LAST NIGHT'S SITTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1271, 21 August 1880, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S SITTING.

The debate on the West Coast Settlement Bill was resumed by Mr Trumblc* who .supported it. Mr "Whitaker explained that Mr Sh eehan was still too ll to attend the House or speak. Te Moana condemned the Penal Clause Bill. Mr Fox expressed the gratification ho felt by the Commissioners report, and the manner in which it had been received. Mr Bryeo replied, and the Bill was read a second time and committed.

Something Wrong Somewhere. — Pedestrian (who has dropped, half-a-crowii in front of "the Blind"); "Why, you humbug", j'ou're not blind !" Beggar : I " Not I, sir ! If the card says I am, they must have given me the wrong one. I'm deaf and dumb !"

A Boston Lvwykr recently met his match in a witness who was giving evidence about an old lady's loss of mind. Lawyer — " Did she look as I am looking 1 at you now, for instance r"' Witness—'- Well, ye?, q\iitc vacant like !"

The Mvstkky that many a boy desires the advancing years to unfold, i^whjr he is always rushed off to bed when he is not in the least degree sleepy, and made to get up when he is so sleepy that it seems a& if his whole system was clogged with pitch.

Before leaving Africa, Sir Gainafc Wolsely gave a casual proof how hxrd a man he is. He and his military Secetary Herbert Stowar rode from Pretoria to Pietirtnartizburg, a distance of 340 miles, in three days. Sir Garnet had got so wearied by the bumping of the post-cart that he would have no more of that conveyance, and took to the saddle instead. He and Stewart rode troop-horses, which were laid out for them on dak, as in India. The perof rmancG is not a bad ono for a man who has a bullet straggling in his side