What Evergbody Says.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1755, 18 August 1874, Page 3

What Evergbody Says.

•* In multitude of counsellors then is safety." Ererybody'is arixfous'ifc kriowyraen-ttie hostile meeting between "Phoenix" and " our own '^fc#oifiirig''£ff; r and whether " Phoenix " will go to " our own " or " our own" come to " Phoenix/ -Bifmour thai it that the paddle steamer Enterprise has been chartere*ta convey .''a Phoenix " and hisiriendsJo the. Miranda on Sundaj>_and that after an interchange of cards and other courtesies ;an*,exchagge of shots wijl take place." The honor" of both' "must be rindicated, and if-lleajl/. won't do it then other weapons will be resorted to, and failing all other- means the parties to the suit will again take up tho pen and further indulge in calling names, such asj" loafer " " coward," &c, until they Jiaye exhausted th»ir vocabulary, and the patience of. .the public. sy'tha^ iimVthe native, meefinfc will be finished; g oiir,own ''.will be him-. ■•If-again, r and, he #nd. .Phoenix rwill* -Eef able "to fraternise, as- if~nothing, had ( happen«d^AT,To call-each other names, in prwt, which whenuttered vivairoce are generally followed with"* bloW.i* nothing..w.henfthd parties ,aite 'used' to Jit: > "Phoenix?'V has k £idicat^dwhq'* fourown" is pretty plainly, ritfi& >"deuce is•"Phflenis?^ says ©y.ery^ody^ _'."-' '{' ''* ''• - ' 7jfittoinpliment's were rathcf^freely "batyr dtied, afeanother.-plaep—the .Cit^^'of York meeting, wjiiph, AbJs said, was, like-'"^ -'•'. bear ?, garden for a time. But.hext, day |MT»i assarted;*tb'tt it was. all fun. f ,N6, Pnt. intended to-call.'aaother.gent. al~r, | ,nor to insinuate that therf fc/id paen^ any; transactions' in connection with-Jsharts but * what would bear the closost''scrutiny. > Th«re*wmi Certainly"a'-trifling'diffwenee] of'opimoa<B:it&thewatiW*?^Jbiphact^l[e4| the costending parties, but after the ex-j planation that all were seekiagvthe* sam9f end (and they were, no doubt) though byf different rputf s, an amicable understanding was* arrived at. But without the ex-; planation things c^ainlyj assumed V•uspicious aspect." Mining "meetings arej generally; suphjyery^aine affavrgjj,hat this -one really did invit* a little more notice than i» generally given to suoh.gatkejdag? J which are mostly characterised by the tfeatostwianimit^ • Thewashing'ofdirtyi * linen* is an'operation which/ if condtfeted; publicly, invites remark! "En'owirig' fthitj th»'members \of , the doni«stic [circles' 'known as " rings 1"' manage 'tofbide tJieir differencei as much as possible', 1 'but mur-

|s to distinguish tho innocfnfc from the 'guiltyx The great native meeting 19 on, but nobody seems to know what it is on for. •Whether the Maories know themselves i« Jdoubtful, but everybody credits James {Mackay, junior, with being the prime taover,and instigator of tthe uiee^ing.T Al^l ithat appears to be'known'"outsiide" Maori and Pakoha-Mao^'ci^les.«ivS that the [ostensible purpose for which the Maories ass*mbte4i~the scraping. o| the ; d^y fboneji of^heir an^es^orsj;nfith a. viewj /itc^ pr^serv,in^; them ''|r^n^V%H'er.^e,se'crat|^h pi iihe %hite!man^is,jnpb i thejeal ) 6ne.{;lt I w6u4d ap >ear to be a native fair or feajst^^r^we of the good things"'provided |by a liberal and paternal government wish,ing to v J(o|yp^fthejn.atiye^a|^ gander to t their gourmandismg propensities. . A rfew white men will probably make a jgood thing out of it—that is, if the Mao[ries have any money; and possibly those matives who haven't any money may be iseduced into a little kite flying, in order : to satisfy, present;»wants at .the jexp ense^of future necessities. The results are likely fto be seen when the Lands Court opens in Shortland, the time for which is not far .distant, when it may be proved that the (present feadiner business has not been 'altogether, unsuccessful. ■ j White folks]Ka>«/a inline for taciturnity jwith each, other, before the ceremony of ;an Tintroducti&n.';ha's^ Ihnt they'have delicacy in'addtessin^ a fsttranger if'he^Kapperiitp 1. haveiasd^riclskin. iThe ordinary salutatron' to (ajlMaorUlfor instance, is " Tena koe, Jack." Again, all 'Chinamen are known as "John." Following outthis practice, a white man accosted <-btie'M tn<^eA,tcelesiiaM4^% meri who lately visited us as public entertainers. —Siamese, Japanese, or whatever they may have been. The white man and the 'Siamese sat at the same table in a restaurant, and both partook of soup. " You likee the saup, John," said, the white man. ;" Yes " modestly replied the dark skin, presently the meat came, and then the 'white man ventured another attempt at conversation. "Very good the beef, John." " Yes," again, was the reply, given, with .politeness. Other courses, characterifetie^f^he I 'liberal 'provision made by restaprategs whose bill of fare can be gone' ffirougiffcfr a shilling, fol-flowed-ancUhe^ white man. repealed,. his 4 query at ftd6%!r^^t]ett;jonlyi^# 'small degree according £6 vnrs!powVff m a [conversationalist and the very poor estimate he had forme3""of his neighbor's SEnglish^ uAtil John's patience .gQt- tired ,out by the timb tne^ afrived^nWdheese. ;Then the celestial delivered himself. He 'said—" Look here, mate; John once good; John twice very good; but you too jb j much John." Having said which rose from the table and left the room ?before his interlocutor had time to recover Ifrom the surprise which the Celestial's ,'summing up had caused. That celestial .had travelled a bit—just enough to be jable to resent an impertinence. [The 4bo^e(wa|/crowded^ou,fcop;< 9[atur,^day and yesterday.]