Annboy's Column.
Replies are invited to the following inquiries: — "Engineer" wishes to know who was the surveyor that laid out the "Waimea-road. Also, what is the total number of miles of road that have to be kept in repair by the Waimea Eoad Board. "A Father of Seven" wants to know why the 4 lb. loaf should cost 9d. in Nelson, when it is selling for sd. in Dunedin. ANSWERS TO CO-RESPONDENTS. "Blue Jacket." The Falkland Isles lie in 52 deg. south latitude and 60 deg. west longitude. The missing boats have not yet been heard of. • '•Ignoramus." A reference to your History of England would have shown you that Henry VII. succeeded Bichard IH, and came to the throne in 1485, '^Grinder." The Corn Laws were abolished in England in 1846. "Vagrant." Don't be in a hurry to move. Remember what Poor Bichard says:— I never saw an oft-removed tree, . Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be. "V.R." The Queen's income is fixed at £385,000, ol which £60,000 is paid in monthly instalments for her Majesty's private use, the rest being appropriated to special purposes.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 174, 7 August 1869, Page 2
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193Annboy's Column. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 174, 7 August 1869, Page 2
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