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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2266, 11 August 1908, Page 1

[Correspondence on public matters is welcomed at all times, but it must bo distinctly understood that this journal is in no way associated with tho opinions of its correspondents.] NO-LICENSE. [To the Editor.] Sir.—lt avoidd bo interesting and instructive if tlio gentlemen about to visit the 'Wuiniata mad springs in order to- ascertain the avliy’s and wherefore’s about them, would bo able to say. within reasonable limits whether there was any connection between the mud springs and the Invercargill prohibition “bubble” lately pricked by tho manager of the British footballers. Judging from tlio smell of the mud springs and the prohibition bubble there may be some affinity between them One of the assertions made by the supporters of this “bubble” reputation was that “as the footballers aver© newcomers to the place they could not know,” forgetting that lookers-on see most of the game. I think I also read that tho Mayor, and Councillors paraded the streets one •night and did not see a drunk. That may be so. There is an affection of the eyes laioavn as “lien blindness,” which comes on alter dusk, and the person, so afflicted is not certain what lie sees then or its exact position.—l am. etc., “QUID NUNC.” GISBORNE MANNERS. [To the Editor.] Sir, —I trespass on your valuable space and trust these few lines may catch the eye of some of the “hooligans” attending the concert given uns evening in His Majesty’s Theatre, though I fear such individuals seldom do such a tiling as read, if one may judge by their actions to-night. Their conduct during tho recitation by a lady, whose grey hairs should have at least commanded respect, was tho very essence of caddishness, and. comes as a surprise to the writer, who lias heard much about colonial manliness. It is to be hoped that the theatre directors will in future have such empty-headed “numbskulls” summarily ejected, and should they want any help in this direction I feel sure they would find many only too happy to help in this direction. iMv advice to them is—Stay at home at mammy’s apron strings and leant at least two things they are deficient in, i.e., manners and manliness. Thanking you in anticipation.—l am, etc., “BRITISHER.” August 10th, 1908.