It Is Town Talk

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 64, 21 September 1901, Page 22

It Is Town Talk

That the latest missing fiiond" to turn up has been located in a lunatic asi him. That a fan Yankee at present in Wellington, admits that she has divoieprl two husbands — That under existing labour conditions New Zealand is never hkolv to produce anv millionaire* That Nelsomans want their streets watered at night, instead of having them flooded in the morning That the Fanners' Union promises to be a big organisation when all intending membeis have been raked in — That the heioine of a one-time celebrated English cauH' ce'ebre is at piesent engaged in a local restaurant — That a Chinaman is leported to have married an Auckland woman whose bank account luns into four figures — That a visiting parson from the South is reported to have had rather a sensational experience during his stay here — That a lawyer in Wellington district lias been quietly, moving for the abolition of the barristenal wig and gown. That a, letently-ieturncd Tiansvaller bi ought back quite a pot of mone\ , and has been having a great time over since. --That two prominent lailwav men ha\e been offeied billets in Wcstraha Goo<l salaries, attract our best men elsewlieie. That a local coffin pnnidei was lately asked bv a buxom widow if quantity was taken Her , husband was ()ft. 2in That one moneyed individual, who is rather fond of himself, is having a small bust made for presentation to his friends. -That a quietly-planned little laid on an alleged sly-gVog shop clown South panned out unsuccessful h Just a dav too late. -That a certain talkative legislatoi got a warm quaitei of an houi the other dav from a voluble ielative in a citv tram That Nelson sleepv and salubrious --objects to the statement that she turns out moil' dead peop'e than anvw here else -That a man ai tested at Melbourne lately on a chaige of theft turns out to be an anaichist, and ha,s been remanded to Switzer'and -That the Gcneinoi's practical mteiest in the gieat Rugb\ game has caused much fa\omable comment among tho football h-atemit\ -That a local tenoi , who had his \oice tested at the tune of the \ lsit of the last big opeia companv was told it was of \eiv little account That stiange stones are being told about the doings of three piofessional men who had a fi\ lound, and painted Dunedin led loi a loitnight That a Napiei man who has |iist leturned tiom Melbouine disto\cied Ins collegia-educated son attached to a noisome steam mei l \ -go-i ound -That .1 ChnstchuK h lnsiiiame agent has diop|)ed into a snug littli hum thiougli the death of .1 lad\ who w.is responsible for Ins up-bunging That a Southern cycle dealei who has been had" tathei often b\ bike thieves, now snapshots lmeis who appeal to be suspicious chaiacteis - That the ftequent convictions obtained at Home against traders who adulterate New Zealand pioduee will secure a bettei name foi our products -That Parhamentanans who aie sticklers tor purity of language in the House, can use a ven \ lolent aiticle of that charactei themselves when the\ like. That a certain stylish ladv at Saturday's football match, caused some comment of an amusing ehaiactei through her ndiculous remarks on the game. -That a peison, suspected of poisoning his wife a few j ears back lecentlv died at Sydney, from the effects () f iV dose of strychnine winch he took b\ mistake. That a voting huh who holds lathei a high position 111 the social woild, is about to mairv a ioeke\ of whom she became enamouiod dining a In)) to the "other side."

That lectuieis aic alioady launching forth on "Anarchism Its Cause and Cine " Tint a long-sentence pusonei, lelea^ed from jmol late'y on the plea of illness, is as well as e\er, and is cn]o\ms life thoroughly That a, Thorndon lady, who accidentally dropped acio^s a let tor of a gushing character, addressed to hei husband, has been thinking quite a lot of things since That a pionusing boy burglar, who was found on a neighbour's premises one. night lately, only escaped piosecution through the inteice°fcion of his influential father — That a professional nuise, who marned a while back, fell in rather badh She discovered that her hubby did not havp anything like* the monev she thought he had. --That a Wellington lady, of military piochvities, has a sword over_ her bed, a rifle over the mantel, and several re\olvors on the wall. She likes to have arms around her. - -That there has been a certain coolness between an engaged Wanarapa couple. She discovered that he although wealthy, only subscribed 2s (id to her pet chanty. — That an aristociatic-looking person (who has been honouring Wellington with his presence lately got aw a\ with a good supply of goods and ea.sh fiom local tradesmen -That a man who walks Wellington streets, and who bears the aspect of a nondescript character, rather staggeied a locaJ parson lately by presenting him with a checjue for £-50. -That, if the Wanganui Borough Council carries out its pioposed new w orks, and frames its pi ogramme of progiehsi\e b\-law<- it will soon be one of the first towns in the colony