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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 738, 15 May 1894, Page 7

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Aluminium Yachts. Two examples of aluminium built yachts are at present to be seen in French waters. One is the 10 ton yacht Vendenessa, launched from the stocks of the Societe de Chantiers de la Loire. The other is a 33ft. sailing boat, now on exhibition on the Seine. The former craft has been built for the wellknown French yachtsman, Comte de Chabannes, La Police, from the designs of M. V. Greilloux. It is computed that if this vessel had oeen constructed of steel frame and wood planking, like other boats of her class, her hull would have weighed some 4 tons scwt, but in aluminium the weight is only some 2tons 6cwt. The other craft referred to is named the Jules Davoust, and with it Lieutenant Hourst intends to set out on a survey expedition on the Niger. This craft affords additional proof of the great suitability of aluminium as the structural material for boats intended for exceptional purposes, such as river survey and exploration. The boat complete only weighs 18cwt —a fact which sufficiently indicates the extreme portability of the craft when overland transport is involved. ****** Health of Rev. Dr Stuart, Dunedin, improving again. ****** When Queen Elizabeth of Austria entered Pans in 1751 she dragged after her a train 70ft in length. It was borne by 35 pages. ****** Eighty years hence it will matter little° whether we were a peasant or a peer; but it will matter very much whether we did our duty as one or the other.—Stopford Brooke. ****** A woman writes from one of the country districts of Wellington to the Premier announcing the birth of her grand-child, and stating that both father and grand-father are out of work, and asks him not only to find them work, but, also, to be the godfather of the child ! Oh, Rich—ard !

The landlord had just dropped in on MrsMuleahy and informed her gently, but firmly, that he had decided to raise her rent. . . ‘ It’s the darlint ye are, sir,' she replied. ‘ I wor wonderin’ how I cud raise it mysilf.’

The apex of the Prince of Wales’s crown is a tuft of feathers tipped with gold, and is said to be worth £lO,OOO. The feathers took, says an organ of the bird trade, 20 years to collect and cost the lives of a dozen hunters. ‘ The bird from whose tail the feathers are plucked is called the feriwah—a sort of creature of the ‘ Bird of Paradise ’ species, but of the rarest kind. To obtain the tailfeather in its full beauty, it is necessary to pluck it out of the living bird, as instantly after death the plumage becomes lustreless. What makes the hunting of the feriwah so dangerous is that the bird always frequents the haunts of tigers 1’

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An Expostulation.

[“ Footballing is the latest feminine amusement with which we are now threatened.”] O, : daughter,' in your hours of ease, “ Revolt ” in any way yon please ; Exterminate the chaperon, But leave the football field alone. Your little hands were never meant To maul or “ collar ; ” innocent Should be your feet, Elaine and Sybil, Of ‘punt’ and ‘place,’ of ‘drop’ and

‘ dribble.’ (Your skill with the fantastic toe As partner we admire, but O, Of Ma'mselle Nini Patte-en-l’air, Athletic English maids beware.) Just for one moment pause and image, Fair Juliet buried in a scrimmage, Hermione with mud-caked cheeks, Or Rosalind with battered breeks ! Remember Eve, nor overmuch Desire to venture “ in to touch ; ” Bound to be better “ halves,” why pine Amongst inferior males to sbine ? No, let the matrimonial goal Remain the loadstar of your soul ; But bear in mind that “ forward ” play Is very apt to lose the day. Then, maid of Britain, ere we part, O lay this counsel well to heart : With gladiators never mingle ; The singular are always single. —C. E. L. G. in St James's Gazette.

* ☆ * * * * LASSITUDE, HEADACHE, BACKACHE, AND INDIGESTION ARE SYMPTOMS OF A DISORDERED LIVER. CLEMENTS TONIC IS THE ONLY RELIABLE AND RADICAL CURE. HAVE NO OTHER. Mr J. J. Langridge, Tahaha, New Zealand, who writes on May 25th, 1893 :—I have much pleasure in saying that I have used Clements Tonic and do so now. I am a storekeeper and often feel that tired and done up sort of feeling peculiar to our trade, and I find by taking two or three doses of Clements Tonic occassionally that it puts me right again. I have often tried doctors, but not since I have used Clements Tonic, and I find it sells well, and people who once use it invariably purchase it again.—J. J. Langridge, Tahaha, New Zealand.