We have received from Mr F. R. Rayner a copy of a very clever skit on local celebrities which has just been published by him, under the title of " Rayner s Reminiscences of Peculiar Pakehas." It contains 16 full-page caricatures of men well known about town in Wellington, Wanganui and New Plymouth, the sories beginning with " Sir ' Divey' Ashcroft" (as the Official Assignee is rather irreverently styled), embraces Takapuna Tom, Mr T. C. Williams, Mr George Fisher, Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.R., and others, and ends with Piccolo Charlie. Accompanying each is a piece of descriptive letterpress " wrote sarcastic/' and the remaining space of the brochure is filled up with advertisements. The publication fits the pocket easily, and is sold for sixpence, but contains far more than sixpenn'orth of the sure specific for melancholia —in fact, it is brimming over •wrth f un. Messrs Bock and Co. were the lithographers. The total revenue collected at the General Post Office and in the several postal districts of New Zealand for tho quarter ended 31st March, 1894, was .£64,027. For the corresponding quarter of last year itwas .£58,722.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1156, 27 April 1894, Page 28
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186Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1156, 27 April 1894, Page 28
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