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Lord and Lady Aberdeen are writing a book between them on their recent travel* round the world. Welshmen are called “ Taffies” because David is the most common name among Welshmen, and David, familiarly Davy, becomes in Welsh Taffid, familiarly Taffy. The Manawatu Standard's Parliamentary. correspondent says it is rumoured in ton that if Mr Bryce is successful in ousting' Mr Hutchison for Waitotara ho will no. be allowed a walk over, but will have to contest tho seac with no less a personage thau Sir llobert Stout. A young Aberdonian, bashful, but desperately in love, finding that no notice was taker, of his frequent visits to the house of his sweetheart, summoned up sufficient courage to address the fair one thus :—“Jean, I wis here on Manday nicht.” “Ay, yo ware that,” acknowledged she, “An’ I wis here on Tuesday nicht.” “ So ye were.” “AxT I wis here oa Wednesday,” continued the ardent youth. “Ay, an ye wis here on Thursday nicht.” An I wis here last nicht Jean. “Well said she, what if ye were I “An lam here again the nicht, an whaiabout it if ye were ? And what nboot it did ye say Jean ? Did ye no small a rat. We had hoped to have been able to publish, this evening, the handicaps for the Wavorley sqorts. As the advertbement states they will be published in this evening’s Wanganui Herald, wo wrote to the secretary asking him to either write or telegraph them to m in time for publication this evenin'. Th;s step was taken in the interests of our Patea and Waverley readers, as there is no possibility of the handicaps being known through Wanganui papers till to-morrow evening, there being no southern mail till to-morrow’s express. We presume, however, as tho secretary is tho “ Herald’s ” correspondent he prefers withholding the information until it appears in that journal, a course we feel certain will not, under the circumstances, meet with general approbation, as, injustice to sports committees and contestants, such information should be undo public as early as po-sibie. We regret the absence of ths information, but the biama does not rest with

1% > V. kt R. LICENSING NOTICE. TfflHE next Quarterly Licensing meet* -A. ing of the Licensing Committee for the district of Waverley, will be holdeu at the Town Hall, Waverley, M> 12 o clock noon on MONDAY, the sth day of December, proximo. All applications must be lodged with the undersigned, at the Court House, Patea, at least twenty one days before the day of Meeting. CHAS. L WIGGINS. Clerk of Licensing Committee. Courthouse, Patea, 2nd November 18S7. V. a R. New Zealand Railways. PRINCE OF WALES BIRTHDAY, 9m NOVEMBER 1887. nATUBDAY return tickets will bo U issued from any station to any station on the Wanganui Section, on the *th and 9th of November, and will 1 e available for return up to and eluding, THURSDAY, I.oth Novem-" ber. WANGANUI SPRING RACE N MEETING. EXCQRvSION tickets to Wanganui at the following cheap rates, will be issued on the 9t l r of November, available for return on day of issue only. Ist Class. 2nd Olsn From ITnwera 8/. 5/6. „ Patea 6/(5. 4/8 ~ Waverley & Waitotara 5/. 3/6. The evening train from Wanganui to Hawera will bo ddayed till 5.35 p.m., and will be an hour and thirty five miuutis later at destination. BY ORDER. PATEA BOROUGH COUNCIL. ANNUAL ELECTION OF THREE COUNCILLORS. T>j be received ny me at my offices, until noon of THURSDAY 10th of November. A Poll, if required, will take pla4e on THURSDAY the 17th November, I). M. HARRIS, ± Returning Officer. PATEA SPO UTS ASSOCIATION? \ MEETING’ of the Members of the-. /V above, will be held in the Central; Hotel, on THURSDAY, 3rd of No*vember, at 7.3' L p.m R. A. ADaMS. Si •ra?-*