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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1087, 5 August 1871, Page 2

Grey veils keep off freckles. The Republic of Mexico has 8,885,972 inhabitants. Thiers' mansion in Paris was worth £57,000. A lazy chap has found out that working between meals is unhealthy for him. Because horses are used to reins, it does not follow that they are unaffected by wet weather. The only manufactory of hair-pins in the United States turns out fifty tons of those useful articles per month. A sermon in four words on the vanity of earthly possessions :—" Shrouds have no pockets." A female lecturer says that the only decent thing about Adam was a rib, and that went to make something better. Keep out of debt, out of quarrels, out of damp clothes, out of the reach of liquor, and out of doors all you can in fine weather. A Loan Bill to complete railways and public works in New South Wales has been introduced by Government and passed by the Assembly. The Speaker of the Taranaki Provincial Council lately gave a member in charge of the Sergeantrat-Arms for using offensive language. The honorable member (Mr Upjobn) demurred to the proceeding, because his words had not been taken down. The Speaker apologised for being out of order, but informed the unruly member that he might given him in charge of the Sergeant-of Police, for using language calculated to cause a breach of the peace,