Folks are Saying:

Lake County Press, Issue 699, 12 March 1896, Page 2

Folks are Saying:

; That the circus will bo here to-night. That a case in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday showed^the necessity of things being put down in black and. white. That the Warden’s Court report will appear next issue.. That there is a dredging boom on just now. That- the Sew Hoy. Company are -doing • exceptionally well at Tucker Beach. 6 That the Achilles Mine, Bullendale, isstill on.the precious metal.. That the Government have decided that an inquiry shall be held into the death of Christopher Hume Macalister, who committed suicide at Mr Hume’s private asylum,, near Dunedin. That the arrivals in the colony, during February were 1510’ and the departures 1656. That if all the bs bies bom. in one year were laid in a line, head to foot,.they would stretch from New York to Hongkong. That if they could walk past a corner at ,the rate of twenty per minute, it would take (hem six years to pass. Thai an endeavor is beingmade to float a -small company in Wellington to-work an ' area in the Wangamoa district. Nelson, containing, asbestos, recently discoveredj. That the Dunedin- telephone -girls , and.' their recently appointed ’ lady - supervisor • are said-to be at loggerheads.That it is said -that the supervisor objects. to the girls talking to. youne_ men in the • streets !: That William Bfown, an old miner, was : found dead in a hut on the Clyde commonage.. That (desperate efforts are being .made to > “ boom ” Auckland mines. That John Bull has been .had so often that he seems afraid to bite. That Mrs H; Hill has been appointed &« member of the Napier Licensing Committee.-, i That she is a Prohibitionist... That fruit has . never been so cheap in-. Invercargill as it is4his season. That large supplies have been <&»wn from, Teviot. That a writ for libel has been served on the Napier Daily Telegraph by the Hawke* = Bay Herald for stating that the latter i« - “ Under the thumb of a. bogus philanthropist.”' That four ■ oranges eaten every day are ■ effective in removing the desire for intoxicants. That one should i be ■ eaten before breakfast, one each at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6 p.m.-. That Fred Horne, who got four years for.embezzlement atDunedin,will get 11 monthV “ good-conduct marks ” docked off his sentence it he minds his P’s and Q’a. That he’ll bo a fool if he doesn’t. That the • farmers of Michigan have bsoa, fighting desperately against-: the • English-, sparrows, but they have given in and the sparrows chirp victoriously.-.