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That veracious journal Truth, says: "In a row, cherchez Iqfcmme. Cetewayo loved Arabella, the barmaid of a "missionary who sold brandy at his store. Cetewayo's intentions were honourable and he wished to marry Arabella. Nor was that, maiden loth to exchange the bar for a savage palace. But Cetewayo's respected parents objected to the match, and the missionary was afraid that if he consented to the marriage his license to sell .liquor would be taken away. On coming to the throne Cetewayo banished •the miisionary, and showed himself by no means a friend to rum-selling missionaries. Sir Bartle Frere, however, favours these gentry. Thiis, thanks to Arabella and to a missionary wanting to make money by tha sale of •pirits, we are landed in the Zulu'waV.^;;;^;; \' -';;:. „' :'... . .

. Hebe Uan erfcract (sayg Truth) from a letter of an officer in Zululand •:—" We had. to bury a quantity of Zulus. One of the soldiers .said, • I have been a butcher and a tailor, but never did I expect to be the sexton of a lot of Christy Minstrels.'" , . ' _ , .

(For remainder of News see Mh Page.) Meetings I. Q. 0. F., W M.U., A.D. LOYAL WAIKATO LODGE, No. 5444. TjIINANOIAL Meeting, TUESDAY, 10th JJ June. Business: Payment of Dues. Members are notified that tbeir natnea will not appear on a Surgeon's fißt. unless notice in writing has been forwardod to tho Secretary on or before the half-yearly meeting. Members • are ' also informed that Dr Andrews has signified his willingness to become a Lodge Surgeon. Chabies Ahieb, g] 8 . •■ Secretary. 11 " Funerals FUNERAL NOTICE. mHE . Friends of the late Henry E. JL Mabi/ee are requested to meet ut the Waiotahi'Hotol; Burke Btreefr, TO NIGHD at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of following his remains to the steamer Enterprise. W. J. FattlTi, 620 " ' Undertaker. General Notices THAMES HIGH SCHOOL. THE Board of Governors of Thames High Sctufcl-will entertain written APPLIOATlONSf&r the appointment of SECRETARY to the Board, on WEDNESDAY, ths 18th dny o> June, 1879. Salary £10 per annum. Letters to bo addreueed to the Chairman, and delivered before 3 p.m. of the 18th insfc. at tho Council Chambers, Thames. War. McGuM-ouan, Chairman. Thames, 7th June, 1879. 616

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