News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 171, 17 June 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

China .has begumthe. manufacture of sulphuric acid!™^-**"^ The Jap^se ftoy&l Family is th» oldest m the world, dating from 660 B AWi a^»voV> W ■■-..... . jPaper bottles are being extensively "man ufactjurgd m.. Germany. ..They are made in^two^pifceiF and 'afterwards A Pittsburg man has invented a process whhs-el^\^i>ky can'.be solidified, i thus enabling the consumer to carry a supply around-in plugs, .if Columbi errand Bernhardt are said to 'hajre kiasedaudi naade.frionds. If ao they ha-v(a(bJej>"BDle.n|SJdly advertised by the press gratijs/and the books still keep sefliiigJ- !^ ; ''■■'; ;; "•■ . ' • '• ' In a recent six days go-as-you-please 610 mile^ 1 were' covered m the timjb by Fitzgerald. Rowellj who has frequently won sucti contests, got a record 0f (502,., i,.- M ,-i.. : ;... . ,-. „ ... Four jyears^ago' the United States sent 75 per cent, of.alhthe wheat and flour rthat England required. This percentage has progressively, decreased, till it has sunk to 46. Gum arabic-hns quadrupled m value, and will go higher through the supplies from the Soudan | being cut off by the False Prophet. Much "confectionery will suffer m Consequence.' ' One of the American newspapers has adbpted the new- method of reckoning - time— the «| g^p'clocjc system. The ides, is carried out m every department" of the paper. ( It issues i jflirjje.daily editions viz.,-the 14 o'clock, l the J lis o'clock, arid 17 .o'clock feditfpiis./* 1 :^ l;i '■■•'-'•.* - Pilfefin^Yid aljsor^'of'iUegailtralSe^ seem to 'be •practised to' an amazing extent omthe SouthAf ricajh diamond field*. It ia supposed* that, ithe illicit; traffic m, diamonds^jt.the^fields amounts to nearly; ■£1,00'0;000 aye^r, .or.a, .fourth of the \vhble finds hnd a 1 trade! A !paofitable business this !