They Say

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 952, 27 March 1897, Page 3

They Say

— That a mining man is known by the companies he floats.

—That Howard Chambers is down South singing with Jphn Fuller.-

— That the Star critic was trying to be funny when he wrote about Mr Roundleg's Nym at the Opera House.

— That Thomas Carroll, who threw vitriol over Robert Jewell (with a doubt as to whether he intended to do it) was a passenger for the South by the Flora on Saturday. His brother accompanied him.

— That it was shabby of the Harbour Board to allow the Grammar School boys to make all the arrangements fox their swimming sports at the Calliope Dock on Tuesday, and then tell them an hour before the commencement that the dock would not be available.

—That Constable Carlyon, who was stationed quite lately at Ponaonby, is a brother-in-law of Fitzsimmons, the New Zealand pugilist, who has just won the fistic championship of the world by defeating Corbett in Yankeeland. Constable Carlyon married Fitzsimmons's sister.

— That one of the most pretensious of the local representatives of foreign mining capital was, at no very recent period, touring the colony with a light comedy or nigger minstrel company. Mining business is a species of light comedy that pays him better.

— That the reason why a certain masher well-known on the block has suddenly changed his boarding-house is that the landlady gave him on his birthday, recently, a moustache-cup with ' Love the Giver ' on it. Since then the other fellows have been giving him a lively time of it. He was glad to flit.

— That the city has been filled with canards concerning the supposed levanting of business men ever since the mail steamer left. One story that was freely believed had reference to the alleged departure of a prominent warehouseman. But even while the yarn was passing from mouth to month he was in town tending to his business.

r-That a woman's way is usually the other way.

— That there's a man in Auckland who says he is always ready at short notice to • square ' a jury. • , —That Mr D. B. McDonald is building a handsome mansion at Ponsonby. Herbert Gentles is just finishing one. Scrip! ** —That Grattan Riggs got a cheque for £70 net as the outcome of his benefit on Friday night last. He struck oil that time. —That Mr Jim Warner has been appointed organist of St. David'B, out of sixteen applicants, vice Mr J. H. Philnott, appointed to St. Paul's. — That a pin inserted business end upwards in a vacant chair makes a firstclass starting point. It's a sure thine every time. - B ™TT hal L the y are wondering at the Club how Henry, of the Star, got that sore leg. Ask him to tell you the story of the Country Cousins' picnic. - T T t a * the P r °Posed new rifle club in Auckland is likely to have a membership of one hundred. With a 700 yds ranee, ?pV-K^T?S bt *° make itself felt »* «£ next N.Z.R.A. meeting. *i.T That the worl d's a stage, and that many of the comedians are lent to Parliament. It is the only stage on which they could attract any attention. —That Abraham Boardman has not bee D in good health since he assumed the 22Ki?*ifi.?tf £■ he "^ t0 be in ™S better health till he gets rid of it. —That it is not safe to speak back at an Auckland cabby by night, especially if there s a pohceman in his company, ft he insults you, pocket the insult and say nothing. J Q ~ T bat it speaks volumes for bteve Hughes s handicapping in the swimming events at the Nga^awahia Regatta that his own son won the double. But that, of course, was purely a coincidence. —That Charles Chambers hopes to earn a new house out of the coming princess Ida comic opera season. Do all the performers hope to get a new house out 01 It ; .. — ???** ? ou should i n<a ge a man by the clothes he pays for rather than by those he wears But this method of appraisement would be rather rough on some of our 'toney' people. —That J. C. Williamson is reported to have considerable interest in Pollard's Opera Company, and insists on Pollard playing to reserved stalls at five shillings in New Zealand. ° ■ " — That the Observer's Lancing of last week has had the effect of improving the dock arrangements of the port. The Harbour Board officials have been bustling about to some purpoEe since it appeared. — That oysters will be the rich man's luxury for twelve months longer. Ihe fiat has gone forth from the Collector of Customs that the Auckland oyster fisheries must be closed for another year. —That the Star boy who lamed his boss with a rounder ball at the Country Cousinß* picnic stands a poor show for promotion in the twinkler office. Henry came down a terrible flop when he was « winged.' — That stage conjuring, shilling 'pops, 1 and juvenile shows pay better in Auckland than first-class dramatic performances, even though the play be Shakespeare's and the mounting be regardless of expense. — That happiness consists largely m forgetting the things you can't have. That explains why the wild- cat company promoters are so unhappy at present. They won't forget that they can't have the public any longer by the wool. — That it was the Herald which discovered that a series of sports inaugurated two years ago at Birkdale took place on Saturday in Mr C.E. Button's paddocks. This is the longest programme of sports of which there is any record. The ladies of the district who provided refreshments have had a tough two years' contract to fill. — That the 'Christian Bachelor,' who has been . advertising for ' a furnished bedroom with use of kitchen etc.,' ought to marry the ' young lady employed during the day, who notifies her willingness to ' give her company and asistance morning and evening ' in return for • a small unfurnished room.' They must both be orphans. —That the Henry Brett— Harry Edmiston Choral Society won't get that five years' overdue balance-Bheet until the performing members take the bit between their teeth and kick over the traces. But then there'B not a kick in them. It's the Henry Brett — Harry Edmiston management that does all the kicking, and the Society seems to be quite used to it now.