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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 125, 3 May 1883, Page 2

1 Mr E- 0. Burnand; the editor o ' Punch ' and popular dramatic author, i a very hard worker ; and, for an instance of the rapid flow of his ideas, it may be mentioned that " Diplunacy," his clever burleaque on the well-known play "Diplomacy" was written between half past eleven at night and biz the next morn* ing, and completed at that one sitting. ' His contributions to ' Punch ' are now more considerable than ever, while he is a paoßt conscientious editor and , chief. He ig ulso a devoted husband and father, proud of bis children, of whom several are very pretty. Unlike many witty men, he does nob relapse into dullness at his own home when thete are no strangers at hand to laugh at his jokes, , The decline of the use of intoxicating liquors m Great Britain is reported to be so great that it is materially affecting the revenue of the Kingdom*