News in Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 37, 11 January 1884, Page 2

News m Nutshell.

. l^: .woman 'was killed, Jit Adelaide, by a rocket striking her on.tlje he*(J, v . ,;i r. . The Oatnaru Mail tenils SI i for Atkinson a ( coh'scienceleßa political fbotpadi- : : If "Is said that scores of women make their, fortunes m Melbourne by fortune Mr Bright, the Ffeetnought~ lecturer, ha>,beonleoturing ont 'fhe Gospel of Pro* A boy is -reported.' to have been mur« Hered,' by ,hia comoanions at Cairns ia Qaeensland.' ' ' ' The DanedinTTa&let is still publishinflr article*- vilifying; Luther and |he Bef orma* tion. '* It is- ' anticipatad that the excursion; to the sounds ia the Tarawera will ha a great [{Success. ... .; ;:...■■ j. >.• '■■-1 Ijord ! Roaebery ha§ paidjja visit totha Fletnington raceoo#rdc> The Yic^priaus .ara delighted. yA >iW..-i, i^^'sh ,-r .... Qawaatine grounds for 4ogs ; have been proclaimed m view of the" poastbility o£ the introduction of hydrophobia,, JSfoJhwes;tW Na^ive t iMji^sVer, witnessed Miss Pomerpy'a imperaonatioa of Lady M^cfa^eth m A,coQctave of K.uicKt3.,of.the Red Cross of ' Borne and Oonstautirie. 'freemasons, will shortly b 6 opened' in Melbourne. The CathpiiCßigf dpauediir are signing a petition a^amsfc'the iJduoati'ih Act to be presented to nexb-sesaion of Parliament. •M 'public bfficeer'-in^QUeen'yand noir close at four o'clock p.m. instead of at five o'clock p.m. as h«ce]tofor|i Fortunate .civil aerTantß 1 , .-. • During some i f .riots' at Port Mackay, Qdeenisland,* between Europeans"' :and Kanakas, pne* of the -latter was killed and 3d" more or lesa-se'Yerely injured.The passenger traffic on the New South Wales railways 4 urlQ S the '-Glirlsimas wee*k was very large, nearly 210,000 passengers ■ being^,-c^cried ofi . {a\\'y thp r.' On Saojdayj tbe ; . ys'cbi* AMagnfjt was wreokrd at tfe ffo»}th of Nel^o^ Harbor, She was owned by Mr Ralph itichtirdaon, who was piarr ( ie4 at Tuea, Much trouble has heed caused m We]Jingfcoa by. seaman, cSf.eiiieiiji %r\4 tTiinmera deserting their ships for a day or two, to have a, holiday spree .on shore at Christmas or New Year, ' ' . The want of accommodation and the un« reasonable prices qharssetl' to visitors is toudb commented oh iri v&bbart, and the high charges are said tdiJeter many from 'coming to the island. .. •..--. i. ■. The- working olasses m Sydney: are again agitating for ; an labolitiua .of the vote for assisted immigration.