BY THE WAY.

Mataura Ensign, 30 January 1911, Page 6

BY THE WAY.

1 A member of a local body in the Marlborough district gravely informed his fellows that "every ignorant man should have more wisera'ii • " "What are you doin"- a solicitor asked a witness V, the Wellington Police Court the c*Nr ''ay. "Answering your silly (;\: .•: niT' was the reply. When t'i> burning Parisiana went down at s \'\ she carried with her the trucks and equipment for the new cars n-'w b»ing built by the Wellington City Council. A man who left his bed in a Masterton boarding-house on a recent night and went out clad in "evening dress," to look for something, found a policeman. One dozen cremation urns are to be purchased for Wellington from London. The highest price of each is 6s, and they are required as samples for local manufacturers to tender from. The Palmerst'on Borough Council has a flock of about 40 breeding ewes which it utilises for keeping down the grass on the reserves on the esplanade. Last year it made a profit of £43 out of the ewes, from the sale of lambs and wool. "Newspapers," remarked Mr J. S. Evans, S.M., at the Nelson Magistrate's Court, "have many privileges, but I don't think a newspaper runner has any excuse for riding a bicycle on the footpath, although they all do it." A new dance has been invented in 'Frisco called the "Turkey Trot." The dance imitates the strutting, the proud bearing and the courting of the turkey. A contemporary says it is immensely popular in San Francisco. Dame Fortune favored a gentleman, resident of Dunedin, some few weeks ago to the extent of £SOOO. He drew the winning horse in a sweep run on a race in the Commonwealth. A police officer in England, when giving evidence recently concerning a woman arrested for drunkenness and obscene language, said her language was so violent that "it stopped all the traffic, even the motor 'buses."