GENERAL GOSSIP.

Observer, Volume X, Issue 623, 6 December 1890, Page 6

GENERAL GOSSIP.

There seems to be a difficulty in the way of getting at the name of the ' fallen man ' in the Annie Eauner case. It was not disclosed at the Supreme Court, and it is not clear whether affiliation proceedings will be taken.

A friend assures me that the pamphlet by Desmond (?), ' Christ as a Social Reformer;' is a bare faced copy of an article that appeared in an American magazine. I hope the Obsebveb will next week strip the plumes from this literary pretender.

Was that a genuine sale of the Whakatane Estate to Gould, or was it one of the means employed to bolster up gloho shares in London ? It is significant that since Gould's death, the estate has passed under the control of a late branch manager of the B.N.Z.

- On Thursday last the young ladies of Devonport gave a highly enjoyable dance in honour of Miss Baisley, who is about to face the hymeneal altar. It seemed to be the correct thing for every young lady to have a bouquet of roses, and considerable rivalry existed as to who should possess the best. The general opinion was that Miss Swinnerton had this honour.

' Pullan— Shabples (both of Auckland).' Such was the head and tail of the announcement of a marriage lately consummated at Sydney. The facts are a little bit peculiar. Mr Pullan was a coach-hirer in Auckland with a wife and family. Some time since he took them on a trip to the United States, and came back in a disunited state, leaving his responsibilities behind him. In short, he had got a cheap Yankee divorce, the legality of which may be sound, though the morality of it is all wrong. Then he courted the widow Sharpies, who had some money and two children ; though her tears were scarce dry from her recent bereavement, she went off with her lover to Sydney. What has become of the first Mrs Pullan and her children I have no idea.

Scene.— Flat Bock, Shelly Beach. A young barrister was surprised on Monday afternoon last. He had sought out a secluded spot, and told the oft-told tale to his inamorate. His heart, yearning with tenderness, told him to place his arm around her waist. She in return extended her snow-white arm around his neck, and there they sac on an up-turned boat, intoxicated with the delirium of ' Love's Young Dream. 1 A band of rollicking rovers however appeared on the scene and gazed on in bewilderment till their presence was detected. Then there was a sudden parting, such as sends the life from out young hearts, and the sad sea waves licked the golden sands, while the melancholy wail of the birds rang like a dirge through the stillness.