— That Spionkop is not an easy place to ' cop.' - That Captain Whitney found inanimate pigeon shooting crnel sport. He's held his jaw ever since. —That North Shore ' Doctored ' a big parcel of racing knowall9 at Takapuna races last Monday. ' Dadah-Dader-daa.' — That Victor Cornega is going to introduce doable-headed schnapper into Che Cambridge Lake for fishing purposes. - That the ' Abarenda ' officers are a happy crew. Bank is only a name with them — they've all been under Spanish fire. — That the refusal of a Ponsonby yonng lady to accept the bridegroom chosen for her by her considerate parents is causing some stir in their own circle. Her affections are otherwise fixed. — That it was riot on the 'hang the expense ' principle that the Mayor of Devonport tore up a £50 note and threw it in the waste paper basket. It was purely a mistake. — That the pro - Boers are not pleased at Canon Oalder's guinea subscrip tion to the Patriotic Fund. They fear that he is going back on his former senti ments. — That the Sergeant Major General Coleman instructing the rongh riders in the third contingent is our own little gunner Coleman from Fort Taka" puna.
