Folks Say;

Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 31, 6 November 1897, Page 7

Folks Say;

That the law is a “ bass.” That when a case was called in a London court it was notified that the defendant was dead. That the bench fined him all the same.

That gambling in railway carriages is a nuisance. That it ended in what is described as a “desperate and disgraceful fight 1 ' in a train near Mosgiel. That the trouble arose over a sixpence.

That people want to know why the regulations “ in that case made and provided ” are not enforced. That gambling suggests horseracing. That one argument in favour of racing has been that it improved the breed of horses. That so far from this being the case, the stock inspector of New South Wales declares that racing is responsible for the deterioration of horses, 1 That the House of Representatives has been reduced to discussing the “ true inwardness ” of patent medicines.

That the Premier vouches for the integrity of one brand of pills. That Mrs Raby is not hitting it •with her colleagues on the Petone Borough Council. That she has been adjudged by them guilty of conduct unbecoming a councillor. That the members of the “ Left Wing” have flown away from the Ministry, That the latter profess to be glad to be rid of them. That life in Invercargill is esciting. That there was an earthquake on, Tuesday morning and an alarm of fire at night. That the fire-bell had apparently been cracked by the ’quake. That it has done duty long enough. That those dreadful working men are clamouring for 48 hours a week. That they will ruin the capitalists. That some of these only earn 20 per cent on their capital. That this leaves a very small margin. That the cyclist Martin, who got fourteen days for assaulting an official, is out again. That he declares his term was the most complete rest he has had for years. That Herbert Allandale, doing 10 years in Lyttelton gaol, takes a different view. That he left the hard labour gang without waiting to say good-bye. That things are different to the good old days when gaolers used to threaten to lock prisoners out if they did not return in time. That prohibition orders don’t prohibit.

That a ‘ prohibit ’ in Napier got liquor in five different hotels. That the police were satisfied the publicans did not know he was prohibited. That he was fined £5. That w*ben the Rev. MrMitchelsen went to Tongoa there was not one Christian on the island. That to-day there is not one heathen. That people want to know who is responsible for the new crossings in Esk street. That they are far from being an improvement on the old order of things. That the weather in N.S.W. is of the mixed variety. That while there has been great heat in other places, a fall of snow has taken place at Kiandra. That the bakers in Dunedin want the eight hours system. That it was tried there before and worked well. That bakers at Home work under hard conditions. That out of 200 bakehouses in one district in London, only 15 per cent are above ground. That Mr Kelly appears to have dropped the servants’ half holiday question this session.

That at the Trades Congress in Birmingham it was agreed to ask the Government to regulate the hours of labour of servants.

That, in the opinion of the Congress, servants’ hours should not exceed seventy per week, including one and a half hours for meals per day. That according to one speaker many servants in the houses of the aristocracy in London never see daylight out ot door from week’s end to week’s end.

That Sir Isaac Holden, who lately died at the age of ninety, was of delicate health in his youth. That he dieted himself according to rule throughout his life. That he believed his wife, who died in her eighty-sixth year, would have been still alive if she had followed his rales.

That he always told, her she would die before her time. That Sir Isaac was one of the world’s ‘ grand old men.’ That he made several fortunes, and gave freely of his wealth to charitable and other institutions.

That he also spent £120,000 in making a winter garden in which his wife could exercise in bad weather.

That everybody is talking about Klondyke. That a single vessel brought away a ton of gold dost. That the gold field is three hundred miles long.

That there is another side to the picture.

That it finds expression in a cartoon, in which a miner,a way-worn, dilapidated creature, dies as he clutches a nugget. That the inscription runs— s What profiteth it ?’ That Magistrate Poynton has been laying down the law for the benefit of Makarewa people. That if a man trespasses on your property you are not justified in striking him. That you would be justified in pushing him off your property.