NEWS IN BRIEF.
• All the femalo members of the, families residing at the Vatican are being removed f*om the palace. The Pope objects, to the proaeiice of women 6u the premises*
The other day some thieves broke into the bank at Douglas, Isle of Man, and stole a hundredweight and a half of gold. . >■ The Island of St Bartholomew, tho only possession held by Sweden m the West Indies, was lately transferred toPrance, with the usual formalities. V Scales that will weigh a grain of dust are used m the Philadelphia Mint. The fearfully long pedigree of Sir William Watkin Wynne is posted on the walls of a small chapel m Wales, and a 'mckedtouris^^ho; lately came across it' wrote m >tlie middle of the pedigree, " Here was the creation of the world."
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 89, 17 August 1878, Page 3
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