In Paris they have a Frenchman who proposes to reach the North Pole by balloon. He proposes to start when he can find any one to accompany bim. Our Waikato contemporary states < tbat since frogs were introduced into the Ruapuke district mosquitoes have almost disappeared. The Burrangong Argus relates tbat a witness, who waa prosecuting a butcher for epibezzlement said, iv part of his evidence — " Well, I told him to go to the yard and he would not do so, and I then went down and killed myself." His Honor: " What, killed yourself?" Witness: " I beg your Honor's pardo .. I know it ain't very good English. I meant to say I went down and killed a bullockV
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 56, 6 March 1877, Page 4
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