News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 90, 11 March 1884, Page 3

News m a Nutshell.

r • \ . — -:oo: — . . The boy Wilson ■, son of the well-known Dunedln brewer, who had hiß skull fractured as the result, of being thrown from a buggy, and who was not expected to recover is progressing favorably.. , .' The ' Wellington Meat Export Company are now activtly engaged preparing shipments of frozen mutton for two steamers abo.ut to leave for London. The Ruapehu will, take 6000 carcases and the Florida 3000. The third consignment, leaves m May;',' ' '*'. . . •'..'..: ".';.'-,,[; There arV 2058 deaths by drowninp. m New Zealand rivers recorded, of fheße : 7o took place during the last statistical year.

The- railway Teturns to the 2nd February, 1884, from Ist April^ 1883, are 'jpublisbedj. -■ Passenger Uraffic returns show that there has this year, so far, been a considerable increase of traffic . A single contractor is erecting 800 firatclass dwelling-places m theTwenty-eigbt'b Ward , of' Philadelphia for William Mi gingerly. ,; . . , , ..,-. It is believed that a large quantity of the Triumph's i cargo left on. the rock 3 has been washed away. Mr . Praser will-,not attempt to recover more than that which he has now obtained. It is reported m Wellington ' that another man-of-war will shortly make its appearance m the harbor i buc nothing definite is known on the subject. . , - s:~ An exchange condemns steamboat racing as probably, the most dangerous and t; urijustitiable of ; sports. The racing of steamers or sailing vessels should be sternly forbidden by owners. r ; It has transpired that a case containing over 300 rotten eegs was m readiness on Bullock Island, Newcastle, for the Salvation /Lrmyl A, bombardment with these unsavoury .missiles would have taken place if the police had not been present. A man named William Hastings was fined £10 m the Brighton police court (Victoria) for having impersonated a ghost and 1 used obscene language. He wa9 m the habit of 'dressing m white and going about at night frightening women and others. The reply postal cards, which were issued Borne months ago by the Victorian Post Office, have been withdrawn, as they were not : used by the public. Mexico acknowledges an English indebtedness, principal and interest, of £16,000,000. : The Island of Jersey, having a surface of fdyen miles each way, keeps 12,000 cows. The very latest fashion m dinner-plates is square m shape, beautifully hand painted. On some lands at Caralutup, near Tali bot, Victoria, the yield of oats this season averaged. 48. bushels to the ! acre, whilst ; the wbe,at crops proved most satisfactory. j The milking capacity of the goat hasbeen so highly developed m -Frarlce that the yield sometimes reaches the astonish*' : ing amount of seven quart) a day. > 4 Utility or not guilty ?' asked v, Dutch justice .of :'a) prisoner* ' Not- -guilty.' j' Den what do you want here 1 Go about ;your pizness.' . 'Oh no, I don't advertise,' said Squiggins ', ' the man next door to me- is a big advertiser, and a good muny people see my store as they pass to go into h 8." ,