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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1124, 16 August 1882, Page 2

Answers to Correspondents—“ Royal En. gineer” will be answered to-morrow, There were no applications last night for the £5OO advex*tised by the Borough Council to be lent. When we say no applications there woe one by an impecunious individual present, who volunteered to accept the money and to return it three months after “death,” It is needless to say this liberal offer was not entertained, Out of 920,177 children born hi France in the year 1880, 68,227 were illegitimate, The Mansion House fund for Jewish relief amounts to £82,000. Davison, who was arrested In Russia on suspicion of being concerned in the Phomlx Park murders, has been released. Trichina? are giving much trouble and anxiety to the German authorities. Johann Richter, a shoemaker, and editor, of a Social Democratic paper, has l>een convicted at Vienna of high treason, and is , sentenced to twelve years imprisonment with hard labour.

The Free Kirk of Scotland is agitated by the question of tho introduction of instrumental music. Parties are very evenly balanced and the competition is very keen. It was mean, but during the sitting of the Council last night one of the Councillors gave birth to a joke, taking care that there were neither of the reporters present. It is really so seldom that there is anything really worth reporting at the Borough Council meetings that our representative felt sorry for his momentary absence.