RANDOM REMARKS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 581, 2 July 1913, Page 3

RANDOM REMARKS.

By Onlooker.

The King Country air, which is responsible for the happy buoyancy which characterises the average resident, ia a wonderful asset to the dis trict, but in certain individuals it is apt to lead to such excessive exhilaration as to be a cause of embarrassment. It must be tbe atmosphere which causes the manifold differences of opinion in public matters throughout tbe length and breadth of tbe district and the result, while entertaining to outsiders.-can hardly be termed beneficial to the district at .large. Some day when we have all got accustomed to the atmosphere things will be seen in tbe true perspective, and a spirit of peace and amity will brood o'er the land. Until that day arrives we must be prepared for sudden happenings. Everyone seems to possess a coat tail combined with an abiding desire to have it trodden on.

The foregoing remark is in relation to nothing in particular. It is inspired by the mere desire to say something truthful, which may arrest the attention of those who are prone to hasty judgment. The fact of a truthfol remark emanating from a scribe without notice is sufficiently startling in itself to arrest wide spread attention, but extenuating circumstancei may be urged. Everything is abnormal at present: the weather; the money market; the suffragette movement; politics and other things too numerous for special mention. Consequently why not an abnormal spasm of veracity? Tbe conscientiously truthful person, and the consistently untruthful one are each apt to become monotonous and uninteresting to their friends. The moral to be extracted from this remark may not be suitable to the ultta-virtuous, but it exists.

Tbe only thing which is not in an abnormal state at present appears to be local politics. Even that useful and earnest body known under the title of the Ratepayer 1' and Citizens' Association seems to be fairly well satisified with the manner in which the affairs of the borough are being conducted, therefore the average ratepayer can rest in peace. The average per ion aforesaid is not over concerned with the exact amount of material which constitutes a horaeload. Moreover he is probably cognisant of the fact that it is extremely unwise in tbe interests of the horse to make the load too great. In these days of the humanitarian cult one has to be csreful. The claims of tbe workers are everywhere forcing recognition, and in the matter of carting it certainly seems as though the horse has first claim to the designation of worker. Hitherto the individual mo*t considered hss been tbe dog under the waggon.

Whether or not the bor iugh electrical installation is in an abnormal state ia a question yet to be determined. It is useless for the average individual to pretend to a knowledge of the forces which compire to produce electricity or even electric light, but if the service is in its normal state at present the town residents have heaps of entertainment in store. _lt sounds fine and large and impressive when talking about the town to refer airily to the electric light, and round off a sentence or two with tbe casual mention of kilowats, motors, volts and sundry otfajr technical terms which never afflict the ear of the humble resident of a gss lighted town. We are all doing it bravely at present when we meet the other fellow, but I have heard, an expression or two which lends colour to the rumour that "things are not what they seem." No doubt the vagaries of the electrical light can be satisfactorily explained, and with so many other matters in an abnormal condition at present it would not be surprising to learn that the light was playing fantastic tricks before high Heaven merely as a temporary relief to tbe grinding monotony of its usual existence. It is cheerful to learn that the whole of the power produced by the plant will be utilised when the installations, are completed, and tbe undertaking is evidently destined to become a payable branch of municipal enterprise. It has been ststed that the Ratepayers' Association are sighing for the luxury of gas, but such a wild allegation requires verification before it can be spoken above a whisper. In any case, why sigh?

The Debating Society having launched its disarmament propaganda and convinced the world of the merits of tbe cause has now time to turn to new fields. The next open debate in which party will not be allowed to interfere with individual conviction will be as to whether industrial unionism has been in tbe best interests of tbe community. As* the matter is subjudice no criticism of the question is allowable. The same remark applies to a certain extent to the impending breach of promise ease. Intense in terest is being created by the impending action but the ooinion is gradually gaining ground that the defendant has been more sinned against than sinning and that he will be upheld in pleading justification or the unwritten law or something equally vague and com; prehensive. Verily tbe society as an educational influence is power in the land.

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