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Observer, Volume XIV, Issue 784, 13 January 1894, Page 3

Theysay

— That « Despised,' at £200, was a gift. — That the Parnell ghost is ' laid ' at last. — That confidence in Australia is reviving in England. — That 'surprise parties' are very popular n Auckland just now. — That the Brough-Boucicault people are coining money in the South. —That ' The Profligate ' as put on by Myra Kemble, ia a really fine performance. — That Auckland is more lively on a Saturday night than any other city in the colony. — That ' the smallest married couple in the world ' have jnst left Auckland for Australia. — That John Fuller knows how to tell a good story. Nothing uncomplimentary intended. — That the Observer Christmas Number was the best thing of the kind published in the colony. — That the demand for the cheap and nasty cigarette in Auckland is not nearly so great as it was. — That Mr Henry Wilding soon tired of the old country. Most 'old colonial hands ' do tire of it soon. — That there will be a chance to pick up some good diva, at Takapuna Summer Meeting on 27th and 29th. — That ' uncle 7 Eae, who has just gone over on a trip to Melbourne, will be much missed in hard-up circles. — That the ' tender ' system as applied to the appointment of town-clerks is a novelty, and a very undesirable noveky too. — That drunkenness it> decreasing and lunacy increasing in New Zealand, and that it is really very singular when you come to think of it. — That everyone is going to attend George Leitch's benefit to-morrow (Friday) if only to hear him sing • The Good Young Man that Died.' — That the Maoris were slightly out of it when they predicted one of the driest summers on reoord. They are now propheoying ' hot weather soon.' —That a spieler who got a woman to screen him while he was at work, did brisk business at the late A.R.C. Meeting in picking pockets and rifling ladies' handbags, etc. When you are in the crush in front of the totalizator— look after your pockets.