They Say.

Observer, Volume XIV, Issue 781, 23 December 1893, Page 3

They Say.

— That the Barwell case will cost John Abbott very little short of .£IOOO. — That the Key. J. B. Johnson has been invited to assume the pastoral charge of the Union Free Church on his return from Ballarat, I — That it is a singular thing that neither of the daily papers reported Mr Justice Conolly'a remarks on the AbbotfcBarwell case. '. — That Madaine Bahnson, the contralto vocalist, will make another of her periodical descents upon her Auckland friends at Christmas. — That the Society for the Protection of Women and Children is virtually defunct. It pined away after Mr Hy. Wilding left for England. —That the Choral Society is only going to give two orchestral concerts next season. What ! Is the Orchestral Onion really making itself felt after all ? — That an old acquaintance, Arthur Desmond, is one of the chiefs of the secret society in bydney, whose platform is antagonism to banking institutions. — That the Hon Win. McCullough has gone Home at the request of the Government to order new machinery for the Government Printing Office. Nice, eh ? — That a new chum purchased a block of land in the Waikato some time ago, and has never set eyes on it since. It has been covered with flood-water all the time. — That the further reduction in the price of ga6 is due to the eleotric light agitation. The Gas Company do well to prepare for the keen competition that is coming. — That if the Te Aroha people don't wake up and see that the famous baths are ' run ' in a proper manner, Kotorua will put Te Aroha' s nose out oi joint this season. —That there has been a great falling off in the consumption of pudding by the small boys of Auckland this week. They are nearly all training for the schools sports. — That there is a nice little romance going on just now not fifty miles from Eeresford-Btreet. Jt is a case of the captain — not the cat — being away and somebody else playing. — That it. was a sight for the gods to see Minstrel Bris pursued to tbe train on Monday by a bevy of damsels whose wages he was unwilling or unable to pay. And didn't they wallop him. -■ That theie has been a little society tiff at the Thames. Somebody's wife was not ' toney ' — or ' coney' — enough for somebody else. We have received the correspondence for future use. —That Mr Grerald Peacocke polled very badly in one Waipa district at the recent election because the impression got about that the Single lax was a tax on single young men and women. —That Eev. J. B. Johnson talks of an action for libel against the Melbourne Argus for saying he came to New Zealand with a, young woman to whom he was not married. She was his child's nurse. — That the sooner the line is opened right through to Eotorua the better. The present train journey of ten hours, with a coach journey of a couple of hours afterwards, is no joke, especially as nothing is to be had to eat after you leave Mercer at noon. — That thousands of the Christmas Number of the Observer have been despatched to England to delight the old folks at Home. A better or more appropriate Christmas gift— or a cheaper one —it would be hard to find for friends at a distance. — That the Barwell case is not the worst in Auckland to the discredit of the money-lending fraternity. There are whispers of a case at Devonport in which a lady found her operations with a oertain money-lender cost her .£40,000. She reoeived exaotly .£4,000. The facts are almost certain to be made public.