They Say

Observer, Volume XV, Issue 892, 1 February 1896, Page 3

They Say

—That Denis O'Donoghue still has hopes of the Richmond Road School. — That the divorce case at Devon - port promises to f nrnish some startling disclosures. — That New Zealand is known in San Francisco as the laboratory for social experiments. — That some of the friends of Sir George Grey are hopeful that he will see Auckland again. — That there is quite a run on cheap bathing trunks up Parnell way. They are ashamed. — That the elderly young men from Judge's Bay don't picnic at Kohimarama on Sundays just now. — That some of the members of the Working Men's Club have given up dentistry for nose-pulling. — That the Rev. Yatman brought tears to one Abbott's eyes, but not John Washington Irving's. Oh, no. — That it is wrong to play whist in a tobacconist's shop, but it is perfectly justifiable to play poker in a club. — That Mr Cotter gave his opinion on the electric tram syndicate straight, but the Councillors evidently didn't want it. — That Mr L. D. Nathan believes the English market will ' come ' very strongly for Auckland mining properties by-and-bye. — That the donation and subscription list of one Southern firm for last year amounted to £600; and that of another house to £320. — That a pretty barmaid at Te Aroha, celebrated for her beautiful blonde hair, lost her tresses in the late fire. She had no time to save them. ' — That canny James Stewart has had a considerable loan of the Auckland City Council in connection with the muchtalked of electric tramways. — That each one of the political leading lights in the Navy League expects to get the patronage of the ' Company ' he expects to form. One naval, one vote. — That a certain house in Ponsonby is becoming notorious for late-hour card playing and gambling, and that a few wives are holding an indignation meeting to make a raid. — That the promptitude of Captain Clarke in stopping the steamer and launching a boat, saved the life of the little girl lost overboard from the Eagle last Saturday. — That the police should hide their faces with shame for hushing up that brutal assault on a helpless woman at Devonport. The young brute deserved cowhiding. — That the officials of the Union Bank have latety had their screws ' docked ' to the tune of ten per cent Yet bank clerkships are even now &ought for as ' genteel ' billets. — That Mont Blanc isn't a free show. It costs the trifle of fifty dollars per head to ascend the famous mount, the law requiring two guides and a porter to accompany each climber. — That when the Psalmist said in his heart ' All men are liars ' there must have been a mining boom on in Israel, and David must have been plunging pretty heavily in wild cat stock. — That the s.s. Tasmania has now been running in the' intercolonial trade for two years, and during that time has never been one day behind time. It is a feather in Captain McGee's cap. — That Lord Hampden, Governor of New South Wales, takes stimulants moderately, and gives it as his opinion that 'a man who takes stimulants moderately sets just as good an example to his fellow men as the man who takes no stimulants .at all.'