WAIKATO WHISPERINGS.

Observer, Volume 1, Issue 13, 11 December 1880, Page 114

WAIKATO WHISPERINGS.

— News from Te Aroha is not very interesting, but as people have relapsed into a mysterious, state again, it is probable that great discoveries have been made. The village bachelor of Hamilton has got the fever so badly, that nothing but 300 or 400 miles per week on horseback can satisfy him. He is "here to-day and gone to-morrow." — There is great rejoicing in Hamilton among" the large staff of Borough, employees at th& approaching end of the present Mayor's term of office. Peacock now passes his time, paint brush in hand, waiting for the final hour to> wipe out the Worshipful gentleman's name from the various signboards which he has erected during his term of office. — A meeting was called at Te Awamutu the other evening, for the purpose of condemning the action of the Government re Patetere. The promoter was Mr. H. Roche, but Sloane, who by-the-way seems recently to have shunned the sun, outwitted his friend Biddy, by gathering a handful of friends together and passing a resolution approving of the action of the Government before Roche, Cunningham and party could arrive. — The Bishop of Auckland drove the first pile of the Kihikihi church on Saturday. The pile, which was grandiloquently styled the "foundation stone," had oeen nicely squared and painted. The ceremony was most affecting. How long the "stone" will have to remain solitary in its enclosure, like a mile stone gone. astray, I cannot conjecture. Not long, however, if all the canvassers were as energetic as. the gallant major's lady and Mrs. Anderson. — The members of the Comus Dramatic Club, conscious of their strength, are about toproduce Bulwer Lytton's "Money." The caste is a strong one, and the play will be a success. The gentleman who could not be vulgar enough for Jasper Pidgeon, will find a. congenial role in Alfred Evelyn, and one in which I predict he will make a big hit. The stage manager will make a considerable deal of Graves, and the ladies are sure to do their parts, well. — The garden party at the Mission Station, Te Awamutu, on Friday the 3rd to meet the Lord Bishop, was anything but a success. His. Lordship did not turn up, and the half-dozen bachelors who were sc unfortunate as to have been invited, found themselves under a contract to entertain about twenty Misses in short dresses. What a time they had of it. — Talking of garden parties, the elite of Cambridge will turn out on Saturday, also to meet the Bishop in the grounds of Major Wilson, at the invitation of the Rev. William N. de. L. Willis (I am not quite certain about the name). People are considerably put out as to what they should wear. One young gentleman asked one of his friends quite seriously, whether a dresssuit was "the thing" for a garden party; and a young lady wishes to know whether the programme will include dancing and "kiss in the ring."