News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 254, 28 September 1883, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

A difficult point to grasp— The end of an eel's tail; How husbands are caught— -With the lass-o. Kind words are like bald heads— Thaw can never dye. « I'm sure," said a oonfiding old lady, 'that my son never drinks anything at night, because he's always so thirsty m the morning, ' Some men are ever ready to offer a remedy for everything. Tha other day we remarked to one of these animated apothecary shops : An idea struck us yes* tarday— — * And before we could finish he advised us:— 'Rub the affected part with arnica !' a A powerful Company if being formed m Melbourne to establish tramways throughout the mqtropqlis and suburbs. The capital is fixed at £200,000, m £1 shares, and the direotory is composed of iom« of the most influential business men m Tic* toria. A private telegram to Weatpprt from Lyell states that Rosanna Boyle, a welU known woman, was found dead m a tent on the 10th instant, and was buried on the following day. ; No able-bodied men are at present on* jtbe list >6f the: Wellington Benevolent? Society, employment being plentifukiat least for laborers. . .-•."■ ; r Nothing has transpired, as yet to lead the Government to/ believer that there Is any material political significance m the misconduct of a few Maoris at Kawhia sad during the last ftw deya. We understand than suitable steps will be taken to deal with the offenders. When O'Donnel landed on the jetty at Port Elizabeth, heavily ironed and guarded by constables, dead silence reigned until a few hisses were heard, and then there was a loud outburst of cheers, completely drowning the manifestation! of disapproval at his act m killing the informer Carey. £90,000 has been passed for State school buildings throughout the colony of Victoria. n * Dr W. 0. Balmer, of America, well known m religious literary circles, and as an evangelist working m 'eonnectian with his wife, died on the 2QthJaly. ' Whampoa, Ohang«chow, Woo-sung, and Hoi-how are the names of the new steamer* of the China Navigation Company, to trade between Ohiha and Australia, It is reported that some of the-girla m 'the Melbourne factories work thirteen and fourteen hours a day for a wage of 5s a week. They prefer this to « asryice P