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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 59, 3 January 1877, Page 2

London has another scandal, says a home paper. It is said that a gentleman, whose wife was supposed to be on a visit to her sister, and who was himself in Paris for a short time, took it into his head to visit Biarritz. He saw more there than he bargained for. He had gone after a fair freind, and while in her company he oame across bis own wife playing the same part with a devoted cavalier, of whom he had long been jealous. Moral : " Served him right," though the world will not judge both parties equally. Sir Wilfred Lawson, in tbe course of an after-dinner speech, is reported" to have ssid : " There was once a Mayor of an ancient borough who was a staunch teetotaller, and well known to be so. He attended the festivities promoted by a neighboring borough, and somebody that knew bim well put a glass of milk punch <.;I'jhr to his plafp. The mayor saw the j^lass and cai!.! no I resist it. ile took it up, qunffed tbe contents, snd setting it down, exclaimed, ' Lord, what a co*v "