General Items.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 229, 6 October 1905, Page 3

General Items.

. - _ In the back bl cks < f Australia, •ays .London tiafer, nrw arrivals arc considered the legitimate but of ever) joke that can be ployid ■ pm them Quite recently, a coacbdriver, becked up by hie passengero, induced a young man, newly-arrived from England, to believe that kangaroos were now used fa that district as letter-o trriers. •'They meet the coach,” be said, "and I give them their masters' letters, which they put In their pouches The "naw chum” was incredulous: bu, just then a great kangaroo hopped to the roadway just in front of them and stood for a moment looking ar the advancing coach. “ Nothing for you to day," shouted the driver, and the animal, turning, disappeared through the scrub from which it came. The young Englishman is full of wonder at the strides made in so young a nation as Australia. t n old man in Western Qaeuslaud with a mania for answering advertisements, bad some interesting experiences. He learnt by sending 5s he could get a cure for drunkeanese And he did. "It was to taka the pledge and keep it." Then bo sent a shilling to find out how to raise turnips successfully. Ho found oat. " Just take bold of the tops and lift." Next advertisement ha answered road. "How to double your money.” "Change into notes and fold them." Next he sent for twelve useful house hold articles and received a paper of needles. He is slow to learn, so he sent a shilling to find out “ how to get rich.” ” Work hard and never spend a farthing.” That stopped him, but his brother wrote to find out how to write without a pan and ink. He was told to write with a leadpencii. He paid 5s to find out bow to live without work, and was told to “ fish for fools,

as we do. Ex Governor Francis, of Missouri, • pesks as follows of tho local paper: k Each year the local paper gives fr. m 4500 to £lOOO in free advertising space ro rb onmmnoity in which it is located No oilier agency can or will do tins. The editor, in proportion ro hi. means don more for a town lb -n ant 10 men. He onght te be support. ■!. m t Ueam-o yon like him r eraonally. ..r admire hie writing, but bwan-e a local paper is tb.“ beat nveatmant a local peot.le can make. It may n t. be hrdlian'ly edited or oeeicr.wdrd with thoughts, but fioancial'y it is more benefit to tho community than the 'Oaohcr or the pneecbrr. U- der-'and mo, I do not mean morally <r intell ctnally, but financially.”