THEY SAY.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42745, 8 July 1905, Page 2

THEY SAY.

[By Lynx.] That the Piako County Council and the Te Aroha Borough Council are a long time in getting that traffic bridge made across the Waihou. That the Paeroa butter factory has had a successful season. That so has the Waihou factory, but it would have been much better if some of the settlers supplied the local factory instead of sending the milk outside the district to be treated.

That Engineer Vickerman appears to be taking a great interest in the Te Aroha drainage contract. That perhaps the mess made of the drainage at Rotorua some time back has something to do with it. That the present Borough Councillors are about the best batch of re • presentatives we have had. That Deputy-Mayor O’Meagher just about fills the chair. That Te Aroha will be ablaze with electricity before next ’Xmas. That there are too many small boys about the streets after nightfall.

That it would be better for some of the girls if they were kept off the streets at night, instead of being allowed to run wild.

That the fair sex are consi icuousby their absence at the football matches nowadays; too much bad language has brought about this undesh'able change. That a rather sharp turn into a deep ditch opposite Newsham’s boardinghouse needs the attention of the borough surfaceman. It is dangerous at night.

That it is high time assistance was given the local Constable; a Mounted Constable ought to be appointed. That the fear of being placed on the ‘ black list ’ has made a lot of the ‘ bad marks ’ pay up. That the plain and fancy dross ball on the 19th is going to be a grand affair. .

That contracts in the Piako County are being carried out more to tho letter since Foreman Johnson took command. That he does not mince matters in his monthly reports. That the main road between Waihou and Te Aroha is a disgrace to any local body. 4 That the Directors of the Manawaru Co-op Dairy Co. are promised a warm quarter-of-an-hour tliis evening. That the green opposite the Palace Hotel is intended for grazing purposes. That Bro. C ickett still retains the medal. i ‘ That a local storekeeper claims having found the champion mean mnn. That is time the tradespeople found storing-room, other than the foot-path, for empty boxes, machinery, etc-