THE PASSING SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 25 May 1927, Page 6

THE PASSING SHOW.

(By THE MAM AtOUT TOWN.)

Reference wa* mud!' in tbi* column recently in the undoubted feet (hat South Australia ha> a large German element, that iM>nir lit He InwiM were ROCH hi lingual, am] that Frit* AUSTRALISCHE! when M.A.T. remembered him retted while hi* vrau ami children ploughed. An Auckland gentleman, formerly of South Au*tralia. wroto a very angry letter, although the fact* stated were not intended te utir up the *.ng*r of South Australian* with unequivocal B'iti*h name*. Might on* in defence of the fart* quote the following cablegram from Adelaide: "A )ia|ier named 'We An«trali»che ZeHuny.' which will he the firrt newspaper to he published in tjie German language in Snath Australia fcinor the war, will be in-ned for the first time on Tuesday at Tanunda."- Tanund* i* one of the German low n*hip*. ECONOMY COATES. Ar h« lUion*. in fr. M<"lt—urn" ."Ifjn The farmer He« at ««m- and r**«l» a V—V I iiiwd to think fh* r«rkr oiiher «l««r Bar now 1 jn.ljy- thai h-nJ a clever cho«k Sly Mt>'i« for ■ four v«lvr radio Tnrnt. Kh* U mad »n «n* for r.olr fiftr noi#-*. Hr» hnh i|epo«il | n mr porfc»t ba*w«. But I hntiiatr for frmr «»f Goixlon roair*. An anr>nl nn.l <Ji»T<f>!itab]« I.U. Mr onljr mr to r#ry far frmm miw. I find h»r rery uwfuL for vtt*- rmrrl** m» lo bit. Ooatf* wilt not ]*t me bujr h«»r any jair*. I n»«l warm dHnk« to k**p nmrnr t># «<nld. Tliw v\mtrr Hajrn a nan r*>qair*a a tot. E«ne«-|r.Hr wlirn h» t» erowtaff «W. : Toe xurclf wm't 4caj- a chap a spot! To fill trr Iwune «|rh rnn.lr I ■«.{<<-». A rrntnophoii* f if««rir «»nt to tnyr. Rut Gordon Coat** ln.i« ta* bit deslf* Ko I mar a* weU rtiock In the »|>«p and d«« IT* ar* iaxKia* on ?h» »m.-.th tla>e-nar»»nt path, W» aj» alldlns down thr etven Nnanrlal hit! ffhr worry ' Currr on tbr <linr*. and laoeh. For Coatee tnuct float a loan t« mort the hill. —SKAG. Some of w aJTert to believe we an* of a. new- an<l &perial nreed. ioiHyenou* to the noil. That i« why perhapa we objected to the mo*t f»mplinientarr pen er a 1 ALL RED. nrder the German Ili*e Cnminand ever itwned in df'frriKiiij New Zealand Morni troapt. a* "Toung Eiiylianyirn of remarkmble individualitj and independence." And apropos a citiwn of Auckland w|m» i« a born T>nndaner »»« dixuf.»irv' with a friend an Aucklander hr the name of Me—. Said the Corknev : "How long hat. Mr. Me — been in New Zealand I" "Sixteen year*.' , "Oh well.' Mr. Me— i* a Scotsman. th*n?"* And (he born rolonial man said: "Oh, not at all. He it. a New Zealander!" , Then «aM the Copkney: -If Mac had lircrf in China for sixteen year* a dusk?" Rut. there was no an*wer.

A literary friem! nlm shares three days iwiicelh the fkin »twj look* like a pink cherub in trou*er», wiy» the moral effect of }«ran!« i« inoMiniable. He Sβ T« HAIB OP THE the. a**oriated land agent? AGES. <«f New Zealand could toffin ■ if* boom by wearing l*»«rdi>. The neople would flock to heard* with deposit* held in their hntuie. Ne ever*, furthermore, that clergy «lo moral wronj to feoo their eongre pat ion* l*rtfl of th<» foliage »!i» Creator planto<! on them. Hγ re-echoe* the rry of the hairlef* n.iH»»»n*. "Bring hack heard*!** He t-pecifien our own bearded eminent*. «- having *ujnre*ted moral perfection and a»k« what a horrified public would have thought of a heardle** Seddon or a Stoat deprived of Nat urn"* of manhood. He ask-. MAT. if he rrmetnber# Phil. Mar's |>icturrt of Australian leader* without *l«eard* in the days when l>e«rd» were a «t*e qwe nom of dignity, brain* and r«f.pmabi!ity. M.A.T. dne». of rour»r. remember, and wonders if oar Mr. Mill wonkl add a heard to Sir diaries Skerrett. dundresry m-hUkere to the chairman of the Harbour Board, and a rnluminotu bn«h to th<* rhin of Mr. Heninian. and w> on ed itfinilmmi. Ymmjr men are engaged in a r*a*ele*« war on whisker*. A time will eonte when ni>whpaper» will hold beard-grow-inp competition* for liov* under twenty, and offer a hundmd )wiund« for the ino*t (lurnt whifVcrs>. The reaction assinitt harefacrd men he* *et in in Britain and on the Continent, except in Italy, which *u fonnorlT the heavilybearded territory in the world. Trint* , writeo: At a meeting of the Auckland Ma»ter Burjlars" A»M3v4ation. Mr. William Sikc*. pre*idinj. the cnuual report of

the pr*>»<Jciit *«"•* rrad by BROTHF.tHOOD Mr. r« s »i.. The report stJitrd thai thr r»l«l contention that "r\f*s d«e* n«5 eat dof" had been falsified, and while constable* were bi?""sr conimi«.*.ionerk ar«] eommi»ioi«f-r!i «r.»ppinj at constable*, the £T«leful lal»nurt of the a»#orintton eould lie pur*ued with that t>moothn«**» «.o e»*ential ina «ell -organtM'd and thor oushlv flUhonourahle trade. He impref»«"d the member*. rvporiaUy th<- young member* *.n«h a* (."hartte EUtn. and Vo*h iTajrpole, w Ah thtf motto of the exportation, "Hmmnr atmut;* thirrrv" and h.<j«! that no man who h«<J rimen to the her.d of hi* profe*»ion would pve hi* ttibnrdinates away. They ««-rc Kanded together in m mrnmofl rmsc. The. "plant* , of nna member *n Mrrrd to another. Vo mcinlxT that h«* knew would put on the |*»t of the gonial "fenee." who J, e ,3 f,,r „„ tnanv year* aerrpted their trade and paid tip like a man. They should !«• r5-.-iNy carmful of the nn\itiate» they mi;ht intmdtirp into th« dt»honourable nrofevoinn «» r trhirh ther tver* *o justly proud. (Virrleh youth- new to t)>« honour of htit-gUry wrm a\«<ul without nibWr jrlovetk. Rut yesterday he had f.«un.j marks <*o • Are-poond ?>otc- that had hern in (-imitation «.«!>• hiwee 1013. lint what he had ntnutlr to i,nntir-* thU •li>ho»cNiraH]e guild Vβ* to »tick l«s*ljM>r. There n» hv\ one ol«jerti\e—the goods of humanity. <pfx»|on~r<l rhrer».\ "And." , fc*i»l the eterllonl moralit.| in ihr little hoy. "frnr «.od. hoiutir tlw Kinj. H*wk hard an<l hoiu-stly. l«-e j.«jr fellow man; and |w-lh.Tp» «|jiv >OJI THE TOSRITES. will U Prinm MinU(«f of New //faland." And to the i>uli.i Prime Mtni-ier of \ C n Zealand, the lUrcatillc man Mid: "Will you ,-Ikjw your h> work in- for twrlw and >i\|>ei»oy a day and your wifr and family on it I" ThU i« the kind of t««.h tijaj ■* often applauded. Wonder what Mr. kiie* ahotit a Prime >|inMrr'» -<dt j«»h? fir i««•ihly di-em'l know that in th,- Prime MinUtrr practically w«»rk». the Hoek round for he i* in hi.- orticr at nine in th- mnrnin;.' e\en if the Motive Mt> till I ho. He probahTv doesn't know that prrp«»t<"rou« |«ro|dr e\erV kind ;ro in drpuUUont to hiwn about tho merr»t trifle;, and that be ha* to W • pativnt l.urden Warcr. If he *ho y Jd momentarily exhibit human irritation, be i* caUrd to order by tbe arid pen of "Father of TwHrc."

In the nM-.,. in,, prinu- Mini»trr enter* hi. oflirv at nine. a nd with an intro al of thirty five minute »tay« there lraniM.rtin r the of Mr. T«»h till »*ven in the evening. Like any other hoMnr** man he u *'» Saturday afternoon »ff. iudi(Ter%ni to the oail* of Mr. a» to the broken panel in Mr. \ nl { p e<J<Wt Hβ return* from ylf to t he offioc entJ rf rMr , up hb arrrar* of «ork. He l«^ in j u tho e\i S rneiej. of hir clane and ai«v biUet to* turn to for half a-day on Send,.*.' U"h«-n he *» travdlin? he «w |rlt»r» to hi* *u-ting, e »hrr* Hβ eten dirt«to> letter, , n mot*., r ,r ft H« ha* h«*n m> harried that in W*!]in?t«n he ha* had to be guarded at bo!h end* «f the t».« MSV hr tw n rommlwionain'. Work he* kiUM «th*r New Zealand leaders. Bat Cerdcs i» young yeu