It may be interesting to those settlers over whose laud his Excellency the Governor and party shot, during their late visit to the Waikato, to know that some of the birds found their way into a game-dealer's shop in Auckland. There is no doubt of the fact, but we trust for the credit of Her Majesty’s representative. that he was not aware that any of his party had acted in such an unsportsmanlike manner. Waikato Times, August 22. Cautious Youth.— “ My son,” said a good mother to her young hopeful, “did you wish your teacher a Happy New Year?” “ Ao, ma’am,” responded the boy. “ Well, why not ?” “ Because,” said the youth, she isn’t happy unless she’s whipping some of us boys, and I was afraid if I wished her happiness she’d go in for me,”
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 274, 24 August 1872, Page 3
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