WAITEKAURI.

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 948, 27 February 1897, Page 21

WAITEKAURI.

A T held the floor to advantage the other night. An hour and a half was not very bad...What about the gent on the commitee (known as the light weight), who refused to accept the position of call steward at the W. A. C. Sports? Was Lily the cause? or was he afraid that his ear for music was not cultivated? Ned Cookson, of Hermann fame, is on lemonade straight.-WRsaid he would not pay the paltry shilling to go into the sports, because he is a subscriber of £5 He knows how to advertise it.. ..8y the formation of the new road, F the barber is to be buried, or at least his shop is to be. How he did kick when he heard of it. Beware, WC, razors about, and he's good at cut-throat. . B Me, isn't it about time you squared that photographer ? . F, the running man, must have been dead •in Paeroa, or" was he all out,' when he stood on his own foot. Long stride of yours, F.. Harry, knock it off; it's not your game...J G doesn't seem to have anyone now. What's the matter with Peter?.. ' Bun ' is keeping very quiet since he came from town. Long spell, eh?... Very manly of W R to resign his position as judge at the sports, as he had a book on them.. The new billiard marker was very much cut up over that paragraph in the paper describing the opening of ' Monties Milliard room :— ' It was opened by Mr Frazer, and a man known as Big Jack.' Well, ' Jack ' wants to know if he can take it to Court...H was badly hurt over his partner going ' dead ' in a four hander. Loet thirty bob, eh ? It was a case of ' will we play fair or for all we know ?' and you fell in.. What about the little Jew, Harry? You still trust him, do you?.. When are we going to have a new post office erected? Plodding through the mud up to the oia shanty 53 a bit off ...Mrs Wis not married yet. Where is CM ? ..Had WS any 'hope 'at the meeting? It would not do to lose the only ' hope ' he's got. . T L, what's the new shooting gallery for? Half a-guinea each at the sports, Tom Seaman Gunner is a great ring. He handled the bell well...Geo. P ought to make a great wrestler. He threw Sutherland in a collar and elbow the other night. Follow it up, George • be careful of the goggles, though. .H and K B seem very thick.. .H made a great shot the other day, while cleaning his revolver la the commercial room of R's hotel. Mr K let off some classic eloquence after- the report It was simply lovely to hear him. Poor H ! And a military man, too. But was it not a fuany place to bring a revolver to clean ? . .It is rumoured that the unpopular manager is leaving here. It's about up with him...li; was very funny at the * working bee ' held on the athletic ground. S n, this judgment has been passed on you : You're not a stayer; you're that fond of work that sooner than disturb it you'd lie down alongside and sleep The long fellow worked hard, but did little. E Wis a feathT- weight grafter. Shun work, it will kill you once you take to it.. Our new storekeeper is doing a big biz. No cash lent is a first class system.. 'No booth' was the verdict of the Athletic Sports Committee at their last meeting, and justly so. Do we not see enough of 'boozing' during the week, without having our sports marred by it ?... Pat had his whiskers dumped before gong to the sports. .The usual drinks called for now are : ' cyanide,' ' tangle foot,' ' forked lightning,' • staggers ' and a new brand that there is a great run on called ' early grave,' a mixture composed of champagee, curacoa aud beer, in a long-sleever.