They Say

Observer, Volume XI, Issue 717, 24 September 1892, Page 3

They Say

— That tbe session will be over in another three weeks. — That Madame Zenobia, of fortune-telling fame, has gone South. — That Eip Van Winkle proved a big financial success in the Empire City. — That Collector Glasgow has got an increase of £200 per annum. Why ? — That the ' Gondoliers ' receipts have averaged considerably over £100 a night. — That some serious allegations will be made at the Cosiley Home enquiry. —That Miss Sutcliffe (Govt. House) is returning home to Scotland very shortly. — That the Mayor's Italian took Mißs, or Madame or tiigoora Guticura by surprise. — That leap year dances are responsible tor mauy engagements this season. — That the Conservative party have had a good ally m air George Grey this session, — That the deferred salary scheme will never bo brought up at the Board of Education again. — That a lady has been engaged to go from Auckland 10 aut as governess in the vice-regal residence at Wellington. — That Mr J. T. Garlick Knows the number of young couples who are to be married ii- tbe nest three months to a nicety. — That though a rolling stone gathers no moss, yet the Mosd at the Cosiley Home gathers a good many rolling stones. — That efforts have been made to induce Mr K. Farreli to stand for the Board of Education, but he is difficult to persuade. — That the support accorded the Italian Concert Company in Auckland was not consistent wnn tne merits 01 the entertainment. — That numbers of the Wellington belles are seeking much- needed rest in different parts of JSew Zealand after a big round of fashionable gaieties. That Capt Eussell made a very liberal and broadminded speech on the Industrial Conciliation Bill, to effect the settlement of disputes between employers and employed. — That the East Tamaki people look upon the closing of their school as an act of confiscation, as the householders subscribed £60 of the money for it and the site was presented by a settler. — That no man has stuck more manfully and generously to tiir George Grey than the Hon. Mr fceddon, and yet Grey waß the first man to turn on Seddon in the recent rumpus with Fergus by moving that his words be taken down. — That at a recent fashionable leap year dance in Ponsonby, one lady en gaged a gentleman for fifteen dances, and ] another lady booked another victim for twelve. The tendency of leap year dances is not in the direction of modesty. — That if a police-constable desires to marry, the character and antecedents of his intended are not only rigidly inquired into, but reports thereon are put into writing, and become a part of the public records of the colony. Female franchise will make a clean sweep of such relics of barbarism.