News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 161, 5 June 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

Sir Julius and Lady Yogel are expected to arrive m Wellington early next week — probably on Tuesday. The Wellington Coroner will hold an inquiry to-day, into the cause of the fire which destroyed St. John's Presbyterian Church. In the list of horses telegraphed to us as entered for the New Zealand Cup were one or two names which we (Post) failed to recognise. One of these, WanKan vi, we have ascertained should bo Vanguard, and another, Leonard, should be Leonora. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co'sship Lyttelton, now at Lyttelton, will proceed to Picton to load with mutton on account of the Marlborough Freezing Co. (Limited) ; she will freeze the meat on board. It is said that this is the first ship that has ever loaded m the Sounds. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co's ship Zoalandla, sailed from London for Wellington ou the 18th April. Out m Colorado photographers give customers a big drink of whisky to create a pleasant expression of countenance. There is said to be a regular boom m the photographic business out there. One man sat five hundred times for his " picture." The deacon's wife wantnd to jot down the text, aud leaning over to her scapegrace nephew, she whispered, " Have yon a card about you ?" " y ou can'fe play m church !" was his solemn, reproving answer ; and the good women was so flustered that she forgot all about the text.