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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 102, 26 August 1882, Page 374

PERSONAL

Who shanghaied' that girl fro - m the hotel ? Miss Cole was'the belle of tfae chips'ball. Mr. (3% Brown, of the Than\es Star, uxorcide— matrimony; . _ • . ..Will .the Misses B. bear the departure of that youthful chemist ? VMiss D.uder has left ST apier . . Pocket handker- , chiefs and tears, idle teaj>s! 'They say in Wellington that Holmes has cut the "Jawdiaii" knot. The sun now shines again in Queen-street — <Sam Robinson has returned from the South. . Didn't L. pile it on at Warwora with the pretty 'MissW. - ■ We hear that Mr ■ Cadwallder has come- into some money and intends to travel. Poor E. ■ .Mr. Mitford, of H.M.S. Customs, has been -promoted to an appointment in Nelson. Edmiston takes charge of the Accident Insurance -Company during Thomson's absence in Australia.

. Captain Bai'ry claims to be an authority on the art of hanging on the ground that " he knows the ropes." We hear that Tom Spurgeon will shortly tie the knot between Mac, the clapper ironmonger, and the tall, graceful Miss C. v v Poor Monty looks very disconsolate since that light ulster has ceased to accompany him in his morning walk. The departure of Sergt. -Major Heany from Lake Taupo was much regretted by his large circle o£ friends.

, Billy Mitford, •■ of the Customs Department, lias been removed to Nelson. Billy is very popular in his set, and will be much missed. Molly Hayes, the popular little Hebe of the Occidental, got a nasty spill from her horse on Sunday evening, sustaining a severe cut on the forehead.

A matrimonial couple in Ponsonby went in the other night for a bit of " mule-exhorting " between each other. The " old man " got the worst of it.

".••.'The finest built "Jap." on the Tsukuba is the medical dispenser. He was selected for the billed because he could give any other three men in the vessel their " gruel." It has transpired that the Parikaha Volunteer Force was in niedical charge of a Boor. The *' eternal fitness of things " was met by placing the force in political charge of a " boor" also. Mr Bamford says there are only two armies in this world — the Salvation Army, and the Damnation Army. He belonged to the first ; the other crowd wanted him to " take the shilling," but he ■wasn't on. t It is statad on the authority of one. who knows all about i\ that, "young Spurgeon blows his nose just like his father." How true it is that like draws to like, and that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. .

: Advices from London report that Mr L. T). Ifathan arrived there on the 11th in good health. Mr S. Yates, who was Mr Nathan's compagnon de voyage as far as Japan, returned to Auckland by .the mail boat.' W. L. Sees, the barrister, is looking younger and more active than- ever. The more writs he receives the more cheerful he looks. Mr Rees has come to Auckland on business connected with the East Coast Land Company, the prospects of which, he says, were never better. Since the young. Japanese officers came ashore the Parnell and Ponsonby maidens have been brushing up their knowledge of Japanese customs. They want to know what is "the happy des■patch ?" The chaplain of the Tsukuba may profeably be able to enlighten them. ' r :: With regard to the salute fiasco in the Albert* 7 Park on Saturday, Lieut. Yendo complained to the -Mayor that Captain Kasama, of tho 'Tsukuba, had been " incorrectly reported." Such is the march of ■ civilization ! His Worship expressed his rbgret. . -

We have heard of. love-knots, nautical knots, matrimonial knots, and Grordian knots, but Oapt. Barry has enlarged the catalogue. Speaking of .W.iniata's execution he said, not to put too fine a point upon it, that he disapproved of > " thimblerigging," and that " the Old Identity Knot " could not be beaten.. .

Miss Va\ise, one of the Onehunga belles, caused ■quite a sensation at the Ellerslie church the other day, by appearing in. a" charming tout ensemble consisting of a mauve velvet dress, trimmed with grey fur, with hat to match. Some of the young men in the chair, instead of practising hymns, have been ever since humming " Thy voice is near me in my dreams." Dr Diver, of Wellington,' wants his little bill paid for examining volunteers for Parihaka, not that he needs the money (as he has £3000 a-year practice) but to maintain the honour of the profession in "charging" during the Parihaka campaign. The Parliamentary committee thought the little bill was doctored, and rejected it for divers reasons.

Mr Gibbons, of the Thames Advertiser, has accepted an appointment on the reporting staff of the Wellington Pout, arid leaves for the Empire City in a few days. He was presented hy the staff of the Advertiser with a handsome gold ring and cigar holder, - Mr (Hbbons was for some time a regular contributor to the Obse&VES. A fact worth noticing as that Auckland and the Thames have supplied a good ' many of the Southern newspapers with their best reporters, ■while not one, has ever found his way \ip here from the South. .

• — "When the cat's away the mice can play\' ! A certain married lady, ■well-known in fashioiit<];le circles, -was' recently on. a visit to Auckland, and from all accounts had tiffartime of it ■vvhilib away from hoiv lord and <n%|||ita^|gj£xmg< tl-c 'time slid was in the city she scTei'al'of the sft^rher sex. ofte^§H^Hj||wrad 30 'gallant as to accompany her to the^^^^r. ■ On the' way ,to her destination. &be f.uW ir; v-jy, ' , t fascinating commercial -travoJ lev, 3 id cv.^iwlon a