The results of several elections yeeterdav will be found in this morning’s issue. Mr. Rees has lost City North by a majority of 26. Mr Peacock is the elected man.
Her Majesty’s Customs do not always have things all their own way, says the Observer. Some time ago two Thames residents sent home for elegant patent cork legs to replace the familiar but common stumps. The import duty on each amounted to £3 Bs. One of them paid this without a murmer, and proceeded to strut about on his neiv pedal appendage, to the admiration of his friends. The other was a cute darkey. He induced the Customs people to permit him to take home the leg in order to see how it would fit. It answered admirably. The darkey, however, carefully placed the wooden leg in the box, and sent it back to the Custom House with a note to the effect that he declined to take delivery of the consignment, as the article did not come up to specifications.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1010, 10 December 1881, Page 2
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171Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1010, 10 December 1881, Page 2
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