MISCELLANEOUS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 42, 25 November 1913, Page 9

MISCELLANEOUS.

U is reported'that one Pa tea residem flio is at present engaged as an arbi nation -worker 1011 the Wellington trliari cleared no less t!\an £9 5s Jasi j-ihK lor wages, including overtime. An elderly gentleman in the Pahia tiia district felt so strong a resentment to the attitude of the waterside workers in holding un the trade of the Dominion that he, being too infirm to gc w Wellington himself, gave anothei jia.li £l6 to go in ids place. Tilt' Maoris, especially, in the older 'jtp ( sa .y-? the 'Otaki ilaiy wore pos--gesstnl of considerable skill in forecasting tlic weather of the various seasons, fiie old Maoris were keen students-of nature, and by careful observation;tiieir prophecies were frequently found ti> lie wonderfully accurate. ' It is joticcablo that the cabbage trees of this district are exceptionally Horiferous this sea»"i more so than has been noticed for years past. This, the Maoris say, jsa Mire sign- that the present summer gio be an exceptionally warm one. "Where do you buy your goods?" w s the question put' to an Assyrian jeweller at the Christchurch Supreme [curt the other day. •'Some of it jjc-ally." he replied; "some from We'[igton and Auckland, and 1 some (-onus [iniii Home." "Home?" echoed his jonor. "What do you mean by Home? four own country?" "No,'"' replied je witness impertnrbably, "England." "May I ask what experience you've iiiin these disputes?" asked bis Honor i[r Justice Sim of Mr J. MeCombs, eJh> appeared on behalf of the drapers' at tlie Arbitration Court at Irisiclnirch the other day. "My exrienee." replied Mr MeCombs, "is not legal one, but extends to 18 years exerienee in the trade." "That i.s not a piification at all." replied his Honor. ■The great- qualification is to be able iappreciate what- the court has done [Other places, and to appreciate rele:mt conditions in making an award." Eight mounted specials, who were on itrol at Onehunga one day l ist week, ipevieneed great difficulty in obtaining Seir meals. They applied at a number j restaurants and tea-rooms, hut at >: ! i place nioi with a refusal to siniit {»,:(! or any kind. No reison was Ten for declining to trade witii the seals. says the 'Star.' but the- attiJp of some of the shopkeepers 'eft idniiiit as to the real cause. After inspecting for some time in vain, t?:e a encountered a kindly-disposed riper, who invited them tn his h.:mi*. •trp lie siippliotl them with the deed sustenance.

i do not .s-iy th.it the sergeant evrk! his duty in duiu;; what he did, r.I wish to make a protest," said an at the Magistrate's Court ,u ikerston North the other day. ""When rs arrested,"' he wont on to say, "J sspractically in delirium tremens In v morning I went to the sergeant'> It? ami asked for a 'tot' of brandy. l» wgcaitt said lie was very sorry, r.he could not give me any. I want <t"<imtininvl accused, turning to Mr UW.ion, S.M.. who presided, "to yb recommendation to the Governm: that when men com*' in in such a E r .:>'r as I did. they should have aiiiant." The Majriotrat" l : "The serMi di.l the . right thinv:." Witli tinsirk that in such eases crime-; had known to have been committed ;h inability to get the itrplicant did is<>i pre-..; h'.s reis:further (says an exchange).

•In nmiiMJijr episode occurred on trie Kerf rout at Auckland i In' other mornfrthwehy. according to the 'Herald.' I kmc drainage contractor hoodaW a strike picket. He was enty.l m unloading bricks from a truck 6 his mdw preparatory to taking -Pi down t:> Orakei. AVllile leaped <fe< operation he was told that a irib picket as approaching, so he reverse hi.s operations, and 'ab'i the bricks from the scow into * truck. The picket dulv appeared, i lolci iiin to cease work, but the sins adamant, and n fused. Final!iffi\>',vr. he gave in to superior &V'Vs. and ob(>ved the picket's comU'J to replace all the bricks in the *• Willi many protests oil the '" «! tin' < (infractor th's was accomtlic picket, actually assisting in When all the brick.-: had 1 ?!»« oil the scow, the contractor, lr "\l achieved hi.s object, .set hi.s and departed for 'destination.

1 New Plymouth resident had a ! -fr eventful motor-cycle trip to Naa few days ago. Hp was new to Bar-cycling, and he had iust bought *hine. After e ride on it lie Med^ to visit Napier. At Stratford Jin into a gate, and a little further «collided with another gate. Then s 's misdirected and be turned off : proper route into a "blind" road, ®«nd of which lie ran into a river. ac «t adventure was at a spot where * railway line crossed the road. He '' over a <attle-ston and was thrown m eight eet up the -line- The last rfw was running over a dog, With mishaps he was warcelv in--7' J'ld the )tor-cycle did not need the slightest repair; in fact, the • Js t uid not have to open his toolbag J 6 n> the whole time. On his return he left Xapier at 9 a.m. and ! ;cd at Waverley—a 200 miles run—he had one stoppage of an "and a-lialf for lunch.

I tv iHv<)f the recent discussion con- ! ln o tlie too free «■« of the surgeon's it is interesting to know that 81 '•ttons tor appendicitis woro pcrat tlu» Paimerston Public HosMn the year ended March 31, 1913 '•"n exchange). In noting this, Dr •• Jlartin, chief honorary medical J r . tl >tlic Hoard, remarks that "ap- , .s.ili looms largely as one of of maladies, and Prompt surgical interfer- . ! u li snve these cases. The .surgical . afraid of the rapidly progresU u'" 01 t' lp cases <>f appendicitis LJ" majority of the natients are ».. i ( 0,1 almost- immediately after T(, n " the hospital.'' Instances are Hu ifartin concludes with ijJ! ; advice in cases of severe sit* t )aiil ! '"The public would do st 1 Member these rules: —(1) Do the patient any food; (2) do Hie'n <■' m t>xce Pt under, competent CW ft dually what is the 'is u e Proceeding to treatment. UjJ! ln g®|'ous interference 'by fussy . - r ' en^6 that puts manj fed»w i n t° a position l of immin,be conclude.