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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 91, 10 June 1882, Page 198

Personal

— How did W., of Otara, blacken the baby ? — The Princess of Onehunga has captivated Bob. — Is W. going to permit the Melbourne man to -win the captain's daughter ? — Poor R. 0. has been pining away since the widow refused him. — Who is the J. P. who charged ten shillings for attaching his signature to a certain document ? — Papatoitoi has lost its charms for H. Are the two young ladies not so gracious as formerly ? — Who is that young lady in Newton who has invited tenders fur a pair of No. 10's ? — Mabel seems very fond of her neighbour lately. What nice gentlemen reside there ! — Mr OP. A. Whitaker, M.H.R., is said to be a partner with Wilkinson in the Te Aroha Mail. — Mr Harry Gilfillan has been elected secretary of the Choral Society, vice Mr A. Clark, resigned. — M. has got that nice place at Dampier's. When a girl goes there she does not long remain single. — Who are those two pretty sisters in Parnell, •who go down every evening to meet those young men? — M. attributes his rapid recovery to the kindness of the young lady who held his hand during -Ms delirium. — The young man at T's has been reconciled to his Sarah Ann, and the kiss of peace has been exchanged. — Roger was very busy attending on the chaperons at the first of the Napier winter dances. G-ood policy, dear boy ! — Cotter's little bill against Harris read thusly : — " Fees on brief, £66 ; refresher, £11 ; ditto £11. The rest was for consultations. — The gay Parnell "widower escorts a party of ladies almost every night to the opera. There is safety in multitude, he says. — G-iis Vialou, who was at one time on the staff of the Thames Star is now connected with tlie Sydney Telegraph, and doing well. — The Rev. Bond now prays daily that Rev. Bruce and Father Paul may be brought to the light. Let brotherlj love continue. - — How sold old W. was when the Eden-road widow would not go to see " Patience." Wha£ will his wife say when she hears of it ? — Walter V. Young, son of Mr W. Young, J.P., Collector of Customs, is a dashing young peeler in the A. C. at Waikato. — Did that young station-master lose his temper or his heart when he went out for a drive with those young ladies of Papatoitoi ; — Mr A. W. Carew, manager of the Beach mine, received a cordial welcome on his return to Coromandel. — Judge Ward was chairman of Mrs Hampson's Mission Committee at Timaru, which has led many to exclaim, "Is Saul also among the prophets ?" — That genial "son of the sod," Constable O'Connor has resigned the baton with a view of graduating at the bar— of a projected hotel at Mercury Bay. —Poor Alex says he thought he was suddenly transported to the Polar Regions the other night, when he was turned out of his warm bed with ,the measles. " — Mr J". Yates, of Parnell, has made the biggest haul so far during the shooting season, having bagged thirty brace during two days — forty cockpheasants and twenty hens. — One of the features of the Onehnnga concert was an instrumental duet (violin and piano) cleverly played by the Misses Mourath and Symonds, two girls of 12 years of age. — Frank P is, often seen loitering near a pleasant flower garden in Parnell. It is reported that he is anxious, with Pa's consent, to pluck a sweet violet from the graceful parterre. — There is a fraud named Wilkinson going about threatening to " make it hot " for a certain family in the Observer. If Mr W. does not take care he will be hoist with his own petard. — We wonder whether the popularyoungbarber of Queen St. intends to. lay the odds again. This young man can shave as well as any knight of the razor, we know, but he'll get shaved himself and very clean too if makes any more amateur books. — Will some kind reader lend us that copy of the Daily Neios with the little incident in which a certain Thomas Russell figures? It would be interesting to our readers, especially as the other papers are afraid to publish it. —A congratulatory address to Sir Greorge Whitmore, on his knighthood is being numerously signed in Auckland by old soldiers of the various regiments who served under his command in New Zealand. — The St. Olave's Guardians, affirm that they are in a position .to prove that Sidley Sands, a female inmate of the workhouse, is a first cousin of the Baroness Burdctt-Coutts, who repudiates the relationship, and refuses to stump up. —London Truth describes the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon in its "Anecdotal photographs." It accuses him of vulgarity of style, want of' tact and taste, and doubts the efficacy of his so-called " conversions." "Heis a man of moderate views, though immoderate in his way of enforcing them." — Mr Fred Woodhonse, formerly of Auckland, and a partner in the well, known Duneclm firm of solicitors <(Mucclermott, Kettle, and Woodhouse) will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Edith Bathgate, daughter of J. Bathgate, Esq., M.H.R. —At " Patience" on Friday night Mr Me Arthur should have sat at the other side of the dresscircle. One of, his special pets was, there, looking very nice though in mourning, and whenever there ■was any special hit she looked towards him quite appealingly. Discipline must be at a premium in the Training College if the students may not laugh without permission. . I

— Captain A. Bennett, who was the first to lead the Wellington Navals to death or glory at Parihaka, has returned from the Lakes, and intends to reside in Auckland. He was formerly a lieutenant in the Thames Navals, and formed the Wellington Brigade., He is considered a smart officer. — Constable Mitchell has again returned to active duty, though officially reported as " sickening for the measles." The measles never came off, or to speak more accurately, on. He so successfully wrestled with them that they never got a show of " knocking spots" out of him. —London Truth denies the statement that Mr Gladstone's father was a hawker of fish in Dundee, and used to shout out " sma' abbs." Truth asserts that the last of the English premier's ancestors who resided there was Gilbert G-ladstone, a merchant, who died three centuries ago. He formed one of the regiments which defended Perth against the assault of the French auxiliaries who came over to Scotland on behalf of the Queen Regent. — B. T. GriHon has been elected chairman of the Press gallery in the House of Representives. His duty is to lend sixpences to the reporters when they want a liquor, to forbid their eating their saveloys in the gallery and bringing discredit on the Fourth Estate, and to peremptorily exclude anyone who does, not wear the orthodox claw hammer coat and white kid gloves. A special stuffed bench is reserved for him to enjoy a siesta when he is weary, and there is a deputy to relieve him when he goes down to the press room to take a whiskey. Both offices are honorary. — The Sydney journal Society has the following regarding an old Aucklander, who will be recognised by many of our readers : — " Ned Perkins has become converted to the New Licensing Law, and to religion. He says that the darkness and crookedness of the heathen Chinee's ways are nothing to the darkness and crookedness of the publicans' ways and means — and cellars. Ned told a friend the other day, that a curse rested on publicans' money, which is earned by the vices and follies of others. He says that if the wages of sin is death, the publicans' wages must be everlasting brimstone and smoking hot gridirons."