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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 108, 2 April 1884, Page 2

\S iicn h. !iidy ',v, iifu it Jmstlu iii friiiit la<i(fliier chimlt bb p-»rdoh«il, At r«a>* lieiit " swd\ " ball el !hUv npprMita 1 m a hew Berlin toile , artd iixliiie liately upon her entrance faces were bMdeti behind fans and merriment reigndd »upreiii6. f The gentlemen were ' rude enomjh to curiously eye the costume, and she, m n rajjc, call d on the dressmaker next day to see wlntt the matter was With her uttire. That worthy ulao was seized with a n't of laughter. That only increased the ire of her patron, but the explanation »as soon maie. *' You hare put un ycjur dress the wrong w-B^, mih tHa ' ponf 'm front." • Mnjor Atkinson has a farm near Now Plymouth of s(sme 300 acres m extent. Heand his sops .-inert to work it, but could not make it p-iy.' He finds 'farming' the New Znaland Treadurv the -mor e profit -■■ ablo occupation of the two, nna he his let his 300 acres of laud to a neighbour at a rental of 15 J per acre a year. An episode occurred m the Sydney crimimd court the other day which caused some amusement. While a [case was proceeding, a female m the ' ladies' ' gftllery called out to one of tho witnesses — ' Shpake up ', we can't 'hear up this way !' She was expelled from the court, much to her astonishment.