Wayside Whispers.

Correspondence:—X.Y.Z.: No. The race would be run in lanes. If these were not procurable avenues would be good.

Half-Miler has received two letters—one from the proprietor of the Tauherenikau Pub. and the other from the Empire Hotel, Masterton, complaining of: (a) the scandalous treatment accorded to certain articles which were taken by brute force and ignorance, and shifted from their fixed positions (those souvenir hunters!), and (b) (this remark refers only to Masterton) of divers persons taking up an almost permanent position in certain places of emergency in the hotel and so causing a traffic jamb.

After a time the position revealed itself as a "Black Hole of Calcutta."

The incident of the Ladies' Bathroom had to be banned in order to allow certain members to retain their good name. "Half-Miler" too begs all those concerned to return those little souvenirs, e.g., plate-glass (handles), chairs and chesterfields, etc., as the furniture is only on time payment. On showing these letters to the people concerned I was informed that they did not feel disposed to do so as the food and refreshments supplied were not up to scratch.

Other daring scenes have been censored on account of the children who will read this most excellent issue. Several names also on application have been suppressed, but those people are reminded that the police have their records.—Half-Miler.