Folks are Saying:

Lake County Press, Issue 696, 20 February 1896, Page 2

Folks are Saying:

That Gipsy Grand won the Dunedin Cup. That the divi was small. That Van. Bnren paid £ls in the Selling Stakes. That an Arrow bachelor has received a “ proposal,” That is. is supposed, to be from a Queenstown lady. That it is in poetic form.. That the bachelor thinks the lady’s affections are very light. That she valn.es her wounded feelings at tne price of a pair of gloves. That this is the result of Leap Year with the new woman. That the harvest is goingto be a good one, but sparrows are doing the threshing. That Queenstown ia “swarmed” with tourists. That the hotels are doing a good biz. That Wakatipu’s beauties cannot be beaten apparently. That the reef in the Tipperary tunnel has been struck showing gold. That the Victor Immanuel tributors brought down a cake on Saturday last. That resignations in the Cabinet rumored. That there is to be competition for the Wakatipu electorate. That, so far, there will be two candidates. That there will be one disappointed on the election day. That scarlet fever has made its appearance in Invercargill. That N, Z, lamb is fetching 6d per lb in London. That many people settle their debts like clock-work—tick, - tiek, tick. That three men were found dead, from thirst in the Northern district of W. A. That Premier Seddon says he hopes every endeavor will be made to purify the sport of trotting. Amen., That Mr J. Drake, at one time editor of the Reefton Guardian, and who ran Mr R. Reeves to within, one vote for the Inangahua seat, has made a fortune in. the Western Australian goldfields. That it is rumored that Mr Henry Hart, a young man identified with the brewing interest, will contest the Wallace seat at the General Election, This must surely be a canard, remarks the Farmer. Mr Hart is a very decent young fellow, and no doubt sells very good beer ; but as a politican we fear he would ne found wanting, ; That the result of the Christchurch election is : —Lewis (Oppositionist), 4714 ; T. E. Taylor (Prohibitionist), 4302; R. M. Taylor (Miuisteralist), 3196. That there are twelve cases of typhoid fever in Christchurch hospital. That camel riding is popular amongst Adelaide ladles. That Hutt and Petone (North Island) were flooded last week. That a fire at Parkes. N.S.W., destroyed a hotel and five shops. That a sura of £400,000 to be spent on Flinders street railway station, Melbourne. That a Maori parliament is to be held in the North Island next week. That Timaru Herald hears of so .re phonomeirat yields of wheat in Canterbury. That V\ r . C. Buchanan, M.H.R., has been suffering from an acute attack of sciatica. That the Lyttelton Harbour Board at the end of 1895 had a surplus of £9057. That the Rifle Association’s meeting opens at Oamaru on March 11. That at Mildura the snn has scorched and dried all the juice out of the vines.