PASSING NOTES

Waipa Post, Volume 38, Issue 2270, 19 February 1929, Page 5

PASSING NOTES

TOWN TOPICS IT IS SAID— That there is some truth in the rumour that the Postal Department intends to use "Walton Street for an outlet.from its assembling yard. That pedestrians using- Sloane St. will welcome the change. That several narrow escapes from accident have occurred through a Department truck issuing sud-ednly from the gateway adjoining Middlebrook's butchery. That very few people know how Walton Street received its name. That that street should be more used as a parking place for motor cars. That the Borough Council should urge motorists to park their cars there, especially on sale days. That Alexandra Street and Sloane Street are too crowded with stationary cars on sale days. That the lorry loads of goods for some stores have to be unloaded in the middle of the street as stationary sores have to be unloaded in the middle of the street because stationary cars obstruct access to the shopfronts. That a certain young lady hesitates to announce her engagement because she has been engaged before. That she is keeping the fact a " great secret" until the wedding invitations are issued. That she does not realise the secret is shared by many other people. That her dearest friend whispered the news " in strictest confidence." That the price of bottled beer-in Te Awamutu is abnormally high. That it is threepence cheaper at Kihikihi and Pirongia. The the local charge is an imposition. That Waipa County Council should impose and collect a dog registration fee. That owners of sheep are penalised by the Council's remissness. That they cannot successfully prosecute as ownership cannot be established. That dogs have worried sheep on district farms lately. That if dogs got among councillors' flocks there would soon be " something doing." That some district dairymen are wondering why " "W.G." is going to Canada. That he is looking for a more lucrative market for his company's butter and cheese. That the Eastern market for milkpowder is practically a " wash-out." That when cull-cow drives are organised again this autumn and winter farmers will be asked to supply fuller details of their culls. That the veterinary officers seeking facts about vaginitis and mammitis want the information. That the price of cement is too high at present. That amalgamation to cheapen production in that industry is just as mythical as in the dairying industry. That if there is any saving the user does not get it. That another " manure war " is by no means an impossibility. That there hasi been a lot of illfeeling between two imoprtant fertiliser firms. That ragwort still flourishes in all parts of the district. That local landholders salve their consciences—if they have any !—with the reflection that other districts are worse off than Te Awamutu. That a local resident, alleged to have a strain of Scots in him, paid two pence for a paper at the railway station one morning recently. That he carefully read all the news and most of the advertisement on the journey. That on arrival at Fran\ton he sold the copy to the bookstall for one penny. That he disputes the original vendor's claim for half the profits. That the old-fashioned tin-canning of newly-weds is not out of date in Te Awamutu. * That one popular couple, after five weeks' honeymooning, was accorded a noisy welcome home the other ingThat the crowd was too big for the house, so the lawn was in much use. That "Ramona" and "Muirray Moon" were murdered, and "The More We are Together " severely injured, by the vocalists, who were more or less in unison. That somebody had a big job next morning gathering up the dented tins.