FLASHES!

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 31, 23 August 1887, Page 2

FLASHES!

Chalk it up. Naw Zealand people sbStid wHWs people in Gisborne who would spend tan millions in liquor, but they have not got the tn lliona. Meantime they loaf around •*>■ SSM" “* B1Sn " •***» wWW.ttS’ft .Wing yet; but, alas, 'tie the IddtMtjftjhJp' ° w“dell,'R,sl. nf tMnitft •iHhuriuli ottaa. At ths enddru ldti| dUe Hii Warship delivered himself a, follows I " I shall dCniUs the ease, and order each parly to pay their own coats, although I'm afraid ItSiMauso I am tired of the eaar," Victoria has put an addiilonu! duty of 48 pat ton on French and German beet sugar, Quite right too. The cans sugat tats (wt ftDjT A Jhine lias llooh iddUd suede,.fully on the London market - Considerably mote than 4,000,000 "persctri M. .been. .»t ths .end of last year, Inmed against siokney,, Undyr the Gsrttiad liW Of compulsory insurance. - .i -rrA’. ;' »o.oalled "fed” of Msjor Atkinson that was condemned in Hew Zealand ‘without trial. It seems to work wall in Europe. Wellington is wet as well as windy. Rhae sapw v So «upkt, tile flatter. -. MfcntneS! bad nowhere to sit down they might be more active, tn looking after the business of thecountry. ' ’ desire V* at ’omwi suffrage should be wtabnhsub“ MBe he woa ’ d the voice of • * ™L* d . 18 ?,’ T, 81 ! •• Bentlemen.'' The talk of lighting Auckland bv .ImwWiv New Zealand does mtt show up badly at Jar a. her death rate ie concerned—only “ ®J P" 1 « w « »«»<“•» K.W in Victoria, 16 02 in N.B. Wales, and 19.68 in Queens. lend. ■ (- . The Bank of Now Zealand at Wellington have received some of the new Jubilee coin- »««• -. The ? old <wiDa » M »t the value of £6, £2, £l, ana 10s. The silver coins include ss, 4s, 2s, and lei - The general appedraboe is said not to bo so good as that of thd present issue. Hang the appearance. Bend us some samples along, say £lOOO worth to pass our opinion upon. Wanganui possess a Chinaman grocer. The other grocers are boycotting hinW refusing to deal with any flrm supplying nim. A correspondent of the Waikato times writes to that journal eoggeeting that a tax of 100 per cent, ad valorem should be put on American leather •• because it would sav. the many valuable Uvea .now lost by th. radiation of .the American article intn ths intestines ” 11 A nice little neat egg. Mrs Grant has received £78,000 as her share of the publication of General Grant's memoirs. ■, Lord Houghton once said that social happiness consisted in being asked everywhere and going nowhere.’ Things must be looking up in the Empire city. There were only two bankruptcies in Wellington last month, the lowest average for two years. Wellington Truth says that Mr Edward Wakefield of the Evening Press intends to

himself to magaxine literature. He would make an excellent Bsturdsy Reviewer. Wellington Volunteers haw lot ahMbef initruotor at a screw of £IH a year, despite ths feet that thrrs on already time simunr officials in the city, . The system of management on the Wonga, nui section of railway to locally known as “ the muddle,'’ “Watchman'' in the Nelson Colonist writes The opponents of the Government policy ratoe the ery that the progressive Property Tax will frighten elpital oat ot the colony. Just fancy capital being frightened from a field when seven to twelve per riiot. interest is obtainable. Such a ery.ta downright boihs : The Wanganui Chronicle strongly attache the present system of ths epseohH in Hansard bring corrected, (Lt. rs-writtan) by the ntniMfSe*

Three lunatics Moapad from the Auckland Asylum the other day, but wen luckily all r soon recaptured. r Advance Australia ! A woman at New. castle (N.8.W.) has just nresented her husband with their seventoer.iAjhlUl. You can have a good long road if you like st the British Museum. There are 31 mltM of shriving, and it to visited by 91,000 roadera yearly. Fiji people an actively agitating for anMxation to Viotoria. . Ta Aroha people an starting a -limited liability company to develop the To Aroha Bathe. - .'Steam tram engines an a naisanoo in big towns as evidently considered a Dunedin man named Dickenson, who enod the 3Hm Company for £l5 damages to his boon trom smoke and steam. Dickenson lost the oase. New York has 600 pieces of public wonhip, with 400,000 seatholcers end yet, neverthsless, is one of the most wicked places on Dick Resvcs, an sx-msmbsr and a candidate for Inangahua, says “ ths civil servants should work eight hours a day instead of going to the office for an-hour or two and then going and having their brandy and biscuit." Thus plaintively wails the Waikato Timos: “Is there a curse oh Waikato farming,” Frozen meat is sold at Home at 3d and~4d per lb and retailed as Southdown molten at 10s to Is. Fruit rote on the ground, whilst jam factories are starved out and cheeseries pay hous but the manager. Is the Circassian utterly played out? . As an example of the reckless extravagance of the Railway Department daring ths last few years it is stated that five years ago. the Auckland head office expenses were £lOOO. Now they are £2420, divided "amongst tourteen officials.

A Wellington clergyman, denouncing the prize (glove) fights, attacked very strongly the newspapers for inserting the advertise, ments of them. The Seamen’s Union in Auckland, who cm fighting the Northern Steainship Company, are endeavoring to obtain steamers from Adelaide and Melbourne. Says the Bangitikei Advocate I “ Vbgei. despite his defects, is far and away the moat honest and moat capable mao in the Minis- - try. He is reekless and prodigal, but b* never attempts to feather his own asst at the public expense and nobody has ever yet dared to accuse him of disloyalty te bis lunisterial colleague*.” The British Mechanic states that the railroad between Buenos Ayres on the Atlantia side and Valparaiso on the Pacific, will bo completed this year and wiU bring New Esaland Australia nearer the Old ( Jouritry by Several thousand m-'es than any other route. This is the “ hexperienoe of a Gouldbua Salvation Harmy sister: “ Once Hi useter be very gay an’ fond of the world an’ all ther fashions. I liked silks, an' satins, an* ribbons, an’ feathers, an* all rich, but I fburil they were dragging me down to so I genre them all to my sister 1" A Taranaki bush settler gave as an answer to the enquiries of the Property Tax Commissioner the following schedule of bis worldly goods : “ Two nanny goats, one billy goat, six fowls, one cock, six chairs, and a three-legged stool 1” At the “capping ” ceremony at the Dunedin University the other day, when the Premier was. present, one of the undergraduates carried a large banner with the words “ Forgive Bobby ’* on it. This wae a strong political bint 1 ' *