TELEGR APEIC.

Manawatu Herald, 5 November 1880, Page 3

TELEGR APEIC.

»- - (from our own correspondent.) Wellington, Thursday, 7 p.m. The compulsory clauses of the Education Act are immediately to bo put in force in Dunedin. The Court of Enquiry into the stranding of the barque Loclinagar, at Gisborne, has practically acquitted the captain of all blame. The Agricultural Show atCartertou tomorrow is expected to be a great success. A special excursion train leaves town at 10 in the morning.

That Difficult Letter. — A writer in Tmth tells a story he heard the o'her day about Mr Grierson, the manager of the Great Western Railway. Ho was travelling in the same compartment ns a lriend of the writer's. The train drew up at Acton station, when an energetic porter loudly vociferated, "Hucton ! Hacton !" A little while later the train stopped ot Manwcll, when a porter of even greater oneigy than hia confrere at Act«»n screamed out, 11 'An well! 'Anwell!" Tpon which V,r Grierson turned round :o a gentleman ho was with, and said, '« You see how difficult it is alwnys to get the right man in the right place. I must have that Ac on porter brought here, and tend that fellow to Acton, out of respect both for our passengers and the Queen's English." One Is Quite Enough. — A Semitic manager in the Kast-end, who is also an actor, once engaged a low comedian. After his first appearance the as'uto caterer yave him notice tt» quit The astonished mummer de nianded a reason. After -ome delay his employer suid, " Well, if you I will know, it's because you're a deuslied bud low comedian. 'Jhere!" Tho histrion, wounded in histonderest part, replied hotly, " If it comes to that, so are you!" "Yesh, my boy," blandly replied the Hebrew, " but the public won't shtand two deushed bad comedians." — London Paper.