First Thoughts And Second

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 3, 25 March 1927, Page 8

First Thoughts And Second

. A STAFF NOTE BOOK RESOURCEFUL — VERY! There is a Wellington girl who, one can be excused for believing, never lets an opportunity slip by. One evening she enjoyed a few moments of sweet dalliance with a jolly tar from H.M.S. Renown. The tar evidently made an impression—so swift, in fact, that the girl forgot to ask his full name. But she was not to be outdone. Here is the address she put on the letter which eventually was claimed by the boy in navy blue: George ? Who talked with Sylvia on Lambton Quay for two hours on Tuesday night. ■ H.M.S. Renown. Wellington Harbour. THE GOLDEN GLAMOUR. A great many pe *,ie in and about Auckland must have been married in the days “When You and I Were Young Maggie,” judging by the numerous reports we read of golden and diamond wed-' dings. N ble, steadfast hearts, the widespread fashion of divorce has nibbled in vain at the roots of their constancy. Horace wants to know why fifty years make it a “golden,” and sixty years a “diamond,” wedding. Horace is the indefatigable searcher afte. Truth, and he haunts the precincts of THE SUN —the o-'y newspaper in which he is likely to discover that which puzzled Pontius Pilate. The married life of Horace has, unhappily, not been surrounded with precious met s and set wit'- rare gems. “It ..as golden all right when we started off,” says Horace. “Ah, the golden glamour of that dreamful honeymoon! (Horace is slightly metical). But the gold in three pounds a week did ’t go far; when the mth blessing arrived (while the eldest was still at school), there w: n’t a solitary silver shilling .eft >ut oi the w k’s wages; and my golden girl of the honeymoon saw nothing but copper—the ipper—on washing days.” Alas, poor Horace! • AN- UNGRACEFUL SURRENDER. There was really no great objection to Wellington retaining the Plunket Shield until after the Duke’s visit, but one would have thought that in eventually delivering it — some two months after it had been won and lost —the Wellingtonians might have paid the transport charges. In winning the shield from Wellington in January last the Auckland representatives found

themselves to be in very much the same position as the plaintiff who obtains judgment against a man who has no money; Wellington, it appears, had left the coveted trophy at home on the drawing-room piano. It was not until the aid of the New Zealand Cricket Council had been invoked that the shield was yielded U P- Then it was disco\ —ed that W ellington had made the freight charges collect,” and the Auckland exchequer had to be depleted to the extent of 10s before possession could be obtained. Coming from the capital city one would not have expected this touch. If it b ?c t b eeil Otago it would not have looked quite so bad.