FLASHES!

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 57, 22 October 1887, Page 2

FLASHES!

Who said they did, yet they didn't ? So the Herald has turned a woman's rights advocate— trimming their sails ? ;.Oh, no—it was only a cribbed yarn which they forgot to acknowledge—memory convenient sometimes!

They’re not much troubled with qualms of conscience—regular Russians at "annexation " when they get a show—" exotic trees " Well put, indeed I

Borne tall yarns told about that big div, at the races the other day! About three,fourths of those on the ground Were going to back Off Chance, but by an oil chance only four did it! The ride out was simply grand, hut the ditto back aftain was most . .magnificently blank-able I A spinster housemaid couldn't stand it! Another " bum-bardment" next week I Beaten but not vanquished! See the warriors in their war-paint!

The name of the Bay hasn’t been changed yet, but the Council's spare shillings Mon will be—some one Will get the coppers; though the Bay Will nut "get a new name I Not mdoh use holding a piiblib meeting now—better to keep the pot siffimerihg dr rekindle the fire later oh: there's ndt the least bit of hurry in the ziiatter !

If they get the hall they may as .well keep on a good supply of - gas at the owner's expense—fancy a Councillor speaking fifteen times on one question 1 Try it at Mac’s! By tbe bye, how does that parapet affair run? The owner of the hall says it would only be a three or four foot jump, according to the siae of the person 1 Now then, schoolboy*, which would have the longest jump from say a ten-foot platforni; a long or a short man ? We sky th* long one would if he came down like tne novice doel when he tries td dive 1

Boulanger trying to bally as much as ever I Like the fish that blackens the water when ho is likely to be captured 1 There's something altogether queer about it! They've sat on him lor a time, but he can’t stand being kicked I

Harry Parkes, the Sir, says that the police are justified in stopping -the Salvation. AtfflJ from obstructing the thoroughfares 1 So we say, but at the same time it would be just as well that he khduld pay his debts before he dictates to other people 1

The English harvest will supply 8,000,000 quarters for food. Consumers will require 18,500,000 additional. The Morning Post, London, protest* against the apathy of the Imperial Government in accepting French excuses for remaining in possession of the New Hebrides. The bankruptcy of an unfortunate daisy* man at Wellington, drew from Mr Jnstiod Richmond the remark " That it was no use crying over spilt milk.” The Wellington Post is advocating the prohibiting of glove fights. It makes reference to the disgraceful proceedings in the Laing. Richardson affair. Over fifty boats took part at the opening of the Canterbury boating season. The Greymouth coal export last Week Wgt 3858 tons. The Hon. Mr Campbell has lost over 1000 sheep through the late floods at Palmerston North. The Victorian Government has stopped the issuing of naturalisation papers to the Chinese. A Napier paper says that a Mr Asher of Tauranga got £560 for purchasing some native land for the Government, and asks why the Government agents did not make the purchase. At Dunedin steps are being taken to set there is proper egress from the Mils and theatres. ■. ■ • Two Dunedin boys have been fined £5 each for negligently using fire-arms, It is estimated that 100,000 sheep have died throughout the colony during the winter, A man at Napier is said to have fallen heir to a property valued at £lOO,OOO. This can’t be William Brown I Though it cannot be denied he ha* fallen into a property—Government propertyworth quite ai much 1 During September then were 483 births in the colony. The deaths for Aug ist and Sep. tember were 189 and 200. Blenheim had the highest death rate for September, and Thame* the lowest, Sydney Taiwhanga want* Home Bule lot ths Maoris. Sydney will soon run th) rule over them 1 The Wellington Press says the Civil Servie* Aot is being openly evaded, and a* much a* says that some servants are being illegally paid by the Government, During practice at Wellington last week a torpedo was lost, and is now cruising about somewhere. The Hastings Star says it keeps the llnl “ Another fire in Auckland ” standing, a* it saves time. We should have thought they kept a good deal of their news standing b*> fore they publish it. Eve never bothered Adam about the spring fashion, but she was the first woman to adopt the fall style. The number of female physician* in New York is now placed at 139, inooding many whose yearly income runs as high a* 10,000 dol. Tha well-known draught (tallioh Pretender dropped dead the other day.