NOT IN THE PAPERS.

Observer, Volume 4, Issue 89, 27 May 1882, Page 165

NOT IN THE PAPERS.

— I am glad to hear there is a steady decrease ■of sickness in both the city and suburbs. ' . — Business and mining matters at the -Thames, as a whole, are improving. . ." -—The present Cabinet having got into office by a fluke, may be turned out by a side wind. — A first-class find of the precious metal is re/portod from the Tairau district. . — A -wiseacre predicts two changes of Ministry during the present session. — Mr James Bucklancl's Mangere workmen xolled up , well at his brother's Otahuhu meeting. Nothing like capital. _ .j / am glad to hear that on the recommendation of Superintendent Thomson, his chief clerk, Mr Bulford, has got an increase of a shilling per day. Further changes are under consideration » with respect to several of the officials in the Customs and Telegraph Departments in Auckland. — Mr Boardman has again become a contributor to our morning journal. I suppose the proprietors thought ttie berries must be spiced. • — The newspaper correspondents at Wellington are already poking fun at the member for Waitemata over his expected Parlianiedtary honours. — Major Harris has taken the wind out of Mr Buckland's sails by sailing to that interesting island, ' Waiheke, in advance of his opponent. Little Ben . knows a thing or two in political matters. — The whitewashing of Ministers always appears a necessity during the torin of any Cabinet in which Mr Whitaker is Attorney-General. Bryce's Indemnity Bill re Parih'aka is a further proof. ' — -An old gentleman in V street, who be^ lieves there is noihing like leather, and who nurses his grandchildren, is about once more tying the nuptials — this time to a natty young lady milliner. —Captain Hulme's gaol classification is already bearing fruit in the matter of unnecessary public expen- ' <liture. Parliamentary grumbling is already on the track of the Inspector of Prisons. . — The police authorities should exercise a little caution in hunting up hotelkeepers on Saturday nights. Consideration should be shown except where the publicans systematically show opposition to the authorities. ' That was a very, hard case against Gillander. — The little angel of Warkworth has been seriously indisposed owing to the departure of a settler's daughter. ■Willie, however, is improving, and the desired consummation will shortly eventuate. — Mr Stringer, of Otahuhu, is full of delight at getting the local policeman removed. The power of a Licensing Commissioner is great, especially in small places. The Mercer policeman is to be quartered at Otahuhu. — Little Wilkinson, late proprietor of the Thmnes Advertiser, /has started a buster at the Te Aroha Ooldfields. I hope the rapid progress of the district • wul warrant a continuance of publication. Mining news from all parts of the district is very encouraging, j — It was the late Premier, Mr Hall, who ■ ordered the removal of the Mongonui constable, and Mrßryce who gave the authority for the North Shore " policeman to go there. The Mongonui man of blue, it appears, did not deal with a local storekeeper. — Mr Sheehan having finished his professional business at Wanganui, has gone to the Empire City. Won't the member for the Thames' be delighted to meet Ids esteemed friend Eichard Hobbs once more on the * platform of the House. — Mr Swanson, M.H.R., has not been himself lately, and previous to his departure for Wellington expressed the belief to one of his friends that he would not be surprised to "go oif "at any moment. I trust his prognostications will not be verified for many years to come. — Mr A. Clements has preferred a claim against • the Cambridge Town Board for compensation owing to depreciation in his property; by their unlawful action in cutting through a portion of his land.. The case will be heard before his Honor Mr. Justice Gillies after his return, in conjunction with two assessor^. Mr E. Hesketh is retained by Mr Clements. — The Auckland Timber Company have pur- j chased the bushes, booms, tramways, bullocks and iriant of Mr Whitaker at Whangaporapara, Great Barrier, for £8000. One of our leading solicitors acquired, the inte- ■ rests in the first instance, and re-sold them to the above ' company. There is an immense amount of kauri on the j property. I —The Mongonui inquiry into the conduct of Mr Kelly, the local Government pfiicer, after a very painstaking investigation by Messrs Clendon and Von Stunner, completely exonerated Mr Kelly from acting in a party spirit in connection with the late General Assembly election for the City of Mongonui and its electorate. Mr Hughes, the local J.P. and storekeeper, is immensely pleased; — There is a regular somnambulist at Parnell. The other night he got out of bed, dressed himself, paced the drawing-room, went and did likewise in the kitchen, loaded his gun, and started by way of the back door on a shooting excursion ; but when he touched the cold latch he quickly awoke and realised his position. The gentleman's better-half no doubt enjoyed a hearty laugh over the business, and now, when some of his friends meet him and ask, "Well, Tom, how did you like walking in your sleep ?" he quietly replies, "Immense." - _ • — In anticipation of a change in, the public j affairs of the Colony, our Special at the Seat of Government writes that several Under-Secretaries and lesser officials in the largest wooden building in the world are very uneasy owing to the present unsettled state of political parties. About twelve of the higher grade feel certain that a change of Ministry will get them clothed in what is generally termed the sack. lam not far out '' of the mark in believing that at least a dozen of Government officers in our provincial capital are not in a happy frame of mind either, owing to similar contingencies likely to happen in case of a break-up in the WHtaker Cabinet. ■ — Complaints come from England that the anxious exclamation, " What is your step ?" is heard in ball-rooms more than ever. This anxiety is not misplaced, for kh e sight is a very ludicrous one, when a devotee of the " rock-away " pairs off •with a disciple of the trois-temps or when a " hopper" finds himself encircling the waist of a "chandelier crawler." The latter seems to be less in favour this year. Eapid dancing is becoming more popular, and the few votaries of the languid ,j style are obliged to keep more closely under the chandelier than ever in order to be out of the way of collisions. — Some sort of unanimity in the style of dancing adds greatly to the general effect of a ! ball-room. As things are now, the bird'seye view of a London ball-room shows a couple gyrating aa slowly as it is possible to gyrate under each chandelier, and looking much as if they were going to sleep, while the outskirts of the crowd . are occupied by flying waltaers, whose proximity looks highly dangerous. The centre is filled with . . lurching " rock-aways " and those curious beings ■whose favorite waltz step consists of a hop into the air on either foot alternately. American Waithai Watches were , awarded Two Gold Medals, the only medals awarded to Exhibitors of Watches at the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880. The only Gold Medal, also Three Special and Pour First Prizes, Sydney • International Exhibition, 1879. The Gold Medal, Paris ■International Exhibition, 1878. Four First Prize Medals, . Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876, Higher awards than any o'their Exhibitors of Watches . ever received. Buyers will observe the Trade Mark — •'Waxtham, Mass."— plainly engraved upon the move- ' ment of all Genuine Wai/tham Watches. Trade Mark, :V , Waltham, Masß. , registered throughout the New Zealand '■ and; Australian' Colonies. Proceedings will be taken r . 'against vendors selling, or offering for sale, Watches '?-'•' .tearing colourable imitations, or.infrihging, our rights. hi "-.; — ■Ambbican Watoh CoMPAMTJ Waltham, Mass. - .'.