ESTABLISHED 1875. Manawatu Daily Times. The Oldest Manawatu Journal. Conducted by E. D. HOBEN. Published Every Morning. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1911. SATURDAY MORNING?

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1454, 4 November 1911, Page 4

ESTABLISHED 1875. Manawatu Daily Times. The Oldest Manawatu Journal. Conducted by E. D. HOBEN. Published Every Morning. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1911. SATURDAY MORNING?

a Watchman, what of the Week? 2 The Show lias naturally been the i oliief topic of the week. Ifc lias left £ a bctttr feeling in tlm miuds of all ciiicerneii than the la i t two- Shows have done, i'rr it has unquestionably b96u a "happy" Show. At | recent Shows you fonnd grumblers i everywhere, ami peoplo who declared • the tiling was goiug hick. Yesterday 1 aud tli9 day before I never met one. Everyone seemed to be keenly enjoying themselves, and went away satis fled that the Spring Show was going to grow bigger than ever in spite of the multiplication of shows around. o*4 g The wfather had something to do with this, bat there were other factors. One was undoubtedly the smoothness with whioh everything was ruu by Mr Penny and his staff, which has alreafly been referred to. In all that crowd yesterday he was | the most nonchalant unit, and the soft nuswpr that turnetli away wrath made away with even the usually aggrieved side-showman, or unsuccessful exhibitor, and the man who went to growl returned with a smile. There was too a oomplete absence of "rad tape." Mr Oouway and his committee, the lion, treasurer, Mr J. M. Johnston and the rest are all to be congatnlatad. • • i

There are of course things one] would like to see at the Show. For instance, one would like to see inoi'B of the "picnic" aspect about the plaoe, shady trees and beautificatiou. There is no attempt at it at present and the congestion ot the piesant ground wonld be pleaded in making it impossible.' It is a pity, the propisition to move next the railway line was not considered, but as it wasn't the sooner the Association sees to enlarging the present - ground and rearranging, the better. Remember what is being done at Mastercon, and what will be done in other places. Oue would like to see more horses, and while this is eo why should not the horses jump in pairs? There would be fewer baulks and a prettier spectacle. There was an instance yesterday in the jump off for second plaoe wiieu B/ingitoto refused the watßi jump three or four times, It was not defiled to take the ex-racer off without going over and Mr Bennett came out Mil raced at the jump with Read on Rangitoto, the two. horses simply flying it like was the prettiest sight of t'>e day--always excepting Mr E. O'Rourke's beaming smile and happy speech as ho acknowledged the cup and the popular ovation his win received. « \ * And apropos of this, one would like to see the President provided with a megaphone for hiß speeches. Everyone felt that Mr Conway's speech to Mr U'Rourke was just a gem of oratory—only you couldn't hear it. It was like a pictare show oratioi. I believe someone did suggest that a megaphone should be a part of the Presidential insiguia, only Mr Oonwav wbs too modest to blow his own trumpet—just yet. dam i There are some other suggestions but'they can keep. One made to me was that perambulators and gocarts should not bs allowed in the narrow alleys of the produce Hall. And they shonld not. They might well be left outside the Hall, while the proud parent* could catry the babies inside, onlv someone on this suggestion being made, said that some of the mothers would rather leave the baby outside and take the pram in! I saw three prams "locked" on one occasion yesterday, just "hold up" the crowd for some minutes, and a pram in the back or between one's legs isu't conducive to good tamper. O * » Politics oan beep this week, but there is just one note; It is pretty generally realised just now that the two Ministers are going to win at Parneli am' at Taraoaki (and a potential Minister somewh»re else), but I want to diraot the attention of my friends of the Opposition to an absolutely barefaced and dastardly and corrupt—almost inconceivably corrupt even for this Ministryattempt to bribe the electors of Parneli. * - Sir John Findlay jirs a sen who was a Wellington cricket rep. last year. He is a crack bowler, and when the Attorney-General was speaking at Newmarket tins week he was asked: "Will you bring vonr family to Auckland as sorn as possible, bsoauss we need a fast bowler in the Faruell cloven?" Oan it be conceived that tl:o Minister promised to bring his son up if sleeted — added that it was his son's firm conviction that his bowling]prowess would do mora

;owards winning the seat tlmn his other's politics!

But the awfal dopravity and corraption of the thing 1 THE WATCHMAN.