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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 July 1913, Page 3

I he A\ ellington Acclimatisation Society consders that the presentation of native pi-t-oius H..AI.S. X (Mr Zealand, In- Wanganui 3!aoris should ivigage the attention of the proper authorities with a view to cti<ni being taken against tlio.se who .shot the birds during the close season. A sad commentary „n our Dominion as a "Worker's Paradise" was remarked upon in Stratford on Monday says the I'ost), w hen a little girl in a thin white dress (it wasn't a warm day by any moau.s) went front door to door beggrjig for clothes fur the baby. '1 he little stranger had just arrived, and father was very old. "We didn't know what, to do, so mummy sent mo out to ask some kind people to give ns clothes lor tho baby. It is some consolation to know tliat tho little visitor was not turned cmpty-haiKled away. Hut it must bo admitted that iii the game oi life the wee thing in the cradle doesn't get a fair .start when tho conditions ,„ v in any IV av like these. A correspondent writes: -The attendance of the boys at their usual Friday evening meetings in the T..M. . C.A. rooms is being well mantancd. and new faces still appear, two lads joining last night. .Mr. J. W. Gibson. as superintendent, is the right man in the right place. Mr G."l\ Olrown gave the talk on "Toleration'"' and at once tho ears of tho lads piicked up at such a selection of subject, but the speaker ere long bv apt illustrations soon commanded their attention and the allusions to their cmvboy film preferoncuos ami objection to what others might consider .much better films made tho | )0 y« laugh and think. U Sim* gave' a raiding and S. Thompson ji recitation. A good programme was promised for next week if time permits a* a gentleman has offered to fill the bill to overflowing if in town.