KAIHU CLIPPINGS.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 193, 14 April 1893, Page 5

KAIHU CLIPPINGS.

[By Old Kaihu.] “ Throw mud enough aud some of it is sure to stick” —old saying. Some people are saying “ something must be in it ” re that statement in your contemporary to tfie effect that Messrs Mitohelson advertise in the Austrian papers for gum-diggers. Messrs Mitclielson assure me that they never had an agent or inserted ads either in Sydney or Austrian papers, and that the whole story from beginning to end is a pure fabrication hatched in the fertile brain of the writer. Of course it is well known who the writer is. I hear the Kaihu people are intensely anused at your contempornry ( s latest dodge for Flatcatching—gardening prizes, Eh ! —ls it to catch subscribers or votes ? I hear subscribers are badly wanted and so will votes be before next

election is over. However, if things go right the prizes will be presented by Mr M.H.R., or possibly the Hon. and we shall have a full page in “ My Bhoy’s little paper ” all in his own praise and glory, and written by himself—but there’s many a slip etc. Talking of gardening when in Kaihu at the Races the other week, I had a look at Mr Passell’B kale yard. I was surprised to see a garden on such a piece of barren clay. However he has plenty of room for a cabbage garden and has the vegetable growing. lam sure his late (Irish) landlord will be pleased to hear this. (Must have our little joke you know.) The old Politician has given up the idea of run - ning against the Hon. 33. M. for 33den, (is he afraid of making the third ?) and has commenced the campaign for the Bay of Islands. He means to he in time The Hokianga people were very nice to him and found they had made a great mistake last election. Ahem ■

The old ’tin not only has a good start hut is making the pace very hot. I saw him at Opanake on Sunday shaking hands in a most effusive manner with a lot of people whom he generally meets with a eUrt nod of recognition. I have not’ heard if he has started kissing the babies yet like theeandidate at the celebrated Eatanswill election, but I have ne doubt he is quite prepared to do so and the mothers as well, when young ar.d good looking. I admire the cool cheek shown by the suggestion iu the Buster last week that the County go in for water works to supply Dargaville with water. Now we want no more of that foolery. A few years since some fifty or sixty pouuds was squandered in sinking an Artesian well within a chain or two of high water mark ; that money would have done some good had it been expended on the roads. I need hardly to say water was not struck nor gold, but they came across a handsome patch of—brass filings. The freeholders and leaseholders in ..Dargaville have plenty of tanks and ar* never out of water, the only people who run out are the tenants. Let the landlord put up an extra tank or two to each house. Heaven knows he charges rent enough to he able to put tanks all round them. Some gumdiggers appear to think they have a right to dig on any unenclosed land no matter who it belongs to. However two were brought before Dr. Norton at Dargaville last week and learned to the contrary by getting 14 days hard labour for trespass.