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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1285, 11 September 1872, Page 2

Mr Macaudrew, in the recent debate, said — " We have been here now some six or seven weeks, and, with the exception of the Tramways Bill, have done nothing whictf entitles us to the gratitude of the country."

. An American exchange gives the following description of man with " personal enemies :"- —Joseph is not' altogether an ascetic— he. is passionately fond of tobacco ; and so far from concealing this weakness, he always prefers a request that this article may be supplied t* ' him when he pays a visit to the farmhouses; He is not sociable— indeed rather the reverse, for if a wayfarer meets him more than once, he informs that wayfarer not to come across bis path again under penalty of instant death. Nor is.he entirely faultless* There are temptations to which the strongest succumb, and Joseph is no exception to th^s rule. His particular weakness is the appropriation ..of tlie property of others— in fact he takes whaW ever he needs ; and not even the highoharac ter he bears for general piety paves him from criticism in this respect. A sacrilegious party ktely started, to capture him; but although they discharged eight guns at him,, he escaped apparently unharmed, and re-. raaineil master of the position. It will hardly bo credited that even this good man hat enemies. . ' ..■ .. '■: . i ;. r