News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 34, 9 January 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

50,000 trout fry have been successfully hatched at Dunedin. ~~ *£hfe hop-growjng-experimentjis being puafaed on at Norjtnanby. | : /{ -itfl B » rk s3^eßte,rn Australia, has two sons m t He Brrtish' A*n*j# J/1 1 It is proposed to torm a grand lodge of Freemasons m. Sotffcb, 'Australia. The w^l .known. $aupo chief, Hitire te Pairata, is at present in^Auckland. , Exte!)9iyeconßignmentspfllui;te'i' : «enow itoade from W arraham bool' to England . A small steamer ia about to be run on the. Avon, from Christchurch to Sumner. ..Mr. B.hearston, seaman's' missionary m Sydney, was attacked and robbed lately, ' «. The Sydney L(edertafel has become dis.« organised, ahi' thV committee' ! haa resigned/ J ' ; ■ ' : 'i It is propoieoT to reduce the salary of the Mayof of We^lin^ton fronvL3oo to £20 per irrinumi ■ • '» , Judge : of Victoria, whilst oa •travelling circuit m the Western District, j bestrides a bicycle. , Mr JMatchewßttraett is prosecuting his tempetatice crusade m th«iVict^|ia dis* ..^riot. West Australia. 5 1 A football; iasocianon, to carry 1 'out the game according "to Melbourne rules, has been, establTshred; at Brisbane. Mr Pet,er im^he Kaihibu stream, Otago 'ca'uglit^with the flj, tony* sir trout, weighing 22lbs. The Ageni ; «erieraF T bl^fttbtJaVxecom* mends j'af&dary ae^tbe, period at which to offer the next Victorian loan. 'Ohfaese m Melbourne jw&oiidisjpose of opium' 'arerain, intuit |o w be proceeded againat for the unlicensed sale of poison. ..' Attention hag. been drawn r<by an Adelaide jury to the disgracefully filthy condition of Chinese^ residences m that city. , _ TWo of burlegiiu'tbrs- "were tr-avelline by rail to Wairarapa on Saturday on their way to Manawatu. On reaching the top of the iucUne,orw;h£t galled the 'Summit' the itoembefe^toriiDaVershani asked his bro^iW-l«gm«fcor^ 'Why is this place called the 'Summit?' After a vain endeavour to giri a' reply,.' bd '\sas told ■'Because >we ( !ea'n get i' Summit^/ here to drink.' His friend and ffiUp.w-uavellers : thought it a , Barren joke* ,/ ,' , : -Contracts have been .let .fry, ike Yiatorian;B.ailway;Department to English and colonial firms for the supply of 830 miles o^raite.;.- ...... „':;,;. ,///\ ; / .i " At ahe . fioman : .Cathollo : , Oafhedral, Per thf, recently -, nine: young ladies.received the white veil. Ho. Australian : con vent has hitherto received ai, one, time so larga an 'accession of-nuoa. -k , : ;..• ,-. :^ The Government Insurance Depirtment ' have issued a shee^ contaiDin^r a statement ' ii> confutation of auManonymaus/ circular ( recently published.' . : :;.;•' At Gtmßjtbhurch a boy was being ex* a'mined on : a charge of stone»th rowing. WhW asked his kge by the'Alsgiafcate, be : said, f -Fni twelve next cattle? Bhow !' ■;; The Dunedin,.T f a6let aayf':— vSlr^Red* mond has already obtained m New 359 - land £14dd, or X4OO more than he hoped to obtain m the whole' colony/ x » ! l&,000 .acrer ipf sugat m New Guinea hav-e. .recently been bought for a •'Sydnißjs,9yndi!Batp, at Id fiet acre, the tea.l „owner r o|. the land being, unaware of the 2 transaction* '■'.. - .'. '.'.. ". .' , The.Ame.ncaninsuranceson^oes threaten to invade * Australasia. Colonel Jeffres, the repreaenTatiTd of the New York life lasurkripe QvMpapy^ has arrired ia Sydney. Tire Violforian Government has deoided to give a Queen's prize at; the, ; approaching rifle matcheb, to; be. competed for by the^n^yal,, artillery, »n,d infantr^ branches of thft defepqa^ force. : " ' . r , . < . .The 'Wanganui Ohirohicle makes a f qsa because a geh'tleman m toa't locality has charged £750 for ten days' work m the Native Larfd Conrc. That is a comparatively moderate charge.'-' <>'■'•■ The Magistrates of ' Melbourne have re» queited the" "Major to call a meeting whereat ah expression of opinion may ha obtained :on ithe subjeot jof extended powjera for the puniahment of larrikinism. « A number of larrikins created a disgaaceful disturbance eA the Melbourne cemetery a_ few days ago, during th© burialof ft Chioeße^ : . A number of graves were ruthlessly trampled' dowii s and .violent language and -rough conduct were carned'dn, • ' : L ■ There are' at present 120 newspapers m the United State«, of whioh the publishers, editors, and chief .contributors are all negroes. ; A sheep-stetler recently run to earth at Hokianga (Auckland) confessed that he had lived for three years on the proceeds, of'hU depredations' on pha' settlers flock. " Pomade, sir?" politely said a barber to a cranky customer iti hia chair. " No^* ,he growled ; "I don't want any oleomar!gine on my head." ♦• All right, sir/ replied the cranium manipulator, 1 ne vetput butter ou cabbages. The Duchess of Edinburgh, according to information just received from Berlin,, narrowly .escaped a serious accident near the City of Uoburg. While taking her usual drive, the spirited horses shied at some passing object and ran away. They only stopped after the carriage hutt dashed violently against a treej whereby the shaft was broken and one of the horses severely Lurt. The Duchess, her three children, and a lady ofjhe Court h who were m the carriage, happily came off without injury.