they say

Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1023, 6 August 1898, Page 3

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— That the municipality of Auckland has an overdraft ot £26,500. Make way for a new loan. —That the Salvation Armjr authorities select their most experienced canvassers to sell War Crys to the Stock Exchange Jiabituts. — That the veteran footballers are 1 frothing ' to have a go at the representative team when the latter have polished off all the Southerners. — That the Auckland football team which beat . Wellington so easily was chiefly composed of Macs— or bo it seemed — and there was no withstanding them. — That the stupendous programme of the North Shore Regatta people ought to bring the natives together in things aquatic. ' Pai rawa atu,' the haka's for an attraction, eh, Charlie t

. — That the Exhibition people don't intend to return any deposits tp exhibitors wishing to withdraw. — That it is a wise child who goes ont of the room to laugh when the old man smashes his thnmb. —That Sergeant Treanor's motto is that ' constabulary duty mnst he done.' He is not taking any ' hot coffee.' — That a promise has. been given that Miller's Liquor Bill will be brought np for reconsideration by -the House in a fortnight. — That the Onehunga Rifle Corps has a brilliant future before it, because its advent was well doctored, and a canon spread a favourable report. — That the chairman of the Charitable Aid Board has felt sore over press criticism of the Board, bnt Dr McGregor's report has acted like a shin-plaster. The Board'B last trouble is a ' little 'nn.' — That the Wellingtonians, under the impression that their football representatives were going to bury the Aucklanders, sent np several hundred pounds to pat on their fancy, but they didn't know that the Macgregors were on their native heath, and they ' fell in.' — That et the annual meeting of the Eemuera — like the Auckland — Bowling Club, the discussion took a theological turn, and the life membership and ' The Better Land ' got slightly mixed. It is believed that the only np-to date church auditors are at St. Mark's. With them Cocker is the Gospel.

-r-That love and war go hand-in-hand. Even the din of battle has a sort of engagement ring. — That ' Lou ' A vey, won't have anyYankee tricks at -the Barrier. You've not turned Spaniard, have you, .'Lou ?'" — That another move is .tpv .be made to bring about an inquiry into Charitable Aid matters in Auckland."' < — That the telegrams published regarding the theft cases at Hamilton showed plainly that the wires leaked badly. —That Wellingion is overrun with clerks out of employment, and that members and Ministers are besieged with piteous appeals. — That a Yankee mine manager at one of our Barrier mines got a severe rebuke when he went into an adjoining mine to inspect it. — That the Devonport Borough Council and the Harbour Board are watching each other's proceedings very closely just now. ' ' ■ — That the Auckland up-to-date mother-in-law c'cmes out in quite a new character and proves conclusively that, in some cases, marriage is a failure. ' —That between £1100 and £1200 is annually spent in Wellington in maintaining illegitimate children and their deserted mothers. — That the Hughes v. Hanna and Boak fencing case is not likely to be settled before the next sessions of the Supreme Court. — That tbe announcement that Master Bertie Lorking had severed his connection with the Perrier Opera Company duly impressed those who read the statement. , - ' . — That the commercial traveller at Kuaotunu who was so very mysterious after the Koyal Oak robbery at Coromandel did not appreciate the attentions of the police. - That the patriotic Auckland bank clerk who backed the Wellington representatives for ali he had came a terrible cropper, and was not even seen on Sunday. — That it is about time the committees of some of our social clubs fixed a minimum age for the girls attending dances. Some of these children ought to be home in bed. Parental control again t — That the Nelson footballers seem to be a pretty tough lot, judging, by the way they laid the Canterbury men out in the match last Monday. And how the barrackers did urge them on to do their duty. — That a general resignation of committee members of the Auckland Yacht Club is about to take place. It is time some of them vacated the rooßt. New blood wanted badly. —That the Board of Education ia thinking of sending an invitation to Star Eeporter Jackson, otherwise ' Hippona,' to take a seat at the Board and join in the discussions for the future. His firßt effort was such a great success. — That the appearance of Graves Aickin, Hugh Campbell, Johnny McLachlan and Peter Oliphant at the alleged meeting of the Liberal Association to ' approve ' of the Private Electric Lighting Bill ought to have put the real Liberals on their guard if there were any there. The National Acs evidently ißn't above using the Liberal Ass to pull the nuts oat of the fire when it can.