HASTINGS.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 522, 22 December 1888, Page 17

HASTINGS.

What ho ! my lads and lasses, the O.M. is still alive ; great inquiries respecting him lately, but so far, all is we11...8.N., of the Pacific, seems quite lost since the girl left; che>r up, B.N. Just as good fish, &c...lii is rumoured that W.H. T. and Miss E. A.W. are about to enter the United States of matrimony. Oh,_ poor D...W.E. is in great distress for he hag missed his aim, a miss, which in his future trials will trouble him no more... J. E., he kneels before Miss A.T, low, and murmurs, 'Speak a single word, my lovo, say yes or n0.'. ..We11, it was a jolly lark to see all Hastings' O.M.s marching about the town the other night in pursuit of the 0.M., as if they did not know... What was young G.E. doing on the | racecourse the other night on the rotunda ? Little he knew that there wero no less than seven persons watching him, until they all barat out laughing at him... The Hastings mashers wore in their glory on the day of the Waipawa Exnibition. Wanted known if there were enough first-class seats for them a11... 1n a few more months the Hastings people will be able to_ answer to that well-known queslion, 'Is marriage a failure?' that it is not... Happy to see you back again, A. S.P., irom Melbourne. You are here in. time to put things straight for the H.F.B. dance. Hope you have got over your sea- sickness, that you experienced during your homeward voyage. ..Go it, J. R., wire in, and make the match with Miss E.L. and give us all a. spree... lt was as good as a play here the other evening to see no less than fifteen jockey boys laying wagers ; putting them all together they averaged three feet nine inches in height.