COROMANDEL.

Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1024, 13 August 1898, Page 22

COROMANDEL.

Nho is the champion mean man who made such a fuss through the columns of our local ' rag ' about having to pay one penny extra on a letter late for the post ? Remea b&r the proverb ' Half a minute, etc., Mr ' Extra Postage,' and be more punctual.. .The band concert was a success financially, though from a spectator's point ot view it might have been better. The acting in the farce was very poor, and the nigger jokes awfully stale. W O sang ' Only one heart divine,' with such feeling as to lead the 0 M to think that the said • neart divine ' was among the audience, fie certainly, when not looking at his music dook, had his eyes riveted, on a certain young lady. Who was Bhe ?... Why was M W smiling so much ? Was H H from the Tokatea there ?

..CM and M M are a a long time making up their minds ; the cans will be getting rasty ii they don't hurry up.. Have the P O boys turned Presbyterians, or is there some attraction for them at the church. The Misses C, perhaps...J B looked well taking those two young ladies home from church the other Sunday evening. Who waa playing gooseberry? Was it E Me?... Why does A P look bo mournful lately?... A X's absence may have something to do with it perhaps.. J K has left Coro, and Jb 1 C's heart is sore in consequence—lt is reported that M 0 and W N of Auckland are to be made one shortly. Your health, Billy. .How did P W get those lovely black eyes? The Wanderers seem to be too good tor the Haurakis in more senses than one.