WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 89, 4 July 1918, Page 2

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

That we should never run down Members of Parliament, for we never know what we may come to ourselves. That the British Bishops are being urged to doff their gaiters and wear trousers. But such garments would seem to them breaches of ecclesiastical law. That a man is never so convinced of the " niceness " of a girl as when she patiently listens while he tells about himself. That doing carpentering and other work on Sunday is affirmed to the " Sunday" religion. That the Town board could not make a case of a man who was vigorously hammering on the top of a roof on a recent Sunday because his name was not in the indictment. That some men love truth so well that they can never be induced to part with it. That at a recent football match held in the Matamata Domain one of the players was kicked in the stomach instead of the football. That he lost his wind for a number of seconds but with timely and skilful rubbing it came back again as strong as ever. That it was much easier to love your neighhours in the country than in the city —they are furher away. That there is likely to be a committee appointed in Matamata composed of the strongest men to lead the members of the Town board through the mud holes. That an up-to-date volume on road-making will be awarded to the member who uses the fewest questionable expressions during the dangerous expedition. That the first year's rates will be gladly welcomed by the board. That recently New South Wales proposed to make it penal to ask a candidate for Parliament for a subscription. That if this reform be introduced over here we shall have men getting into Legislature by merit. That this does not refer to the member for the district who is " top-hole." That he will be a far richer man if the proposal becomes law. That the drafted men who were turned down at Te Aroha quite recently have turned up again quite happy. That some never in all their lives have been so well pleased with their manyfold infirmities, and never so delighted that they are not as other men who have gone into the firing line. m That the Hon. D. H. Guthrie visited Matamata recently. Since that important event the leading lights of the district have felt themselves several degrees more exalted than at any other period of their history —and rightly so. That due honour was extended to the Minister for Lands in the way of hospitality and in other respects befitting his high office. That some specially fine cigars were purchased for the occasion and smoked in the Hon. gentleman's presence, which gave an aristocratic air and perfume to the rarity of the circumstances. That the Minister was well shepherded by Mr H. M. Skeet (Commissioner for Crown Lands) who has the facts at his finger ends. That at least two sections should be vested in the board. That a shock is awaiting some petty thief. That the game in Matamata is nearly played out as someone will learn to their everlasting sorrow. That some of the thefts are dispicable, and that is putting it mildly. ' That as a result of the new Postal regulations there is a possibility of the township being restricted to one delivery of letters per day —in the afternoon. That the hours of the moneyorder office might also be reduced That in connection with the former, Matamata, with only two deliveries, might well be spared