NEWS IN BRIFE.
j The Governors of JNelson College 'have hinted 1 to the Principal; that the ; aggregate holidays; should aot exceed ten weeks.. The character of "Capital"" was as- \ sumed by the wife cf a prominent New York banker at a recent fancy ball. Her skirt was- covered with £100 HTnited States' Treasury notes, and her bodice and sleeves, were £200 bonds. She is said to have been worth about £60,000 as she stood. ;■.,-,.. , ; • Sir James Fergusson Gover- ', nor) was defeated by a considerable majority at Greenock, owing to the cir- : culation of a placard at the last moment ' annbunciß&the Conservatives' intention to ask for a war vote. . , The White Hart Hotel', Martoß, iadl a naarrow escape from being burned down on last Saturday night. FortuI natefrj? little damage was done, but had it not been discovered before the flames had 1 properly caught,, nothing, could have saved' the building. .
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 46, 20 March 1878, Page 3
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