The servant problem is still with the Americans, as with m. but they are attempting to solve it with the aid of Chinese. The story goes that a certain New York lady was boasting of the prowess and cleaniness of her Mongolian cook, "If you will come with uic into the kitchen,’’ she said to her visitor, you will iind a place for everything, and everything in its place.” The visitor accepted the invitation, where John was found complacently washing his feet in a frying- | pan. j isi reference to the Koval visit to the | colony, die London Times states:—" The | last Now Zealand mail has brought us . several letters from Auckland correc'dnc , the statement ru.edc by our special corse- j sponcnnl in cue Times of Tune lb, and ! the fact that Mr heddou hail been hooted j by the Maoris. \\N arc assured, by tne writers that the hooting did not proceed from the Maoris, but from European 1 colonists who wished to mark their disapproval of the Prime Minister's 1 Socialistic ‘ policy. These letters are evidently written by strong political opponents of Mr Seddon, and we do not feel called upon to pronounce here on the merits of New Zealand party politics. But wo might suggest that the Koval visit would hardly seem to have been :: suitable c< - easion tor a party demonstration against ' the head of the colonial Government, who was acting as host to the Duke and Duches- of Cornwall in the colony, however unpopular that statesman's polk • might be, *• All that glitters is not gold.” A proverb old and true, Noi’her is a cough or cold What it appears to you. Do not treat it lightly, for 'Tis better to be sure. That you suffer never more. Get Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 242, 21 October 1901, Page 4
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