They Say

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 6 March 1897, Page 3

They Say

— That the Herald was all at sea regarding Mr Niccol's chances to be elected Chairman of the Harbour Board. The other possible candidate was Mr Devore. and he withdrew in Mr Napier's favoar.

—That matrimony is on the boom in Auckland, and that nine weddings came off on Wednesday last week. It is quite a popular way of celebrating the weekly halfholiday.

— That it is likely that Captain William Farquhar will retire from the p.s. Wakatere, and stay ashore to manage the wharf business of the company. Captain Willie is a good man wherever he is placed.

— That the Herald is not a fair match for" Sir Bobert Stoat in a liquor traffic controversy. They have heavier metal in the Herald office, but it is on Stout's side.

— That the bleeding country Las to fork out to the tune of £300 for packing off Auckland's Torpedo Corps, 21 strong, to Wellington, and replacing them with the Wellington corps. Both corps wanted change of scene, and the Union s.s. Co. gets the benefit of the £300.

— That heaven help the man who gets hauled before such Draconic Jai Peea as H. M. Shepherd and E. Cameron. On Monday laat they gave a woman a month hard for üßing nasty language in Queenstreet, another woman a month for stealing a pair of three-and-eleveapenny Bhoes, and a month to a poor devil who, in a heavy bout of drinking, stole an overcoat, and gave himself up to the police.

— That a fine quarrel is brewing Bcho*? 6 heaamastershi P & Wellesley street w«"iiS la i** h !. Caidinal has Packed K want^inT^ tO *° *°™* the --That Dr. Haines has no intention Sffi cVe aV f 5 e f fti ? £^ in England. Hehas fixed the date of his return. —That the man who throws a bafiana peel on the footpath should be taken in hand by the first peeler he meets. r«Z Th M th ? shortage of which §^* B i? ll n eris aiJCased by the Northern oc «T Tbe^ are , tallin S a long time to W aßa Governor lrom EhrSwi^to^ COIODy *** - agsaasss —That the Rev. R. p. Macnicol nf Who can beat this recorl ? A «<«lwid. —That James Haslett wa«* n«f ft Ti *at ** wa s very cruel of th<» champagnes overnight that did it 6 That a divorce action of excpn ft hr~ Tha J • Capt - Ed win is consider—That there is many a vouns —That the public need no lessons from Professor Tabba on • L.s.d in the Classics. They have to pay the piper for University classics, and a handful of students get the value of the public Ls.d r r? h^« Secret ary Lewis, of the Butchers' Sports, made a big bid for nom'Thi%vTS- the fair 86 / aavSed tnirty ladies engaged at the sports.' Did marrieT? *** W6le 6D^ ed to »* man s Bay Mission, and that the head of one frni ? • IO f B ls g01 ? g to rnn another (free f«T eMcal contr o l )> and with full band of soak 61 a P portenances f or the salvation « a 7~Tfet H - B -. r> obie, railway mana«sL ♦ Whan g» rel 5 who has just received orders to « move on ' to Picton, spent £5000 at Whangarei in transforming a ti-tree patch into an orange grove— the largest and best in New Zealand. — That Waihi thinks it has cranks enough now to run a lunatic asylum all on its own. Two fresh cases were manufastnred last week. One of them was under the delusion he was a sack of wheat, and that all the mining poultry were busy pecking at him. 3 — That since ' Hinemoa ' was produced at the City Hall, and the female chorus singers took to sticking feathers in theic hair, half the roosters in Auckland fowl-yards are going about in a dismantled condition, looking as if they had been struck by & cyclone, —That the new parson for the Auckland Tab. is a married man (another disappointment for the Baptist maidens), and that he has a family of eleven children. Also, that he is going to leave them at Jlome until he finds out whether there are any Maori cannibals knocking around. | — That the aristocratic young woman of Parnell who lost her gold watch, bangle and other valuables on the Lake Road, could not complain of another injustice to Ireland. Her jewellery waß found and returned by a very poor but honest boy, to whom she gave five shillings, and this as the result of a special plea on the boy's behalf. It waßthe same young lady's father who was reported once to have had £400 restored to him, and who rewarded the finder with a shilling.