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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 156, 26 March 1908, Page 8

A woman may, not be able to. propel, a stone with accuracy, but when- it comes to throwing hints she rings tho gong nine times out of a possible ten!—" Judgo," New York.' Mr. Lawrence Ginnell betrays. a. considerable amount of reluctance to accent his martyrdom,, almost as much, in fact, as .Mr. Birrell felt when he, refused to accord it.— " Manchester Courier."

.'With regard to the buildings in which the Canterbury Conciliation Board , holds its sittings when absent from this city, tho.' rulo appears to bo (says the Christchurch ."Press") that if there_ is a court-houso- in any township visited, it is to be utilised. .At' no fowcr than three places already visited by tho Board during' tho hcarinfe of the farm labourers' dispute tho court-houses have been considered too small >.to provide accommodation for those who wished-to watch tho proceedings, the majority of whorii wero persons directly interested, cither as farmers or farm labourers, in the matter before the Board. 'Consequently,' at Rangiora and Lecsloii, and also at Darfield, ■ those conducting' tho case before the Board on behalf of the farmers had to make arrangements for halls which would accommodate larger numbers of the public than tho court-houses at those oentres were' capable of holding. 'Included'.in'the "arrangements" is the payment for those halls. ...