They Say

Observer, Volume XIV, Issue 795, 24 March 1894, Page 4

They Say

— That there is heaps of bias in the Ponsonby bowling green.

— That the trams are going to cease charging double fare after 8.

— That the Speaker of the new Parliament will be Sir Maurice O'Eorke.

— That the firm of Kirkcaldie and Staines bought McArthur and Co.'s Wellington stock.

— That • Madame Favart ' will occupy the boards of the Opera House from the 9th to the 18th of next month.

— That the Brough - Boucicault Company took more money in Wellington than in any other New Zealand city, Auckland next.

— That a gumdigger at Hikurangi offered to make a wager with the Premier that the latter would not earn ten shillings a day by gumdigging.

— That the Government are determined to Bubmit legislation next session to give effect to their scheme of providing cheaper money for farmers.

— That the longest two minutes in the day are the two minutes before the clock strikes nine, when you are waiting for the G.P.O. doors to open.

— That the clan of Court was well represented at the drapers' picnic. There were four Court families present, besides twenty-five of their employees.

— That it was great fun to see the Honourable James Carroll and George E. Alderton playing tip-and-run with the gtimdiggers at Poroti last week.

— That it is a mistake to construct the new Albert Park flagstaff of steel, because it will require painting every three weeks if it is to look presentable.

— That the language of a certain disappointed politician anent the upsetting of the recent Waitemata election will not entitle him to admission to any monastery.

— That one of the late directors of the N.Z.L.'and M.A, Company has policies on his life and to draw during life to the extent of fifty thousand pounds. Wonder if he is one of those gentlemen known as the twelve apostles.

— That the proprietors of two two-penny-half -penny shops in Victoriastreet signed the agreement to close for the drapers' picnic last Wednesday week, and then broke faith by keeping open and getting what little trade was going 1 .

— That the frequent striking of matches on a certain allotment in Jervois Road need not suggest fears of incendiarism to the minds of the neighbours. It is only the Ponsonby bowlers playing late at their fascinating 1 pastime. They strike matches to look for the ' jack.'

— That representations are being made to the Minister of Education asking him to appoint a Government auditor for all Boards of Education. It is said that if all boards had to submit statements of detailed expenditure to the AuditorGeneral, there wonld be many surcharges.

— That unless an apology is forthcoming- very soon, there will b"e a Blander case &b a sequel to the recent Waitemata election enquiry. The aggrieved individual is an esteemed Helensville resident, and the Bupposed offender one of the principal parties in the late election contest.

— That an Auckland 'clairvoyant healer* and who occupies a fine house, makes about .£6OO a year by going into trances and describing while in that interesting condition, the interiors of patients and the state of their vital organs. We should like to be a clairvoyant healer ourself.

— That no better selection of a caretaker to the Domain Cricket ground than Mr Bob Tates could have been made. Yates is a veteran cricketer himself, he is in touch with the cricketers and knows their wants, and it is a hundred to one that he will keep the Domain in the pink of condition.

— That the Auckland mashers — both of the high toned caste with orntch and toothpick, and of the lower caste with hell-mouthed pants — are now wearing their best smiles "because the German Buzzards have departed. Their best girls have oome.baok to them.

— That Sequah complains that he is innndated with love letters from Auckland girls. Must be that hair that does it.

— That Adonis Payne, on the Marine Parade giving the girls a treat, will be one of the attractions of Napier at Easter.

— That when a certain distinguished politician visits us Bhortly there will be illuminations on the wharf and a brass band at the end.

— That there is a certain hote* within a mile of Queen-street, where you oan get a glass of beer and a kiss for 4d. The moneys worth it.

— That the officials of the Harbour Board rendered themselveß liable to a penalty of £5 for refusing to allow Mr Witheford to see the books.

— That the young gentleman daily perambulating Queen-street olad in knee shorts and flowing locks is the man who broke the * what dye call it ' in where's its name.

— That a certain shirtmaker was so honoured by having his hand shaken by the Governor the other day that he secretly resolved never to wash that hand again. Toady !

—That Broughton, teacher of the Native School at Poroti, rode a splendid race on Ingorangi for the Whangarei Steeplechase. He has quite a reputation as a gentleman rider.

— That Kawakawa spread itself over its banquet to the Premier on Thursday last. Kawakawa did not get home to its better-half till daylight. A regular blow-out of a spree.

— That Clarke-Johnston preached the sermon at St. James' last Sunday. We need not add that his discourse did not deal with the engrossing subject of the Loan and Mercantile reconstruction scheme.

—That Furby, of the Telegraph Department has on hand a full programme of lectures on ' The Holy Land * and other foreign lands. He is full of information and quite willing to be tapped.

-That judging by the advertisements in the papers nearly every other tradesman in Auckland appears to have bought some of MaoA'rthur's stock. But then it was a large stock, to be sure.

— That Sam Rawnsley, of Poroti, gives J. H. Pope, (Inspector of Native schools) the credit for saving the lives of thousands of Maori children by the circulation of his little book on * Health.'

— That Charlie Long, the beloved of ' Cherry,' has been honouring Auckland Bociety with his oompany lately. Charlie and his voice are in great request amongst the creme de la creme of Auckland society.

— That the resignation of Seth Smith, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, takes effect at the end of the present month, and the Cabinet will then consider the advisability of abolishing the office of Chief Judge.

— That a handsome shop - walker who left his wife at home was ' dead spoons ' on a little milliner at one of the picnics last Saturday, and that some of Ms friends told his wife and his picnic reached its meridian when he arrived home.

--That < 'Appy 'Arriet,' of the Salvation Army, mistook Sequah for one of the Hallelujah Indians last week, and that the Indian she mistook him for speaks only his native tongue — Colonial Cork. That Sequah has decided in consequence to ' get his hair cut.'

— That the sewing machine agent so attentive to the pretty Maori girl at the moonlight picnic, was simply persuading her to teach him the language. He has since paralysed his friends with a few curses in Maori that he did not understand, but they did.

— That Patsy Donovan brought his girl down from Pokoheho to the sports on Saturday and treated her to ice cream, and that she asked tbe cream man to put it back in the can and give it a bit of a warm, it didn't feel done. Eventually, she put it in her pocket and forgot it and then a coldness arose between her and her boy which might have been felt.