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. . ...■_/. .a,., i-;oo:-^ /. iJ&S^ The Kukuhia Caeesa Fdcifr-y Company -in .Waikato baa closed, pfextiare. list. Ail the shares but 2QO have bqep allotted. . TheSfilV pi" Mr Thomas. 8.. Smithies, formerly editior and proprietor 6i the British Workman,/ has been proved at 6vfer^3p,oOD. : - : -:< ;.- ■ ;.;i ; r -. . -Minor Jury, the Tichborne adventuress, -has been sentencefd to 4 year's imprisonment for her recent frauds;) Sir Baker Russell, a distinguished army officer in.England, is of Ausfcrattau birth. He rwas born near the Hunter jP^er, and sducated at--^rraa»atta. i ' ; .. >..• V. : Several h9ad[»^a&ters of Viptfir'i^n pub« lie scbobls are Vn favour of cad* et corps among their pupils. The Government have intimated their willingness ,to provide arms and instrdctioti. : At a meeting at Haveloek recently . the Bishop.of Nelaon suggieate* thb idea of there being 'eventually ";aOliarchiogKew Zealland,!' i^., ; .a; combination^ of' all that ape known as grotestftn^Christians. .... T^ er »"i3a nian down" Eaat, a rather facetio.us fellow, whose name is New. He named' bis first child Something : it was Something'iNewvi'Thai next l bhfld- -was Nothing-, it being Notbingr New. Mrs Summerhreeze's new girl *as told to watch the .turnover aifeiv: (minutes : svhen the lady returned the itufnoyer wa3 burned to acrisp^and t^e girl remarkedi J| Sure, I've watched .'it,, m^m:' but it hasn't -turned oveif'yet.'"'-' , ' ' A friend a'ceused another of sleeping in cnurch, which he flatly denied, insisting that he had been awake aU the time. " Well, then»" said tfie accuser, " can you tell me what the. sermoij,; was about?" "Yes, Jean," was the^ answer: "it "was about hali^an.hour.tpp'-lpii''.;' . ' I •^ jet , a i i ro y°K. S.entlen^an and'. 'a; young lady try' the; follpvnng " sciedtiflc' experii ment :^A galvanic battery is set in nlo» tjdn, ami while r K3 takes' dtfe handle Hn one of rhis; jiktias cihe take the othenin one of hersi . Then; let. them softly kiss each othftjp. r This, brings, put all the fire* works $ here are,,,^. t^.6 moving souls.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 17, 18 December 1883, Page 2
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320News in a Nutshell. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 17, 18 December 1883, Page 2
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