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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 895, 17 December 1870, Page 3

Solomon's Wisdom. —A correspondent (»n----marvied) suggests that Solomon's wisdom was due to the i'act that he had seven hundred iwives, whom he consulted on all occasions. A man in Council Bluffs is both a liquor paloon keepor and an undertaker. One busij>e,ss helps the other.

In an article on the approaching general election, the Wanganui Chronicle alludes to the representation of Wellington, and says:—lt would be impertinent in us to tell the City electors what they ought to do, but as a matter of personal duty we cannot help saying that it would be well for the Province and the Colony if some politician other than Mr Borlase were chosen. Mr Borlase is a worthy and popular member, but he has seen his best days as a public man—a fact which no one knows better than Mr Borlase himself—and though a faithful representative, yet we think those who oppose generally the views of the present Ministry on principle might very well invite one of the leading champions on the present opposition side to stand for Wellington. Perhaps an admirable representative to meet those conditions would be found in the Hon. J. C. Richmond. Of high ability, honest to a fault, and as staunch to a principle as any man in the Colony, the gentleman in question would confer honor upon any constituency which he represented.