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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 21, 22 January 1876, Page 4

•};■ ;&■;. 3^ ;^^lfotf(er in the Street," who 'f^jyt^iXibuteiß^.iome, y yery amusing letters ; ; -tot ':\\&t. •CfirlaYch'urch Press, has been ' i paying a ; visit to Greyraouth. The ■■'■"'-'iv- following is an extract from the com;V muhicatioh in. -.which he records his ex'/;;pefienoes;at that., place :— * The police ' force are veivy good over at; the Grey. : ■:';' I received much a(tention frpm them. .' The police even here pay , me a deal of attention. It appears a ago ', some reguiatiori was issued in reference to the arrest of intoxicated people 1 ;;■; Members the^ force were cautioned ?■ ;\ s , to be very certain that people were .'- : drfank before, they weVe arrested. The :% \ drin^kist'was in fact to give pretty cvi- ■*'.'- depti"proof tbat he was incapable before ;;.-: being', conducted- to durance vile. A . ; meipaber; of ,the force^ shortly after tb is ; . a i. party . wending his home- !: V - ward -way, aod raaking apparently "i rather rough weather of it. Following ,\ him up, > the guardian of ihe peace '■:'■' gradually became more and more satisfiedytbot hie man was arreatable, and at ■ laeti after witne^s'iDg one more lurch V; -morovaeriouß; tban'any of the previptiß once, ' he was Overheard to say — •* Be;to gorra, is that the way of it. Just mind jj T yeraelf .now. • Wanton e more 'stagger .^ ; ' yer mbine, Mick.'- I won't guaranP^'^ie&^eia^Qy^f bulj 1 believe it.. Indeed, iJ^lCbeiieTe^ye^y thing I heard at the people are quite; as i^^bii^ci^^C^^'^fee^ifis^ : us; in" |p^|^^||p4cl^^E^':inpta-ncei ihey-haye* |:^^ ; }3^ti^j^|^l^mb^rin^^BO. fpt .'aa |^i-i;iip|Ep|^!^|^^^,about 25 mem- ,

bers. ; .The mem tiers thought nf Bending a qrpW ; to cb^ regatta. VS^e have Wontte boating jcliibs ip \ Ch r istphu r c h , bia t; t h ere end^ . o u r„ rpsetnbmrice ;' to the Grey ib acquatics, because v?o have abSut 200...bpating. men, as f also. some of the best 'hosts; t-h at •Salter and Claspor can build,' and we: neve'r^ tKoiight brC'senaing a crew, te ,Weilingtpn:; but /'ihere.'s np\. mistake about our acqualics, and any one, cnn see that. - 1 went to a ball at- the Grey. I need ebarceiy say the ball was free. TtJe.'fM.G. was gaily ; attired" in lm and moleskin oontinuajiops. He auioked a cigar, and, to put it mildly, displayed a marked talent for ' expectoration ,: iii' varied forms; ; Hegaye| ... no , doubt, most, explicit y directions : . tp .the assembled; s cotnpanj j but Fm bound to confess that'tKey were utterly unintelligible to, md. 'Fou^jadies^vefaging 15 sipnfr were,.«!ee_tat once whirling in thegiddymazetfpf the Spanish waltz. The ball was' great fun, aid- I have beeixat noatiy dajnces '-.elsewhere at which" 1 . . ;hay"e'. ? enjoyed myself fay f less*," M, *Y '-''■ V. , >A .Southern exchange has the following .;: — '* oisraeli|. now close upon , 70, yeiirs of ago, is said to have been smitten JWith the charms of a- lovely barmaid, -scarce .18 summers old., ! Ha would haye; married the y bung .woman, ' wbo is striotly correctly in her life* had: nqt his friends stepped in to preVent it. \ The r Queen j r it is stated, wrote" him a ''.letter *of expostulation. It W ai ? wiien taken .with the cramp, in the stomach, ;andwbjle. passing along "the' Strand, that 'Disraeli for relief from his., pain vrpnt into-a^ -publie-housd, and called foj? four periiiy- worth of gin hot. The cramp left; him, and a . mad desire to. marry 'the girl wbo served him took its place.' It is said that a breach of promise action will be brought against •lh(e great Prime. .Minister."