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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7963, 6 September 1887, Page 4

Lawyer: "You say that the prisoner accidentally shot himself in the leg ?" Witness : " I did.". Lawyer : " Was the gun loaded ?" Witness : "I don't know." Lawyer : " Now, then, will you please state to the jury how he shot himself ?" Witness : " Well, I suppose that the darned old gun was like a lawyer's month — went ofi. whether there was anything in it or not." It is reported that Mr. Hawkins, the oandidate for the representation of Maaterton, and some of his supporters intend starting another, paper in Masterton. An Otago paper states that about four months ago the signatures of all survivors of the famous Light Brigade were invited to be sent Home, with a view to an address from them being forwarded to the Queen. Bergt.-Mnjor Bevin, of the- local police force, who was the only signatory from this colony, has now received word from Mr. William Bird, late of the Bth Hussars, and Secretary to the Balaclava Commemoration Committee, that the address had been accepted by Her Majesty on 15th June, and regret was expressed that the autographs of some of the survivors of the Six Hundred bad not been prooured in time. "Rouoa oh Rats." — Clear out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, sparrows, gophers. At chemists and druggists. 1 — " Buohu-paiba." — Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney. Bladder, andUri, nary Diseases.' At chemists and drag* gists. Kempthoine, Frosser & Co., AgtsWellington 1—