Folks are Saying:

Lake County Press, Issue 700, 19 March 1896, Page 7

Folks are Saying:

That the circus has eornc. That £BO has gone. That the cricket club concert Saturday night. That all will be there. That threshing has commenced. That some of the crops are very backward. That the weather is accountable. That a Mr Wane from Home was choked with a plum stone at New Plymouth the other day. That he leaves considerable property in England. That F. S. Canning, formerly of Gore, has started a wine and spirit business at New Plymouth. That some years ago he stood for the Hokonui seat in the teetotal interest. That circumstances alter cases. That Dunedin and suburbs have been visited by a mosquito plague. That there is a rapid growth of settlement in tho country districts of Wellington Province. That as a consequence more schools are required. That the N.S.W. schoolboys are being taught plain sewing and darning. That cooking is to follow. That the “ new mau ” will soon be in prominence. That American wealth exceeds that of Great Britain by 35 per cent. That a Petoue hotelkeeper was recently fined £2 and coats for supplying a Maori woman with drink. That the difference between the tallest and shortest races in the world is Ift 4^in. That the average height of mauissft s£iu. That the capital of the Rothschild firm is now said to exceed £200,000,000 sterling. That “ a pretty weeding was celebrated, etc.” is getting played out. That has anyone heard “ of an ugly wedding.” That starvation is moving ahead. That a Christchurch youug mau was conveyed to the hospital in an exhausted state from want of food. That a shooting record was made by Servant Kruse, Wanganui. he made two consecutive possibles at 200 and 500 yds, 7 shots at each. That it is payable dirt— the up-to date novel. That a Coolgardie barmaid flashes a 300guinea bracelet, alleged by her to be a present from a live English lord. That a contemporary is responsible for the following:—Fifty head of dears, supplied by the Government, are to be lei loose ou the ranges on the West Coast of the Middle Island. Oh deurl That Mr J. Waddell, a son of a Cromwell resident, has been gazetted to a lieutenancy of the 2nd West India Regiment, presently stationed at NataL That the Ensign hears that proceedings are to be taken shortly against a well-known . Balclutha resident for slandering a youug lady belonging to the same town. That John Brodie and Thomas Farrell were each fined £3 and costs for falsely representing themselves as travellers to the licensee o£ the Terminus Hotel, Dunedin.

That the young man who fired a bullet into his brain near Masterton has been identified as Geo. Peacock, of Christchurch, aged 22. That it is rumored that another weekly is to be established in Dunedin, and that the new paper will make a speciality of illustrations and be on somewhat similar lines to the Sydney Bulletin. That the heat and the drought experienced lately are said to have killed off the rabbits in millions throughout New South W ttl69 ( That minimum wage for linotypers in Sydney is four guineas a week. That there are 80 varieties of the chief timbers and timber trees of New Zealand. That the petition for the removal of the Wellington Licensing Committee has been signed by nearly 4000 people. That the export of kauri gum from Auckland has totalled £8.000,000 to date. That the Mataura Ensign reports that 200,000 to 300,000 rabbits will probably be frozen at the Mataura works for the Home markets this season.