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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2555, 24 November 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

Engines ot 20,000 horse power have been ordered for the now British cruiser IHake, at a cost of £140,000. If a bit of string be tied around a rooster's kg ho won't crow fur the approaching day. In fact he won't seem to care a cupper whether day comes or not. Physician (completing examination) — " My diagnosis causes tne great uneasiness,, sic. It is extremely " Selfish Patient (interrupting): "Oh, confound your diagnosis ! How is my liver?" The monument to Leon Gambetta, the great tribune in Paris, consists of a pyramid about eighty feet high, surmounted by a female figure representing triumphant democracy and wearing a Phrygian cap. The collections and remaining works of the famous etcher, the late P. A. Rajon, are to be sold in London, rk directed by his will; but whether in November next or in the following spring is not yet decided