They Say

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 950, 13 March 1897, Page 3

They Say

— That the voting at the Board of Education election just decided was the greatest on record. — That the Opposition has already arranged the new Cabinet in anticipation of the coming session. Is this not a bit too previous ? — That the local bowlers are thirsting for another Tournament, and that it is to come off at Easter. What'B your poison ? Stand by while the corks fly. — That there were three betrothals as the result cf the butchers' picnic at Pine Island. Entries for the matrimonial steaks — i.e., we mean stakes — no doubt. — That ' best girl ' and ' donah ' are now obsolete terms of larrikin affection for the other sex. The ' bloke ' who is in the fashion now talks oi taking out his ' frock ' for a walk. Thus education advances among the masses, and fashions come and S°-

— That the Chairman of the Harbour Board was taking a rather large order upon himself when he offered Government Houee to the Admiral. —That Mr J. R. Reed, just elected to the Board of Education, is a worthy Bon of Me G. M. Reed, well-known to latterday readers of the Herald as ' Colonns.' —That there are fifty Presbyterians boarding at Government expense up at Mount Eden. So at leaßt the public are left to infer from the statement of the Presbyterian city missionary, who reports an average attendance of, fifty at his gaol services. So long after the New Year too. What can it mean ? —That Magistrate Tom Hutchison — brother of George of Patea — was presented with a Humber bike by his Wairarapa admirers when he got orders to move on to Auckland. But Tom's dignity has been hurt by the order to ' move on,' and he says he'll take precious good care that none of his sons ia made a magistrate. —That Host Shaw, at Paeroa, on the recent occasion of the sports there, was badly taken down by the visiting spielers. He did not know them, but he found them out when all the table cutlery walked off with them. And the pathetic spectacle was subsequently presented of Tim Doolan O'Meagher reduced to the necessity of investigating an egg with a soup ladle.

— That the worst crowd of spielers in the colony is at present located in Auckland. That the command of the Auckland Volunnteer Force was offered last week to Major Banks. — That advertising is the root of all money. — That the question of the auxiliary water supply has been allowed to drop out of sight altogether. — That the removal of Mr Northcroft, S.M., was really stipulated for on the eve of the recent elections. Is it possible ? — That the' best way to improve a woman's lot is to build a house on it, and put a good man in the house. —That manager James Kirker, of the South British, is well on his way to England. He lefc Wellington three weeks ago. — That a man who has been occupying a position of trust in Auckland is not to be found at his accustomed haunts. Who is he ? — That no man is ignorant who knows enough to conceal what he, doesn't know. ' . ' — That the improved return from the Waihi Silverton is a bit of a contradiction to the gloomy reports on the mine sent Home by Griffiths and Merricks. — That there were some pretty little love scenes 'in the gloaming' at the Premier Picnic while waiting for the last steamer. Pohutukawa trees tell no tales. — That arrangement of the Gilmer difficulty was due to the kindly offices of a well-known Parnell tradesman. Gilmer goes Sydneywards on Monday. —That it is just possible that Cardinal Hugh may stand for a seat on one of the licensing committees. He is not going to let Glover have it all his own way. — That the publication of the amount of premiums received by the Insurance Companies, and the sums paid by them in respect of fires, would rather open the eyes of the public. — That the most difficult of all surgical operations is to take the cheek out of a young man, or the jaw out of a woman. — That the Old Buffers' race was one of the features of the Premier Picnic. John Leydon started firm favourite, but he spent his wind too soon, and finished nowhere, after making a terrific splash in his pyjamas. — That when a girl orders a lot of new photographs ana doesn't show them round, you may bet that they are exactly like her. — That the idea of sending— a detachment of volunteers and permanent force men to the Queen's Celebration is going to cost the colony a pretty penny. And what benefit are we going to derive from it ? — That there is a beautiful piece of road-making to be seen on the Lake Takapuna road. Spawla larger than a man's head are made to do duty for broken metal. Where iB the engineer ? — That it is brazen effrontery on the part of the foreign owners of Upper Thames batteries to keep their mills running and their hands working all day Sunday, while employers in town are not even allowed to employ their hands on Saturday afternoons. — That Capt Amodeo has netted several hundreds of pounds — some say, £750— by the recent rise in lona shares. He bought a few thousands of forfeited shares at auction for 5/-. and realised on them when they rose to 1/3 Capt. Frank knows a thing or two. — That' the Waihi lunatics are still very much in evidence. One of them sauntered up to a lacy visitor the other day, politely doffed his hat, and said, 'Good day, madam, would you be good enough to favour me with the loan of a shilling and a sweet kiss ?' — That the smallest orders are faithfully executed up in Newton. A small boy called in at a grocery establishment up there the other day and put down a penny for ' a stale egg ' — ( the rottener the better,' he explained. He got it, too. He also vouchsafed the explanation, • A fellow put one in my pocket, and I know, him.' — That the split at the Helping Hand Mission in Freeman's Bay has led to the withdrawal of one of the leaders, who carries off with him the brass band and the journal to start another little mission 'on his own' nearer town. At any rate, there will be peace in Freeman's Bay until the new instruments come out from Home.