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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1051, 19 November 1903, Page 4

It ia said that women criminals have larger hands and feet than averuge women. In pursuance of a rccout instruction from St. Petersburg, the native currency of Finland is shortly to be replaced by Bussian.

At the Port Melbourne Court recently, Viotor McVicar, Patrick Mangan, Edward McVicar, aud John Smith, four men who recently took part in a vory brutal assault on a publican and the police, were severely dealt with. Victor aDd Edward McVicar were fined each a total of JGBO, or twelve months’ imprisonment, Smith £25 ox twelve months, and Maugan £2, ox one month.

The body of a man was discovered a few days ago hanging from a tree near Bibra, eight miles from Fremantle, West Australia. He had apparently been doad seven or eight weeks, as the body was almost reduced to a skeletod. It is believed to bo that of Edward Johnstone, a coachpainter, who was reported as missing on August 8, and whose wife aud family reside at West Perth. Mr Alf. Clarke writes to the Auckland Star: —While in Brisbane a short time ago I made tho acquaintance of u gentleman whose extreme emaciation at once attracted attention. I learned that he was suffering from tho parasitical diseaso filavia. In a conversation with a medical gentleman there I was informed that the disease was quite common in Brisbane, and the medical men knew of no remedy for it. It is supposed to bo spread by mosquitos. The sufferer referred to remarked bitterly that if it had been a cattle disease the Government would have spared no expense to find a remedy. But, instead of doiDg so, tho Government, fearing a panic, was endeavoring to conceal the existence of the disease. My object in writing this is to urge that special care be taken to prevent the introduction of the disease in New Zealand.

A Svdnoy girl .writes to the Auckland Starlt seems awfully strange for me to corno to such a place as Auckland after living iD Sydney all my life, where all the people are so sociable, especially the young men. But in this city things are quite the opposite. Auckland itself is a very pretty place, and nobody could wish for a better climate, but all the beauty is spoiled by the ignorance cf the young men. All they seem fit for is standing round hotels cliewiug tobacco, drinking, smoking, etc, They don’t seem to give the young ladies a thought, but perhaps it is just as well, for as far as I have seen of the girls they seom too good for the class of men here. They are very ladylike in their ways and manners, and I am very pleased to say meetly pretty girls. I will admit they can show the Sydney girls points as far as good looks are concerned. The young men of Auckland are very careful with their money, or one would have thought so had they been at the opera Monday last. I was quite taken back to see a number of young men in the cheapest place they could find with young ladies. I am sure the girls must have felt very small; I know I should have done had I been placed in such a position. I suppose those are some of tho young men I have been told about who pay one shilling to take their sweethoarts to the play, and buy one pennyworth of peanuts, as they go much further than a box of chocolates, on account of the poor girls having to crack the shells.