THEY SAY
Observer, Volume XXIII, Issue 34, 9 May 1903, Page 7
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THEY SAY
—That Miss'Mnir. "was iifa' lately the appro.priately.-nifiVciji v 'hea«l'>r6f ' a lp£w Zealand millineyy depart riifeftt. '■ •' ' — That a iapgp .a^d stVtfng septic, tank is badly ne^ded'm Aifi&trand City just Wow — to purge tJjecityf.fP'lls; ■' —That .Tohn JJenry' Hari^rttfT took three electors to the jp-611 >rfrr eveVy vote he got. 'itlisplnpcd : crfhli dense again. .', • >( . . ->*■. ' ; , ■■ ,, — That it. wav'iV g'uilclcsft 'c*qup.iuy town paper that "backer a ifafctoi'cifal candidate beeausotjhc h«<d beetf one! of it.s subscribers for^a yeairs. '''•'* . —That Aucklarfd Cit^ vill;fbftvg:.a hot eVowd on th&'linnnpe 'eoßiß*iti{ee when **Ted" MitcNelsoiV and- lii^-fii^t lieutenhnt have finished '' pickJH^g;.?' ( — Th^t the next^ I . question to f , >( (fb:h-sider, afjber the Veteran's 1 Hoiive" lla.P ! been opened, is 'how it, is"i 9/ 3 J P maintained. VViUu>;thc liovei^nyio^t provide ''. K i ' " ' "—That zu General David :> Mtbwld see that tell pounds^ of NjL^yoral At!-'»n-didkte He'w^on's deposit safely bacK into Jjramj'^ pocket. rJe " htood far'the cause." ' . ( : . , .:>^ ! ' T — Tha t Kit ddy Bau m c , and Geft|f«a Fo vld«-^ are tb - sit together in Iffthajnienb. SiguiHitant ! >'£-he new Atto,ri(<?y- GRneral.^anib;>the t 'Minister for -.the SSavagw Klandn; i . ,t — That " Loifgr hatter" Shatkenflrd, the new JVlayor o,^ Grey JLynn,' is making exjjeiiriive preparations for the reception Qtf I+o.rd; Kanhrrly ifi ''tlie family domains*!' " M , — That th^ro'are a govd inaiijfrfciiquiries abouti' alf'aaveiitiuoiirt cOdfile who have lieeh-raisii'ig nioiwy freaJV on false represenKatifejis. sjai'er to gh i 1 Ito debt an<l nle!"^ , " - ss-1' '' ' , '. ,'I ■■ ' ' — Tliat peoijliSra're woij'deriii'g.jwhut John King will-.'fl(j« now ttiat. li^j, li.'lk been 'vindicaied;^ Tliose chargc^j.were not privileged, ajvd may be n.y|ud<-d by the law as >lanilvr. ;. ; T g — That a witne^^ in an A initiation Conrt case was b'effiig qnestioneft't a.s to-; the " variou.s resioiis "' he .'Wait -for leaving his employj " Unc of thetffeasons, given was that he^as "sacked'/" ■:!<j. . ■ ■.:*.'■' —That the least |lie Go vornment can do, to atone for tb^^ngratitiul^, of tl»e working classes tG^rds ArthyrfKosser, is to call him to the f ,Lcgislat^ye Oouncil. There is a labour vacancy to 1111.--—That there will be practically 'no', opposition to the of the wards when thaqUestfon couVds before ti^'e City. Council^ affiin. -'Evidently,' tl(6 roount election Cf^rcis^if a gu-ud mdVal effect. , '■'■ '■>' "' o _ ..;, .;:■. . ■ ■■?<:•■■ - — riThftt a ci/rtajn yj^un^.fniedico in ISymoiidM-strefct h'^ii i^iiX/Bbfeiitertainings«t-to witli iv*u|ip(j.4^d burglar the other, o veiling. 'J.*ho ,«|i3t?iilH are said lo bei:.v.o>y tai^y., .Cliasjjlig the Boers was no.tliilt^-.to' ?t, >is-r-- r ■■ ' — TlVat tfeey hji^ gre/i't t roil bio at ono of the nolTing'liobih.4* v wiElin deter-; mined dul )ady :^ho cktnQ' to vote for David aol(Uo>:«hd wtid Yefused to be comforted .Wh«*' she" torn told that l»ji was not te bis "d'-l'aH*Hfd&t'e -.''.J-. -.'-;• '. :i '.«f'. — That-there are^ergistent enquiries in the ntivftuttpjers Jor Christian yonng^ women '^Hwifch n»tanß*jwith a view fa, matrini'onjf.'f y E^ideatly, Chrifetian younei woinla(tU >yitho^ means ;Srre a iling^i the Oj^drimpmal inarUet; Ifttf'"ifiluoktai3rd citfzen made the'atartlirig discoyery the» other' ( »lay lhat his wire' hftit ipsiifed his.lifejwithoub his, knowledge. ; 'Another fellow submibtedtty'the medlfeal exaniination and filled iVrt |lte papers, <aid 'bhe first he knew W it was when ho got the premium ff&tlofe'.' Mor^wili bo heard of. lt'anoS I .'" ' , : ..-<v
— That Arthur Rosser is still looking for that, '.'.laboyr union "&ui»pgrt? he ioJstron /mHtfMfpj&t^tec^n day. Who Stole it? ;-.', .'-. :-. I ■'" ' —That another rdakityoarcTis wratHful. Two-thirds of its- rates, mratUjrif to. , the infect^prps- diseased hcflbitkf. Howulioue the^adsY/'. ' — That the temperance people" stil hitte a use for Wife gtfape. There is^te whole Vine among the newly-electaU officers of the Good Template' grariA l0(l « e - . ,>■-;,. ■■•,. ITU.;-—That the; 'city^councillors who! talked so .glibly before the eledtioiis / about abolishingH'hVwards are dot in a hurry now. It means' a new election. ■ • ■ ■'>',' ■ ' — That it is refreshing to find Premie.r Seddpn daring to differ frofti the labour unions on 6ne point— that of population — even if he does it in an" apologetic way. ( ' "■■■■u-' — That many a man was mesmerised out of his vote laptfelection day by a lady's sweet smile, the smell ot perfume, and a pretty dress. Which is the weaker sex now V ;( ' ■' ■••3i'- : — That a heavily encumbered individual sold an £800 property the other day for £3f>u, and skedaddled. The creditors are wondering now, where they come in. ■ ' < ■ ,■ .' • . ■ :;»' . . ; ' . '-. — That some, farmers have been u-n--earthed in New Zealand who puffer in pocket .for tjieir i.-Bfohibition principles. They will not grow btfrley for conscientious reasons. — That David 'Goldie and George Higgins, as the rival organizers in the mayoral election, were an example of " when Greek mejets Greek." George says now that David proved, #, veritable Turk. ".-; '- < '. 5 — That for energy a^id enthusiasm, shooting jne^i are aonietifnek equal to footballers-. One southerner trudged 13 miles, over a Mid road, to fft-e ma match, and afterwiirds footed it home again.' .. ' ' . j — That at one of the scJiool commit-tee election meetings matters weregetting sultry, when someone introiluceii iiud passeil round n demijohn of bei-r. Then the j-toini sub-ided as if by magic. -That a country editor meant to congratulate a contemporary on the typographical improvements in his paper, lint the compliment miscarried when tlie printer, jnude it " lypogmphjcal." ' " j — That I'eter Oliphant' ought rtnt to : rush into print?, on tlie snbject-of .the North Islainl Trunk Railway. Alt he knows aliout it is what somebody told him, and that somebody was evidently pulling his leg. — Tbat it is useless of the giddy old clerk in a certain Government department claiming to be anything else butpa bald - headed grasswidoweW 11 is-* weakness tor " the girl behind tluj.bar V.is the cause of many a smile- ■ < — That satisfactory arrangements have been made concerning a suburban engagement that was broken off a week before the wedding. The bridegroom marries the bridesmaid, and the bride takes the best man, and every* body is happy. — •That the Government will be able to make itself felt on the infectious diseases question now that Dr Sharm.in, one of its health oHicers, has a season the City Council. Hut he can scarcely be a stronger barracker for it than Alfred Kidd was. — That a New Zealand youngster, now at a 'Frisco school, was pointed out by her teacher as " a child from an island in the l'acilic, so small that it isn't marked on our maps." And we fondly believed that 'Friscans, at any rai:e, knew something about us. — That the Harbour Board have given instructions to their solicitor to institute proceedings against the New Zealand Shipping Company for a breach of the harbour regulations in allowing a fire to occur in their premises with* r out giving sufficient notice for their new toy, the fire float, to get up steartfc-^ Proximity 'to the watei^ wo'iild have allbrded such splendid opportunity ixtf display of efficiency.; • > v "
