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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1667, 25 March 1886, Page 2

. The youngttt performtr m the London theatres aa th« intelligent infant that takes part m the baby song m the latt act of •' My Sw.eethea^t,"^ ,at the Strand. It is eighteen months •ld; f and is the fourteonth child of a working'gunmakerjn.EdfnbHrgh. -vl|-is put to /bled ey«ry afternoon at four, is brought t6 the tU«»tre;at riinii, and is m bed againiialf- : later, aarnihg for this duty, jit ds safd, more tfian ita father. ~ -| AjioTel shooting prize bat been won' by, a Volunteer named Strains, of Dal ton, iliincrthire, at a shooti^ coftip-^ition jat ''SancUcale Range". It consist* "of ' "a pint of ale, to be giTeri away, cv h ery. day 'm ; the yeir by the' landlord' of CaVen ' dißh Arras Inn, and a condition is that tht winner shall attend e*ach day and consume the liquor, whtich at. the' end of the year will have amounted to 45 gallons. ! The Ddnedin Star has the followin j|: —A good story-is goiog about town I ;q-j day-. The- new Rector of vthe 'Boys* High School was a passenger* by the Te Anau, from Melbourne,' ana Dr Stuart arid soihe of the masters of the school went to Port Chalmers by an early 'train to mint arid wVlcorae him. As soob as tlie yoneraVe' doctor went below into the~Te Anau'i c f abin, he in-, quired for Dr Belcher, and "\va» told by. one of the officers, v Yes, he is m the. cabin there." Dr Stuart entered' as" directed, and, with a rigorous thump on. the shoulder to the first gentleman he met, exclaimed, " How. do you do, Dr Belcher ? lam glad <io see you." The ge.ntleman whose' back . had felt the, weight pf -vDr Stuart's] saltation t/odna/aiid/shaking'th'e' reverend gentleman by the hand, said, amidst laughter that .might have been heard over half the ship, and m which no one joined more* heavily than Dr Stuart himself, v How do yow do, doctor? . Now., do I look anyjthing.like a parspn ?" THe speaker was ifone oth^rl than^the well-known owner of Vanguard, jat whose elbow was.the gentleman Dr Stuatf i waV^q^esTot. i **' J * |