UNDER THE CLOCK.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2

UNDER THE CLOCK.

I nrr.RFi I was absent from the penultimate meeting of tlio local parliament, as I learn from a letter from a prominent member of the Opposition, handed to mo by the Editor,,that a, certain courteay was observable not' often noticed of late at the meetings of the Association. Fiom other sources I hear that the member tor Hakariinuta was Speaker and Chairman of Committees, but none of my infoimants has batished my curiosity as to whether tho respectability of members' conduct was due to that fact, or to the fact that lie was absout from his seat on tho cro^s benches, or to the absence of the oroh->ewt benchest wind in the Hou.se. Tho Luador of the Opposition made an excellent bet speech on tho Financial (Question, only loosing hi* head in going a inncker on the Land Tax. " Kirikinroa " exhibited the usual diffidence of his country and m fact passed the boundauiei of incompetence. " Waitoa" was impetuous, II relevant and inconclusive. Last Tuesday was the next meeting. The attendtnee was, owing to tho excessi\oly bad weathfr. limited, but tho.se who were pewit enjojoii ,i treat from the excessive animal spnits of the temporary SpeaKej* and the eloquent, though slightly erratic speech of .in lion, member for tho Land Tax interest. The clerk \wis the most efficient chini man I ha.\e e\er seen, after exptMienceof the Imperial and most of our Coloni.il Legnlatures. The light thrown on the subject under debate was from tho HolitiUy oi.vtov nil, b\it horn the material means provided, better than usual ; the absence, however, of the usual occupants of ' the stage dimmed the lustre of the lamps (and candles) to Mich an extent that M could haidly bee tho features of niombe» only a few foot from me. I trust that tht^ iiuli.sj)OHition which unavoidably kept the Pienner away will have Huccumbed to vigoious medical treatment by next Tuesday, os hi^ burly, yet graceful form i^ a centie of attraction to tiie Hou«e and to tho Ladies' Galleiy, no le-^k than to Oltih.

Among the jewels worn by the Queen of England at Princess Beatrice's wedding was the famous Koh-i noor.