QUEER IDEAS OF THE COLONIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 3

QUEER IDEAS OF THE COLONIES.

The writer of Mm«te«'' t->t the Ohtistohuroh •' Telegraph " pays : — S>m*qu^er ideas &b tit New Zealand et>li survive m Gr^ut Britain, nutnlihutaodit'K the small army or emigration -amenta we h»veiemployed at sundry times 8 shop GnrnoQ told a little story at on« of the entertainments provided for him here, wh oh illustrates this fact somewhat tmulngly. When he was leaving ELioue. he eatd, a number of prenpnts were given him by n enab^rn of his fl »ck and other friends ; and soma of these hi was not able to open. o*!ag to tho lack of time, nntil he ar<ivea iv 'ha oonntry. " And what do you think I found m one of the bnxe» ? h" B<oked. U\b hosa, with remarkable modesty, were all totally i Unablfl to taegf, " W 11," hs said, •• one of the b *es contained nothiog leßs than a gross of small d >Ua. There w«s a general eb< nt of Isughtpr, whioh wan increased when the Bi*h'ip ooLticued, " And a letter aooompAnied 'hem to s»y that the donora wished me cafe throngh ail my dangers, "nd htped that if I should have avy difficulties with the savages these dolls wonld be found useful as presents to gratify tbe savage tußte, and sooth the -«v»g«> ire "