PERSONAL

Observer, Volume 5, Issue 120, 30 December 1882, Page 254

PERSONAL

Who is the ex-bobby that is piling on the agony with M. L.? Miss Bees left Auckland for Grisborne last ■week. Were those ladies at Whangarei much shocked •with the war-dance ? lhe champion of Patea and the hero of Pariliaka are consoling each other. Why is that young man at Mercer so fond of admiring himself in L. E.s mirror. ? Orewa Fanny has got over the measles, and Bob has resumed his devotions. ; A would be swell at Panmure offered twenty per cent on his debts when leaving. How does that Cambridge Eechabite reconcile his oath with keeping an hotel ? Who is that girl in blue that is cutting such a shine at the Howick lodging house ? Who is the happy tnan that Violet goes to meet, every evening in Shortland-street ? It must be very delightful for that spooney oouple at Kihikihi to ride double on horseback. How did the brewer enjoy that pudding stolen from the Captain Cook Hotel ? Among Mrs Langtry's impedimenta on her visit to America are twenty boxes of powder. The Pukekohe twins look well in pale pink sateen, cream lace, and poke bonnets. Why Is John Abbott like strawberries and cream ? Because he'd be no good without sugar. That lovesick maiden still wears the engagement ring that was taken out of a lollie packet. Who were the young couple whispering those sweet nothings under Seccombe's willows, Kyber ' Pass, on Tuesday afternoon ? Daddy will have to discontinue his attentions to the widow and her proper tj, novr that his rival has returned from the Islands. Who was that J.P., at Cambridge, who on being snubbed in Court, went home and pummelled his gardener ? Why is that Kihikihi man who promised to paint the gates of the Anglican Church so loilg about making a start P • A popular official in the Savings Bank met his fate at a recent wedding. He intends to go and do likewise. ; The new Christchurch detective got " through the wood" speedily. Like the alligator, he has got a deal of " opennes3" when he smiles. There is a young man at Keri Keri who refuses to associate with servants since he was invited to a jam-tart hop by mistake. Of course he is a servant himself. Who were the " electric sparks" who were concerned in " The barrin' o' the door " in Victoriastreet on Friday night P Such high- jinks are not meet. Has the People's Champion joined the. Choral Society ? He was the " observed of all observers " on the platform last Sunday during the rendering of the " Messiah." No wonder the choir of a certain Episcopalian Church, not a thousand miles from Howick are in tears, the incumbent's .daughter prefera the Boman Catholic Church. Playing at love must be dangerous. One of the members of the Cambridge Dramatic Club has fallen fatally in love with the lady amateur who did the Juliet biz. Mr and Mrs Snow have returned to town from a trip in the Jjake Country. They leave for their American home by the inward mail steamer via Australia and the Suez route. It was a rather rough joke on Mr E. Isaacs, J.P., to get him to preside at the Police Court on Christmas Day. He passed it on by releasing four " drunks," in honour of the holiday. Billy D., of Te Papapa, had better drop his little game with Annie, or he will find himself in hot water with the police. If he wants to be a Papapa, he should go about it in a legitimate manner. Constable Mitchell, lockup-keeper, has had more children palmed upon him this week than would stock several families. It may be just as well to say that, though he exercises a parent's care over them, they are " lost" children. The festive season explains all. Billy, the tinker, has got into bad odour out at Mount Eden, owing to his conduct in connection with the last dance. Several enraged bucks with shot-guns are searching for him, and a vigilance committee talk of borrowing an Armstrong gun to protect themselves. Tommy Spurgeon has been decorated, through the affection of some personal admirers, and the genius of Mr Q-reenshields, with the New Zealand ? Order of the Brace. They were sorry that that confirmed bachelor had put it out of their power to endow him with the New Zealand Order of the Garter. A bushman was discovered at 3 o'clock on Christmas morning, propping his back up with the Albert-street retaining wall, and looking ■somewhat unsteadily into the face of " the palefaced empress of the night " (that's the moon) . He explained, on being questioned that he was a. member of the Selenographical Society. Inspector G-oldie does not mince matters in describing the rural retreat of the " beautiful Snow" tfßßMß||HHM|M^^^^^^ki^|£ii£n^teghmd