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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1418, 30 June 1883, Page 3

Thore is one : woman in London who has her wits about her. In the Strand a thief suddenly snatched her purse from her and instantly disappeared in ■ the crowd. -In the purse was some small money and a cheque for £lO. I ■ The ,la{jy spent no time in a fruitless attempt' to catch the thief or find a policejpn. She went to the. nearest post bllice,< taok a telegraph blank and ( Sent a despatch to the' banjc paying, ;' " When anyone ■ presents a cheque signed ; by—p for £lO, arrest him and detain him till I come,7 She then got -.- cab. to the' 1 bank, got there she found a policeto very' astonished he would have to wait expected a lady visitor! The y\ung man will have throe . years' to get over his astonishmont. j There is a Kqdy in Californa only I three feet high; a\ wife and a mother, k Her name is Mra Bowers, Her husft band is -of ordinary size as also are. her P four daughters, i U table she sits in a I high .chair. But she is a rigid |.. disciplinarian in her family, and the :■; : children even submit to be whipped by i-'- her. j . -i,, I" The inquiry instituted by command f of the Emperor oft Russia to 'examine p into the account's of the different •i Ministerial departments during the ■;; last 10 years has led to the discovery : of serious frauds.!, Several persons of < • distinction are implicated 'in the affair, y and it is expected that the results will be hushed up to./avoid great scandals. ! A new departure in naval armament Ais about to -be mado on board the l;;\Bellerophon 'iroticlad. She'isfo be ' prepared for sea with 10 Bin guns 18ft, j 2|ft long) also two 6in and six 4in gurie, are quite new in conW traction,, and most of them-have not V yet been cast.l They are of extraV'; ordinary power, intended to • carry proI jeotiles of. 2501b weight about gix I miles' ■