It Is Town Talk

Free Lance, Volume VIII, Issue 403, 21 March 1908, Page 22

It Is Town Talk

— That Mt. Simpson lias been appointed Coroner. It ca.n>'t he helped. —That Toon Willford's fire alarm communication scheme is a tip-top idea. Brams will tell! — That Mr. James Ashcroft's recovery is taktm as good news in. Wellington. Even new Coroner Simpson is rejoicing. — That our Willie Ferguson has interviewed the great Tommy Bent m Melbourne — and survived the shock. Hooray ! — That when the cable car runs to Khandallah the Hutt lme will be straightened, and .we shall have a purejinilk supply. —That Mr. A. Hubert Ho by, who has just landed from 'Murka, guesses that he's a senior wrangler with molars on the approved principles of Uncle Sam. — That too much is being made of the antecedents of the girls in the Te Oranga Home. If they had not gone astray, they would not be in a reformatory. —That the Grand Old Lady of the Home of Compassion is smiling now-a-days. Eeasons : A strong, tight building, hosts of sympathisers, and a diminishing debt. — That the Dairy School to be built at Palmerston North will give that town a new sense of importance If the Governor goes that way to> reside, even Wanganui will be out of the running. — That the Auckland Harbour Board's proposed £1,000,000 loan hasn't caused half the sensation that ours Taised in Wellington.. But then, we always had a name for storms down here.

— That at a recent smart Bobsoaistreet wedding the chauffeur ware a befl^topper. This is a precedent. — That Horace Hunt is the moving spurt m piocuiing a lioness for Newtmvn Paik. A kind of lioness hunt, eh? —That Ted Hill is Kenneiley Rumfold's successor in the "Poi Song," and Ted gets plenty of "spirit" mto the business, too. — That the Tonakori tramway accident was a "let off" in the extent of damage done. Shock was the greatest eftect of the aftair. — That Stanley Brice came as an electric shock to the visiting Manawata ciicketers. They've gone home to meditate upon his bowling. — That smoking on the wharves is to bi prohibited. But what about ships' funnels, red-hot language, md breaths charged with inflamable and combusti\e spirits? — That the small fry within 000-ee of the Neil McLean residence will date all time from the Bhindell-McLean wedding. It signalised 1 no end of a blow-out for them. — That the song "Gnu vo Coll., my lads, go to Coll.," is coming unto vogue again about town. Term starts at the Victoria College on 31st, and students are humming. — That Charlie Wheeler, the new editor of the "Railway Review,'' is an anti-type of his predecessor in disposition, but, as regards the work, he will get there all right. ■ — That Sergeant Hutton has left Mount Cook foi Grisborae, and! taken a purse of sovereigns with him. No arrest is likely, as said <pmrse was a presentation to Mrs. Huttoni. — That Prime Minister Ward, on his itiv speechy tour of the North, often wished that he could pour his voice into a phonograph, and let that suffice. For one speech would have served neaily everywhere. — That one of the dailies complains that no one has raised a voice against the over-crowding on tramcars. The Lance has been giving instances of the a Domination foi months. Island Bay cais ha\e the record for this week. Co is to hold sixty hold over one hundred now.

— That the reoeint footpadding up Kelburne way is a direct affront to the police. Commissione-i Dianie inhabits there. —That the R. B. Williams complimentary concert was a pronounced sue cess. As the Scotch folk say, so say we . "Haste ye back!" — That a lively debate between Henry Bod'ey and Dr. Mason, on the ''Milk Question," looks imminent. Seats would sell readily at half-a-guirt<ea - That Mr. R. Rising, o( Te Aio House has been presented with a maible cJnck on the eve of his marriage. Presumably to ensure o:\rh Rising. --That Leslie Hill's "God Save Ireland threatened to wreck the Town Hall o.n the evening of the. 17th. _ He really must be more careful of inciting the populace. — That the new mathematical Professor at Victoria College will find it difficult for some years yet ix> look his part. He has too much of "the dew of his youth" about hum as yet. -That the next man who threatens to open, a kinematograph show at Brooklyn will be courting sudden and violent death. It's the red rag to the bull of the- suburb on the sky-line. ■ — That Councillor and Mrs. Murdoch are leaving Wellington to-morrow, and the City Council meetings will seem incomplete without the familiar face. But good luck and bon voyage to them. — That Mr. J. P. Luke contradicts the rumour that he is going to lay the foundation-stone of a new Technical School at Mount Cook He says that so long as it is laid, and speedily, he doesn't mind who does the work. — That Sir Jose-pn Ward' has an aversion to poultry. When asked to buy a raffle ticket for a pair of fowls on Saturday, he sent the ticket-seller to the Minister for Education, Mr. Fowlds, and the "School Journal's" father saw the joke. —That the Rev. J. F. Macßae, Dr. Gibb's "local demoin," surprised his congregation on Sunday with the brevity of his able discourse. Evidently the Melbourne theological stomach is weak, if it cannot sustain more of such food at one time.

— That the "no coupon, no crust" cry is the latest panacea for the baker's ills. And it looks like a fair deal. — That the Prune Minister did not start in the single sculls race at Ngaruawalna. Two much weight is the alleged reason. — That the Amencan Navy is not going to visit New Zealand. Oh, well, they're missing a chance of advertising America, that's all. —That Mi. H. D. Bell, K.C., is packing his trunk for the Old 1 World, and tho legal fraternity are preparing for mourning and lamentations. — That Dr. Chappie is looking with greedy eyes on the Otaki electorate. But W. H. Field is singing : "That's mine, when you've done with it!" — That our Tourist Department exhibit at the Franco-Britisib. Exhibition at Home is said to be a ''hummer." The advantage of capable organisation ! — That Mr. Seamen's Mission Mooreis back from his holiday again, and the kist o' whustles for the Institute will become a burning subject once more. — That the Hon. Dr. Findlay has gone down to Cheviot to look into internal affairs. His policy speech will be the biggest happening there sincethe earthquake. — That the Feloras paper is still excited over the Hon. Charlie Milk and the Wairau seat at the next election. But so far the Hon. Charlie isn't committing himself. — That the estate of the Rev. Archdeacon Williams has been proved for stamp duty at £429,566 Rather a hard knock to the oamel 1 and eye of the needle problem' — That Wellington's latest excitement is the Cook Straits oyster bed. The metropolitan appetite is sharpening for the feast. Will the Hon. Mr. Millar lead us thither, please.

Yes, sleep will sometimes cure » headache, but why depend on such a slow, uncertain and inconvenient way when Steams' Head&che Cure will <&► it in a few minutes, without inoonvenienoe ? — Advt.