THEY SAY

Observer, Volume XXIV, Issue 26, 12 March 1904, Page 7

THEY SAY

— That for once we have had a fall in sugar that everybody was sorry to hear about. —That there were a good many tsly hits at Bishop Neligan at the Methodist Conference. That the prospect of tliat trip Home will make football a very willing. game this next season. — That eyebrows are being raised and shoulders shrugged in connection with a certain friendly society. — That the members of the Harbour Hoard all rise modestly now nhen anybody asks for the engineer. — That the Hon. W. P. Crick is having a high old time at Rotorua. " The Commonwealth was never like this." — That there is going to be some choice fun inside the Grey Lynn Borough before the Maj oral election. — That, the Star to the contrary notwithstanding, the Japs did not bombard Vladivostock for forty-five hours. — That ii is a pity the high tides washing towns like Opotiki don't sweep places that are more in need of cleansing. — That Tom Cotter's little monkey jacket and top hat are strangely at variance. Hut then, that smile redeems all things. — That David Goldie, the Auckland City king maker, has a really sweet thing reaiiy for the next Mayoral election — John Entrican. — That E. M. Smith is threatening to go Home again, " even if I have to pawn my shirt to pay expenses." Mr ■Smith values that shirt. — That the Board of Education as at present constituted is a diverting marionette exhibition. Mr Hobbs pulls the string, and the figures dance. — That the reason why the City Council is so angry with the " water streets " scheme of the Harbour Board is that it suggests " watering the streets." — -That Freeman's Hay is bracing itself for the reception of Rev. H. F. Kothwell, the Wesleyan parson, who takes his texts from John F. Sheridan's sliow and t tie circus. — That Harold Ashton's get-up is the envy of all the Johnnies who have not yet grown accustomed to their dinner jackets, and daren't brave the " gods " in crunh hats. — That a Wesleyan Conference clergyman found himself in a queer predicament in Albert Park the other night. Queer place for the starlight walks of the " unco' quid." — That the bad habit of trooping into the theatre late, and at the subsequent intermissions after the curtain has gone up, is confined to the "smart set." The " gods " have more manners. — That all Wellington is shuddering over the picture drawn by their Police Inspector of local Chinamen sleeping on fruit in order to ripen it. They suspected the horror before, but didn't believe till it went on official record. —That the greatest " hit " at a southern Navy League meeting was made by the band when they struck up " God Save the King" and raised the crowd to their feet to signalise the entrance of King Dick. The subsequent arrival of the Governor was quite a tame affair in comparison.

, —That English visitors to the colony are complimenting us on the civility of our civil servants. ■;•;' . r-That when the police «at[oh anything nowadays it is a "smart capture." The terra is relative. )"< . —That the sections along the " water streets " have been allotted amongst the chosen lew well in advance. — That church-goeiß are Wondering why they ever opposed Sunday trams. The cars are now one of the parsons' best auxiliaries. — That the Hupgarian musicians were glad to get back to Auckland. They found no other town so appreciative of good music. — That the last two or three years' history of the Maratoto G.NLC. is not to be resurrecteu. Certain individuals will sigh with relief at this. —That Dr Pomare's route through the Maori districts is marked by a trail of sore arms. The Maori has caught on eagerly to the vaccination idea. — That Alfred Kidd means to relinquish farming, sell up his renowned blood stock, and stick to politics and the wants of the people. So like A. K. — That Councillor Court is ott the track when he moves in the City Council about water streets. Far more practical to devote some attention to the unwatered streets. —That Bishop Neligan is looking crestfallen since the new Wesleyan Conference began to call him "the new importation," How these Chris* tians love one another 1 — That Canon MoMurray felt lonely when he took ihe chair at this week's big unsectarian meeting, and found so few of his own particular pattern of cloth there to support him. — That William Joseph cannot understand why Admiralty House and the mud punts, etc., should be mentioned at this late hour. Oh, the pub* he eauna gie up the Admiralty House. — That Denis O'Donoghue has commenced an action for slander against a Ponsonby millionaire. Of course, every Ponsonby man will take this to himself. They are all millionaires there. — That Dick Seddon is becoming a casuist. Fishing on Sunday ought to be allowed to stand on its own, without dragging in as justification the tact that certain of the Apostles were fishermen. —That if the Rev. F. W. Isitt is illegally in possession of ballot paper*, as the Minister of Justice says, it is the duty of the Minister for Justice to institute a prosecution. Is he afraid of the Prohibitionists 1 ■ — That the daily papers are engineering a controversy on the decreasing population question, the War having panned out so poorly. With the aid of noms de plume they are working up a tine symposium. — That Waihi shovels out its big returns so regularly that we have become callous to their importance. A yield of £53,000 in a month would at one time have sent Auckland and the goldfields mad with excitement. — That some of the personal items in the Home letters of the dailies are about people nobody ever heard of before. If the grandson of a man who once lived in the colony breaks his little finger, the alarming intelligence is duly mailed. — That when the Waitemata County is cleared of blackberry and gorse, under the new Inspector's directions, the settlers will be bankrupt. It is calculated that the job will provide immediate work for 10,000 workmen. Where are the workmen ? —That the fact that our new Governor, Lord Plunket, is related to the Beerage, won't please the Prohibitionists. He is descended on one side of the house from Guinness's Dublin Stout. The moderate drinkers say that if ha is as good as the firm's beer he'll be All right.