THINGS THE OBSERVER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

Observer, Volume XXX, Issue 39, 11 June 1910, Page 11

THINGS THE OBSERVER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

/; ; , =======\fl —When the Labour Party is going|| to know its o*n mind ? v M; $5 —When the parsons are going, to^f drop tbat futile Bible •in • schools^! - agitation? 'Js —How Dr Story, of the Costleyjl Home, appreciates the other story ofM P. J. Nerheny ? —Whether Arthur Rosser is going;, j to form a new Trades and Labour Council of his own ? , - >Jj; —In which latitude and longitude ,p of the Hon. J. A. Tole's head that^'iy ie soft spot is situated ? 'ja —How much the "Herald" "~i*Ss willing to contribute to that esplanade I? she's barracking so hard for ? - —How often Freddie Ballin haa^l . missed being able to get up in time to \ y | " sea the comet since those twina'fg arrived ? <|g —What Arthur Myers thought of, ip the delicacy and good taste of some of ,*| the hecklers at the Choral Hall la«t>l Monday night ? <M —When Rees George is going tO''4| follow the example of Bart Kent an'dV? Sayings Bank Cameron, and abandon W, p that bell-topper ? t ~<s —Why A. W. Hogg wasn't met by a*^ brass band on* the. occasion of his % present visit, as on the last ? Sic }|| ■ transit gloria mUndi! v "% '".'•■ ' —When the Hon. J. A. Millar ia£§ going to be carpeted before the Har- >$| bour Board over that ferry-boat M regulations business? ,VJ .t Jsj —How many votes the Governmental will lose- at next election through J| hungry people swallowing unduly ripe 'm Stewart Island oysters ? 3^ —How the University enjoy the prospect of having Anti«-J| Government-House-Site T. W. Leys as 'vM a member of the University Council? A -/| —Whether Arthur Myers i ß ,d| trembling in his boots at the idea of taking on the contract of beating fM ' George McKnight ? Arthur must \te~-m getting rash. , /M vi —If the big attendance at Ellerslie *~M last. Saturday, in spite of torrential iS| rain, wasn't a convincing answer tp W, the anti-gambling faddists who wan't-"S to put down true sport ? \M —Whether C..J. Parr gave a whoop^Jl . of joy when he beard tbat T. W. Leys -SM l had been appointed to the University College ..Council?. Oh, let him be'Jl| joyful, if the students are not. jpl —Whether that City Council drink- ws ing fountain at the Ponsonby reset-)ts| voir corner is meant to be a Chinese ' M puzzle ? The puzzle is how to find th«v)|| tap. Nobody has yet solved it. '" >$m — Whom those two —er — artistic jJffl portraits hanging in the lobby ofthe; ; Xf| Society of Arts building are meant to\;ji| represent? One looks mighty Mick Walsh, bnt the nose is toq t *|l| roseate. '""^m —How Bill Hunter and Thompson liked being escorted by thatjJ|| troop of fair Amazons in the Druida*':||j| torchlight procession? There is a%Jfl rumour that they, both blushed. Ifc'!§§l| lacks confirmation. v^llß —Why the Press Asa. thought itl|§j necessary to 'cable out the fact tbatal||l London horse-trainer had received t f months' imprisonment for *hbotin&j|i|9 , bolt ?, Perhaps, however,' the colt'waj^^ -•'rel4tlon-,oit^A«a»w|>4