THEY SAY

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 91, 17 July 1908, Page 5

THEY SAY

The Waikato Winter Show was attended by 15,000 people. That the Show was a great financial success. The visit of the officers of the American fleet and the Parliamentary party to Hamilton will be very popular with the public of Hamilton and surrounding districts. The collections taken up at the Waikato Winter Show, in aid of the Waikato Hospital realized close on £SO. That the Dog Nusiance is not in the same street as the Coal Fiend. That when the " ranch " is finished there is going to be high jinks. ■ The roof is now on, so the opening" ceremony is not far distant. That the festivities are expected to last from Saturday till Monday, and the visitors (or rather guests) will have an opportunity of viewing the extensive caves, which are supposed to exist on the property, during that time. —That the Mangapapa ladies are anxious to sample the " Bachelor's cookery " at the forthcoming Bachelor's Ball. —That a rather amusing episode took place at the general meeting of the proposed guarantors for North Ohura. A little good-humoured badinage was going on relative to the headquarters of the Northern Ohura Association, when one gentleman, who does not live a hundred miles from Matiere, got excited, and, with the interjection that " He would have nothing to do with a meeting that was going to be run by one man," left the room in general quick time amid a general burst of laughter. —That he still looks fierce.

—That Jupiter Pluvius has as much sympathy for Kuitians as our " paternal " Postal Department. —That " every comfort is provided but no responsibility accepted " should be placarded on our local post office (?) —That if the health of the townspeople is endangered through standing out in the rain and slush the fault is attributable to the above-mentioned " rain god." —That the Department should commandeer the B.N.Z. premises during the interim.