Bravo for " Trilby!” Ifc was a fine per formance all through. My congratulations to all concerned. Svengali, as presented by Mr Reuben Fax, was a truly mar vellous creation. "With reference to the amateur share broking that is going on, another corre spondent, .“ Bed-Rock," warmly applauds the suggestion made by “ Fair Play ” yesterday—namely, that a Sharebrokers' ; Association should be started in Welling ton. “ Bed-Rock assures me that some of the “ specs. ” now hawked about Wellington by “ outsiders” are those tho flotation of which has been refused by the established and legitimate brokers. As showing how careful speculators have to be, ‘‘Bed-Rock” instances the case of one so called “ good thing,"the three leading “ pro moters” of whichare respectively a billiard marker, a grocer’s assistant getting about 30s a week, and a man who has been twice bankrupt. All three, of course, hail from Auckland, Their combined financial stand ing is not worth a XlO note.
The session is gradually drawing to a close, and it is amusing, so I am told, to notice the positively embarrassing atten tions which members woio shower upon such of their constituents as may happen to visit Wellington. If the constituent is not a Prohibitionist he is hauled away to Bellamy’s, and treated to the very best of everything, he is introduced to all the poli tical big wigs who may happen to be about, and as for Parliamentary papers, maps and the like, he can take a cabin full of them home with him should he so de sire.
Reason —the elections are nearing, and every constituent must bo shepherded as carefully as possible.
