News In a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 91, 12 March 1884, Page 3

News In a Nutshell.

. ; ; — :oo: — The Tablet urges all Catholics to sign the petitions against the Education Ac. t r Phe:,Brjpß^-;o^^tob^cco. and>cignrs m Sydney nas\d»Hnced, owing to the new tifliff. crAzyf-.y. •; ■ j■ ■ ; ; The alleged racer between the Wai% ;rarapa ; and. 'Adelaide 'hits'-, been much talked f.bout m Melbourne. It is said that it »vas Mr Mitchelson who suggested doins? away with the Colonial Architect's Department. The various up-country railway stations iti Tfct'oria ' are being' crammed with, wheat, raady for removal to the metropolis. The death of the late Thomas Bolam, formerly Inspector-General o£ Schools m Victoria „was caussd by an overdose of cholorodine. . ' There is a man m New South Wales who, for. the trifling sum of £30,000, will disclose the real author of Shakespeare's plays. The Sydney electors have no respect for persons. They threw rotten eggs at the Hon. Q. R. Keid, when he-attempted •'to adqress thorn. . Rev. Le'dhg.On Tonggoes to China, accredited by the Wesleyan Conference, to open up a mission amongst his heathen countrymen. . V. ' : < One of the Marquis Tseng's despatches to the Chinese Government is said to have cost £5000. . ' • Mr WiUiam Conyers has boeh appointed Engineer and. Secretary to the Bluff Harbour Board. ... Bett, tbe public hangman m Austria", who" wa9 found dead m b«d, is believed to ti'aVe been murdered. ''More than a. million "terliri? changed hands th« other day m the Metro politan •Caitle Market m London. : Three days' imprisonment was the fate of a man whoretontly called to a German judge, to apeak louder. . -.'"• ■■■■■'< \ Soudan contains about 12.^00,000 of jpeople^most of theni: bigoted Muaselmansj and braya, fierce fighters. ; - ..,.••• •■ ■■■ The Government of China has ordered the . construction „of two more torpedo-* b'oats^t the German port of Stettin, , , Ia : deciding a case at Lawrence m which a baker was accused of, and fined for, selling bread Which whs short m -weight, Mr J. N, Wood, R,M., remarked ! that by thispiactice consumers *ere b'ullh jected to a heavy imposition, which ifsd harder, to bear than the Tropeirty Tax. ' ! Labour, the Trades Journal published m • Auckland, says that all through the Soutbern Press we see it stated that Mr John Sheehan has definitely decided to 'stand for Napier, It is just, as well to; ciray Wat Mr^Sheehan has not made aDy such decision. •'■.'': s .' . ( '-Ai' Boston • commercial traveller was, 'pattttyz&d <vhen a; young lady asked him,! \ When 1 are you going pedaling again V'