A London lady has generously given a cum of £4500 towards a perpetual endowment of a missionary at Thames Polioe Court. By this mi'anp the presiding magistrate will have the permanent assistance of the missioner who for some years has been m attr-ndancn at ;hc aittingßof the court, ministering to tie oecda of tbo distressed, and helping, bj tidtiep and practical aid, those who are un fctuniste enough to find themselves m the dock. Hocßotti waa waltir.g with Tennyson one evening m High BLolborn, and the bard, suddenly raising one arm and pointing ia a certain director], asked, " What is that house of many windows blazing with gariab light, and from which the sound of musio cornea ? " " I hat," replied .Kossetti, 'i« . « place called the Holborn Caaino. People go there to dftnee, smoke, and drink ' • i would fain see it' mused the bard, ' but I fear that, a* urusl, I ahould be jostled, and perhaps mobbed, by a gaping, etarirjg, brainleis rabble.' *My dear sir,' quoth Kaisetti,' I assure you that if we did enter the Caeino, and if I got on the top of table and announced to (be Eovellerfi that the gentleman standing betide me was Alfred Tenny-oD, author of ' Oudiva' tiDd ' Locksley Hall," m all pos»ibility not onp por«on present, would evmco tbe aiighter' amount of interest m the intimation m question.' TenDyßon murmured "B&l ' and relapsed into silence
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Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5602, 29 December 1892, Page 4
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370Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5602, 29 December 1892, Page 4
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