A Melbourne telegram states that pro* oeedings have been comtnericedn'tiKafnst the captain of the steamer' Aignan m connection with falsa' naturalisation papers held by Chinese passenger*. The vessel's prosecution .was- instituted by the Government. •Ati&h* half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank, held" inTDuaedin oa Wednesday, "'' the report /declared a 7 • perjcont. diyidend. The (chairman aaid he waß,quite'aatisised that the time was uot^far distant when a period of proaperjty would set m. The; same tale hat been told under similiar - circumstance! for the past three years, and yet thiafs get no better. ' """ " It is said that a lump of bread about the size of a French billiard ball-tied op m » L Hueh i b'ag-'aiid inserted irf tHe^ot which boils xege^ables will absorb .th*- gases which oftentimes send' an 'insupportable odour to. the regions above. 'It i« well to know these things^' sr %• maa said reading the -death notice of hie wife's mother.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1622, 30 January 1886, Page 2
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