MASSING NOTES.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 28, 25 June 1892, Page 5

MASSING NOTES.

The Governor's speech contains yerj . little. Lord Glasgow, a lot of John McKeuzie, and some Thomas Rot. It . is gratifying to note that in the opinion of Ministers the exbded exiles all cam* back again directly they hWd of the Labour Bureau. It must hare been those coupons they were after. . v • " " ■' •" Te Aroha is looking rather dull. Friend Smardon is lookiqgwell «nd; flourishing, however, and Editor Ingram ■ can't complain. Arthur DowneS is in the Hamilton hospital, and it is probable the Club Hotel will pass into-other hands. A. W.E. is doing a roaring trade, which is easily accounted for "by his ad- , vertisement in the Gazette; and Mr Johnson, the well-known plumber, if still making plenty of tin. The Auokland "Herald" wants assessors under the Land and Income Tax Act to be elected ! This is the unkindest cut of all from a Conservative paper. Fancy an experienced Assessor, who in all probability would be a permanent official, if be satisfied his department, standing against Bill Smith, Tom Jones, or Sam Bobinson, whose «Bly qualification for the position would be the amount of malt liquor he could stow away himself and lavish on his friends.

Why not, in.the same connection, appoint by election Uesident Magistrates, Official Assignees, Police Inspectors, or even Supreme Court Judges. Woo! woe! to the time when when responsible officials have to owe their appointments and livings to the Juggernaut Demos. ' God help the country when the lowest rules!

i The Auckland tng-of-war has jnst begun. The latest competing team for | the prize will be Dr Lawhley and TJieo.

Cooger.j.tbq,^a ,9.ri.W^^P^R^ teams Shaving*Tfiferred"their little troubles,to these x gentle?Q(en, y?ithp JClr^ Giles,. K'.lk^ as iimpiret "v,r t"':7^'V"^,'.,.,! -"v-' '• : -'.'

They've, gone, God bless 'em, to Wellington. " How much /will they make over t tHe honorarium, we vwonder? Sorely such a valuable push ought to be worth more than £1/50 each. Wonder how" much better the colony will be this time next year.

Poor Harrison! Poor in any case 'Guilty"or not guilty, what matters it to him. it He has gone under, and must shrivel, under the ban of dismissal. Perhaps'it^is right, hard as it may seena. The schoolmaster must be above susipicio.n; ; the lawyer, the doctor, and eveu the parson pay live such things down, 'but what respect would be accorded the schoolmaster by r his boys with even the suspicion "of such a charge hanging over 'him. \2fo'! Mr Harrison, when the -charge arose, should have silently taken 'his gruel and walked. ,

The^recipient of tne .Golden Rose of the most cpv.eted^present made 'by the ,:Pope;M^asV;th;is'lyeW/Qiieeu, •Amalia of Irqrjbugal. -1 he .jewel, ,is yalae.d.,, at, *w ? C[|ok : .francs, and"' tVie.. 'jeweller Jfe'ceivecl 8000' for the • workmanship dlone.Tlie stem of the rose is -6r massive gold, ( ,almost .^iiye .ieet,-in •lengthy f the'c'^ty^ '6f great'Value,^and^ the^^"leaves "are,;also witK- jewels and tiaVe in--scribed m^^y&^ol^^^^^^vL^l^/ title^b^tK^Queen^ponwhom': «the^gift'M<COT&rred..^';';;";'' :(^;. v." "','"_;