One of our small staff of printers managed to baptise himself last week, by walking off Messrs. Robertson and Co's jetty into the Lake, while attempting to get on board the Antrim. We are sorry to recprd that he received a severe shock and some personal injuries, besides having a very narrow escape. from being drowned. The lake water is delightfully icy at present, that in itself is no encouragement for a voluntary bath. Of course "Printer drunk" will be the universal comment—we are all so charitably inclined—but Mr. Tzzard's error arose through no such cause. He is a Good Templar, and perhaps that may account for his penchant for water.— * Wakatip Mail' ■ ~.•'., ': :. In a duel between two editors, in the open street, in San Francisco, one of them was shot. The ' Otago Guardian' completed the firßt year of its existence as a daily newspaper on Wednesday last.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 282, 31 July 1874, Page 3
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148Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 282, 31 July 1874, Page 3
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