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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 82, 24 July 1878, Page 3

Diamonds belonging to Princi> of Wales and thy Indian Treasury, an! wortli a million of haucs, aro said io have arrived at the l J aris Exhibition. Eight police by day and sixteen by night are m charge. • The Sultan has made the Grand Duke Nicholas of. ilussia a proseut of four horses. -The only daughter of Colonel Sir Augustus Fitzgerald has just lost her life by falling from a rock near Tivoli, Italy. It is remarked that ono of the first uc s ! of. Leo. XIII.. has been a letter of condolence to M. Mermillod, the exiled Bishop of Geneva. Rossini's tlioney — or the bulk of it — goes to the support of aged and inarm singers. Several ladies have just been appointed governors of Christ's Hospital. Hitherto, the Queeu Las been the only lady governor. The Collar of the Golden Fleece stolen j from Don Carlos at Milan, has been | restored minu3 six ji-wols worth 60,000h\ ■ A boy has been suffocated m a wheat-bin m which he crept to hide, while playing at Abbey Mills, near Reading, Manchester is about to establish a •local museum for the purpose of imparting technical instruction to workmen. Arab children m Liverpool are to be sent to tho industrial homes, and the School Board will- defray tho expense incurred m maintaining them. One 1 of the young Queen of Spain's dresses: 'cost :over £3000. The train was ' embroidered 'with the arms of Spain, ;' . . - . . Th'e keeper of Her Majesty's privy purse last year received £45,000 from the income of the Duchy of Lancaster. Death, sudden; death, after a full supper,, is by no means an uncommon occurrence ; but it is not so clear what is the cause of death always. „ , A boy has died at Stepney from the effects of arsenic, which, it is stated, was contained man orange which he he picked up m the street and eat. At pidham a woman has succumbed to the vegetarian treatment. ; George Eliot has cleared £40,000 on "Daniel Deronda." Miss Braddon has finished her thirtyfirst novel. ■Nilsson wants 600 dollars a night to sing m Paris during the exhibition. '.•»;.• Six,thousand persons . have been attacked with measles at Lyons, France. • , r The ; ,Grpwn Prince oE Austria will shortly visit the tFnited States and Brazil, Canon Farrar says Glasgow is the most; drunken cifcy m tho most drunken country m the world. Among the English aristocracy Earl Granville ranks as the best linguist ; he is master oE twenty languages, '-The tomb of. Adah Isaacs Menken, m Paris, bears her name, age, and date of death ; and her epitaph, written by herself, is, " Thou knowest. " Subscriptions, limited to sixpence, aro being collected for the boy Pearcn, for his bravery m connection with the Loch Ard. , v : Thft Khedive , of Egypt is about to be married to a daughter of Khalil Sherif Pasha, a cousin, with whom he has hitherto not been on good terms. An autograph letter from General Grant to a distinguished Republican of Knox.vilhvsays that; nothing could induce .him ever to become a candidate for ' President again. • ' •; WANTED, Steady WAITER, for Wiiyte's Hotel. None but good man need apply to A. J. WHYTE, Proprietor. WANTED, a Strong BOY, able to 'Milk and make himself gonerally useful on a farm near Foxton. — Apply to John S. Somees, Foxton, or office of this paper. WANTED to Purchase TOTARA , SLEEPERS m any quantities. Highest cash price given. — Apply to ■--■■■■■ g. M. SNELSON. Palmerston North, July 22, 1878. TTTTANTED —Tenders for planting f V -. and growing 22. chains of Live Fence.; also, Tenders for delivering 6 cubic yards of Slabs ; also, Tenders for Ploughing 7 roods. i , £he, lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For further particulars, apply to ELIOT WARBURTON, f ,;■' ', ; ; Solicitor, Palmerston North. mENDERS WANTED for Felling JL from 20 to 30 acres of Bush on Section 7, on the Kimbolton Road, 4 1 miles from , Feilding,— Apply to Mr. j JOHN "BAKER, Post Office, Feilding. .rpENDERS for the erection oE a two,.X,, ; ;storeyed General Store at Feildi^a will be received up to Noon of /MONDAY, the 22nd inst. „ .The lowest or any Tender not neccs- ( j&arily^accepted. Plans and specifications can be seen at the premises of ; i.JjQIIDQN, HAYBITTLE, & CO. "DRICK NOTICE. The SALE of BRICKS from the Brickyard of the undersigned will be fdiscontiniied (jEpr.pne nion;th only) from ! the present date; with the exception of i orders to be supplied by Rail. CHARLES TRICKLEBANK. Palmerslon, 24th July, 1878. rXAUTION. — The person who re\J moved some of the tram rails conheotingStlie Hokowhitu Sawmill with the Railway is liereby warned that if the offence be repeated, he will be prosecuted according vto. /law. : Persons are cautioned against removing timber of any description, or other material, belonging to the above mill, now ill the charge of the undersigned. ,:litdolph g. west. Palmerston, July 16th: •' • ' ' ; ' l tf?"l REWARD.-Lbst, from McDowelTs Paddock, Rangitikei Line, Bay Horse, branded with triangle on the off foreleg; one round shoe on off fore foot.— F. W. VENN, Woodware Factory, Palmerston N.