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ago es lady, advertised far a ser van tJ The day after the a-vehiaemeot ap* „p'dared, and while the lady was walking, dp*vn the street, a ; female,; pjjnlc of fashion, accoatejd, her,, an*Lß_Ti:i ti jsrs'-~-- 7TT , I-presu^e'.Ff- t "Yes,"j replied! the lady. < ; Buttfpg,her hand outj : to the lady* the stranger- ; said: <**!-Giad! to see ybii; yqa ara advertising for aj ysysPh }° /?»» ihli^k Pll auit." On; beio^.a&ec^^r. ,by the! astonished lady,, the fancy-dreasedj slavey ,the desired information,! ; an^ehec^.said 4 ißu6Xwiah! r 3ff v .to distinctly underatand,, Mra;r— r» ! that wherever Js&w I am my own mis-; tress, I go out every afternQjm'whenc'lj Mike, and come 'jln when .1 feel inclioed \ J I never do any work cm Siio'days after i 10-6'cfock ; in the 'cioroing, and ' _ dthe j iffiih the master and mistress. Washing 1 tjould not think of doing, and scrubbiog and cooking I dtf'not touch care obout." A(ter delivering" herself of thia T neat lfftle speech, md stating that she never ' took less than, _^ss, per. .-^eek, my" iacty i servant requestbdtblje-iaformed during I the day if she would suit, as she waa ] aaJdioue to' bave the gfafee. '• Ttie lady, i under the circumstances, could not keep i .tl^^ft! __». Jo s_Bpenßo,.and .toldJier '■ she, would, do { oice!y, that a callage wbhld be fle^)6/dr.W / -in the afternoon, and that her (iiie jady's) best suite of apartoients would be placed at her. dia- ! fe?ft!? t j ."Pea 'wtahing her 'friend * J G|ood kMiI. %^ , :^iN- a cab. (! >;s_e dpplicaat is.efciU waiting foi? .the carriage to stop afcjher-lddgihgs. Weiiin^ton is f«s ; ;pjf aeryap t&g iris piithe.clasa sllud'ed to. Indeed, iftis often difficulHto die^ tingaish by appearance, hatweeffi mistress and maidUi „ I:;;;:--: Ai Can U he true- (asks: the; Wellington Arffifo)-tfost Sir (^orge Grey 1 fias ! baen " playiog po3BU_i n during the recess, and that instead of being in failing health" he has simply been gathering strength for a fresh Parliamentary 6a'_ip^ign? There' i? ain o_ir0 _ir lof b^bijity about the. rumour. ; it -is singular that if he waa.-eally ill, ever Btn<r«bi_Sapeno.endeocywa_ ; atfbH_h6d, he^ahould recover health oa. the cve 1 0. the re-assembliog of Parliament. Sir George: Grey is joafr ;oae;Df fiboisei IneS j who woulfl. enjoy a' prac.i__ljdke, such ! as spreading a false report of the cpndisioa/ of his health. We can j; WeU t_t_gtne the quiet enjoyraehtheV wpuld i <$f}jfe, ; while living .pleassnViy.ai'tfe Kawa'u, from reading the speculations I ofthe press aboat his not. being able to ■at^ocf the next, "seasipo, and ,^h his \ po_iti6h it must have been T^ery pleasantjto him to have, been fr^ed ,. frpp ,a;ll ! bothering by .deputations of Auckland I pqliticiaua, and from all trouble about ) local, affairs. TbeLipi-a bf il!iheaUh ; relieved him of all this, and, if it-was a sham one, he has ha,d .ample, time to : concoct all sorts of plans for tha dia-' .comfiture of the enemy during' the looming session; and we can only hope j that his undisturbed reflections have conr !vi_C-d him that if he wishes .plead his jparty to victory, he must in the future, jact very differently to Uhe course' he ihas pursued in the past. We treat we - ißh_ll have no more " mare's nests" of jthWPtako Swamp style, and. ho more" leaving about serfdom and the rights ,of. jposieri.y, and the interests of tbe whole jhnman race in PrbvihoiaVisra. Ifo ; jdoabt .Lthe members of the Goverhme^tT Nj'oice greatly over the ; _ews of Sir I - •George. Grey's excellent health- Hia ippeaaaoa in the House holds out Lto ' jthem almost their only, possible hope oi safety;' ! The Times says -the proceedings offchej, conference of chairmen of Otago r ' Counties .terminated with ai comicdLi? incident. The Minister's Footn at the , Custom-house was r engaged till 10 : p.m . yesterday,; and -thej .conference was proceeding- until a quarter of an hour* before~the time mentioned when the gas ( abont w hicb» any thing but -coni\pli - cientary remarks had .been made) was dx^ipguished. 7 The ,cpnference: hastily;: adjftuiAqed :till A.tbe: following .mornihgil .. As they left the room in darknesJ>yahU' i^ere groping theif ,way down stairs, a tpateh was 'lighted, and much amuse-rhent-was occasioned when- one -of the , importers f was .found p^deavoring to rlsach the staircase not x through the door but through the adjoining , }iook r -oase^ Howerer, the. best, of t the, joke\ifas yet fo come. .When ,the members df the conference managed to reach the r <D <|oomay leading into the main street -. : they-fouffd "it~lo.kedr~ Judging from the i^qghteflstjbatienaj\e^, Tl thei L :i l6rs appeared bo,^e:^a,ny,fchfng but diss|ttisfied with their position. Some chbmen outside' the Oustom-hduse' ds- ; shred them that the Customs bffieei*. , bhd gone home' for the night. The chai- man luckily tried the back door

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 161, 10 July 1877, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 161, 10 July 1877, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 161, 10 July 1877, Page 4

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