THE “MAN IN THE STREET" SAYS

Lake County Press, Issue 977, 29 August 1901, Page 4

THE “MAN IN THE STREET" SAYS

That a fow spring showers are refreshing. That it is said the Eclipse and Merrimac have got bottom. Encouraging. That to get gold is the next best thing. That there is a lot in a name. That the Arrow Flat property will be known in future as the King Edward Hydraulic Sluicing Coy. That may the King Edward have a long and prosperous career. That sluicing operations are in full swing. That people were startled the other day by receiving a paltry (is 2hi first and final dividend in the estate of the late D. Dickinson. That it was thought the estate would realise 20s in the £ at least. That creditors are grumbling. That a correspondent has a letter on the subject in another column. That the magic lantern entertainment on Saturday evening might have been more liberally patronised. That the pictures illustrative of the Boor war were decidedly interesting.. That local horse owners have already their noddies in preparation for the Arrow meeting. That the Hon. J. Kerr M.L.C. is dead. That athleticism is one of the gods of today. That the average man is an economist when he has to buy anything for his wife. That gilded farthings were passed in the streets of Napier last Saturday for half-sovereigns. That Victorian troopers are returning to South Africa in the Britannic on indulgence passages. That influenza, it is understood, is responsible for the absence from work of about one hundred of the employes at the Addington. Workshops. That the Czar has accepted an invitation to attend the German naval manoeuvres at Danzig. That the railways are expected to yield this year a revenue of L 1,760,000, or L 39.359 more than in the previous year. That a number of people in Wellington, who have already had influenza this winter, are now suffering from mumps. That Lochiel’s progeny have won in stakes L 32,759 in the last, two seasons. Lochiel was represented last season by 56 winners.