WAIKATO WHISPERINGS.

Observer, Volume II, Issue 47, 6 August 1881, Page 530

WAIKATO WHISPERINGS.

— There are no bright fresh button-holes in Hamilton now —The twins still keep in close company. If they make mutual vows to remain single it will be a bad job for the taller one. — The parson of St. John's has enjoyed a long immnnity from attack. How does he manage ? Does he wear " scribe "-proof armour ? — Talking of the "scribe" reminds me that he has at last made friends with his cynical neighbour opposite. Does Thomas mean to "come out ?" — The village maiden has again returned to Cambridge. There is still no appearance of the goodlooking commission agent coming to the front. What a slmine, surely ! — What brings E. to the Cambridge Post, of an evening, but to see Miss J. and the other blushing young maiden who tripped him up while going in there on a recent occasion. John, beware ! Fred is on the warpath. — J. P. T. has had a haul by the last 'Frisco mail from Home ; and "Wright has'got an order for a perambulator. In consequence of his remarkably good fortune he has ceased to be tho factotum of the " crazy" publican who, with his staff, has gone seeking another valet. — It is not generally known that Fred is making hymenal overtures to the young damsel of "In the Gloaming " notoriety ; that Johnny Jones serenades with the good-looking little fruit and pastry vendor of Duke-street ; or that Miss E. is casting sheep's eyes at the parsou-like photographer. Ah, Sim ! — There have been ructions in the Cambridge Town Board. A person named Johnson has been finding fault with the engineer who is related to the chairman, and the fracas ended in the severence of all connection between the Board and the man of the theodolite and chain. Tommy threw up the chairmanship, whoreat the flattest of upper flats, Eeid, rejoices and is exceeding glad. — No charming society debutante ever coveted a presentation to Royalty more than some of the Waikato ladies yearned to see and shake hands with. Tawhiao. At Tamahere at least a dozen were gratified by an introduction, and one lady, a-real "jam tart," by the same token, was so overjoyed that she imprinted a rapturous kiss on the lips of the royal baby. Was this condescension or homage ? — The big chief (in more senses than one) Wahanni is a great favourite with the Pakeha wahines, and seems to fully realise the fact. While at Tamahere a certain young lady of that neighbourhood was introduced to him, and he at once asked a friend if she was married. On receiving a reply in the negative he threw his arms around her exclaiming with every manifestation of delight, " Then I'll have her," greatly to the amusement of the company and even to the young lady herself who, to do her justice, entered at once into the spirit of the joke. — A stroke of business : The enterprising manager of the Colonial Bank in Cambridge will not, it would appear, let the grass grow under his feet. Hearing that King Tawhiao had left KiliikiM for Cambridge, he started immediately, in company with a publican (who appears to have influence in high quarters), and met the royal party half way. And, while the Bank of New Zealand does business merely for the Colonial Government, it is supposed that he has succeeded in securing, for the Colonial Bank, the entire patronage of the Native Government. — During the week that has gone by, Cambridge has sustained a great loss — I use the words advisedly — in the death of Major Hay. To those who knew the blithesome old soldier it is not -necessary to bear testimony to the affection which the old man commanded from all his friends. And to those who were unacquainted with him nothing I could write would convey a just impression of tho character of the man. Let him rest. With his faults, his foibles, aye and his sins we have no longer any business ; but we may without danger keep green the remembrance of what was best and noblest about him. — Mr Maberly, the Hamilton schoolmaster, sends me a long letter about a par. in my "Whisperings "of Friday week. He says (writing, of course, to the editor): — "Your correspondent charges me with, meanness in putting in a shop-window notice for a servant girl wanted, and instruction to be given for services rendered, etc. Personally, I have not seen the said notice, nor has my wife ; it was written and put in the window by my mother-in-law, without the knowledge of either of us ; the lady who wrote it has given me a copy, here it is : ' Wanted a nursegirl, about 11 or 12 years of age. to mind two children ; will be taught reading, writing, etc. Apply to Mrs M.' Your correspondent has jumped at the conclusion that no wages were to be given, and he is wrong. I keep two servants and pay them their wages weekly ; but mothers will not let young girls go out without instruction being given ; it is therefpre guaranteed where required."