THE GOVERNOR'S MOVEMENTS. Christchurch, July 30.
His Excellency tiik Governor arrived here shortly after noon ycslorday, and will remain till Thursday, as he has accepted an invitation to the banquet given to Mr Coster and other directors of the New Zealand Shipping Company.
There are now 126,348 pupils in attendance at the schools for girls in India. Nelson hops realise £2 per cwt. more in London than Victorian hops. There are 1,007£ miles of railway open for traffic in South Australia. In the month of March last, diamonds to the value of over a quarter of a million were sent away from the diamond fields in South Africa. IJTho "Lyttelton Times" say 3 that the 69 cats shown at the Christchurch Cat Show wore valued by their owners at £5,304 11s, an average of £76 17s 6d each. What do the sausage-makers say to this ? " How old is that dog?" was asked of a coloured man. '• Ef heaves ter see de fifth ob naixt Juno, sah, hj/will be de oldest dog on de plantation." "And if he don't live until then " "He'll be dead, sah."
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 61, 2 August 1884, Page 3
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185THE GOVERNOR'S MOVEMENTS. Christchurch, July 30. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 61, 2 August 1884, Page 3
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