TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEST COAST TIMES.
Sm, — In justice to Mr Anthony I have to correct a mistake made in your issue of Saturday last. An advertisement signed by me, and cautioning all persons from negotiating a cheque drawn by mo in favor of Mr A. Anthony for £31), should havo been a cheque drawn in fayov of Thos. Pole and Co. I am, Sir, Yours, respectfully, Richard Reeves. Hokitika, August 17, 1805.
A £our old bachelor says ho always looks umler tho marriage head for the news of the weak. A dealer in reiuly-mado linen advertises his shirts and chemisettes under tho mellifluous appellation of "Male and Female Envelopes." — American Paper. A Witty Jkstkr. — Archbishop Laud was a man of very short stature. Charles the Fir&t and the Archbishop were one day sat down to dinner, when it whs agreed that Archie, the King's jester, should say the grnco for them, which he did in this fash ion: 11 Great praise be given to Gotl, but little Laud to the devil." For this sally the bishop was foolish enough to insist ou Archie's dismissal.
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West Coast Times, Issue 33, 19 August 1865, Page 3
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187TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEST COAST TIMES. West Coast Times, Issue 33, 19 August 1865, Page 3
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