THINGS THE OBSERVER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

Observer, Volume XXVIII, Issue 28, 28 March 1908, Page 11

THINGS THE OBSERVER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

— If the bakers' scheme to sell only for cash or coupons ought not in fairness ttf carry with it a provision for discount ? ~ — Whether Chairman Buttle intends to turn ou the champagne on the day when Sir Joseph Ward. calls upon the - Stock Exchange ? — Who drafted the Trades Council's circular to the local bodies as to jerrybuilt bouses ? The hand .of Esau seems very apparent. — If it was humanised milk that Dr Stopford turned no to refresh his sorrowing brother councillors during the leave-taking ? Or was it mare's milk ? — If the Tohunga Suppression Act of last session now counts as a dead letter? Or wasn't it designed to put the extinguisher upon Prophet Rua, after all ? — If the Star didn't get a little hysterical over the reported gold find at Russell ? " The richest gold find in the Dominion" is very tall talk indeed. — Whether Oily Nicholson is willing I to endorse the sentiment that second thoughts are always the best — \ especially with reference to standing for Parliament ? — How much it would cost Auckland ; to put Health Officer Purdy in the municipal saddle for twelve months, ; and give him his full fling in the matter of expenditure? ' — Whether there is any probability i that the departmental business which brought tbe Hon. Timi Kara to Auckland will be got through before the Easter races are over ? ' — Whether someone won't volunteer \ to open the eyes of suburban borough i councillors as to the existence of jerry--5 built houses ? Present professions of r ignorance are rather appalling. ? — What big scheme the Bank of \ New Zealand has afoot in Auckland ? . The sudden visit of the general ? manager and the greater part of the . Board was not made for nothing. ? — How the Anglican authorities , came to make so heterodox a person > as Sir Eobert Stout the lion of their , high school speech day ? Was Moore > Richard's approval obtained before- \ hand ? I — If the Health doctors have located ' in what part of Rotorua, or from what I cause ia that health resort, North f Shore's crack crew caught the typhoid i germs ? A serious matter for all * concerned. > — What particular punishment the t Trades and Labour Council intend to mete oat to Councillor Dimery, of . Grey Ljnn, for his cavalier treatment of their jerry-built letter? Something lingering, with boiling oil in it ? — If it is not killing the true spirit of rivalry when Auckland amateur oarsmen draw out of a race because victory to themselves is not assured before the pull, in order to debar a rival club from gaining pennant points? — If Pastor Black has not earned the gratitude of Vincent-street by clearing the only blot in that board-ing-house avenue ? His little cot has a past history that would cause incon- _ venience-to some, but food for powder to little Black. — Why the Auckland Stock Er>„ change did not wire urgent to Billy Tregoweth, at Karangahake, that Sir , Joseph Ward was going to pay the Exchange a visit? William could _have eiitertained the Prime Minister with his views on ' Change, mining, and '. the business-methods and general characters of the brokers,