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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 213, 2 August 1878, Page 3

The mistakes that sometimes occur in the transmission of telegrams are often very amusing. The other day a telegraphic message was sent from the police department at Napier to a constable at Wairoa who had just been admitted into the force. The message was to the effect—" Get form of oath from Major Goring, and swear in to day." The telegram the new constable received was —« Get form of oath from Major Goring, and show to-day." On receiving the order, thn constable bought ten bushels of oats, which he duly submitted for the inspection of the Major.

The Waikato Times regrets that some of the principal cheese producers in the Waikato are discontinuing the business as they find prices unsatisfactory. This is a pity, as, according to the journal cited, excellent cheese is produced. Indeed so pleasantly was the Governor's palate affected by it at the recent banquet, that he took away with him, as something he could not procure in Auckland, the remaining half uncut. This proceeding is certainly an innovation upon established etiquette. Fancy the consternation which an ordinary guest would produce who, being pleased with his host's Stilton, hinted that he would like to take Bway half of it under his arm 1 Of course the entertainers were pleased to give it, but the example set may be a disastrous one for entertainers generally in the colony.