THE GRAFTON ROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 583, 22 November 1871, Page 2

THE GRAFTON ROAD.

To the Editor of the Stab. Sib, —"Daik Observer," who evidentl takei & onesided view of the queition g ee to forget that there are two ways of approa,* 1 ing tht snare I complained ot. Ont of th from the Kyber Pass Boad, was protected ?' a fence without lights, but the other, up uJ Grafton Eoad, totally unguarded. Myatteatj to this was especially drawn by g penon th» g«nu* " Sunday rider" going up tl% n M] at full gallop on Sunday night; but ltfcVfl for him, and perhaps for the contracts ' Eoad Board, he turned into Park Boadji A I comidor I have eitabliahed my statement T shaii t reply to any more correspondence.-!-! am, &.0.,

Phtukthiohst P. S.—l see that a lamp burns this erwiao at the edge of the excavation. ■ Auckland, I\ovember 21, 1871.

To the Editor of the Etbndts Stab.

Sib,—lt is very pleasing to see the effort* of the Auckland Rowing Club to induce taste for athletic exercise, aud they are deserving of the thanks and patronage of all classes but I, and a large number of others who hare spoken to me on the subject, are very so nr that they have confined their programme to almost one class, viz., racing, thus ignoring our most valuable athletes, the " heavy draughts.". Now, in almost all sports, in the old country, there is provision made for them ia some way or other, not an uncommon plan being weight carrying—generally two cvrt. or three cwt. sacks, —who carries the greatest distance, of coui'se. And aa the principal work on onr whai'res and about our stores ii of this nature, 1 think the committee might do worse than introduce it into their programme. They have simply to provide a coup c of sach of maize or flour, Hraw the men in pairs (the same as for wrestling) and a struggle will ensue, for there are lots of herculean frames in Auckland who would enter the lilts with delight, and not only that, but, if it wereforno other reason than variety, it would be a valuable addition and would help to" draw." One other thing I would strongly advise, that is to alter their day tili Saturday, now that we have a pretty general half-holiday. Hoping that you will pardon my trespassing so much on your space,—l am, &c,

SiJISOK.

Newton, Not. 20, 1871

Josff TixriiNGS on Steawbebeies.—The gferawberr» iz one uv natur's sweet pets. She mates them worth fifty" cents, the fust she makes, and nerer allows them tew be sold at a meau price. The culler ut the straw* berry is like the setting of the sun under a thin cloud, with a delicate dash ur the rain bo in it; its fragrance iz like the breath ut a baby when it first begins to eat wintergreen lozzingers; its flaTour iz like the negtar which an old-fashioned goddess used to ieaTe in the bottom ut the tumbler, when Jupiter stood treat on Mount Ida. There iz many breeds ot this delightful Tegetable, but not a mean one in the hull lob. I think I have stole them, laying around loos, without any pedigree, in somebody's tall grass, when I-was a-lazy schoolboy, that eat dreadful easy, without any white sugar on them, and eTen a bug occasionally mixed with them in the hurry ot the moment. Cherry 3iz good, bufc they are tew much like sucking a marble with a handle tew it. Peaches iz good, if v don't gefe enny ot the pin foathei'3 intew yur lips. Watermelons will suite ennybody who iz sati-fied with half-sweetened drink ; but the man who can eat strawberry, be-sprinkled with crushed sugar and bespattered with kream (at somebody else's expense), and not lay his hand on his stummak, and thank the author of strawberries and stuminaks, and the phellow who pays for- the strawberries, is a man with a worn-out conscience—s man whose mouth tastes like a hole in the ground, and don't care what goes down.

Mrs. S. C. Hall cruelly propounded to vi the other day the startling question, "Why do not women hare beards ?" implying that advocates of improving the position of women must be silent aud ashamed till that question is answered. The answer has been found. Women have no beards, because they do not use decotion of boxwood. For many ages boxwood has been known both as a dye anp a promoter of the growth of hair. One antiquarian tells us a story of a girl in Silesia, who; having lost all her hair during a severe illnew, was advised to try decotion of boxwood to make it grow again. This she did with such success that she soon had a profusion of auburn tresses, but, adds the writer, " as she had used no precaution to secure her face and neck from the lotion, they became covered with red hair to such a degree that she seemed but little different from an ape or a monkey!"' From all of which it appears certain tbat a decotion of boxwood and a fixed determination, to become ugly are all that is required to • enable women to grow beards. We trust Mrs. Hall is now satisfied.— Echo.