A Canterbury paper says that a considerable part of Mr. Rolleston’s speech on the land question appears to have been taken from old orations of Sir G. Grey. The observance of fast-days dates from a period of which there aro no authentic records. A notion which developed itself in England at an early period was that fish ought to bo extensively eaten because their capture gave employment to the fishe.mm, from whose ranks, it speedily became apparent, Government intended to recruit the naval forces of the kingdom. In all the great houses of the country an example of eating fish on certain days of the week was at one time set to the people.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 127, 9 May 1884, Page 2
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114Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 127, 9 May 1884, Page 2
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