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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1136, 1 September 1882, Page 2

The Mahlnapua left Napier ’this afternoon and will arrive here to-morrow morning, yhe will leave for Tauranga and Auckland on Sunday morning next, early. The following occurrence, says the local “Advocate,” took place in a Rangitikei school the other day. The school-mistress had a class of youngsters up examining them in history. “What was Joan of Arc}” said she. A bright little ten-year-old replied sharply, “ A bitch !” Th® lady was completely shocked, and oatohing the youngster by the collar she turned him out of the school, The poor little follow went home crying bitterly. Re could not understand What was )|is offencp ; The lady with whom he was staying Inquired, “What have you been doing, Willie, to fee expelled from the school ?” “I don t know, said he, “ Miss M. asked me, What was Joan of Are, and I answered she was a bitch.” “Surely Willie, you did not say that.” “ Yes, I did, and it’s true, to, for I read it in a hook I” This was rather a puzzler to the lady. After pondering for a while a happy thought crossed her mind. She suggested to Willie that he had read that Joan of Arc was a witch. As soon he heard the word, Willie saw that he had made a mistake the painful mistake of 4 siqglp letter ! • i Tl»e Montreal wifneas of the I6t|i Muy ; says : * Mrs Margaret Eraridr, i<gcd 96, died ‘ lust week in Ottawa. Deceased was grand.. 1 daughter of the lute chief of the Maogregor i clan of Scotland. ' Sir Edv/ard M’Nab was , her grand uncle. Mrs Fraser was the relect of Major Donald Fraser, who fought in ; Queenstown 70 years ago. A London Times telegram states that the 1 labour unions’ held a crowded meetfrg in Philadelphia reqpqtly and passed resolutions I denianding the legalisation of trade unions, ' the establishment of a national department j of Jah-’ijr. aj|<l ti)ti fixjng of hov.i.’s 'for 11 day's Work, with a substitution of day ; si noiu for I the contract ifystcm on public woriss.