is inform ed by oneof the trostees that a well«known Wellington firm of I solicitors, onjbehalf of the creditors m the estate of Win. Linard m that city, have received instruction! to prosecute the debtor for fraudulent bankruptcy. : J The Wangtthui Dairy Factory Company is about to erect a brick building. In Ada Mantua's consultation a Ohina--man, in-Staflford-street, JDunedin, got the first' prize m the' sweep on the Steeplest The first m the Hurdle sweep went to a pen on m Port Chalmers* The dentists residing m the chief centres of the colony have, presented a petitioned Parliament, praying -that they may be exempted from service on juries, on the ground that the nature of their calling is some wh«t similar to that of the medical ■*'■' The School Committe Election Bill has been read a third; time and passed, and a 'measure for the ■'abolition of Education Districts and Boards is, now before the Hpusei - ; i •'< : '- ■■■■'' A rather curious, and by no means pleasant importation of scorpions has been made by the schooner Pirate, which re* cently arrived m Auckland , from the Islands;. The attention of the Mayor has been drawn to the fact. l :. " The new gaoler m Auckland, recently transferred from Lyttelton, has 'revoluV tionised the management of the" gaol. [Prisoners are cbmpejied i" to-salute? the | gaoler and chief warder* but are "rib't re-' quired to do the same towards clergymen, whether of their own denomination/or otherwise. . BENTmy Bbos. 1 new advertisement 1oW" appears on the first page of the Standabi> % Honej : cpmb : towela are priced at sd,>-Tnrkißh' /towels 10d, ,-jstrong. bine serge, lid, cotton Shirting 4 Jd," men's tweed trousers 7s lid,' children's sox 4d, girls' stockings 6d, ladies' hoße 6d, felt skirts 3s 9d, straw hats 6dj, kid .gloves Is lid, mea's worsted sox Is 3d, men' lambs-.wool sox lOd, men's flannel shirts ?s | -lld^uaislldr' men's cotton ' shirts 'Is6d',' tweed hats 2s 6d and 3s, boys' tweed knipker-.. bocker suits 7s 6d, white flannel Bd, ladand Is, twill sheeting 9^d, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch tweed Is lid, 2s_3a and_2s-j6d^ strong brown 'holland 4^i r table, detnask Is „6d; men's ; •tfbuserii and vests' 12s &d,' For quality and are o unsu|Dassed.^[Apvi.t . ;