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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 284, 13 November 1884, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.

Canterbury Metropolitan Meeting*. [Own Cobrespondent.] Christchurch, November 13. The above race meeting was continued today with the following results : — DERBY STAKES. Black Rose 1 Fusileer .. 2 Liverpool ~ 3 Spring Hurdles. The Lad 1 Black Doctor 2 Barbary ~3 Selling Race. Deceiver .. 1 Leopold .. 2 Comet 3 Won all the way. Time : 2 mins. 10 secs,

Tawhiao.—Fo telling a good yarn, commend us to the Maori King. The other evening he addressed a congenial meeting of Blue Ribbon sympathisers. An interpreter acted as intermediary, so he had lots of time between whiles to think what he should say. He started off with his leaving these shores and arriving in Sydney. He there saw a great many people, but not a single drunkard. This tickled the ears of the groundlings. Sydney without a drunkard was good, and the idea was applauded to the echo. He then described his arrival in Melbourne—gay, wicked Melbourne, the Australian Paris — and there, though the people were like the sand of the sea, there were no drunkards. This met witn dubious applause. He then spoke of Adelaide. He found no drunkards there. People began to wonder whether he had looked for any, aud an ominous silence prevailed. Then he reached England, and the announcement was received with anxiety. He had travelled from one side to the other, all round, and through the middle, but not a drundard was to be found. People who had relations in the Old Country began to feel anxious, and many wondered where their intimate friends could have gone to. The Blue Ribbon speakers accounted for the wonderful phenomena by the efforts of their party: but confidence was not fully restored until Hori Rophia explained that this is the island where the drunkenness is.

Princess Beatrice is carving a statue of the Queen for Lichfield Cathedral. A wet rag, covered" with oil silk to retain the moisture, bound round a corn will cure it. Printing for all classes of tradesmen at the Telephone office.