Id the middle of a report from the waterworks engineer, presented to the Napier Borough Council recenttly, occurred the following remark:—"The unemployed have been working in the waterworks yard." This genuine specimen of a " ball" was received with hearty laughter. In a sermon recently preached at Wellington, the Rev. Mr. Coffey expressed the hope that, as the agriculturists of the district had reaped a bountiful harvest, they might also realise good prices for their products. For his own part, he often regretted that the cost of food was not a little higher, in order that farmers might be bettr e fed,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7639, 17 May 1886, Page 6
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