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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 187, 25 August 1888, Page 3

The Central Queensland Rugby Union haa decided to offer the English footballers £3OO to play two matches at Rockhampton. The despatch of newspapers from Melbourne to the United Kingdom has, owing to the Exhibition, increased from 65 to 215 bag*. The police at Newcastle are guarding the S.S. Tsinan and Taiynan with the view of preventing the Chinese on board from landing. There is said to be an excellent market for lemons in New Zealand, and it is stated that one Auckland chemist wants consignments of 1000 dozen at a time for manufacturing purposes. The following telegram was received last night from Captain Edwin:—Heavy gale wye, between West and South and SouthEast. Glass rise and weather very cold. At a performance of the “ Mikado" in Christchurch, given by the Ama’uer Opera Company for the benefit of the conductor, the pitties at the fall of the curtain sang, «• For he’s a jolly good fellow.” Mr Vincent Pyke says the Ministers are a set of plausible political tricksters. The Melbourne Exhibition is attracting from Europe and other countries all kinds o undesirable characters. In the Ormuz, for intancs two first-class passengers had to be put in irons during the voyage. In the last P. and O. boat it was no better, and in one ship five fi.st-ciaas passengers were degraded to tbs steerage, as it was found that their m4uct was to outrageous for Ordinarilydesent people W put xp with.