RANDOM REMARKS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 656, 1 April 1914, Page 7

RANDOM REMARKS.

By Onlooker.

Politics become of absorbing interest to the average person for a brief period every third year. Unhappy is the man who is required to maintain his interest throughout a longer time. The period of interest is fast approaching, as i 3 indicated by many unmistakable sigrs and portents. Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward are engaged in the fascinating pastime of telling the electors of the mistakes made by each other, while various members are beginning to get busy in their constituencies. Party government is a wonderful system, and the manner in which we are entreated to regard "Codlin as the friend not Short," is one of the refreshing things of political life. However, politics have existed sines the dawn of civilisation, and will probably continue to arouße interest even when the Utopian era is reached. In that delec table period the art of fulminating will probably have reached the highest possible plane, and we shall be spared the harrowing details which at present are furnished to the public.

Sometimes humour enters into politics, but the occurrence is always accidental, and should not be urged against any candidate. The average candidate considers it hia boundon duty to enliven his political speeches by sandwiching alleged humorous stories between the heads of his discourse. The custom is time honoured, which is its only recommendation. Years ago, I made a resolution to vote for the pulitlcal candidate who refrained from paining his audience with chestnuts. That resolution has disfranchised me for many long years, but there 13 always hope. They apparently have a neat and highly effective method of dealing with grave political situations in Peru. The cables this week conveyed the dreadful intelligence that the Parliament of that country could not sit, as the nine members necessary to constitute a quorum had been kidnapped This may be hard luck for the members, but the happening in bound to add interest to the political life of the country. The Te Kuiti Bowling (Hub's representatives must have been fighting oat a desperate finish on the Te Awamutu green on Saturday afternoon when they missed ihe train home. The waiting crowd which thronged ths local railway station when the train arrived evinced keen disappointent at being unable to ascertain the result of the matches. However, th 9 players arrived by the goods train with the welcome news of a win, and life took on a brighter tinge. Many excuses have been presented for missing tho train. Some have even gone so far as to blama the coach driver, but a fair-mninded public can bo depended upon to read between the lines, and arrive at a fairly accurate conclusion. My own private opinion is. that the players were studying the town improvements, and became so immersed in the water supply which is to be drawn seventeen miles from the green slopes of towering Pirongia, that they did not hear the whistls blow • Whoever heard of a coach driver forgetting a fare? The resourcefulness of King Country residents has frequently been'asserted. and the fact that ttn business man who received the following letter from a native customer, was able to interpret it says muuh for his adaptabiltiy and experience "Gentlemen, —Kindly send my, count of twenty or more Whole Teem hefer and some of them have "calfes if these are allowed to bring" sixteen bullocks, and twenty or more two year old steers in the Hamilton or in Au:kland Times please kindly 131 me know by telegram, iE the cow with calfes are allowed to bring to the sale. —I remain, yours, gentlemen," etc.

The native wished to inform the recipient that he had some stock, including Ilolatein heifers, with calves, for sale, and also wished to inquire if cows and calves were allowed to be entered for sale. At least this is the interpretation furnished by the recipient of the letter, and he is the only person likely to know.