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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2238, 8 March 1886, Page 3

A gentleman wlio'iwas'linbitually guilty of liberties with tlio .Queeii's Engl'ish, was returned as member 'fur a'colouial Parliament. Relighted wiclithu impcrtanoa of his neiKosition, M; roseil?bn. the first chance mat offered, to', make liis- maideri speech. "Gentlemen,"jib;said, by;way of introduction; "what'■have .wo before' the 'ouse to-night'('. ! think wo have 'h' before 'ouse, gentlemen,- was the prompt reply of a witty but rude member «jUhe Opposition. .-C ■■■if / ;,'SiS sin extensive business. You can havo no conceptiohrJaV'Sto tlio extent of our business, Only : : imagine, we did not discover till last \stock taking that two cashiers were missins,'.! Tho Government printing in England, which is worth £130,000 a year, will here-. »ffcer bo open to competition. Of tho three firms hcretoforeenjoying the monopoly, Hansard had it oyer a century, and tho other two nearly as long. . ■'■ The death of the second Lord I'rougham »t the extreme old age of ninety one "will relieve the Pension list of a consider-. able charge. He was formerly a. Master In Chancery, and-when the oico was abolished in 1622 was compensated by a full pension for life. This was L 325 5: a ; Tear, so that the total amount paid to him by the«untry has been L 103,200. .. After affiinese persons death, a.Taoist priest is to calculate'exactly what, day the soul will return. .-On this night' evil spirits will accompany it.: The children spread out on a table" «i quantity of the kinds of food ■ relished by tlie dead when alive; while on the chairs, tables lad. floor ashes are sprinkled, to. test wittier the soul returns ornot, "The termed relatives .'stand aside while watching for fear of coming in contact with the evil spirits, for such would bring calamity, This is done for two ni»hts.'" An urchin in school reading about a lingular gentleman, wa3 asked by the teacher what the expression meant. The boy promptly answered, "A man that m'i.mrriedl"

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