Wellington Jottings.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 17, 22 January 1901, Page 1

Wellington Jottings.

(From the Free Lance)

A blonde beauty was detected in the act of palming a little Hem of jewellery when purchasing a gold ring in a Wellington jeweller’s shop the other day. A society damsel, who went to Melbourne some time ago, marrying well three.months later,' is already a widow, and owns a terrace of houses.

There was an unpleasant “scene” in a local drapery emporium last week whdn two ladies met and discussed some family trouble in a loud tone of voice.

The real reason of a certain person’s downfall, through appropriating a trifle of money not long ago, was that he wanted to buy a present for his best girl. A well-known city character, not worth the price of a pound of chops here three years ago, is now worth thousands at Coolgardie. It has just cost a festive country farmer £lB for deliberate breakages when down town on a holiday jaunt. Ho happened to be w r ell known, or he would have been arrested. A certain Wellingtonian displays peculiar interest in patent medicine advertisements, and reads them all. Whenever he picks up a book he looks for and reads them first.

A hardy woman selector in the Wellington back-blocks, who is successfully running a really good sheep and cattle show, has refused seven offers of marriage in the last two years. Money hath charms.