PERSONAL

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 235, 14 March 1885, Page 4

PERSONAL

Who stole the turkey at the railway excursion ? Sir L. Leek proceeded to Sydney by the Manapouri. Lord McDonald proceeded to Sydney bjf the s.s. Australia. George, of Grey-street, is looking very pale since Nellie went away. Why did that young bride from Mechanics' Bay lock the bridegroom out ? Beware, Bob. Miss Gr. is watching your capers with the little nursemaid. He has such a nice moustache. I should like to kiss him. Beware, Mick ! Major George was a passenger from the South on Monday by the s.s. Manapouri. Is the medico's son the attraction for Miss N. in. the Sunday evening choir at the Theatre Royal ? By what process did the Cameronian Lady in Tauranga nearly blind a certain wellknown lawyer. Who is the smoker that frequents the Carlton Gore-road ? Is the cigarette only used as a signal ? What has the young lady of Alexandrastreet done to J. 0. that he now wears the rings himself ? Is it Ann Jane, Mary Margaret, or the piano that the Shortland and Short- street mashers are after ? What attraction is there for T. G., of Newmarket, at the little fruit shop ? Is it mother or daughter ? Among the passengers by the Manapouri were the Hon. Mr and Mrs Stuart and the Hon. Mr and Mrs Colton. Lord McDonald and Lieut. Livingstone have been visiting the Thames Goldfield and other districts near Auckland. Annie, the pretty brunette housekeeper of the Vie. , is a long time making up her mind about those mashing printers. y What makes Clara, of Ponsonby, accompany Frank and Annie when they go out. Two are company, three's none. Mr Stout shows signs of recanting. Atheism is unpopular in New Zealand. \ More joy over the one sinner, &c. "Polly Plum" (Mrs M. A. Colclough), formerly a clever contributor to the Auckland Press, died at Picton on Sunday last. Who is the Westmeath butcher's daughter, of Newton, that left the powder on the dressing-table of a certain house in Parnell ? Major-General Fairclough, who served in the 14th during the Waikato War, arrived by the San Francisco mail steamer on a tour of pleasure. Sergeant Denny, of the Eoyal Irish Constabulary, arrived on Monday with a warrant to take over William Sheehan, charged with murder.

That girl at the Vie. had better keep quiet now that " St. Jacob's Oil" is back. That sewing machine had also better be put behind the door, and kept quiet. Bishop Moran and the Bishop of Wa'pu were passengers to Auckland by the Manapouri, with ministers of other denominations. We hear they were quite a happy family. It is a curious fact that nearly all our great composers were childless. Beethoven, Haydn, Handel, Rossini, Auber, Schumann, Gorelli, Spontini, and Pergolesi, for instance. "W. and Mrs M. are having a rosy time of it in that house in Ponsonby. When will the honeymoon be over ? How do the neighbours like the street to be disgraced in that way ? Sir Luke Leek, Speaker of the Legislative Council of Western Australia, who has been on a visit to the Hot Lake District, accompanied by the Misses Leek, arrived m town on Saturday. Colonel Smith was a passenger by the Tarawera from Melbourne. Judging from, the number of generals and other military officers who have come to Auckland of late, otir defences are safe. Mr H. P. Brady, a distir guished naturalist and scientist, who arrived in Auckland the other day, has been on a visit to &$& George Grey at the Kawau. He will mafijf a short tour in Taranaki and Wellington, and proceed Home, via Melbourne and Java. While Mr George Augustus Sala was the guest of the Lotos Club in New York, a man named Pulitzer, the proprietor of th.c World newspaper, conducted himself in such an objectionable way that his professional brethren though, it necessary to apologise for his boorishness. i Labouchere says the favourite dishes of the German emperor are fish and soup, in ' which cider and pickled cucumbers are hashed, veal flavoured with cinnamon and cloves, and sponge-cake steeped in pineapple rum. Gott in himmel ! vot a stomachs vos dot ! Who were those well-dressed and perfect young ladies in Queen-street (one attired m blue and the other in black), that gave evidence of the Auckland High School education by saying to a gentleman who accidently obstructed their path, " Girt 1 howt o' the road !"