BREVITIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3486, 16 April 1890, Page 2

BREVITIES.

' Charitable Aid, v Udstcrton Borough Council Ukin* '"'r' l its stand, Conference' of local bodies to bt ' held to consider the situation, The." gutta-purcba" individual seeking to settle the water supply . difficulty. in A raeoting of the Water Supply.,... - Committee and a Committee tV the .if Council to be held, Another wreck: up Auckland way, a cutter smashed to pieces and two lives lost, ■ , Treasuiy surplus of 16116,000 for the year, Hard to believe,' 'biS'jrefc it is certified to as being true. Series of dances commences In' Temperance Hall to-night, • Very nice place of report for winter months. Kaiu of past two days has dona more good, to the distriotthan may be expected from the next hundred sessions of Parliament, Mother: "Elsie, your sister toll mo you took a second piece of pie at Mrs Brown's to-day?" Little Elsie s " Yos, ma, I did." Do you . think' (<k that was right, Blsio?" "Yea, ma. You ; know you have often told mo • not to coutradiot anyone, and Mrs ' Brown said,' I know Elsie will havo another pfcco of pie,' and what could I say, ma ?! When Aristotle , was asked" what a man would gain by telling a false. ' hood," ho answered:' "Not to bo believed when he speaks the trutb."fi Jt is rumoured that the Portuguese " have despatched troops and artillery to attack ;Mpondo, in the Bhir£ district A The Murijuisof Salisbury is anxiou. ; >\v for the Marqtiid of Lome to succeed Lord DttriogtoD W Governor df Ne? 8o«tlj Vtyfcf, ftjysty,

Darling,- :I sm going to read, you' protty'little poem, which sajs wbere naughty fairies bavo duties Yes, mamma, I hnvo oft;n wouderc why the hair didn't grow on the to; of Uncle William's Load, Littlo Mamie is sick in bed, bu refuses pevaistcntly to take (ho pre scribod pill, Her mothor, however resorts to strategy, concealing the pil to tho child -Id e&t. Alter a whil Mamma a'sjss; "Has my littlo dea eaten her pear ?" "All oxceptthi seed, Mamma, dear?" A machine minder was scalded t< death boiler oxplosiou, and tliej put on ms tombstone: " Bacred tt the m»mory of our 'steamed friend.' Thoughtful parent—'" Hcury, wh) will yon consont to be good-for-nothing all your lifo." Henry—" Bui fatlwr, I can't get anything to do; and'you know I've tried lisrd enough," Thoughtful Parent-" Noiiatnao I V Your chances are as good as your brother John's, Two years ago h« hnd'nt a cent to bis nnme.Whatdidhc do 1 Why, he just went to work starting fraternal insurance societies; and now look at him I he's worth fifty thousand if he's worth a dollar," During the month of March the estates of 18 deceased parsons were placed under the management of the Public Trustee. The values ranged from £1 to £2OOO, • A littlo girl was saying her prayers, She rattled o(T a lot of gibberish, and concluded with this:" That s French, God, but may bo you don't know ii," Bather.Pertinent—Pttpa— lf I have to speak to you again I'ii whip you Tho Terror-Hay, papa, what did you have a little hoy for if you cun't get. along aiiy better with him than you do ?—Philadelphia Inquirer, New Industry—Small Boy: "I sea you advertised for a hoy, sir, Will I do?" Grocer: "Well, wo wanta very spry, nctivo young chap, You look all right," Small Boy; "What will I have to do ?" Grocer: "Well, yon seo, wo are introducing a new fly paper, warranted to kill all the flies in a room in short order, Your £ ' ( w °rk will be to catch flies and stick # ''n on samples of the paper iu the window."