HUNTLY

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 924, 26 September 1896, Page 29

HUNTLY

The vendor of powders and pills affords the small boy no end of amusement since he got the bike.. Quite a crowd of fair damsels met at the railway station to welcome E, C back from the goldfield-... K iU looks qnitc a picture in that new town outfit. With theassistance of a walking-stick, he certainly might be mistaken for a retired bank clerk. But why wear that moustache this warm weather?.. Who were the so-called gentlemen that caused the ladies so much anxiety by repeatedly rockii g the launch on the last excursion to Ngaruwahia?. .XC says his fascination for billiards has got him into bad repute with the girls. Be as light ou him as you can, K. A kind word might bring him back to the pure and innocent path of yore... H T still ranks first favourite for the gold cup, with M M onl> a Vi-ry fair second, and Ohinewai nowhere...Much excitement prevailed in the town when it became known that the Misses P, of O, had met with a serious accident. Your reporter lost no time in getting ou the scene, onl^ to find a cart with a broken axle and two excited youug ladies...M D M says it was a very tight squeeze for three to get, in ;he parson's boggy, and thinks she. will yet have to buy a horse... G l3 fairly broke the boys up when he said he had to go to the Club to Bee hii pet lamb. You will have to keep a strict eye on your claim, G, or V D will cut yon ont. . .The departure of H seems to have cast quite a deep shadow over the companions. The repeated efforts of J S to heal the s-lmttered. hearts fieem to be of no avail.. J ]t looked quite loving piling on the agony with AMJ the other evenh)g...D S surprised his old chums by taking his best girl out for a ride on Sunday last. What is to become of W H, of Ngaruawahia, now, B? You can't po-sibly keep them all on a string. .Was the bearding-' ing house proprietor quite in earnest when he said 7i should be the first to ride his bike?