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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 196, 18 August 1880, Page 2

Jij-ji.-jLmuju'uuu.'.'i.'i— mf.iwnTn.l »'»H' ,ini *' l "**^ T ~" 1 l~-2? T r'* rt '^^rjrrf'*?3 An Auckland telegram says that negotiations are said to be on the evo of completion for the purchase of the Newton kirk and the manse adjoining (Dr Wallis') for £15,000 by the Roman Catholics for Father Sullivan and other Benedictine priests who are expected to arrive shortly. Vanity Fair of 29th May says:— "Lord Augustus Loftus, who, when he left Sfc. Petersburg to go out as Governor of New j South Wales, thought he was going to heaven, has, I understand, much modified his view of the colony since he resided therein, and his most ardent desire now is to give up bis governorship and return home. This desire is shared by the whole of his family, and will probably soon be carried into effect." The Melbourne papers describing the death of Mr Greer, the chief actor in tbe Opera House tragedy, state that his brother and another relative remained with bim during the night, and Drs. Woinarski, Thomas, and others were in attendance. During the day previous Mr Greer's condition altered co much for the worse that his relatives were made aware of the fact that his death was nearly approaching. Several friends attended with the child of Mr and Mrs Greer, but the mother refused to recognise it. Mr Greer Bpoke of his wife as young and foolish, but said that he freely forgave her. A The Chicago . Journal's New York correspondent on the^lst July sent the following particulars of the extraordinary attempt by Dr Tanner to fasfc 40 days: — "Since Dr Tanner commenced to fust — on Monday at noon?— he has lost four and a half pounds of flesh. Since Tuesday night afc 25 minutes past 11 he has taken five ounces of water. 'His normal temperature shows no material change as yet. During the night he slept well for seven or eight hours. - His face has a ruddy color, and his general appearance is tbat of a man in excellent health, and under no extraordinary restraint.. The third day of the fast ended afc noon to-day. This morning, when the reporter asked the doctor how he felt, he replied, 'As fresh as a daisy. I do not feel any particularly disagreeable effects thus far, bufc I expect to at the end of ten days.' " The mail left San Francisco immediately after this, and no further details are yet to hand; but, from a telegram which we recently published, it will be seen thafc Tanner successfully completed bis task. Just at the present time Dr Tanner's acquirements would be found very handy in some parts of the world — Ireland and Asia Minor for instance, nofc to say New Zealand.