"BY THE WAY:"

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 26, 20 November 1930, Page 2

"BY THE WAY:"

«'''Nbthixtg Doing. *.'.

One who does not possess a motorcar recently remarked that she thought those plutocrats who did possess them should give their less fortunate brethren "a lift." The lady to whom jthis inspiring idea was imparted, whilst agreeing in part, felt that this kindly act should be restricted to the really down and outs, for if it became too prevalent, bus and tram men would be, likely to lose their jobs, and even then there Teinained another; difficulty-^-how were the indigent to be recognised? But it was ju-sfc her© that the solution of the difficulty occurred to her, via., that those who were doing nothing, or for whom there was "nothing doing," should indicate that fact by wearing their trouser pockets hanging out! "Let us eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow we die!" Not very far distant from the Hutt is a small Maori settlement, and in its centre a meeting house, and there may be seen any day a sight which is be- ; sczaing increasingly rare in N«w Zealand—the Maori in his natural habitat —and very natural it is. Passing through this area recently a.motorist was amused to see the varied avocations of tne occupants of this pa; first, aYtiny'brown wistful mite of some 18 months squatted Watching her mother's very spd&modic efforts at gardening, ''■tikia, a little-further on, in front of thei meeting house, two youths with all the irresponsibility of their race were enticing whole-heartily into a game of c.«icV*t . (?): utterly regardless of the time of day and its demand, and furtHer still, a draggletail procession of vary; ig ages, the tiniest bringing up the TeaT, was to be seen wandering tome from the seat of learining hard by, one of theiT number casually carrying a lamib under one arm, and all greeting the p&keha with the most daizliAg smaes! Truly, the natives of Kc-w Zealand are, in spite of, or peril ip& becaußt. of their very easy pWlosophy of life, a most charming and loya^^e race.