Webb lost £-00,000 by (lie San Francisco mail service, so lie sajs. The ' Hokitiki Leader 5 says : —Without'--desiriug to impute to the G-eneral Go vera-, ment any in ten. lion repudiating tlieir promise to cod struct the Waimea Water-Jfiace, there is goocl reason for believing that there will be much delay ia commencing the work, and that there is a likelihood that it will not be proceeded with at all. There is in Christchnrch at the present time a lady astrologist, who bas beenconsulted by a number of persons, who. at--tempt to conceal tlieir identity in bad writing. In an advertisement which ap- ■ pears in tbe newspapers, the lady, who delights in the title of Madame Pascal, / in forms those of her friends who elect to, distort their hand 'Wriung,- v tb-afc should- : their characters' appear proportionately, distorted in delineation, ihey have only themselves to blame.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 218, 2 May 1873, Page 5
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146Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 218, 2 May 1873, Page 5
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