MERCURY BAY.

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 948, 27 February 1897, Page 21

MERCURY BAY.

Here lam again ! What a time you have been having since the O M has been under the shade, But Trilbies having become the fashion in this locality, he is agai a induced to take to the pen. .Didn't B look fascinating as Trilby at the dance the other night? Actually induced W Me to dance two dances alternately. Very nice, P., but would ta*ie better at a masque ba11...P and P mean business at last. Get ready for a real good time, boys. I'm sure he'll treat you.. Let us hope this will give E W and M M a fresh start. M says she only wants somebody to set the ball rolling. You don't think long courtship a failure, eh. M?... A M has great attraction at the Survey Office of late. What would P say if she knew it ?...B B seems all alive again since G's arrival. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. I suppose it will soon be coming off now, B?.. Don't forget that Isng courtships are a failure—Seemingly PBwas a day behind last week when he came from the bu3h on Wednesday instead of Tuesday wi'h the intention of seeing S H away. v Hard luck, F ; but you won't mistake the day of her arrival... Who was the young lady at the P O the other evening who was so annoyed by P's Trilbies ?

Bather annoying, M, but don't speak so loudly next time. ..What has come between WB and AM ? I think JT is too great a charmer for yon, W. But never despair: Wait till she starts to sing • Thf re's no one Uke W to me.'. . A goods shed, owned and stocked by Mr W Dyer, bush contractor, was totally destroyed c lf kl* we £ k> The loßs is estimated at £70 or £80. The fire originated by sparks from the engine.