NEWS IN BRIEF.
The ELumara paper says there is one public-house there foe qyery %q of its population; and that it gives away £4000 a year to itinerant mountebanks and wandering lecturers. The Countess Delpfcine 'Potocka, • distinguished for her wit and her musical talent, has just died m Paris.. It was she who watched Chopin when he was dying, and who sang hymns to . him when he was breathing his la>st. ' It is found that torpedoes can be manufactured m Victoria cheaper than they could be imported from, London, and of fully as good quality. As a consequence large orders have been received by Melbourne contractors from Sydney and Brisbane. The Arcliduke Francis Charles, father of the Emperor of Austria, has left a third of' his fortune of £2,400,000 to the poor. " . Paul de Cassagnac, writing to "Le Pays" on the occasion of the Prince Imperial's birthday, expresses a belief m the speedy restoration of the Empire. He declares the Imperialists are readv,.ancl will be^ vigilant -and resolute when occasion, presents itself; '■'■■ Insurances are- daily effected: at Lloyd's auainsttlw) capture of merchant ships and 'their cargo at sea. The vessels are fbK iho most part engaged m the China and Pacific trades, and iho premiums jvald are 5s per cent. -
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 81, 20 July 1878, Page 3
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