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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1583, 16 December 1885, Page 2

One of the proofs commonly advanoed for tba theory that the cold m northern regions has increased m historic times is that there is an increase of ice on the eastern shores of Greenland ; another is, that barley, which was successfully grown m Iceland from its first settle, ment m 870 down to the middle of the fifteenth century, is no longer cultivated there. It is, therefore, of miieh interest to learn from the Globus that the Icelandic Government lately attempted to grow barley m the island on a considerable scale, and that the results were very favourable. Misa Braddon's name is so intimately known wherever the Engliabjlanguasie is [ spoken, that her domestic and maternal I interests as Mrs Maxwell cannot fail to appeal to a corresponding' sympathy. The stage was Mis 3 Braddon's first love, i on which she had won distinction before her comparative retirement to the more secluded paths of literature. Her twofold #eniu» appears to be inherited by her children. Mr Gerald Maxwell, her eldest son, has, it is said, determined to adopt the stage «w a profession, and Mr William Maxwell, his younger brother, is about to make his debut as an actor.