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NOTES BY A GLOBE TROTTER.

Mr John Hartell, who will be ramambered by many in New Plymomth in some notes concerning the Colony, •elk some good yarns. In Wellington, he was ii>formed. it was not usual to follow your had when j it blew away. " You lissply stand still I and wait till gome other fellow's hat 1 conns your way, which you pick up ud wa'\ away with as the proper thing.*' On the road to Tarawera, his voice was rather husky, and he heard a man say to the driver, "l say, Jim, ain't that gent's hooter out of otder. Mind, I'm the only undertaker within twenty miles if anything happens." This, he ■aid, reminded him of the deacon of a chapel in Barnstaple who was anx'ous to let the people know he was in office. At he showed the ladies to their seats on Sunday morning he put a email card in their hands as they were about to bow the : r beadi io prayer. On the card he had printed, "Pease remember my drspuj f a'e commences to-mor-row." On arriving at New llymonth, he natfred a very stint old party sitting in an armchair under the verandah of an hotel. I approached with the query, " Are you the proprietor 1" " N-no," he stuttered oat, " I'm nob the p-prip-prip-prietor o' t-tbis Wblisbment, but rm sit-t-ting 'eve '■ o show the g-good f-f-feeding of the 'ouse." Mr put up there. A Rotorua lady informed Mr Hartell that she had been watering her flower garden with milk for a month.

The Seventh New Zealand Contingent are seeing as much fighting, if not ■tore, than any of the previons contingents from these shores went through. Under date June 18th, Trooper He£,h, formerly of tfce Ruabioe Mounted Biles, writing from Emelo, says:— " Fifteen of us were sent round a ?por to feiy ti locate tb'e B3er guns. We got over the spur and started t) climb ft bill, but ware soon fired at the enemy at a range of 40 yardß, and drove them j. back. We reached the top of the hiil and found 50Born waiting under cover for us. Some of as fired from oar horses, but the order was given to retire. One of our men was killed, three wounded, and three taken prisoners Out of the 15 eight of ns got back safe, and how a man eseaptd I cannot make out. Every day the Boers have been attacking ui, but as soon as we begin to make ft hot for them they retire."