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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1295, 10 March 1883, Page 2

News from Belgrade states that seme taliway workmen have discovered a nearly perfect mammoth skeleton. It hae been photographed on the spot, and will bo handed over to the National Museum at Belgrade; The following presents a singular oombinaction of trades i—At Norwich, England, recently, Miss Maria Baker was married to Mr Butcher. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr Brewer, and olergymaa who married them was the Rev. Mr Painter. On Saturday night Jamea Moore, brother of the well-known actrosa, Mite Maggie Moore, assaulted Alfred Moul, musician and musical critic of the Age, the reason being an unfavorable article in Friday's Age regarding the performance of Maggio Mooro in “La Maaootte.” Moore was brought up in Court to-day, and the case was adjourned for a week as Mr. Moul was unable to appear. In consequence of the criticism, Miss Mooro has withdrawn from the stage, and the character ia now played excellently by Miss Nellie Stewart."

The Rev. Mr Paterson, of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Invercargill, preached on “ Commeoial Morality " on Sunday, and wo make the following extract from his romariu, as reported in the local Times“ Onoof the most distressing signs of the times was the • matter-of-course ’ way in which people slipped out of their responsibilities by going through the Bankraptoy Court. A perfect cataract of bankraptoy poured through the courts of the colony. Men filed without reason and without shame and renewed the game of credit next day. The old idea of disgrace attaching to such an act seemed entirely obliterated. He thought thore wm urgent need for an improvement in public opinion on thie matter; and it was his and avaryono elec's duty to endeavour to create a better public opinion on that subject- to do their utmost to elevate the tone of commercial morality, at present so deplorably low.” A Mr Pennington, who lives near Gray son, Vo., while out hunting recently on White Ton Mountain accidentally stopped into a steel trap. The trap had boon sot for a boar, being so strong that the teeth stack through the bone above the ankle. The gunboat Redwing made a fruitless attempt to reach the Island of Innismury, with stores for the starving inhabitants. The Bishop of Killarda has issued a Pastoral denouncihg secret societies. The Pope, in a letter to Cardinal Macoabe, copies of which are sent to all Irish bishops, congratulated thorn on their seal in calling the country and guiding the people.