News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 234, 5 September 1883, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

A delicate parcel — A lovely young lady wrapped up m heraelf. Ließ go by telegraph ; the truth comes m by mail three hours late. There are few things which are cheaper than talk, unless ; a lawyer does* the talking. , : • John— Yes, if she warbles, " Tell me the Old, Old Story " every time you visit her, you have a sure case, and should pop the question at once. : < The Wanganui ; Herald considers" its contemporary the Chronicle "the moat snivelling sheet m the North Island." Complimentary. Sunday- trains are about to be. run m South Australia. ,; Sydney is not famed for its sobriety. On a recent Monday morning no fever than forty»nine " drunks " were brought before the magistrate. The Fiji Times states that the fruit trade with Victoria would be greatly m creased if the Victorian restrictive tariff of ninepence per bunch on bananas were reduced. . At Wellington the Mount Cook Gaol, the Terrace Gaol, and the office of Captain Hume, Inspector of Prisons, hare all been placed m communication with the Telephone Exchange. ' ' ' The Rev. Mr Calder, defending his ac» cepted of the incumbency of all Sa : nts', ; Ponsonby, told his late congregation, m his farewell sermon, that " he was not married to the Thames for life, bub was a free> agent, and had a field of usefulness elsewhere."