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(Wellington Lance.) The trump card of tho Salvation Army revivalist meetings at present is a ” converted pugilist.” Ho fights his battles over again, and his ex-sinfulness is a huge draw.
Waihi wants a library from Carnegie. Waihi has the mine that produces more revenue than any other mining town in this colony. The Government has not yet called for volunteers for Somaliland. Neither has it decided to quell the risings on tho Indian frontiers. Wherefore this remisness ? A girl of ten jumped off a Southern wharf into the sea because her 11 boy ” was leaving those parts. He had, however promised to marry her, and the water police saved her. A man down Christchurch way had lived in tho colony fifty years without setting eyes on King Dick. Ho made a special journey recently with this object. Now he will die content.
The visit of Mr Chamberlain to the African colonies is said to have been suggested by King Dick’s visit to Africa. Hereafter, British statesmen may make 111 a rule to follow Diok’s precedent.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 583, 29 November 1902, Page 3
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