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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 320, 28 September 1874, Page 2

carrying with ihena the two ends ot a straw band vfhicn had been spun during, the time the sheaf has been cuf. The attendant ties or twists the two ends of the band together, one arm is allowed ■to ftljt" and^ the wdiacharged.-^ ; Australasian^ - > - A gentleman whose reputation in Victoria for gallantry is not the least of his social distinctions, met with a singular adventure a few days ago. :He received a letter in a lady's hand writing asking him fco meet her in the Botanical Gardens, and specifying certain peculiarities in dress. The recipient of the. letter kept the appointment, and j met a welldressed female, deeply veiled, who answered to the description of L her ! whom he expected to meet. A con- ' versatton ensued, which was so interesting that the swain did not notice that he was walking towards a loaely part of the gardens; At last he was disagreeably aroused from his dream by the lady .throwing her arms rarouod him ; and before he could recover from his surprise a man had emerged from the bushes, relieved him of his watch, purse, and some trinkets, and then, accompanied by the fair one, leaped the fence and made off. Possibly the gay Lothario will for the future not boast so much of his bonnes fortunes.

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' . .ii.-i v!:.v;'t i "in ji-j7.iL 1 j'i.: : I::.'! -j.ml'V A;Donedin telegram to a Wellington paper y 'jtyW-r&stoi i VisitlHof s thei Vie- ; certain., „,- A/rrea'jqent*: h'e'rje!.' offers , -jcr briag them rover himself and aopply this; fande.. Mr Begil, as frepresetititig threej gettt^men, h'ais^Triisd^tßkea .'this 7tiiki^ W up, ian'd is now' ip negotiating." - -• TThe; JRefiftjia Brig n^ ;^le6ta'te ; d^ its inaugoratioii by. 'fi. toi-ich Ifglit 'pVocessipo ,qn 4Le y eirenipß of 17tb t i,Ds,t., and 'hf-'k banljtlet 'at Williab'B Hotel: Despiie 1 ' tihft' soakiog raiis' this 1 bnga fe made ,a bray^ show ajiil tb^ public joined 1 ' with " ''iffce'di in enthusiastic demon^traiiQfl.,: i . s Br,qsd waft : lV^^i > Uh 1 : niinated with colored fires and a plentiful butflQtpew^at indiscriraim^e .d.iaohaijge^ of fireworks was kept np. along the line ofrpate,. _, „ „.•'■''■'„ '■'■ • . ; '!'.'• l . - : -...., .. : .,r. The application of M o 88ra Egberts & Hatching,: ; Gf ; Mejboorne, : for . . lfet tar a ■ patent for an improved binding apparatus, for attachment, to reaping. machinea,, wa? i^eard, and' granted . fey, .'tjbTo^ jiq^.- 1^" Attornay*G«netal/oni,Thuiiadiisri,7:Xfe9< cot grain fa delivered ,3>y\«a elevator on to a Mndittjg'tafile through a slot in which two J semi^iroular arms arise. v—v-'v- .• id! ,v. ; in. (iiC; c iiufjn- d