News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 244, 17 September 1883, Page 2

News in a Nutshell.

Mrs Gr. Dixon, o£ VfeUibgto'n, is bring* ing an action against the t N.'Z. Accident Insurance Company to rejiove'rTa claim for £5130, being policy on, the life '{of her lat* husband. "'- ■ ' ■**'* i'he hen is.a kind mother, bat stilish* •its on her children.— Jpuck.' / Bundoorahas beeu'scratdheS for t!ie Canterbury and New' ZealaftftSJups. :] *' The parting: gives 'm^/pmn,^ »8 the man said when he had alaroabjesonie tooth ■extracted. >;i ! :< t .. ! " ' il \ ■ ;i ' tr *'^ A detachment' of ' the fealvatib'tffArmy if now paying- -Palmerston a visit, and aU <traoted some attention on SatflfHay. t\ The retail price of mutfonihabadvanced to 5d inDuuedin. ; <rs sd v The ■ WelUngtba niorniniS' ?p»p:et_ accuses the reputed editor of itheJPpjtiwi^h having a atrong . personal aniatu the to^n^cli^k:, and* having oa one occasion ' threatened to 'make it hot for him »a abbn; as he had a chance.' ..... Mr .Burnham, formerly at Grofton, is now teaching m ! the iaarlboronch Pro* , 'vinciaf^&^ S{iß ™1-«>\M.- ■,. The Samoans desire; taLbjeyanuexed to commends that a petition be drawn up for The ketch Falcou wa«r ! launched at WaiUra, b'utgot ; aihoW igainl s There are still hopßiTof setting her off. ~ The premier of %ew Zealand will proa bab;ly r be chosen' delegate 1 to, a'tteW the confereac« to be : held ; in Sydrfiy next month 'tot consider* tthe?Pabino Island Annexation > Question*. ,*a : i kiaqrv 1, ; The steamer-Qrafton has successfully floated,; , „ .^uu^S >•>. The ; freezing operations,at^theiWeUinfton. Meat Export .Company's wprkg is going on most satisfactorily. Ab'ftut 5000 carcases have now* been frozen m readiness for the s.s.Ddfio. which is expected there atfout' ; a week after He> 3 arrival* at Auckland. •;';•' ; — ••» s i=:'i'i3r. 'i-A tioifi) -' Two Patea youths haYe !v been ( fiiied £5 each for illegaliy^esoui'dg^olttie'from tht pound. . .'%•■• i-\ Uojl ;■• 'an:o:^.i We have received a copy of the New 'Zealand InduatriaLGazette.for September. It eonjtftina< :> au{ art>clel ptt,i V^airaraps Indus trie^^anda^guantity of other uaaful and interesfinj^intormaikion. .rWeCPpsOuaderataudtbAtthe Hon. W, Johnston. Minister for Eablic .Works, will proceed bn'EisTlßir^&teafßritaiu m Maroh J iiexft'' ;rUI ; " ! ' : "' V- ** • The master of the Three Brothers, lost atiKapiti recently, is Gap£ainiTHSm!>, not Captain iGeprge^ Thomas Jiof-Wdeljing ton, Mseenis^to.be^eneraUT.supposjßd. adOnly one>fiyXqien^ d^ajthfjirasjrSKistered m the colony during August* vizj, Jthat of a person 'killed by... * tr«mfcar v at WeiUngton. f y V'- ( »^ C Postal Tnohey '6rders"fcan now be ob« tairied for remittances between this colonj arid Canada j' V*:^ ,nrji«jinbW ■-". -MrrJahn~Stevensp-3ttrHTlfcv.*foKßangi« tikei, who is on his way to his home at • Bulla, pwas C;passen|fer']to Wanganni by the Tui f rom jyTellingtou on Satardaj. , t Houses, m < Wellington r are to be numbered. A^resolution to this effect has, been adopted', bj- the City .Council. r HpußenoWjerß; wiil^ve :&f pas|for tho ' numbering, at a. cost of Is or l«64each. J !E > ooteV'b^dg : on^;;an^b^e¥''^y rJ - ; k poor fiddler strairiinfg harsh discords f uhder bis window, sent him a shilling, .withi a ten quest ".that he would play eJsewherfl, as. one scraper atthe door was sufficient."