RANDOM REMARKS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 628, 17 December 1913, Page 3

RANDOM REMARKS.

By Onlooker,

"Whom the Gods wish to deßtroy they first make mad." Some are made madder than others, of course, and the completeness of their destruction is as final and convincing as the wiping out of the wicked cities of biblical history. Others suffer from the malady in a mild form, and temporary aberration is followed by only a partial eclipse, from which the victim may arise Phoenix-like and again climb to the dizzy heights. These reflections are induced by a bowling challenge, made and accepted, but not yet fulfilled. From the wicked city the escape of Lot sheds a cheerful ray across a gruesome page of ancient history, but even that one small gleam is dimmed by the fate of the lady who looked back. However, their is to be no recanting in respect to the bowling challenge, the team which is booked for oblivion respresenting the highest traditions of the race, both individually and collectively. Still, they are only alleged bowlers, and the faculty of losing gracefully, or dying nobly in lost cause is not sufficient to win matches against odds. This may not be the correct spirit to carry into a contest, but there is some consolation in commending the cause to the power that guides the bowler's destinies and doing your best against oddß. After all the odds may not really be so great as they appear.

The drainage question appears to have a weird attraction foE new councillors. The youthful and ardent imagination is fired by the desire to perform a work of lasting benefit for mankind, and conserve the well being of the community to the highest degree. Such details as the repairing of fojtpaths, the efficient running of the crusher, or the stopping of a leak in the water pipes can safely be left to the executive officers and the older members who have sunk to the depths of parochialism. The drainage question affects the community at large, and is entirely worthy of the best efforts of the most highly developed public spirit. Judging from the remarks of councillors there is no danger of the drainage question being forgotten locally. The impending financial liability involved in the subject is hovering over the Mayoral chair like nightmare, and until thß psychological opportunity arrives for the launching of an axtension scheme the town's chief magistrate will have many an anxious hour reflecting on the numerous needs of a complex civilisation.