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fWhy (font they leave tie blacks there said Di". Mjoberg, a Swedish scientist, who has just returned to Sydney from I an expedition to Northern Queensland, in referring to the establishment of a misj sion on 'Mornington Island, in the Gulf jof Carpentaria, where there is at present Eo white settlement, and where the aborigines are living in an absolutely wild state. "It is no good," he continued, "trying to civilise them. They are happy in their own way on, Mornington Island, and why don't'you leave them alone? In liny case, religion can't make them more moral, for in their wild state they are I the most moral people I know of. They •.are about the most interesting people left lon the earth's surface, and they're not so '.low dowu on the scale of humanity as people think, though they, are in :the oldest stone age. ■ They probably camo "from Asia, and I account for their nomadic habits by the fact that they found the north of Australia unsuitable for agriculture, but full of game, and s? ( ithey developed' in the direction ofi huntjSng and tracking, being, as regards the •latter, the most skilful race in the world. 'They had ho competition, there was plenty of food everywhere, and there was no reason for them to settle down. I found in the Kimberley district some peculiar implements, made out of .stone, atod in Northern • Queensland I came across evidence of beliefs, which seem to point to an Indian origin." Twenty years ago there was'no bath-' "Worn in any Oxford college. In summer the undergraduates bathed at Parson's In winter there was no bath,Toom or hot water, but the scout poured Jcold water into the hip bath, and tho path was taken hurriedly before morning 1 /Chapel. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Nelson, have (for sale the goodwill of lease of 279 acres fol land at Ligar Bay, Takaka. ; ..Messrs. E. Johnston and Co. will sell by Ruction 12,000 ft. of timber and 25 iron■bark piles, on the ground, Petone, on Tuesday, November 11, at 11 a.m. Par--'ticulars elsewhere. Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co. '[(will hold a sheep and cattle sale at the Waipona Yards, Masterton, on Wednesday, November 12. commencing at 11 a.m.

TO-DAY'S PAPER. SOME LEADING FEATURES. READING ARTICLES— Page, Tha Duties of Citizenship 4 The Patriots 4 The Present Position 4 A Tribute' to tho "Specials" 4 •JJENERAL— The Strike 6 and 7 Parliament 8 On Tour at Homo 14 Competitions 8 College Sports 13 FARMING 12 DISTRICT NEWS 2 ENTERTAINMENTS 8 POULTRY 15 "LOCAL AND GENERAL 4 BOOKS AND AUTHORS 9 COMMERCIAL 12 LAW REPORTS 14 MINING 12 PERSONAL 4 RELTGTOUS ACTIVITY 9 SHIPPING AND MAILS 3 THE THEATRE 9 WEATHER REPORTS 3 and 4 WOMAN'S WORLD 10 and 11 I SPORTS— Athletic Sports 18 , The Turf ; S