NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1924, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

o It is fatal to attempt a joke with ail American reporter (says Rosita Forbes, the well-known English traveller). I only did it once, years ago in Denver. He Jiad glazed eyes, and he asked me what we did in London when German bombs fell. I said brightly, “M'c put up our umbrellas.” The result was a headline next morning, ‘'She put up Jier umbrella while strong men ran for real cover.” Tina his wife went to dames several times it week and left the children at home was a husband's plaint at the. Magistrate’s Court, Auckland, in defending an application by his wife for maintenance. Evidence was given bv Adjuvant 'Gordon, of ilu* Salvation Army, that the wife was homeless and penniless, anil that the household furniture was in an auction marl. Defendant said he had been unable to work during the past two days, be cause he could not leave the children alone. ”Yoti get’ a home for your wife and children riglit away,” said Mr U. K. Hunt, S.M., to defendant. The magistrate also advised the wife to go to fewer dances, and to look after her children.

••I don’t like that. bird. Urn tired of it,” remarked a New Plymouth lady, referring to a thrush which lor about two months past had occupied the same spot in the garden at dawn ami sung steadily for a couple :-f hours, with repeat performances at

intervals during the day. Rain or fine the thrush kept up its rather shrill song, and often near it sal another rather laired looking Idl'd, presumably its mate. One theory is that the male bird sings to please the female, bill judging I rum appearances ami ftiitti the habits of human males, the bird sings to please himself, and his partner is supposed to play the part nl admiring audience.

The scene was,a tiisW-elass smoker on an early morning train out ol Hamilton. anil the conversation (relates the “Auckland Star”) turned for a time from footbol! to farming and what the farmers were making or not making, when a sarcastic individual stopped smoking a wee while and chipped in with the remark that the cookies were doing all right ill the Waikato; anyway, they were making good money, what with extricating motorears from mud mails and killing rabbits for their skins. ‘"'What do t)n> v want, to worry about. 'butter dropping in price.” lie said. “Just keep the roads as had as they are :it Motilahiiho and keep tin- rabbit hoards from interfei ing. Then he told of two young men on the slopes of Maungaknwa who are making £lO per week each, killing and skinning rabbits, ami of another part on Maungutailtari who made £!-> in one night killing the bunnies and then ehissilying tlu* skins aaid sending them to ■Wellington.

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