FROM THE WATHCH TOWER

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 741, 14 August 1929, Page 8

FROM THE WATHCH TOWER

By “THE LOOK-OUT MAN.” DIPLOJIACY Angered by the cutting phrases of Mr. Philip Snowden, Frenchmen sent their seconds round to his hotel at 3 the Hague. ‘ Th.“ «crayons that a politician. uses. The cutting phrase, the criticism cruel, ‘ Arr: not the hind the careful swordsman ‘ chooscs 1 thch satisfying honour in. a. dud. ‘Though useful in thc House, or an. the ‘ platform, _ Thc 1.701“? th periods that the statesman wield.»- } W'ould ill-protect the contours of his fat ‘ Ti’licjif7lilzrdcs are flashing in. sequestererfl fields. Vm-abularics like the smooth libretto . That antlkes well-uwiten melodi‘amas Tum malty/the thrust of rapier or stiletto lAL single combat at the break 0‘ day. TIN-n what a. quandary for Mr. Snowden, Challenged by Frenchmen, righteously incensed .' So unfamiliar, he, with gods like Odin—— Only with words, not blades, had Snowden fenced! _ BEOTVDLF. * * * OPEN CONFESSION i For refreshing candour, “The Lookout Man” would like to commend Mr. J. S. Fletcher, M.P., who has admitted in the House that he is disappointed in his party’s inability to carry through its original borrowing proposals. Unfortunately, it qannot 'seriously he ‘ hoped that Mr. Fletcher's shining ex-‘ ample will influence other politicians; Most of them are more experienced, and know better. =3: $3! 3 DON'T .MIND THE RAIN Though rebuked at times from different quarters, the Transport Board goes urbanely on its way, its latest plan to relieve human misery being a direct invitation 'to all and sundry to come in out of the wet. The proposed new tram shelters are to be of do lure character. That at the Post Ofiice will repair the longstanding disability conferred by a State which has always beern reprehensibly reluctant to put yerandahs on Govern ment building's. Whether or not this will add to the achitectural grace of the building, it will have a glass roof, and on a broiling summer day this should give a very pleasing hothouse .effect. Owing to the perversity of ‘Nature it is probable that the erection of shelters will be followed by a‘ prolonged drought. Life is like that. There is now more promise than ever of an early spring and fine summer. ‘ 2:; fit #1 l j ALL A 30.4 RI) 1 1 Current discussions on the signi~ .ficance of the term “engaging in lmotor—cycling" lend interest to an ‘Englishman’s feat in crossing the JChannel on a motor water-cycle—or should it be water motor-cycle? The charm of this pastime would be that in the event of a skid the water would offer something soft to fall upon. Should the water motor-cycle become ,an accepted fact, the Harbour Bridge ‘Association might as well go out of‘ ‘business, for obviously there will be no need for a bridge if people can just lstep on their kick-starters over at Devonport and Bayswater, and in a. couple of minutes be parking their ‘steeds by the city quays. Kawau for lunch and Rangitoto for morning tea. would be definite possibilities, and .the pillion girl would have a whole. ‘new world to conquer. On reflection, ahowever, it appears that all these ‘advantages are already ~possessed by ‘3 fast motorboat. and even to some {degree by an outboard. So further ‘investigation hardly seems worth ; While. it fi= it \BOUNTY ‘ \Vhen the Marchioness Townsend. } Mayoress of Lynn, England, visited the United States recently to attend the ‘3ooth anniversary of the founding of ‘Lynn, Massachusetts. she was met by lmost generous hospitality, and jocu‘larly remarked that she had received 'every possible souvenir except a ton ,0! coal. Promptly 3. Lynn coalman lsent her a truckload, which she had sto dispose of by giving it to charity. ; The incident illustrates America‘s way of doing things in a. grand and open}handed manner. If Leslie Sutton, the 14-year-old Cardin boy who stowed ‘ away on the Discovery, had done that yin America, he would have been eulo‘gised. publicised, everything but can- ; onised, and consequently made for life. He would have become a feature Writer for the papers, 3 vaudeville star. a possible matinee idol. That is how America. treats her idols; but in England he will simply go back home. receive a severe castigation over his fathers knee. and there will be no more to it. ‘