The Taranaki Herald.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8017, 10 November 1887, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald.

PUBLISHED UAtLV. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1887. ♦ As will be seen by advertisement in another column, Mr. J. D. Pope, a native of Now Zealand, will tell the story of Emmet's " Life and Dead," concluding by the recital of his " Speeoh from the dock." Mr. Pope will also, in complance with the request of a number of: his friends, contribute a euphonium solo »nd a couple of songs. We understand that Mr. Pope is the possessor oE a baritone voice, and a treat is therefore in store for those who attend on the occasion. The advanced ideas possessed by the young colonial mind of the present decade were beuatifully exemplified the other day. A boy of ten years of age, named Knott, on Saturday last, stole his father's watch, one of English muke, took it to pieces, and sent another boy with the works to a jeweller in town, The jeweller after looking at the works, and perceiving them to be of good make, had his suspicions aroused, and refused to take them. The principal on being informed of the failure of his factotum's mission, nothing daunted went to the same tradesman with the case of the watch, but only to meet , with the reception that awaited the other. The father learned of the theft, but what steps he took, or is going to take, to punish his ingenious offspring are not 1 known. Kohimarama may be the destination, of this embryo genius,