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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1651, 6 March 1886, Page 2

! The .City of London has: an . area *of pne square mile, while tli'e Metropolis of London has an area of 120 square miles. In the city proper, land is very dear, having" 'bean-, sold at -tha rate of £3,000,000 an acre. I On ThufsdayjafternbonYa public trial of the asbestos VSfe-probf paint took place on the reclaimed land m Wellington. Two structures wjeire experimented on, one unpainted the other painted with three coats of the fire-proof paint. Both werejhalf filled w.ithTifayr mill *. shaving! and chips, 1 And 'ilijpn isaturated with two gallons of . kerpseue. In eight r ihinuteß f the unpainted ;building was burned to the ground,, the painted structure being almost untouched. r . I Messrs Levin and have received a cable. message informing them that .the. $.S: and A. Co's : Bteun»er :; Coptic" l&f^ Plymouth for Nsw Zealand oh Saturday^ last. Port Chalmerß is her first port" Of Call.! ■■ r.:. ..■■:■; -„.[ •._.;: ;-,..;:, .. 1 During his tour through the Middle" Island the: Miaister of ; Lands made arrangements for the location of vilhage settlements m Canterbury, Qtago, and iSon till and. i . Mr^Charlea (Jallis, the whilom ,Secreiary of the'late New Zealana^ifiibttipn has inttituted proceed ings" against the Governnieht'fpr- the recovery of £106' oveftribi^Sat^s 9d hjour> ; 3ss original claim, was £128 ss^ "(540 hours, at 48-94)t^.a.&tm^atiiou^t was; reduced: io^filOO. mVpr/ierito^nn'g it the juflsdicdo^ for which Mr^GalliacJaims he isentitled to payment waa'in s ; c6nbecti'6n J with the -iatej?xnibition, •. ? .._ -'O. ; ,^ „?'.£ ) We'haVe^toiiiiankHne Ci^wn^lSadi .Pepartment for_a copy of. the severith number o£ :-th'&exceeain£fy nsefult/t^wni Land's Guide, published under the authority ofthe Minißter of La"oda. Tlie newj,edi^ipn contains alarge amount s pi I new information.. ; , . ' '\ , % l"' ' ■*" ; The Cambridge Jam Company, have 8000 2J-ipound tins pf fruit -prepared and ready to be labelled and packed IQI,-.nifarket.- •;:■■..';■•; .■■•■•-•■' :■■:■■:■.;-.!■■■:•'} i One- vpf the : liapug- residing ; near Hawera made a -" big Haul W r f e\*. .^ays 1 4go, having receivedjach^ue for n iipyards. qf (; iisOp. : for " grass seed ,pur r chased frbm.them."" /. .; ; ~ '-' i:< ! Says' a Wellington exchange: — The Irish Nationalists m America, are .about tp erect m Giasnevin cemetary, Dublin, i a handsome monument to : Patrick O'Donnell, w.hp shot James Carey, tha chief intorraer m the Phoenix Park murder trials. O'Donnell was executed m London for thermutder.?,The monument will be m the form of a Celtic cross, executed m, -white Sicilian marble. The total height wi_ll\be about;l3ftJThe inscription ' commences as follows :— u Thy will be done. In memory of Patrick O'Donrioll, who heroically gave up his. life for Ireland m London, England, on the 18th December, 1883. No tears, but prayers for the dead who *died .for-IreJand." ;, .-,, .-V ->- r : -\ i , Ihe Belgian Senate recently, m the course of the debate op |he bilK dealing with the rights s of* authorshipiitf^ißßrary "and artistic property, adopted an amendment, providing „that.: newspaper-. telegrams or intelligence bearing iV notice from the editor to. the effect that reproduction without indicating the source. ., ■; , , ... . ;