TAURANGA.

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 56, 8 October 1881, Page 54

TAURANGA.

— Motto for Messrs. Turner and Buddie — " Going, going,- gone." — Mr It. takes home Penrose to run in the English Derby. If every Saxon possessed this gentleman's patriotism, Uncle Jonathan 1 would not have pulled off the Derby and Leger. ■ — The two Monties (Morris and Turner) are at present in Auckland at the sitting of the Supreme Court in connection with the latter's case. We hope Sergfc. White will keep Ms word re the collar and chain. — The case of Hornet.c t. Harvey came on for hearing before the Rev. Mr Hark on Thursday. After hearing the evidence of the various parties to the suit, the case was finally decided by the plaintiff doing the (h,Jornamental and taking the defendant as his better half(y). — Mr Henshaw, who has been decorating Mac's hotel for the last three months, hopes to bring his labors to a conclusion about Christmas — that is provided Mr Mathew's carpet is finished. He expects to become one of our local Jehus as soon as Jimmy's business increases sufficiently to warrant his re-instalment. • —-Tauranga is going ahead. Not content with a daily evening paper, we are to have a morning organ, devoted to politics and the suppression of society journals. The following are to be the staff of the new " Buster :"— A. W. Bromfield, editor and fighting man ; C. M. Wilson, sub-editor and reporter. The eminent •firm of T. W. Rhodes and Father are to publish it at their steam printing office, Strand. — Amongst the fashionable intelligence in Thursday's "Buster" we note the departure from our shores of Mr Radcliif e, of the firm of Radclifi'e and Sons, Oldhain, England. Mr R. carries with him the good wishes of our townsmen— Mr P. S. (Pumpkin Squash) O'Neill, Mr Wm. Maxwell (a member of the legal profession), and three of Tauranga's famous steeds. It is rumoured that Mr O'Neill accompanies Mr R. with the • intention of bringing out a special settlement. — To the- Editor : Sir, — I was surprised to see the sweeping accusation brought against Tauranga girls in your impartial paper. I am not one of the limehmaligned girls myself, but, having lived among them for more than two years, I feel qualified to speak from observation and experience. As a looker-on who confessedly " sees most of the game," I ein positively assert that Tauranga girls are modest, lady-like, and, if anything too reserved. Allow me to remind your gentlemanly (?) correspondent of a fact that he has forgotten— Tauranga girls and boys have grown up together from their infancy, and therefore have attained a degree of intimacy which to an outsider might j>erhaps appear familiar.— l am, etc., Fiat Justitia. — Bather an amusing incident has occurred at the Commercial Hotel. The other night Mr Charles L., of Opotiki, was suddenly awakened from, his peaceful slumbers by a most horrible din. Thinking at first that the day of judgment must have arrived, he was about to drop on his knees and pray ; but directly he thought of the next world, fire occurred to his mind. He jumped up, seized his purse in one hand and his unmentionables in the other and made tracks down stairs,— only to meet Alf on the landing beating the breakfast-going. The housemaid now arrived on the scene and informed tae O'Portueeeze that he would be late for breakfast, so he slowly recovered from his fright, aud presently appeared at the table.

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