More or Lees Topical.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 381, 23 October 1908, Page 4

More or Lees Topical.

[By “ Hoho and Others,]

In small newspaper erffiees in remote country places, where the “copy” goes direct from the editor to the compositor, without, the formality of “licking into shape,” the need of a proof-reader is often felt. Fqr example in a certain provincial office a short time ago the printer in “making up” the paper got the galleys mixed# The first part af the obituary of a townsman bad been dumped into M e formes and the nexb < f pe came from a galley in vvhieb was a description of a fire. The country folk were much startled when they came to the paragraph which read thus:—“Tbo pall-bearers lowered tbo body to the grave- It was consigned to the flames. There were few if any regrets, for the old wreck had been an eyesore to the Town for years, Of course, there was individual loss, but that was fully covered by insurance.”

1 have rather au eye to the artisdc and take j&reat pleasure id seeing thjs same faculty manifest in others. At the same time this hobby ia apt to be to an extent expensive. There are some very nicely kept areas in Kawbia where there should lie a garden, but in cases where there is not one the owners are often seen doing notbiug in their spare niomeipts. They -are, of course, batching out a design There is oue-nrliskic taste that is put into operation in Kewhia, and that is house pawling. I ooticed on »ny meauderings a side of a house that is I painted every time anything liquid is not required inside. By the appear ■ ance the chief export is soup. But i like many people when they liddivaie they only tiddivate that portion that is most noticeable. I would suggest each wall has some iu rotation. What is worth doing is worth doing well.

The latest ghost yarn comes from Marton. The yarn goes that there is a haunted he use in the town, and no one can be persuaded to live in it, although it is offered free to anyone who will do so. It is ntated that ai night strange noises are heard and a party of five of these uupernaturai beings can be seen dancing in r the deserted dining-room to music from an unseen piano. The report states that the chimney of thhe building collapsed one night and that the bricks were examined and fonrrtUo be literally filled with nuggets of gold. I wonder what brand the Martonites are in the habit of drinking.