THEY SAY

Observer, Volume XXVII, Issue 42, 6 July 1907, Page 7

THEY SAY

. — That it is not recorded what Maurice O'Connor said when he found that he had been entertaining angels unawares. — That at a recent church concert three of the lady soloists ,were named respectively Whiting, Piper, and TuiS' bot. , Must have been quite a fishy affair. ' — That the subject of the Central Mission Sermon last Sunday was " The Uplifted Serpent." It would be interesting to know to whom the preacher was referring. — That the late James Epps, the cocoa man, left £700,000. This, like his cocoa, will probably be. " grateful and comforting " to the relatives of the dear departed. — That John Fuller is thinking of engaging Johnny McLachlan as an aerial gymnast. Johnny has lately been rehearsing actively in Upper Queen-street. — That Bishop Neligan laid the foundation stone of St. Jude's Sunday School laßt Week. Surely not another wooden shanty ? Laying a foundation plank wouldn't suit Moore .Richard. — That the Orangemen have not yet sent a wire of welcome to Sir Joseph. This remissness is probably due to the fact that Charles Watt has gone. Charles would have done it in a minute. — That the Hospital Board is advertising for pupil-nurses who must.be 23 years of age. But why not be diplomatic and make the age qualification 18 ? The average budding pupil won't own up to 23. — That several of the Penrose Government strokera are anxiously waiting to interview Monty McCallum. They want to stroke him down as some slight reward for his critique. It won't be the Government stroke, either. — That the glaringly ugly prohibition advertisement in Ponsonby Koad has lately been pulled down to make room for new buildings. It never will be missed. 'Twould be the irony of fate if a hotel was built there: — That a man was charged in the Police Court last week with forging the name of a gentleman called Nestor Kalashinkou. Anybody who could successfully forge a name like that deserves to get on in the world. — That the barmaids are prepared to arrange a compromise with the Women's Christian Temperance Union. They will refuse to serve elderly gentlemen who are plainly ticketed W.C.T. U. This is surely very fair. — That, as a result of the arrest of a certain professional man, a batch of letters from married and unmarried women in the community have fallen into the hands of the police. Some of the revelations are said to be surprising. —That there is exceeding great joy on the part of the sharebrokers. This has been caused by the news that a party of Canadian capitalists _are coming here on a, visit. , As Brother Buttle would say:- "Oh! let us be oyful!" —That the busiest man in.' town this week is P. J. Graces And next week he will be smiling a graceful and expansive smile.. Wait tijl the; "Alaritana." shekels begin to come in. "it will be "considerably more than a ''Farthing;..' -;V '_:_ v :.-. -.' - :: ■ :^~-;,::~-sy.y\: .C ';': > -^That our^ City Council ; prodigies >< are^not belying ;vtheir;;nianie. f • W. xWil son ancl^lfc - M. l ßasKvactecp/is^ judges Jni) tha Ds^l^^chlant race; ■: But a' more interesting •^ii^paid i "bj| ; :i witb:T; 0; ■■Tunier, to dleaVrthe%ackft-

—That Mayor Myers may be depended upon" to settle "the butchers' dispute or Bust. s ,— That Dr Makgill hai left for Wellington. Alas, we are deprived of the last remnant ofplague. _ —That Heiiry -Wilding will be 'his .own architect next time he embarks upon the construction of a house. J ' — That Lord Plunket will not accept a second term of office as 1 Govern or of New Zealand. Eager to return to the Old Country, perhaps." -- — That merchants^ report a good stock of matches "~bn hand. Only natural, considering Lhat Frank Lawry and F. H. Tenaplar are both away. "* — That the Mamari casualty will be v mentioned in the lawyers' prayers of thanksgiving — if they 'ever do pray — for some time to come. The lovely fees, 1 — That it wouldn't be a bad idea for the Northcote worms to buy the dredger for use as a ferry-boat. They seem singularly fond of pulling up mud. - — That Jack Kneen is seriously thinking of going to Ashburton to see if the Maclachlan is "playing possum. %, C. H. Poole is anxiously waiting to crush him. — That a considerable amount of the kudos for that Harbour Board victory in the Calliope Dock case was due to modest, unassuming, but nevertheless cute McVeagh. — That C. 0. McMHlions' princely ..monthly dividend is in peril. BadV sign picking quarrels with the localbodies and stopping the big battery inconsequence. '. ■ v ;""■•;■;: —That the Wakatere meal: charge is. a boiling question just how with. - George George. The menu did nojb^ include any, of the technical cookery recipes, either. . /". — That yon mustn't be so vulgar as to refer to a camera man as .a"photographer " now-a^days, "Artist? in ■ ;; photography " is the correct} appellation. 'Tia a refined age. —That the old stock maxim 'ihQb 5 there be light ' y has been impre.ssecl; ; upon the hearts and pockets -.of -the"; Newton Foresters through the latest Edinburgh-street building craze, ~ : : — That the trades unidriists are'be*: ■ ginniug to entertain the cdnvictioiiythat Judge Sim also must go; flet-dfe-j' clines to -divide jthe profits of bußiC: % nesses between the employees and the ; employers. ,_ — That Mayor Johnny 3Et6\ire H^s; seriously thought of negotiating- f or?i some of the Auckland Harbour Board's white elephants so as to. start^tfte.v-v Manukau Harbour Board show Jon jup*;| to-date lines, --, ' —That William Joseph Na^er'a3 latest tourist outfit has startled Devonport's suburbs. Needless to .- aajjf 1 , the \: fair sex are charmed, while the males ' are alarmed. Another political move to beat E. W. ' . "." ;'; ;" — That Judge Denniston has startled the local lawyers out of seven : ye4rs^j4 growth by his brisk method 6i rattling through business.- Nb 'hastening :off: South after the criminal sessions are :: over with him. ; „' : ; >\ :^! —That the Auckland M.H.R;?swho^ journeyed to Wellington by the Main '% Trunk line are not particularly anxious ; to repeat the experimeh^ Theyr? didn't like it half so well aa the J Mapourika trip. ,^:yP<\^-- ■ -\X- •-•,^;'t' ; — T'hat it is up to tlie'Ci^y'CQjiinVsil^i to strikea-special-ratevt^ provide for;'; the. upkeep^of" City : Engineer Bush's w elaborate equipage. < It^is^pnly right &■ that he should; maintiain^ the dignityt: due to hisvpositibnv-:^^v;.4^;.^ .^••■•'•^ ■-:s•> — That if .ttie^^pos^ title of " colonial •*/ mayors comes in£p,-pr^cUc;||^ifc|^ impossible^vt&iv-rlpld^'B^^'^r^i^ Think of-^ayiti^a :^bn^^fflled^Lord-^ John of 'Gn^^^^.-'r?^^/^iP-lS:^y-"':^^, — That^h^shipp^ think it jnight; hl^Jb^ißbetteiroDUßiT ness for tfie^Caliio'p^liO^klif^Jt^ - bour Board ;li^to!^;|ip^Kl^^s^e^vi: " But James Brigham, With iib) damages • cheque to write,; winks the other eye. !