PANAMA MAIL
Leaves London on the 2nd of each month ; arrives at Melbourne about the 3rd ; leaves Melbourne on the 27th of each month ; arrives at London about the 30th.
The increasing passion for gambliug in tho higher classes of society has of late frequently been noticed. The London correspondent of an Irish paper declares that a few nights ago a young member of the aristocracy lost LIO,OOO at whist. Tho scene of the game tlio Portland Club. Another Royal AuTnoa. — The King of Sweden is about to publish a pamphlet .entitled, "Ideas on Modern Tactics." He endeavors to show that a email and good nrmy is preferable to a numerous one and imperfectly trained. The product derivorl from tho sale of this work is to bo devoted to tho creation of primary schools in Lapland. Pipe and Tabor. — Tender-hearted Nellie's bosom is torn with the pangs of jealousy. Thinking of one very dear to her, Air away in Abyssinia, she exclaims with a flood of tears, " Suppose he wore to fall in love with that horrid, odious, Deb-o-ra-h Tabor !" Nellie's ideas of Abyssinia are evidently about as foggy as those of the public gonerally, from the War Office authorities downwards.— " iTun. 11 i
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West Coast Times, Issue 827, 18 May 1868, Page 2
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204PANAMA MAIL West Coast Times, Issue 827, 18 May 1868, Page 2
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