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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1664, 22 March 1886, Page 3

"HoVlbyeiVVriade m Persia" is the title of W recent articled It is pr6b*bly' made tfiere of the same component parts m here; that is, millionaire's daughter, one part ; impecunious noblf man, one part ; riesire.for.Utle, forty-nine parts ; desire jfpr wealth,- forty-nine parts. Mix. j,~, ,:.\ . . i; .;..,' ■ . - ThejPp«t is responsible for the following r-^fhe pea, bean, peppercorn, and nail competition mania has extended to the pußlic school^ ' The latest phaso of the epfdeiriicis'for a boy to appear at schoolwith a corked bottle of rice or wheat, and while the master is looking the other way, to inform his neighbour m class that he can. have a guess for two marbles, jind .get fifty if he guesses right, This new version of the old game of 11 eggs^in the bush" is becoming very popular^ 3 and some 'entefprfsihj: young■ters draw tip 'quite elaborate prospectuses o£their lotteries.^' A Wellington paper has- the follow ing :-^A w ctfse-of tuberculosis lias" 'been reportfedttroin the iWairarapa; A meet-' iug oCtho. Cattle Board was held on Thuraday^and it was decided to send; up Mrfjiitchie,, verteriuary ; surgeon, to report^; Hejeft by the afternoon i train' for Mifstbrton.. A'pnze" bull," iuiported ? from Victoiia, is Supposed to be afflicted with toe disease. Mr Alitchie has had considerable experience m such matters having been for, many years m the serTjce of the Victorian and New South Wales-Goyerninents as Cattle Inspector. He was also employed by the New Zea land Q^erninent m the Waiknto, when cattle diseases were prevalent iv that district?— Wir report will be looked for with much interest by; the 1 mraziera of f the Wellington district.. •: A Vorrian named Annie Donovan waa arrestedjin Wellington a few 'days i ago; on a charge of haying, m her possession a Canton shawl; valued at, £20,, stolen f rom % '.%.■ Levestaiu, E«q, M.H.&., m July, 1884: ! The woitiati was ' recently" over mftielpbri; when Mr Levestamre^ cognisedthe shawl, which 'was one ' of five Bome f yißarß'Binugsled into the colony, and; seized and sold by the Customs. It was; wrapped round an infant m the woman's arms. . ,