News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 43, 18 January 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

Smebody put a-sm*H ;»ud crab, about the wze of a two dulling piece, m the bed at a Hapier liotel* and the stranger who was assigoedta tbat robm on preparing .ko.ietire aigb^bfat^ tfrfffSK resattiQd b.^/clo.th^> rejoarking ; li Uex~ pected to have a pretty lively night ofcifc „but if. they are as big as T that I. don't pro^ nuse to gat m with 'eta,',? '„ n ' w-io W eifabashed ia Sandhurst. . ", ; Te JBLootf is expected. : io arrive shortly m Mftketu.; ,-i : : .■■; i-_-\;> ; ■. ! Leader .ot town Jbiud to younglrlsh.r man who wants to join— ''©a you pla» by ear or note?" "Nayther, by jabwal I play with niy hands,'* ? . J " Sharks are reported tb be namerouft m. 1 TattWnga harbour. : '-J Duaedin instated to be, one, pfihe.raosk eifcravagantly governed ditiea i a th» world,. ' '".-.",;'.,;. "' ;, . A&t^flgH^h magazine is; specnlatine a» i *P i.'^irtP &&&.-<£ olothes Rhosts wear/ We always supposed they wore spirit •wrappers* v> i •;:;(,, ; " How shall w&, stop the Rwat e»{! of lying?" asks a religious weekly. Don't know ; give it up. It'a ahibit you ought not to have fallen into. < . The City Oounoil o? Melboutna has condemned- a general system o£ treeplafltiog^ : ! ■■■'.■ ■ •' i ' - Pigeon post established between Suva and Levuka. .Take's the mail across m an hour. - . A wotß*9 ,m iOshkoab, -who married a man whito' anfter thY impression that He was au M architect's. asistant,'? beoam«dia« consolate on (iisooverin^ that he assisted the architect by carrying bricks up a lad* der m ahod. ;: ; : '■ ■ ' ■ : Adelaide e'ipeatia jsurplus of 20 > 00G;0eo bushels of wheat this year — equal to iB5,00OiOQO;i ' rt ; ■: It is reported m the.Ballarat Star that a nugget weighing 200ozs. has been found at Mount Clear. ; ; _, "Do [you ever gamble?" she asked, aa the? sat together, hef hand m his. He replied: "JSo: b«t'l if wauted to, now would be m v tin^e." ," How so ?" ' ' Because I hold a beautiful hand." The en» gagement is announced. The latest hypothesis aboatf the red auti'sets is that the earth is passing through the tail of a comer. • ! The Sydiiey Echo is fully of opinion that a JSew Guinea expedition led by Mr WilfAd Powe'll must' come to grief. A. mitiister, hearing a Paltnerston boy Bayiup, 'Bother those mosquitoee/ reproved him, saying, that like all other creatures, they were doubtless ma .'c for end. 'That may be,* said the boy, « bu*. I don't like the end that I feel atii&y rate.^ .. . > , , * . Qne ; of : the Ypi-kshii-e / Newspapers 'gives'an'Hn acooun-b 1 of an iexrahiitfatiou liw'iwhicti 1 a-l)oy; J 6n' being-- 'asVed* to '.■name one of tße minerals- of As^ iralia, prdmpfcly replied, ♦' Tinjied matton." . -; ' 'According.to the j^aweraStav ramor is busy with the name of a gentleman, .'ooniiecfcea atitE' the. 1 Manawapou Kailway contract. He has not been seen hereabouta. lately, and rash people aref<fceltiugi veuy circumstantial stones la account for -his absence. ■ . J._ , .r :; TKe-p&i laureate Tennyson ha^ been elevated ■'to-'the perm'ge under the titleBay«« -Teiinysoii Diincourt ! oi' Aid* eouvt, • .