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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1404, 15 March 1905, Page 4

It is said ' Wellington is the most wonderful place in tbo colony for fust growth. A lady who recently ordered lamb from the butcher found it was mutton by the time it was delivered. They won’t let Maori shearers into the Commonwealth, but they don’t mind Chinese doctors. Such a doctor recovered ;S9 5s from a white patient in New South Wales the other day for medical attendance. Man was being treated for rheumatism, but treatment didn’t act. Doctor sent to China for a snake, and rendored it down for medicine. Man got well beforo tho snake was rendered—probably frightened into good health—but he had to pay Doctor Chow Ling all the same.—Lance.

Why don’t the Russians beat the Japs ? Perhaps it’s because the celobrated Cossacks are kept borne to beat women and childron.—Lance.

In future the Melbourne police have to identify beer and spirits by tasting them when they find people drinkiDg in hotels after hours. There is a groat rush now on to join the “ Fooroe.”

Wellington military people have been wondering where they will bury 350,000 Japanese or 300,000 Russians if either party should suddonly be foolish enough to drop in on us. The Admiral of the Fleet and the Mayor of Christehuroh don’t appear to have been toasting each other’s health. Tho Spectator says tho Admiral returned the Mayor’s official call by sending a couple of middies with the Admiral’s oard to the Mayor’s shop. No profession rnnß in families than the law, and Chief Justice Stout’s son, the latest recruit to the Bar, promises to do credit to the family traditioo. An Australian, through Wellington with the orioket team, has been dissecting us, and sending the bits to his paper. Says ho : “ The prevalent opinion in New Zealand that a New Zealander is a better man than an Australian does seem to have some foundation, when wo look et the way their oountry towns flourish and the way ours decay. Mind you, I’m not altogether in love with the New Zealander myself. He is too well pleased with himself, and he is getting lazy. He cannot play football as well as he used to, but he is getting an expert at bowls. From bowls he has only to get to croquet, and if he gets one stage lower than that he will be no better than the Maori.”

Although' the sweeping red-actions in insurance rates will be welcome to insurers, it must not he forgotten that much of the money invested in insurance shares is New Zealand money, anti that a fight ending in tho crushing of. the companies would reproduce, on a small scale, the state of affairs existing subsequent to the failure of the Glasgow, Bank, —'Cxemweiij .