EXECUTION OF MR CHAMBERLIN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5664, 8 September 1896, Page 1

EXECUTION OF MR CHAMBERLIN

EXCITING SCENES ON THE SCAFFOLD. The Americans can beat the Britishers :all to pisces in newspaper headings, and iyou incy generally gather all that the paper contains by carefully reading the elaborate headlines to the various items of iiiews. But in the Old Country we have an ,institution which is far greater than sensaitional 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 " Spepial! All the winners!" —that is reserved for more jlikely patrons. You may not only learn, as in the headings, all the contents of the /paper from theiy cries, but may.gather a Igood deal that is not in the paper at all! - "On dull days it is almost pathetic to see ..a "runner" appealing to a. "hardcase." •" MScene in Parliament—Special!" No -'--answer from the old gent. " Horrible disaster at sea!" No answer. "Jack the Bipper's latest!" Still no answer. A pause, and then " Bum of a •Jady of title. Awful details!" Still silence. •• (Jam away. Ter 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. '