FLASHES!

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 16, 19 July 1887, Page 2

FLASHES!

“ Mac ” to the front this morning. A jolly good Liberal address and mote power to it. Says the Napier Telegraph re the Har x>r Board Government nominees, "G storni is furious, as well it may be.” What rot, Gisborne is not “ furious ” a bit. The Herald set are, but they’re not Gisborne, not by a long chalk, thank goodness. As for the Napier Bellowgraph, let it mind its own business, and not display its ignorance for the benefit of outsiders, It does that for the benefit of Napier people every day. A bad sign of the Times. Parnell's signa, ture. Tennyson in his Jubilee poem chants the praises of “ The lord manufacturer.” True he his a manufactured lord himself. Chamberlain is called “ Coercion Joe,” and 11 Turncoat Joe ” by indignant Gladstonites. Stanley the explorer says that famine exists in the centre of Africa. Fancy a man leaving London to look for a famine. Sir Boger Tichborne, the claimant, is now among the first flight of pigeon shooters, and is matched against the crack Yankee, Dr CarverThe recent floods at Greymouth have raised a shingle bank, which is a great inconvenience to shipping. Fire losses in this colony during the past twelve months tot up to £450,000. No wonder the insurance companies are clearing out. C. B. Winton, tha popular Napier manager for the Bank of Australasia, has been made an inspector. Matthews will box the darkle Bichardeon for £lOO in a few days at Wellington, " Cuss them sparrows ” says the English yokels, and people are beginning to cuss them out here. The other day in Masterton, 300 were netted in the tower of tha Wasleyan church. Going in for cheap religion. In the last match Gaudaur v. Hanlan. Gaudaur got £420 gate money and Hanlan £2BO. Next Morning—Chapple: " Haw, Oholly, how feel?” Oholly : “ Immense. How you ?“ Chappy: “First Clawss. How's Head?” Cholly: “ Immense ” Chappie; 11 Haw, naturally.” Cholly: 11 Haw.”—Life. Governor Loch, says an Australian paper, calls his wife “ Lizzie.” Why the deuce shouldn’t he. Two Irish M.P's. drew up 50 amendments in one day to one Una of the Coercion Bill. Our New Zealand stonewallers have a lot to learn yet. From the S.M. Herald“ Wanted for the country, a middle-aged tutor, for a private family, that will attend ’ to kitchen-garden between times; references required, ana terms of salary for six months; Church of England religion.” The lady ot Sir Leo Africanus, K.0.M.G., at Sydney Zoo, has given birth to four young lions. The rent of a tenant on the estate Of Colonel King-Harman, the present Tory Under-Secretary for Ireland, was reduced by the Land commission from L 42 6s. to Ll9 lBs. One fact like this is worth all the Times leaders that ever were written. Football. Canterbury Bugby Union v Wairarapa on August 24th. Phil. Robinson who is out on a lecturing tour in Australia and New Zealand is an old war correspondent, and author of some capital works on Indian Natural History. Struck Oil ” has been reviv’d by Mr and Mrs Williamson at the Melbourne Theatre Royal with great success. The building trade in Auckland is reported to be very slack. With the exception of two or three heavy contracts now approaching completion there is hardly anything doing. Fish oh 1 A big catch. In the Auckland Harbour the other day, in half an hour, and at one draw of the net, the lucky fishers scooped in 160 dozen mullet. No wonder the Parisians were a little excited last week. The 14th of July is the anniversary of the grand revolutionary act, the storming of the Bastille. Nothing like cheek. Although South Australia has a whopping big deficit her members have just voted themselves a L 250 honorarium. Encouraging the youthful military spirit. Christchurch has now 270 cadets. Southern volunteers want the New Zealand Rifle Association meeting next year to be held in January. Reason : Harvesting stops ths men from attending later on. Two lawyers, Izard and Edwards are out for the Wellington South seat. The Government have subscribed LISO to the Greymouth floods fund. Retrenchment, like charity, begins with some people at home and stops there. A New Plymouth candidate for Parliament won’t advertise his address. He won’t get in. First Offenders Probation Act is not to apply to aliens, says Justice Williams of Otago. A Chinkie charged with unlawfully stabbing, tried the Probation game, but bad to go up for one month with hard labour. The Bell cqlls the Hall-Atkinson-Ormond combination the rump of the old continuous Ministry. Napier News says: Biz is vexy quiet in Napier just now. An old Nelsen resident says it beats Sleepy Hollow itself.