CORRESPONDENCE

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2035, 21 March 1907, Page 1

CORRESPONDENCE

CHAOS TO COSAIOS.” To the Editor of the Gisborne Times. Sir,—Suburban Gisborne sympathises with you in your recent calamity. Imagine its astonishment in finding this (Tuesday) morning one sheet of its favorite paper a blank 1 Pretty suburban Gisborne in a flutter with its sameness of back fence; its Townloy-furuished alcove drawing rooms wore alarmed. AVhat had happened? AVliataupoko Lawn Tennis shook its prettiest skirt, Nugget blacked its best boots, and took the lid off its ICremo pot to discuss the question; but, alas, the uncertainty cf .weather, rumor was rife, and was bandied from lip to lip. AA’ns our popular editor, Air. Connell, ill? Again, was the Times office burned? Suburban early morning undressed heads, popped over Suburban regulation back fences, to the terror of laying lien and crowing cock, and asked tiie question what had happened? Suburban doctors were rung np; was our Editor ill? “No,” the answer flashed. Strange! the Times office still reared its lordly head to the morning air. Still the mystery remained itncxplained. Then startled Suburbanites whispered the fact that the quaint little personage of the genus Managing Direct, “whose dire responsibilities and wide range of possible explanation emblazon each envelope and note paper,” had taken over Editorial duties and the Apologia amidst the blank testified bis first attempt at a leading article. This, however, proved untrue. At last truth became known; the Suburbs were satisfied. Our genial Editor the previous night had lectured before the Debating Society, the subject being “From Chaos to Cosmos,” and had given Suburbanites an illustration of what they had missed by their absence. Thus again jieace reign?, and we still know our Editor is ip supreme command, and news as of yore will still continue to feed our morning appetites.—l am, etc.,

THE MAN AT THE X ROADS. [ln the lecture referred to, there was no mention of all the conditions under which chaps reigns, nor were conundrums dealt with. AA’lien the Debating Society sets apart a special evening for jokes we will see that our correspondent gets a special invitation to he jircsont.—Ed. G.T.]