NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1033, 20 April 1912, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The British Museum authorities have published the Coptic version of the greater part ot the book ot Deuteronomy, the whole of the book of Jonah, and nearly all tb p A.cts, from papyrus found in igi which is a copy of the pre-existent document and not an independent translation, and was prooaoiy written before the end ot the third century. It confirms the spread of Christianity in Egypt.

The Minister of Internal Affairs states that for the first time in the history of the Dominion a limit is to be imposed on the number of native game to be killed per license-holder on any one day. The limits are fixed at 25 head, except in the Mauganui and Whangaroa districts, where the limit in the case of pigeons will be 10 per diem. An open season is also declared for opposum in the Wellington, Nelson, Buller, South Canterbury, Otago and Southland districts, but the sale ol skins is not permitted.

The curious fact is recalled that the Bank ot England, which is just now appealing against its rates, has the right to sell beer without a license. This privilege was granted to the Bank in its Charter ot Incorporation under the Great Seal, dated July 27th, 1694. And so the Bauk, if it liked (says a Daily Chronicle gossip), could open a public house in Threadneedle Street, or could send drays round and deliver beer at your door.

A Danish settler in the Waikato, who has learned to write English by means of a DanishEnglish dictionary and copies of the Auckland Weekly News, in a letter to the editor of that paper, says: “I think a man that will not serve and fight for his own country, or the country that gives him shelter and his living, should be exiled or sent to gaol for a long period. I, for my part, will gladly join in and take my training, and be ready it necessary to fight for the defence of New Zealand.

A rather novel case of animal suicide occurred near Keksraugu one day recently, says the KaikouraStar. Mr J. J. Boyd was exercising a young horse on the beach, when the animal suddenly made a bolt for the sea. There was a very heavy sea prevailing at the time, and Mr Boyd, finding himself unable to restrain the animal, threw himself clear. The horse, saddled and bridled, galloped into the surf, and was thrown down, and on its back, by a big wave. Recovering itself, it went on its mad journey, and, swimming out to sea, was eventually drowned.

The Chinese revolution is likely to have one curious effect, namely to cheapen the price of silk. The reform movement is spreading quite as much among the vvell-to-cio Chinese as among the lower classes, and, in addition to dispensing with their pigtails, the Chinese are abandoning their former dress in favour of Western clothes, and for the silk garments which they used to weai are being substituted clothes made from Yorkshire woollens, and cut in European style. On this account large quantities of Chinese silk will find its way into the world’s market and cause a drop in prices.

COULDN’T GET HIS BREATH ‘‘My little son occasionally gets so bad with croup that he cannot get his breath,” says Mrs N. F. Lewis, Mile End, Adelaide, S.A. ‘‘l just follow the directions on the bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and he is soon completely cured, i never go to bed without a Pottle of it in the house for I never know when my little son will be attacked with this most dreadful complaint, i always feel safe with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy by me,” For sale everywhere.—Advt.