EXECUTION OF MR CHAMBERLIN!

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5486, 11 February 1896, Page 4

EXECUTION OF MR CHAMBERLIN!

"■■ EXCITING SCENES ON THE SCAFFOLD. 1 The Americans can beat the Britishers all to pieces in newspaper headings, and you may generally gather all that the paper contains by carefully reading the elaborate headlines to the various items of news. .'■-.■■. But in the' Old Country we have an institution which is far greater than sensational headlines ; we refer to the itinerant newsvendor. . ' The boys of this particular profession are wonderfully ' 'cute in their adaptation of their " cry " to the particular ." wants " of the passer-by. The parson, for instance, is never appealed to with " Special ! All the winners !"— rthat is reserved for more likely patrons. i You may not only learn, as in the American headings, all the contents of the paper 'from their' cries, but may gather a good deal that is not in the paper at all! On dull days it is almost pathetic to see a "runner" appealing to a "hard case." "Scene -in Parliament— Special ! " No answer from the old gent. " Horrible disaster at sea ! " No answer. " Jack the Ripper's latest ! " Still no answer. A pause, and then " Ruin of a lady of title. Awful details ! " Still silence. " Gam away. Yer ain't human ! " And yet the modest announcements made from time to time have brought Indian Chief Cigarettes into the front rank and their quality wil keep them there.