BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 158, 28 June 1895, Page 2

BRIEF MENTION.

Mablboboooh blight winter weather once again. Mr 0. H Chavannes, of Wanganui, was the principal prizetaker at the Hawkea Bay Qun Club's winter meeting m Napier, His winnings amounted to £60. A phenomenal rainfall is reported from Akaroa. In the 24 hoars ended at 9 a.m. on Tuesday no less than 9} inohes of rain fell m that district. Daring the southerly gale the Takapuna was 24J hours making the voyage from Taranaki to Wellington, t The Hon. Me Steward eaya if no man is to be oalled upon under the Pair Bent Bill to pay more than is fair, every man must be made to pay what is fair. A lioensed pawnbroker has hung out bit sign m Napier. Dear uncle ! Hundreds of diggers are proceeding from Goolgardia to the new gold ru3h at Lake Darlot. As no miners returned it is believed good gold is being procured. The Superiority of Woman.— Ada : " Men are co slow ! It took Harry nearly two hours to propose to me last night." Edith : "And how long dil it take you to aocept him, dear ?" Ada : " Just two seconds." " The best obemioal for produoing oold is probably citrace of ammonia and water mixed m equal patts, whioh will lower tha temperature of the mixture to about 46deg, Fahr." A country contemporary concludes a paragraph asking for payment of its acjounts thus:— "The proprietor is tired of bis extension of liberty, sickened with repeated false promises of a settlement, and —{big, big D.)— well disgusted with bo nuoh cheap advertising and insolvencies, )ut of whioh he receives nothing for his rear's paper and ink." The boy who wears a watch is an important character. At Echool he is envied md on the street he is respected. None of he boys grab him and throw him down, for ihey might break his timekeeper. He has i way of twisting the chain when he talks, md of looking at bis watob when he heari i railway train, and saying twelve-ten, or ■iX'flve, or eight sixteen. The other boys stand by and regard him with admiration. Be grows up, and probably goes to college with a distinguished air, but, m after years, be pawns his watob with a man who, ai A boy, often itood by and admired it,