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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2
[trade dispatches]
Messrs Murray and Spencer, Auckland, send us a neat memorandum head, in blue and gold.
Under the heading of « He Recanted, » the Rangiora Standard has the following item:— « The late Dr. B. W. Richardson, whose works are text books for temperance people, recanted somewhat in his denunciation of alcohol. The London Times, in its obituary notice of the celebrated physician, says:—'It is a curious fact that at; one period he somewhat ardently embraced the doctrines of the total abstainers from alcohol, and wrote and spoke in defence of them. The observation of the effects of wine in some cases of serious illness which occurred in his own family, induced him to reconsider his position and return to the faith and practice of moderate use, in which he continued till death.' It is quite certain that no such statement regarding Dr. Richardson could ever have appeared in The Times. Someone has been « poking borax » at the Standard. Would it surprise the editor to hear that the redoubtable doctor is still alive? and, as may be proved by reference to any number of his excellent periodical, the Asclepiad, that he has not recanted?
New South Wales has brought out a « centennial » series of stamps. We have as yet seen only the penny stamp, which bears the motto « One hundred years, » and is prettily designed. The most significant change, however, is the disappearance of the « Queen's head, » which gives place to a microscopic view of Sydney, on a crowned medallion one-third of an inch in diameter.