GISBORNE NOTES.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 155, 1 September 1883, Page 15

GISBORNE NOTES.

,rrrTlie.;G6jy;ernnient Surveyors hop was a success,/BQjfi&:*a&s%}w!ont. >Of ; course, it was: only the «npbq6rac^si3&s;jyas present, and a few of the" huppaV J^cyfen/'AbelongißgjiiQitheisame uncivil fraternity. On: 1 iiPS JJk>fcning following there were .plenty of cards about, Vbubwry little cfreese. .Such,. small fry. -as poor, shopkeepfers was not invited. Oh/ no';' Government official,doßli is something to look up to in- these degenerate ■days... ...What is the.np.me of that plump, literary man who fso pregnantly :i en'atl to the little ' lady near the butchery ?' Both must be fond of a mild flirtation Why don't} , that Dunedin "tenor" in Holy Trinity Church choir emifc.a little, sound 1 occasionally ?' Did anyone evei^MiX.hjs voice ?.,... .Those Oamaru " heartbreakers" catinbe think where the W(h)itcomes in over that' eternal Peel-street promenade referred to in a xecerit issue of the Observer...... Nelly can take heart. 'C. T. will bo round again in about three months. Get "his proniise (in writing, my dear Is' that partiality for the ischo'blm&stet's sister intended with 1 a view to tho mftiatf chance 1 ? This is not leap year, my little «dearß. .'.:■•'. AslfiQ-o how the twins are getting on? What akind"Jiinole.".. i ..:.Sam W.j of the big hotel, has de- •, dined to enter, for the proposed talking match. Reticence, he 3ays, is, his forte Ask Miss R., of the Masonic, what her opinion is of those half - dwzen . «" spoons <■*: -who bother her daily P.... ..The Observer man has'ljis eye upon you, Mr 8., over your Brightft street r&ttniles. ■ The girl is not at all bad-looking. The sewing Machine works well, but it is rather too large for a pillbox.-.. ...What is there in Pnlinersfcon-road to attract that "Gladstone-road draper ? At his age, he ■cannot wanii'any teeth eXtracted It must cost Ccl — m more for shoerleather in running about begging hot •water every morning than a good suwply of firewood would come to. Get up an hour earlier, and lay a ■comfortable breakfast for yourself and the ole 'ooinan... • ...There- will be another flutter among the sparks when the BeviG's musical daughter arrives It is amusing . to hear the rival photographers criticise each other s specimens ...;... It would be more to a certain City Father's' advantage to attend a grammar school for the •next three years than to give his time to the public. With big-experience. in connection with gigantic contracts afc<"Honi.e, and a little better education, he may ultimately ,'become useful. . " '„ .v..<