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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1869, 19 December 1884, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

I The -iondon School Board use-QM /The Mh"gad«4 costs v iloo,oob^fnm^. Tobacco_)ipeijß.ea.ftfe,jQ|9sC. iaaued for railway carnages.in Ersaira... , After ten years grorcttafher Japanese Post Office' carried letters n

■■'•' Ttie number of "jienal servitude sei tences in England decreasing whiielhVpojiulatioifisTncreaßiDg. Dr 'Patterson states tj&, it. is .calculated ;tliaf by diseases r that are quite preventable, amount to. 120,0010. a year in Great Britain alone.-- "-

~So.me.tinw ago-tbe-iwHlen Religious Tract Society; commenced the issue of: a new series of Biogr;yihjcaj:Tracts: at the/extremely of one penny each, uv;"Jlaiae.'ig :very-Soli->reported to b« w;ort£2 t 000 ) 00Qdol. ) all. gotten in 2Q years' holding -of a public office at pg£ with a large family 16 supfiorV aiitt 'ecfu

.. -The Fleming Post wfitfif; that the longrtalkedcof JndoiEuropeaja Railway;.aplpe'arsVto'be, evSfw . probability '-oH former 'to ;," day hat he never realised the full ;iprcw the. washing day.::;rfi!~ zsz:z2s4 ; A ]ittl&bpy::who:!had?.\beaß used to receive his-elder brother's okUbys and Ma,. shall '-ttoe-tfr'jfey•jhlFwidow ? "when he ■MM'-'- r -«"- % "■••• .'-''•' T ?: ; '-' r: ']- i '-." lSr ' : It' seeWctilidift',' say's an ;§}pi«iii& how few .people'know the benefit of fruit at.bi^kfaHt-time t of bem?s,,ah pear or apple 'fit six';|i tEe'nibfning, will makefile, sky look!bri^i»r^i}d;|ji#fl.wo^ s day- * and; y efc. Wany.- .peoplel-'uftseß-ttbiak- ot "eating fruitdp'the^tflortisnig?'^' : • %t (jrladsto'ne basajprjwji confer* .ene'e'recently wi'thrtbe riffiiSfiSVs of tha jFree;: Church of Scotland and ha prohn6ed them tbut ...if.•,£.„ distinct •inajority of Scotch were at the,, nesjtjilectjor. dis* ...Government would eariif 4; ftut tha popular will, ..-r.-p-A

2 ? -I%ai at a theatrical cricket watch ihat a gmd Jjat.iWK.tQ.l!«4a:eßented tp the highest scorer. Pros, were one riian short ami poor signified his intention of playingi This was con-. ■ sidered such a joke that a sixpenny Ea\ whs purchased and decorated with/ ribbons for presentation, to him. Johnny w'enUn amidst mtieb chaffing,but he was with the boys for he carriedjout hisJjAt for 36 and won the the|ftonishnient of every* body. ' '".: .. >~> They were-reading the -old farmer's will; .and Mb. nephew,-. thO principal inheritor, was payiViq the'closest attention to its provisions! Presently the notarai'y flame the clause, "I bequeath to the servant who shall close my eyes 100 francs.'' "Hi! hello there 1" Bays tne-heir,« Just road' t'haj over again, will,.you-1"- The notary 1 !, complies. " That's a hundred 'franca! saved, anyhow," says .tho heir,,'! Uncte (A had one eye. Got the faithful OTestic .thattime^idnVlf-^.■:;^. T . Sir John; MacdbnafdV'ttie" present Preniier is said tft,. have started in life as a boot-black i» Glas-jT-gpw. He enrigrated to Canada at an* early, age. When • only, eighty, the. daughter of a wealth/ Canadian fell in love with him, andjie ran away with 'her to a clergyman, w'iio consented to many them. The bride's father, after a time, forgave this escapadef'and started him in business, Thence he drif> ted into politic?, and displayed so much shrew'dneas ; jn.d^act^^^n^,- short time he was a metn.bet'vof.tue •Ministerial Dominion Parliament, Sir John's personal resemblance to. the- }at# field is so great thatwhen he was in London : h* ; taWen