WAIKATO WHISPERINGS

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 155, 1 September 1883, Page 8

WAIKATO WHISPERINGS

♦ The Blue Ribbon meeting at Hamilton was a great snccess. The singing was very good, but the reading by a little storekeeper Tras. execrable... ...Poor J. A. is in bad odour over the threecornered boot Why does the little saddler neglect his business and escort girls to the snowyheights? The Berkshire has recovered from the Pirongia trip It is reported that old " Blunderbus " is going to join the Lawn Tennis Club. The girls are working hard to make him. attractive If that storekeeper cannot afford shutters, he might at least have the decency to" hide Li* wares behind the blind. They do things . differently at Kaiapoi Dear George fen& Edgar .seem to get on first-class dnce they have-taken to . bachelor i.sing. Geurgr is the cook The JFithetic Minstrel Troupe have engagot\^M^beafffce . Royal; Auckland, for a night, andPU^ been promised assistance by Pacldy Doran. They de•servft a bumper houae Who aro the parties . in .East Hamilton that have been furnishing their houses at the expense of the proprietor of the Royal ? He swears he won't lend any more chairs for " jam-tart " balls The Hamilton " boy captain did not come up to the expectation of his friends in the match at Cambridge on Satur- '" day. Still, he played a fair game .Piling distinguished himself in the match There is a rumour that the billiard-marker of the Hamilton Billiard-room, whilst in Auckland the other day,, " tied the knot" What will Miss D. say to this ?' ' I wonder if Uncle Tom is going to Auckland . with the minstrel troupe? The proprietor of Kent^House is really too {esthetic. He is as concise in his language as he is in stature The Hamilton storekeepers were taken aback at the. sale on Saturday. A ton of cheese was to b» disposed of, and the " knowing one " hung on, evidently waiting for a chance to come in, .at the death and procure cheap bargains, but George completely put the set on them, when the auctioneer asked him if he would take one, or the lot ? " The lot," replied George, and'twelve hundredweight was knocked down to him. Phillips' jnng dropped fully six inehe9,and he appeared awfully downcast as he wended his way across the bridge to his Post-office store People in Hamilton are at a loss to know th& meaning of the ghost scene on the hill. .It is very far-fetched Fred has an excellent 1 brew on draught — good body, and of excellent flavour Mr ri. is quite lost since the departure of the Victoria-street dressmaker Emily is quiteindignant at being observed in her walks by the--naughty Obsera-er man, and declares she would? give anything tq know who he is. There are a few others in Hamilton who would also, like to know the worthy scribe The Hamilton Choral Society, under the leadership of Mr Tom Bell, ismaking rapid headway, and a course of concerts.' is spoken of Why does the "Queen's" cock fight with the servants? Miss D. has fixed Matthew. Wouldn't the widow suit him? The crawfish and lamb aro not friends ...... J. 0.. ' B. has popped the question to Miss D.

"By tho sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread." So went forth the heavenly decree; when man was expelled from the Garden of Eden— ant sb it has been, and ever shall be till the end of time. must toil and moil for his daily bread, from, morning's dawn till evening's twilight, through summer's hearfand winter a cold, under the burning tropic's sun, anillthe- ' freezing icey zones, in all countries, and affalltime* man. must labour for his existence, add, weifo he to suspend ! his labours lor a season, he would cease to exist. Yet this all important question of labour, a question of tho utmost importance to man individually and to anation politically, receives very little attention at the hands of the horny-handed sons of toil, who give, the question ■ little or no thought or study. Seeing that this-.matter has been neglected and abused in Auckland -hitherto E. M. Heighton and Co., have determined to supply a" much felt want in Auckland— a thoroughly original Labour Exchange, with branches in all the principal towns m the colonies, conduoted . on truo .business principles—whereby employers, ajid employes have fall' justice done to their requirements • and wants, 4rE JI Heighton and Co., will publish accounts and correct rapports of the Labour Market weekly, wbi<jh t»ill bo «f great benefit to the public in fixing the quiseht rates of i wages. JFor this week we have to report s"&& nauiber - i of men^are waiting , engagompats.r-J'afn^liJMiasiaSg to- J 208} hoteUaen, 15s fa 205,; . grQpm ßi aosTjer-^ek an&J& founa. Tradesmen seem fully engaged;; oarpp»ters an^H blacksmiths, 8a -to 10s ; masoija»|.'b^gjklayers, aifl^H plasterers, lj^a i.,to t^4s.; ■ men fdr>biißn^ took, and railmfll works, 6s to W per day*' Female servants hard to pr^H cure in suffloient numbers to meet requirements; In ofl| negcjj^epgrjfe.we^wpj quote current wages. " j^l