ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.
So the Liberal party are, again in the aocondancy in England. Disraeli is very clover, but he is not strong enough to fight against the almighty dollar. From newspapers and private letters to hand by the mail, I learn that the widespread depression is laid, whether rightly or wrongly, at the door of the Beaconsfield administration ; and as we are a " nation of shopkeepers," we cannot tolerate anyone or anything, which has an injurious effect on our pockets. Of course, the foreign policy of the Government has had a good deal to do with their defeat, as the Dissenters — a very' large and powerful party throughout the United Kingdom— always oppose a war -waging Government. However, it is useless for me to air my opinions, when one so much wiser has given his. Read the letter of W. E. Sadler, and wonder that such a Solomon is living in comparative obscurity, and is not, at the very least, Premier of New Zealand.
give a series of concerts. A friend of mine, who heard her play in Sydney, says that she is worth going 100 miles to hear, so some of the Waikato people may take a trip to town for the express purpose of hearing her. Whether or no, among the audience will be St. Mungo.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1217, 17 April 1880, Page 3
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220ECHOES FROM THE CAFE. Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1217, 17 April 1880, Page 3
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