BRIEF MENTION.
One of best living sculptors cannot carve a turkey. I i Which side of -a horse to take in mounting?— The outside. . There are 3,985 paper mills in the world, producing 950,000 tons of paper per finnum. During July and August last, 1,9§7 persons arrived in New Zealand, and 1,947 left it ; net gain to the c010ny,.40. ' By the new law as to-machinery, all appliances must be safe, under a penally of £2O to £IOO. . . . When is a fish fit for a lunatic asylum ? —When it is iu-Seine. A man who says he will subscribe anon, very often proves to'be a non-subscriber. “ John Chinaman ” is leaving New Zealand. In July and August last 137 Celestials left our shores, and only three arrived. In Britain, no less ' than 270,000,000 articles are pledged with “my uncle ” in the course of a year. When a; dumb photographer wants to say “ yes ” to a customer, he merely displays two negatives.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1092, 28 September 1883, Page 2
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158BRIEF MENTION. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1092, 28 September 1883, Page 2
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