News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 32, 7 January 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

The population- of Auckland is now well on t0i30,000..-. The Victorians larrikins rsrevto be dealt with by a special AcfcjjfJParliamenfc. Total coat ta^Yictoria of the recent fJSotoS?~^ m awfeiufe/aOMmt The Congregational ttnion at Brisbane passed a resolution urging the annexation or New Guinea. ; ' • i; T A trout waa lately 1 oVview at the "'<!"!?%J£telr Ohriatchurch, which weighed -ldgflbfettHe wiwi catfjhe m the Opibi. •• :„. ./-.-,• | A sum of 300 florins has been subscribed by Fran* Joseph, Emperor, of Austria, m j aid of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. [ It is reported that Dr. Beaney, M.L.C. has commenced an. action for damages against the committee of the Melbourne Hospital.^ -... Air the" direct steamers take quantities of ferns; rand aatirtf plants, Up to the latest advices,these h,are arrived at-home ante and well. The subscribers to the Melbourne Athenaeum have resolyed to carry out the proposed alterations m ib,at institution at a cost of L 13.000. '' - l-; The Minister of Agriculture'in Victoria has decided to appoint ■% Board to ipquire into the alarming spread of tuberculosis amongst-thecattle. The Melbourne Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, aftei investigation by a nub-committee, has. reoommended Professor Sample's- system .iofcchorsetraiaingas being moat,humane.. .'! Commodore Erskine has officially called the attention of the Yictoriani Government to the large numbers of desertions which take place from Her Majesty's ships of war m Australian waters. The Melbourne Insurance Company's Fire Brigade has just completed a well, equipped look-out tower, which is situated m the highest part of the 1 city, with telephone communication to various parts of the metropolis. - ■ A poor crazy woman who has bean, residing •for many-years in/Fiji undar the/name of Mrs Russell has been identified j as Catherine Vaughan (ne*a • Coopw) the, i long missing heiress of property "m Ene« ! land valued at L3POO. 8 In reply to a question pot id th» New South Wales Assembly a few days ago the Minister of Public Instruction said rid order or regulation bad been made or issued by which pupil teachers were pro* hibited from teaching hv Sunday-schools. Four years ago a slioenkkeiy living near Accrington, named GriinshaV, inherited a fortune of £1500. Last week he died almost penniless. Duv ing. the whole time .Grimsha*, who was respeotably connected, spent ovet L 8 a week m drink. Jt Large shoa ]s of tchnapper and king, fish visited Hawke's Ba.y h few days ago. , Forty-two kiugfiah were caoghfe by one* boat. •-At a recent Church 6f England tea meeting, at Bayles ford, an interesting feature of the gathering Was the presence of so less than.27 Chine, eat one table. The West Australian Timber Company at Lookti le have ojncluded a contract wich the iNew Zealand Government for the supply oi 40,000 jarrah railway aleepets,