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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1430, 14 July 1883, Page 2

bersof'pogt offices in< Victoria hag been increased by -nearly 500, ond during; the same period the number of letters which has ijiaVsed; through the post office hasincreasedfrom 12,000,000 in 1872, to nearly: 29,000,000 :ih 1883.

. 'An editor : iu theinterioipfthe State ; wrote a 1 brief local; averring that " the windows of the church need washing badly. They are too dirty for any use, and are a disgrace to our village." The compositor was but human, and could never allow Buch a brilliant opportunity to jpass |by unimproved. >-|he paper 'appeared, and 'te'pbor W&a wilted clean down into his boots when he diswindows" had been .iraWormeil into l * widows," and a't last'advices he was barricaded in his sanctum, endeavouring to explain the matter 1 through ! .thV-Keyhole to a small army of wild-eyed women, dressed in black' ; andarm'e'd wi(li'-clubsi J

< The " Mashers," who have been dishautttHatithe Gaioty, /London; appear to have rallied at the Avenue Theatre, where their phenomenal cpllara,. shkfy fonts,.-studs and mqltittidjnoWc^aibß;j. pjns; [and rings are very prdminant.