It Is Town Talk

Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 5, 4 August 1900, Page 12

It Is Town Talk

— That teachers say the educational screw loose is not their " screw." — That it takes a Barber to make a crossing over muddy thoroughfares. — That the Mayor is so tired of the City Fathers thut he is 'aitken to get out of office. — That it is a hard job to retain excessive dignity when "frothing"' to " barrack." —That Bell & Co. claim that strikes are frequent in their business. In fact, that the match factory exists on strikings ! — That Magistrate W. P. James came down from Wairarapa for last Saturday's representative match. — That a Post correspondent thinks the daily prayer of Wellington landlords is — " Give us this day our tenants' children's bread ! " — That a certain lady was very considerate in providing a hot water bottle for a distinguished personage's feet at a recent concert ! — That our schoolmasters don't believe in technical education now, on the principle of "Hang posterity — what has prosperity done for us ? " — That the block of buildings at the foot of Cuba-street promises to be the most striking in Wellington for its uniformity in size of warehouses and style of architecture. — That linotype operators in Wellington don't show the zeal for speed that they did a few weeks ago. There will be good openings here presently for smart operators. — That there will be a big house at the next meeting of the Mount Cook Schools Committee on the starving of education, and the proposed resuscitated School Committees Association will liven things up. — That if the Sanitary Commissioner inspected the house of the man who got a month for vagrancy on Monday, he would find such a state of things that would probably require a two column, instead of a one column report.

— That Great Britain always " falls in " when she works with allies. It's not " All li'" for us in China. — That Lie Hung Chang is brother to Chang the Giant, well known around these parts many years ago. — That the members of the Arbitration Court want a subsidy for supplying the press with so much good " copy." — That lawyer Wilford advised cabinetmaker Eimbell to be a dumbbell at the Arbitration Court on Saturday. — That Premier Seddon has not been keen on his troops-for-China idea because Victoria got under way first. — That Brunner should have a session of Parliament of its own. They go down several hundred feet with a bore there. — That the City Fathers tried, tried* and tried again, and then failed to hatch new poultry by-laws. Three times addled ! Once more, the early rooster crows unmolested. — Tha,t some of the teachers that the Education Board has put under notice of dismissal are considered by their headmasters to be the mainstay of their teaching staffs. — That the printer who took the most active part in typographical circles in kicking against the Arbitation Court award is not unconnected with the Conciliation Board ! — That school teachers wonder why there should be so much blare about reduction, seeing that the Chairman of the Education Board presides over the Bank of New Zealand. — That the Premier's straight talk to Unionists at the Eigg banquet made then* wonder where they were ! They say, however, that they have a rod in pickle for Richard if he doesn't change his tune. — That it was great sport this week watching the representalive hockey matches by the ladies, and that the spectators— mere men in particular— thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, that more men would have been there had they but known. — That Allan Orr was waiting on King Dick's doorstep the morning after ' Grattan Grey's meeting to assure him that he wasn't the Orr that had taken the chair.' It. was the New Zealand Times that blundered between Tom and Allan of the Orr clan. — That some day or other the City Council may get to know its own mind in the matter of poultry-keeping regulations, and that dozens of citizens who sacrified their fowls on the strength of the decision of a few weeks ago are just now foaming with indignation.

The Junior Association have at last arranged a match with Fielding, and these games with outside teams will go a long way to give encouragement to the players. It is to be played on Saturday, 25th August, provided that date suits the Fielding people. The game between the Swifts and Petone elevens was played on the Becreation ground at Petone, and resulted in a draw, each side securing a goal, and according to the rules controlling the competition for the Charity Cup, the match will have to be replayed at a date to be fixed by the Association. The following programme has been outlined by the Association :— August 4th and 11th, trial representative matches ; August 18th, six-a-side tournament and annual supper ; August 25th, match with Fielding. The Junior Six-a-side Tournament has been postponed, so as to allow the junior men taking part in the Charity Cup to take part in the Tournament, but still I don't see why the Association should suffer for a few men, which at the outside only amounts to half a dozen, but they have remedied the defect splendidly by inserting other fixtures as above.