OVERHEARD IN THE TRAIN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 82, 7 April 1919, Page 2

OVERHEARD IN THE TRAIN

■ "tijibk, teterfc, Jbe,' old .-imaa, ;what'a ' Rll ‘taii about corntjemation to' the Koox£' 'trads? “Why should the Th«y'v6 ; fiad’ Kf ’’attr’ coimtry’* money, 1 feckon. and ' B>gooJ whack of mine too. IPs lime Kreiput *eis oat and got sbtfat© lonEol. . KL'he wouedgs won’t like it, but that’s Kb© tbiAg tof the country alright,’ 1 ■' “Well, Jt-don't know, Jiill I Jl used Ho i think Chat, but 1 was yarning to other day, and f a&ked Btfm wliiit State Control would cost, and said heCwasn’t sure, but Jhe tfiough' 1 ■about ten million pounds * I asked him ■ wba tin I|alifax that was for, and he ■said it was 'for goodwill, and ■gomo for properties; ‘Goodwill’-says i ■I, *whatV Hho difference between that | land • dbmplpftt'ionr fie said he didn't j ■know, butNhe supposed you couldn’t > ■fra? & business without paying good- 5 ■ mil. Thfen I aekb him whether there | ■■wag’any feed amount to be paid, and > I,Jig said, there was fu> feed amount. J r/ be’about the • ■ same as the compensation the ‘Trade’ f l',wi!t. get i£- prohibition! is c«VTiod how. t ijßttfi't i’r® hot fib »drd‘about it.” t E : am I, Joe! Hamstrung's : K'mixed up fn the blanky thing somehow, t | ! •Moderate'": League, or* something. And? rl’re got an idea 'hat he's being paid j I- for' boosting H. It’s' no . good to. me. j I l’[l go vo« a ‘liver’ that if they get ; r state* the- blighter’s ’ll get . five . I or six mijhone instead of four and a i I half. ' Vou know ■ blinkin’ well what I them dern&valuatdoi> courts' are. Prices areft’ulwayf burnped' ' np whet? it’s the , .country's »orioy, and tho ‘Trade’ don f , • 'roiftinental how much they | r-tfeijn 1" k- : '<*r" ' ■■ ■ I HRv Bill, there’s something in | that* .C V..' j imd nobody, knows how much j wtfll have*Vo pay for the pippertios. j ' There’* tlfr pinch. KSffcat tdo wd /want j allthe. mtimtag brewerie* • *nd Ramshackle oi* pubs - fo* anyhow ? Wo n J ‘ nay© tb pdy eight or nine millions; for j them, and -' then we’ll have the whole , Hanky ifcbCor our hands. No gamble ;.n } boOse jomfcfi ter me! ’em sell their cwH properties. I’ll tell you the game. . 'itet’s put .-St on:- op the iOth, and trj ■ the ’county ■ -without any of it—withdu-' booze’it-ati. If it Tails we can have a at Control'then without pay. j ing any more. You know wha you ye sot to pay-on the Thursday next etunt, That’P feed. BuV I’m hangod'if ‘ jbn, ca*-.;eU ffce other- isajr. ; ■■'iws mine, ; anyhow —Pm for voting for the child ; • nation this’t&ie, give tiiem ' ■' a show. ■ time the thing was ‘fired . —pore thsph" lira©.' '' It’s •no good ■ ‘to .any- f body but 'Bung! himself. .The mob that £ worded *'he Vahntihe proclamation fake ought to Be polbaYcdy anyway !"* |