IT IS TOWN TALK

Free Lance, Volume XVIII, Issue 948, 12 September 1918, Page 26

IT IS TOWN TALK

—That the Bolshevik motto in Russia is "Individual terrorism:" In the words of a prominent New Zealand. Bolshevik: "We stand for Bolshevik ideals'!" J —That there is some difference of opinion as to how Sir Douglas Haig's name should be pronounced. Some pronounce it with a Hay and others with a Haitch. —That' the Wellington Red Cross Copper Trail had reached Silverhope up to last week-end. Which should remind everybody that the Red Cross hope for ai lot more silver yet. —That Kaiser Bill did the Allies an ill-turn when he gave Willie the Knut six months' holiday away from the Front. Willie was a regular tow;er of strength to the Allies. —That General Sir. Julian Byng, who is giving the Huns a very warm time on the Fighting Front, is not one of "the Bing Boys." But he is treating Ludendorff and his Germans to a very lively revue in which tanks play a strong part. —That the burning question of the hour in Wellington is: Was last Saturday's football match between Auckland ana Wellington played under Rugby or Rafferty rules ? And, if the latter, who is it trying to. pull the New Zealand Rugby "Onion's leg? —That there is probably no one who has better ideas of strategy than the average Wellington milk-man, and by holding the bottle up to the light each morning you can see that he has become convinced that cream will win the war. The recent fines inflicted in the S.M. Court are making the waterwagon rather costly. —That the Swedish Consul in . Moscow' 'is 5 carrying a pretty heavy swag. He has taken over' the care of British, American, French, Italian, and Jap. interests. But he wasn't" able to prevent the Bolsheviks—nthose men of , high ideals according to Alexandra Hall (Wellington) orators—from looting the British Embassy and shooting an Englishman, ... ■

—That one touch, fox' war funds makes the whole world kin. —That some unhappy marriages are made in heaven. And some matches': are made in Japan. —That there's bound 1 to; be a row in the family if John Bull weakens in his resolve to hold on to the German colonies. —That there's a great ■ saddling-up going on for the 'Wellington Central Stakes. But not all that are being saddled will weigh' out. —That an enterprising Dannevirke milkman now dispenses his cow-juice per motor-car "manned" by two milkmaids. Have Wellington's City Fathers ever heard of Dannevirke? —That New Zealanders who have seen three years' service at the Front are to be given leave at the rate of 50 a. month. Surly Sir James Allen has prospects of the war ending before 1960! —That there appears no lack of aspirants for the vacant Wellington Central seat. The local _ Peace-at-any- " Price Bolsheviks don't mind how many candidates split the Win-the-War Vote. —That Mr. Massey and Sir Joe will soon be back again. Then they will able to tell us how the brave, boys in the trenches pelted them with flowers and bon-bons and embraced and kissed them. —That a propos of Mayor Luke's offer of an increase of five shillings a week to the Wellington Tramwaymen, one wag on that basis reasons it out this way: If single men are not to get. any increase and married men five shillings how much would Mr. I/uke offer a Tramwayman who was a bigamist? —-That the value of the private motor cars belonging to various members of the audience at the Gisborne Opera House the other evening was estimated at £20,000. Gisborne is the place whence comes a certain member of the New Zealand Farmers' Union who recently agitated that should be bled for another farthing a lb for our produce. —That among the names mentioned by the man in the street for the Wellington Central event are: C. W. Tanner. (nominated by himself), J. E. Fitzgerald, Harry 4- tinoro (ex-M.P. for Nelson but turned down at last election), P. J. O'Regan (once upon a times. M.P. for Inangahua), and P. Fraser, who will probably be the Labour nominee.