NOTES BY THE WAY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2065, 10 January 1925, Page 5

NOTES BY THE WAY.

(By Rambler.) Now that the. holdays are over we will soon see our energetic Town Council getting to work in fulfilling the many promises made during election time. According to the promises then made, it will have to provide a better water supply, supply baths, abattoirs. better roads and footpaths, and several other ijiings hefore its term of office expires. There is not much time to eary rthem through now, for the elections are looming close on the horizon now.

There is one thing, Mr Editor, thatt I think you were wrong about, when you nook the Council to task in granting £ls towards the formation of a footpath pas't the railway cottages. Passing through this part of the town last/ week I saw two ladies wielding the spade in a way which would have done credit to the most energetic navvy. They were cutting the turf in front of their houses, and doing it in a neat and mostl workmanlike manner. If the occupunte of the railway houses can show such energy and initiative, they are surely worthy of some consideration. 'Tis a pity some of our citiezns woidd not follow their example, for we would, then have a town which we would be proud of. I "dips me lid" to those .two ladies, for their action goes to prove that the old pioneering spirit is not yet dead in this count/ry.

The Rattle of Jutland has been fought over and over again, and the latest to enter the lists is Admiral Bacon, who accused Admiral Beatty of keeping silenrt when he should have made clear the positon of Lord Jellicoe. Winston Churchill, of course,, must have something to say on the matter, and among other statements so id if.iat he had appointed Lord Beatty to the command of the cruisersipiadron because he admired his horsemanship on the twin field or something lo that effect.

Coining to the All Blacks' last, match in-England, and the ordering of O. Bn.wnlie off the field, I .vould like to know why he incited the displaasure of the referee. Opinions are conflicting on i'liis matter. The referee says it was for kicking a man on the leg while he was 'lying on the ground, but, unfortunately, the English captain says if was" for (molding a man five yards hviu the hall, and Brownlie md ether members of the team say that he was put off for retaliating when struck-. No one seems to know which member of the English team was kicked. In any case it is fortunate, as mien for the sake of the English team as the All Blacks, that the latter won. It would have been no credit for the English team to have won witfli 14 men against them.

Is Te Kuiti goingrto have some of its aldtime prosperity and optimism ? The piospeo'ts are shaping that way. The economic conditions wofald seem to point to good prices for wool for many years; lamb and mutton give cause for optimism; and, hest of all, it seems that cattle raising might be more than a payable proposition in the future. - One of our leasing citizens who has just returned from his holidays is reported tu have made the statement that he is well satisfied |o ruiurn to Te Kuiti, and help to develop icis resources, for they have as good, if not better possibilities than the places he has visited. 1 agree with him. but wSald cinly ask that our pessimists should travel a hit, a nil see for tihemselves the conditions in other districts.

We are to have 50 American tourists and their wives at the Waitonio Caves slutly, and we must try and make illiein at home, perhaps in the same way as the newsboy in Auckland. The American visitor Mas buying a paper in the street, "Gee!" he said to the newsboy. "Only a penny, oh? ; Wal, I guess I'tl hev tvi pay double or treble that in America.'" "Well, sir,'' said the lad smartly, "go ahead and make yourself at 'onie."

The marriage service teems to bo creating much interest in Church circles at Home. There is a movement to have the word "obey'" omitted when the bride has to recite her part. One speaker at a. conference in London stated that it was necessary to give the family a head to prevent the introduction of anarchy. Now, T wonder what tho ladies think abour; this. 'Hie marriage reremnniy ennnofr, however, decide who is to be the obedient one in tho marriage conti-act. That is decided after the contract—in some cases before.

The holidays are responsible for a lot. One paper stated in one of its heading that "Ro-torua is Full." It is rather a libel on this Hoiivn to blame the whole of the tourists stopping there a* the time. In some place in Australia there was an epidemic of hio-cups. This painful and embarrassing affliction is caused by either a short circuit in the nervous system or the over-indulgence in a commodity which you can buy in Te "Awamutu or ot'ner towns, but not in the King Country.

He was not a stranger to Te Kuiti. so knew something of its customs and laws. In passing a shop in Rora Streetl, he found staring Idm in the face a placard on which was printed "Ale Now On." Yet 'the shop was quiet, and there did not seem to hf a i\ish to accept the invitation. What was wrong? He felt in his pockets and found he had the price of two "schooners." One foot was on the doorstep, when there was a movement in the window ,a hand was thrust through and stuaighteued up the drooping placard at the left-hand corner. "Sale Now On" was now the text of the placard. He wandered on, thinking h'uvt he had experienced another severe disappointment in the King Country.