THEY SAY

Observer, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 24 February 1912, Page 7

THEY SAY

—That all is not harmony amongst the members of the Power Boat Association.

— That Wellington's wind has been discovered to be due to the number of conferences that meet there.

—That Wai'hi's Mayor Newth is going to find his runner-up for that civic diginty a hard nut to crack.

—That Rotorua nearly went dry this week. No wonder, with over two hundred visiting bowlers in the town.

—That Tommy Burns is grow-f.g tired of comparative obscurity, and has commenced making noises at Johnson.

—That Hebe is already becoming a rara avis, and that pub-keepers are beginning to mutter about her increasing demands.

—That Justice Edwards speaks like David in his wrath, and according to him witnesses in Auckland cases are mostly liars.

—That Dickeon, M.P., has lost interest in. Remuena of late, but that the Earnest Bond has sworn to protect its principal.

—That Mayor Parr could have condemned the Main Trunk service with rduch more vigour, and still have been unreasonably mild.

—That disorganiser Parry has grave doubts of Grandma " Herald's " veracity, but regards the " Star "as the revised Gospel.

—That Labour Minister Millar is waiting to see how the political wheel turns before taking action against Wellington tramway strikers.

—That Sir Joe's .. huge trout catches at Taupo were solely due to his skill in baiting hooks, and that fly fishing comes easy to a political boss.

—That Mayor Parr has been requested to adjudicate on the fish question, because he knows the fish producing capacity of the bay better than most.

—That 0. Mason's knowledge of social customs should have taught him that toads are never " treated." Jim-jams sometimes are but only inadvertently.

—That Kettle, S.M., has invented a theory which is to revolutionise the liquor traffic, and that Erney Davis and Arthur, M.P., haven't been consulted and may not approve.

—That Bart Kent is up against Mayor Parr and the cricket clubs on the Victoria Park Exhibition site question, and one can get his own price backing Bart's chances.

—That John Payne, forgetting b&s Dominion-provoked threats of reneging on "Reform," has cursed' the " Gingerbread Aristocracy " of Liberalism, and Grey Lynn has ceased to simmer.

—That Maurice O'Connor had better beware, and cease publication of h'ijs pipe-lighters. Hipkins and Coutts nave been seen in consultation, and they are willing to swear that Speight's is a Dunedin brew.

—That F. M. B. Fisher was unusually candid when he declared at the Feilding Opposition rally that there were one or "two members of hie party in a precarious position because they didn't know where they were.

—That the building by-laws are not very much administered in Eden.

—That assault and battery is becoming a too frequent amusement in Auckland.

—That Bradney, M.P., thinks Sir Joe is playing to the gallery and that the - Auckland West member is righteously horrified.

—That there is no truth in the rumour, that George George and Moore-Jonee are going to establish an art club of their own.

—That Germany's much-praised Education system is wrong somewhere, judging from the morbidity engendered in the scholars.

—That the threatened General Labourers , strike will be a lizzie, and Waihi wants the Grand President more than Auckland.

—That Albert Edward considers Mr Massey's reference' to " polilitical barnacles on the political derelict " to be in very bad taste.

—That the tramways are responsible for the presence of some youthful rowdys at Takapuna, and. more police supervision is required.

—That the blasting of the drainage tunnel is awkward for housefoundations in the vicinity, and the Council may have some bills to meet.

—That since the Premier Picnic was held over for future discussion, John McLeod can't hear the name of weather-profit Bates without snorting.

—That the visible supply of hair for "transformations" and other hair-pads exceeds the demand now that the Chow revolution has come off.

—That a simple-life faddist was sent to gaol recently for wearing singlet and kilts in Melbourne etreets, and that the local Scottish Societies are deeply perturbed.

—That another surplus has been discovered and more are to be discovered in the near future, and that a financial year without a "surplus" would cause a panic.

—That Mr Massey's theory that Parliament is the servant of the people is the same idea that caused the Liberal shake-up, and that a Parliament that is governed is not wanted.

—That recent strikes and continued strikes have given the Labour cause the biggest set-back since its inception. And that even a strike depends on popular approval, .or apathy.

—That Avorfclale's Mayor is to be re-elected, and that the Lunacy Department since hearing the news have given up all hopes of erecting their accommodation house where it isn't wanted.

—That the night porter at the Royal was surprised to see Brennan'e boss comedian come from the show with his " make up " unremov€)d, but got a shock when he found it to be the plain truth.

—That there is much unease in the Upper 'Ouse, now that Sir Joe has gone back on it, and that the chock experienced was something similar to the feeling that struck Waihi shareholders some while ago.

—That Waitemata Harris has succeeded by urgent representations in fetting orders issued for the subivision of the Paremoremo Crown Lanjls. Obviously there is no time like the !present for grinding pjolitical axes.

—That a new way they have in the navy is to make battleship furnaces so all-consuming that the heat melts the ship. Next year they will be building ships so powerful that they will wear themselves out in doing more than they c;::i.