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A little three year old child, the son of Mr Wm. Clarke, who resides at present at the Albion Club Hotel, occasioned no small amount of trouble to his parents last evening, in fact so much so that Mr Clarke, after searching high and low all over the town, had at last to get the assistance of the police. The little one, however, was fortunately discoveted in Gladstone Road, near Mr East’s store, sobbing bitterly. Two little girls, either knowing the boy, or learning as to where his prrents were residing, took nimby the hand and looked after him. The little fellow on reaching home, could only say that he was “ looking for his nurse.” It evidently shows that his nurse is particularly kind to the child, as on two or three previous sions he has wandered away in search of her. v A man having the appearance of a sailor, and giving his name as Henry Petersen, has given to the police at Makatoku, Hawke’s Bay an account of himself which, if true, is certainly out of the ordinary run of experience. He says that in 1878 he joined a schooner at Boston, and was put ashore on one of the Phillipine Islands, to trade with the natives. He remained there until last September, when he left the island for another of the group, sailing in an open boat with two Malays. The boat was blown to sea, and drifted for nine days, when the man fell in with an American whaler. Petersen adds that he was landed on the West Coast, three miles south of Foxton, the Captain giving him £1 and some clothing. He was Aid that Napier was the nearest port, and started to make his way overland, but by the time he reached Makatoku his money was exhausted. He sought the assistance of the police to carry him to Wellington or Auckland, where he wants to see the American Consul, in order that he may make his way back to the Phil- k lipine Islands, where, he states, he has £340 due to him.—H. B. Herald. A Telephonic Cckiositt.-tA wellknown medical man of Detroit city was called up by telephone the other day, when the following conversation took place : —“ It has come, doctor.” The doctor throught he knew the voice, and wondering why he had not been sent fur, shouted back, “Is it all right?” “It’s a very small pattern,” answered the voice, which was that of a woman, “ but it will do if we take pains.” The doctor caught the last words, and answered distinctly: ‘Give it Paregoric!” There was amumbled discussion, which he could not hear, and then the voice called : “Is this Dr ?” “No ; it’s Dr ,of Fort street.” T> en he heard a chorus of mirth, and was informed tai the was in communication with a fashionable dressmaking house, and that it was a silk dress for Dr wife that he was the wrong man, which, under the circumstances, was rather a relief to the Fort-street physician.

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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1251, 19 January 1883, Page 2

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506

Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1251, 19 January 1883, Page 2

Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1251, 19 January 1883, Page 2

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