RANDOM REMARKS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 154, 10 May 1909, Page 5

RANDOM REMARKS.

Taomaxvmtti ia reported toTbe again in trouble with tb« authorities, and it kt also stated that the loan promised by the Maori o«n«» oat of the accrued rent* is not quite such an assured thing as was once thought. The Native* agreed to the lean in the belief that there was sufficient money *** hand to meet It. Tins., it is said, was a nvtstake, and the amount in the exchequer ia considerably short off Clie promised 1366©. if the project i t carried out it will mean that the Native owaer will have to wait a considerable time longer than they expected for their rents. There are rumours that many •f the owners are already repenting and trouble may ensue. Some people are bom to wear the martyr's crown, and in like manner some townships appear to be specially selected for the kicks, while others calmly appropriate the ha'pence. There is little difficulty in deciding which class the King Coontry townships belong to. However, there ia a mighty inward heaving and something is bound to happen. That the mountain may not bring forth the proverbial moose is the devout wish of alt who understand the question.

The opening day of the shooting season has come and gone, and many stirring tales have been told of how we made the feathers fly. Unfortunately. many of the shootists had to travel a long distance on foot and were forced to leave the greater portion of their bag behind. A sermon could be preached and a telling moral pointed on the state of our roads, which necessitates sportsmen good and true travelling afoot, and leaving good game in tiw mud.

The peregrinations of Mr Clement Wragge are always attended with more or less interest, to say nothing of excitement, and Mr Wragge*s present tour of the Dominion is no exception to the rule. The eminent meteorologist is evidently a humorist of the broad school, and in fixing Ministerial names on the various atmospheric agitators which visit us has struck something entirety new in the advertising line. The suggestion that the politicians arc disturbing factors may not be altogether inappropriate. Mr Hogg lays claimto being a reformer: Mr Millar is doing his best to live up to a similar reputation as far as the railways are concerned, whit*' both Mr Maasey and Mr Fowlds would doubtless become reformer*) if they got the slightest encouragement or opportunity.