BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18045, 4 January 1927, Page 9

BY THE WAY.

SOME REFLECTIONS AND COLLECTIONS, (By One of the Boys). And not a single politician got mentioned in the New \ car honours. W hat is the good of men devoting their time to saving the country if they are to be passed over like this? They have arrested an alleged spy in France and another at Essen, and I’m beginning to wonder, if the secrets of Ripa Island are sufficiently guarded. About the most annoying thing that T know of is to get down to the office and find a letter from the wife - who is on holiday—stating that, the place they are staying at is lovely and that I must save up so that we can all go there for Easter. My small boy says the reason why Wellington did not send Canterbury in again yesterday is that they were afraid they would have to catch last night’s boat home. This morning the lunar ellipse Should have caused a solar eclipse A celestial phenomenon Not such a common ’un, But the clouds they eclipsed the eclipse Why did you go to Akaroa? Oh, to back a rower. “As one Bolshie to another, you know I don’t mind shooting a few people in coid blood, like the Czar, or turning machine guns on a helpless crowd of bourgeoisie. I find a great deal of amusement in watching women and children starve or freeze to death. But I will not stand this boxing, it awakens such rough and low instincts.” What did Mr Coates do over the New Year? There isn’t a cable about him. L»t s hope he isn’t in Vine Street. On his trip to Lyttelton my hopeful coined a new word to describe that tunnel feeling. He said he was "smoth-

There’s a Wellington man on a visit at ray place and 1 put up with hearing the big score the Windy City made against Otago. Yesterday morning I endured his references to both the singles tennis championships going to Wellington, and at dinner time he told me that Canterbury had lost seven wickets for 60, and only had " another 400 runs to get.” At tea time he said, “ Wellington’s new broadcasting station will be ten times stronger than any other in New Zealand." “ That’s a good idea," I said cheerfully. " I remember one blew down didn't it? ” After that we had tea in silence. Everyone agrees that Gregory wears his “ bags ” elegantly, but lie does not seem to be making great strides towards that century. If only they would *run a tote on cricket matches some of the Canterbury batsmen might pay a big dividend some day. Cable: “Australia is making a strong bid for the English egg market." New | Zealand would never, never, never do a thing like that!