They Say

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 910, 6 June 1896, Page 3

They Say

— That Leo Myers is doing more mining business than all the,other foreign experts put together.

— That a few at least of our members are reaving for Parliament next Monday for the last time. Can you pick them ?

—That red and black are becoming quite fashionable colors with the ladies since the City footballers defeated Parnell last Saturday.

— That you should not throw old shoes at a bride. Make a neat package and send them to her three years after her marriage. They may be acceptable.

— That the neglect by the Harbour Board in the matter of providing necessary conveniences for the immense traffic between Auckland and Devonport is flagrant.

— That a certain Queen -street millinery firm pays its girl employes sixpence an hour overtime when their rightful due is ninepence. Threepence saved is threepence gained, you know.

— That a Wellington lady, on separating from her husband, changed her religion, being determined, she said, to avoid his company in this world and in the next".

— That a police constable stationed on the West Coast, engaged in purging the electoral roll, returns an aforetime elector as ' dead ; present whereabouts unknown.' That Bobby is strictly non-commital.

—That Mr Picture Delineator Donaldson would do well to write out his explanatory remarks, and fix up his little goaks before-hand. Some people are still dissecting the alleged jokes just to find out where the point lies.

— That a sympathetic correspondent has begun to send in pars to the Wellington Fost to save its young men from overtasking their energies. But the first par contained three libels, and as it was not accompanied by a cheque for £3,000 prospective damages, the ' par ' went into the waste-paper box.

—That a~ well - known politica l woman of Auckland has joined the Roman Catholic Church.

— That tons of money has been made on the Exchange during thVla'st fortnight by lucky investors.

—That it is quite on the cards that Mayor Holland may woo the suffrages of the electors at the coming general election.

— That the trades unionists of Auckland will not be able to agree upon a Labour candidate.

—That there is a suspicious stillness just now concerning the account for printing the Laishley autobiography. Has it been paid ?

— That there will be a lively fight at the Thames Licensing Court concerning the opposed license to Stehr's Star and Garter Hotel at Paeroa.

— That they are taking an uncommonly long time to appoint the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland.

— That the escape of ex-Detective Kirby from Wellington is another argument in favour of the reform of our rotten police department.

—That one Auckland businessman made £7500 clear by the rise in Woodstocks. And he was not by any means the only one who came home heavily.

— That there is not a hall in Auckland big enough to hold the crowd of householders that will roll up for the coming school committee election at Ponsonby. It will be a religious fight.

— That it is folly to expect a young girl to love a man whom everybody speaks well of. Get np a persecution, and her affections will cling so fast that a dozen guardians can't remove them.

— That the stockbrokers have no time now on Sundays to don, their plughats, and frock coats and go to church. It takes them all their spare time to fix up transfer forms, check their books ana count up their profits.

— That there have been ructions of late in a certain Roman Catholic choir, and that one young lady is considerably ' frozen out ' in consequence

— That Barnum, being asked one day the secret of his success, simply laughed, and said, 'Printer's ink.' And that has been the secret of the success of some of our most prosperous business men.

— That the Harbour Board will have its hands more than full when it takes over the receiving and delivering of cargo as well as the pilot service.

— That some of the members of the Harbour Board and the Harbour Master were amongst those in the crush on the Devonport wharf after the Takapura races. Pity the Chairman had not been there also, and then something might be done!

— That the suspension of his discharge for two years will not prevent Pierce Lanigan from making a good thing out of the Paeroa tramway. Pierce will have the laugh against Tole yet.

— That, for some complaints, a little good luck is the best medicine in the world. Low spirits take their rise," not so often from a bursting heart as from a collapsed pocket-book.

— That a resident of Hobson- street who advertised on Saturday that he had lost a collie dog was interviewed, within a few hours, by twenty-three boys, each of whom had a hungry-looking canine at the end of a cord.

— That the police are wonderfully alert in quelling interruptions when a Minister appears upon the stump, but remarkably patient and long enduring when an Opposition speaker takes ' the flure.' Is it the hope of promotion that causes the distinction to be made ?

— That an Otago woman gave the officiating clergyman, at, the christening of her child, ' Alpha Omega ' as the names she wished to inflict on her innocent and helpless offspring. ' But, my good lady ' — expostulated the parson. ' I know what I am about,' said the good lady, ' this is my first child, and I hope to goodnest it will be my last.'

— That a recent visitor to the Asylum came across two of the male patients in eager controversy. Said No 1, ' I tell you I'm the most powerful man in this world.' 'Pooh,' replied No. 2 ; ' you are talking rot. Who are you, anyhow ?' ' Who am I?' shouted No. 1 ; ' you must be an ignorant fellow not to know that. Why, I'm the Emperor of Germany.' • Oh, is that all V compassionately remarked No. 2 ; 4 but look at me — I'm the President of the Trades' Council, and [never even heard of you until now.' That ended the dispute in one act.