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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1934, 17 December 1913, Page 7

To that promising now scries, "Told ; by the Pioneers," the first volume o( ; which, Jlr. Sndloir's "Jlcco-Uectiunaof.a Victorian Police Officer." was reviewed | in tliis nage a few wo*ks ago, the. pub- j lislwrs, Messrs. Gcoffio Robertson and j Co., of Melbourne, have- now added ! "Tho Reminiscences of ]>oteclivo Inspeetor Christie," related by J. B. \ Castieau.' Sir. Christie, who is ! a Scotsman by birth, arrived in Vic* j toria early in ihn sixties of the hist: j century, and after some varied experiences on the ■ jroldficids, where i ho won considerable fame by ! "knocking; out," in nine rounds, the oxchampion pugilist of Victoria, k- return- i to to Jlolbourno, and soon entered tho police force as a detective. In this ! capacity, risinj; to ilie highest grade in his branch of the police service, 'Christiu i remained until ])o?rmbrr, 1910, when ho. j retired, through ill-health, caused in-, directly by severe injuries received it-hen.. ' in pursuit of some opium similiters. Dnrin<; his thirty-five years' service ho Wiis prominent in tho detection <jf many notorions Australian criminals, and tho ; story of his many adventures and ex- ! ploits, together with that of his csmu* ! as a champion athlete, makes most in- ', teresting roiidin;?. During the later ynars of his official service he was em- , ployed as a special Customs detective. | Ilp'also acted'n« a "shadew". to Prinra j Alfred, Duke of Eumbundi, on the oc- . casion of the hitter's visit to Australia, , and in the sain? capacity travelled j round Australia and Now Zealand with j the present King and Queen. vvlkmi Dviko . ( ami Duchess oF York. The illustrations .? are numerous aw! interesting, and ib« booh is in manv ways to be considered , a readable and 'valuable contribution to Australian 'history. ■ Ido not like Jlr. Arnold T.imn's story • j of English public schools, "Tho Harrorians" (Mctlmmi: per Whiteombo and j Tombs), so well "as Jlr. J "Fathers and Sons," or, to go furthor j hack, Jl.r. Vacltetl's iiue story, "Tho i Hill." But if is a high-spirited, vpor-ously-told story, with plenty of school , fun,' siiul school shins, attil sives u very j pleasant, and, in view of recent siric- j ■turps and attacks on the- alleged futility • of English public school life, a very re- j assuring picture of an important eic- ( ment in British education. It is not only what youiiK people—awl some old- j ste-rs, "Liber" included—wouid call n ; "jolly" story, hut it is also a very : wholov-ome yarn, racily told, and con- ! tninimj nsueli sound sense and healthy i philosiipliy of life mideilyiiu; its mare i obvious humour. ; For protection rtßaiiist smallpox, diph- ; theriii, ami oilier infections, put three (hops of SAXDEK'S EUCALYPTI EXTKACT ..ii : loaf-sonar, and allow lo dissolve in itiotttii. SA«clei ;, s Extract is effective, plea&int, and safe. Girt the genuine/ i Ther? is 281b. of Wood in the body of an average qvown-uo pcvsim. Wonii'iv take the iilacp of ii«wsl)n,v« in manv of the sUwl" of Spanish towns. Of' the letters written in a year Viv tho world id hr«<>. (wfldhirds are in I'Vlish. one-tfnlh in German, tiiid one-twelitn in French. ■V aas-reeliiai: demonstration wi;l lie »ivni' at .Moore'* Hall, r.vall Bay, tn-oV. it 3 o'vli'ick, when Miss H«mphihv<wl will take as her subject, "Cakes and Scotics." 8.5..1. CAKS.--W6 have in stock, for immediate delivery, 13.D-l.i.p. i-cylinder ' B.S.A. Car, 8-senlK, with Silent Kaiftlit i Knginc. Hood, Sehjon. o Lrmijis, Dctiich- ■ able Wheels, Spafo Wheel and Tyre, MU. i Catalogues on application. Scott Motor * Anonaii LflJrße.CttM.JStisaat^sAdTfc."