WAITEKAURI.

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 6 March 1897, Page 22

WAITEKAURI.

Why didn't E stay for the dance at the Dampier concert ? Where was Jack ? While the audience were waiting for the curtain to rise, they amused themselves by stamping their feet. A mastiff pup that was lying at the door, being struck with a particular foot that was beating time walked up very cautiously and took hold of it by the heel ; it naturally stopped beating, the dog let go and walked back to the door, while the astonished individual looked round first at one and then at another of hie mates to see which of them it was that had played the lark on him. Prom that gay to this he does not know what stopped his foot that night His not so regular at the fruit shop lately" Has Jack cut him out ? Mud is no name for the slush on our roads at present. Mac had a dog drowned on the road the other dav passed clean out of sight. .Ask Tom of the shooting gallery about his narrow escape from being shot the other night. It appears that he's accustomed to getting in throueh the window of No. 17 of the pub. Oafflb particular night the room was occupied by a mining expert, named P, and his newly-made wife from Auckland. Tom sails up to the window, as usual, lifts it up (it was open, as it was a warm night), and jumps in with his gallery gun in hand. P jumps out of bed, grabs at Tom ; Tom raises his pop gun ; P draws back • Tom goes to get out of the window again when P rushes to his pillow for his revolver! but, luckily for the other, it was not there and Tom escaped unhurt. Which of the two got the greater fright is not known, but this I do know, that Tom apologised the f ollowing morning; but P assured Tom that if he had found his revolver in time he surely would have shot him. .D and H have had a terrible row. It is the talk-,of the whole place, all over which of them shot the pigeons out of Beason Sammy, don't you think it is time yon removed those pigs from that box oh the footpath ? Butcher had hard luck in not winning the manager's race on Saturday. Pay your guinea Fred. . What about the leather medal Jack got for his win? Isn't it a beauty? See the chemist's window. .You made a great mistake in trying to charge the public 2/6 for the stand Peter; a bob was quite enough. You had three on it — one dead-head — whereas if you had charged a shilling you might have had a hundred out of the six hundred that were there. You can't impose on the boys, Peter "What about the bookseller and barber playine cut-throat ? Who's ahead, F ? StieS to it •

'SSS^JF? ** n «r"Wl>a* -made MatMe Wssthe ground in the Bona fide Miners' Bace? Waß EfJ^l^*^' or waa ** **"> sharp, slippery turn in the course ?. .The spielers Sad a peal innings here. Two tip all day Sunday, taking toe country boys down. Where was Fred?.. mm and Ii have had a row. lie -says it's w^SSf v ht^, ZWWtoaay presents. 'Mean fellow 1...X and H have been very thick lately. £ ? t&^?i an £ n £ hl ? g? -- Wh y start 2£J5?o W TiKf 8? ?& yoa » book open on the S™wf» Wh £ I1 S. ti f lye n P co P le a chance of the double they backed. .The Pakeha-Maoris from the store are great on the swill. .The strong woman fairly paralysed the boya with her big m L~ Wa * tek , ai »i ©very time ' jlad no chance. ... Sammy looked a great toff on Monday. Was La. %, mißßa f.y°« expected, Sam?.. The boys have had quite a treat in the way of gaffs. Three this week already, and another proS wfc Satnraay , *^SS: Waitekaurl must w 5??^ g i, ap< What about the grave, W S?. .Who got on to the handicappers oi Waite. Sports? He didn't deserve to win. »£L£?i gOl 2 g t ? e rlght way to m ake yourself unpopular, S. A man thatwill play the handiwl*St r « out , and then put on every shilling of his own— well, what is he?. .A F, McC, and Mr f ™ aa e gr^t judges. I coagratulate you, gents...Mr B, of the Cross, is the right m r^ri^- the r i ßh^ P la ce..The officers of the SSi^a °v p luelt >y to Animals Society would do well to visit Waitekauri. Boraei h a J 8 extremely cheap here...Mrs F was asked the other day how she enjoyed tfce dance, and she said • she never got such a pulling about .n all her life.' Fancy pulling 23 stone about on a warm night!.. It's about tune %K$ 3 -? b- The weak aukl e biz. is played out.. Waitekauri, beware! Something going to happen. They are metalling the roads What struck them ?..Afk Da afout how he had to vacate his own room and sleep in the passage the other night His relation of the «f V f e £ tn^ *? rth "^ening to. .At a meeting of Jrifx W w G s commi «cc a resolution was ™™ Ied ..* hat e jeryone- committee, officials, competitors and band, which got five pounds to play-was to pay at the gates. This charge ZTJ?™ 6 m , con8 eQuence of its being their first meeting, and as they were not very strong so far as money was concerned. The club were also giving away £58 in prizes, and the meeti? g <T£ 8 £ alifl ? lW ? a t0 cost in all about £80. iJut the band refused to pay at the gatea, and •kicked up' until the committee h\d to let tnem in without charging them the paltry