News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 70, 21 February 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

— :oq: — ;•> &nh annduncomept^of^B^iagd in-, a iDuneoUn. paper .last- up; as f allows :No aeatifi ;no flake ;no fqss * .'' * 'Pay me.thafisix-and-eightpence you owe me, Mr Muljooney,' said a village attorney., '.For what V < For the opinion you had of mci'A < .Faith,il nev.'er had any opinion of you m my life.' A bulldog In Londbtf waafTj&efitlf fold forLSOOO, ' ■■■";.■■■"■ / »^.»^~LT . Typhoid 'ieveris 'raging :; jn Sihdfraifet Yibtorfa, and Newcastle, 'New-'Sdafli ['Wales^-' r ' if - -'■< i% ''■•■> . O'vl-jj A plague of locusts™* infesting the western diatriotsjof Victoriti. . , .^. Two Victorian Mb.L A. are at present on a toiir-thrdugh l New|Z&aWridi . JAO Member of ilhe hew <cidbt : ( iprofessor, have called to ask yon to give us a motto for our new club. > Welwaiit something suggestive m Latin>.'-L Professor^-^jSome* thing suggestive, ia Latjn ? , VVeli, yes ; I know of a^very good one— just the thing —delirium trenaens,' . "~ Tlie New Zealand and AustraliWn Land Company must .oVn large flocks. They take ten toto of sheep dip, filling four railway, trucks. Messrs Hatch and Co. have scoured the CQmpany'B. r order for their n^dip... ; : .;,:!: .. ; „? !. ,, . .-,•,: , T .: Upwards of ;170 distinct special of birds . exist m t Tasmania, bul not\ft)ire than fifteen are peculiar to it. " '■' ; °' The Brisbane Hospital Is with patients, tfiat It, has been found necessary to erect tents m the grountii'to afford 1 further acoommodatiDhi ; : vi ; ». The Butiedin Herald says ;—:• Mr gyMney Taiwhanga isa public nuieane?; «nd it is a pity that some means cannot b» found of suppressing, him.' '" ''"," During the year 1883 there were 3 6282 proposals for insurance made, to the commissioner for. (jroreru ment ! rrisurance lor sums equal to 1t},4'ti,632: ' ' !^: .Harvest labourers nre not ,qb,t«in«bje m some places m South Australia. "Threo pounds per wejjk was rece,ntly offered m Omrroo. but wilhoiit'suceißSs; 1 - V-