NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1064, 2 July 1912, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The cost of artificial teeth can be discovered by application to any dentist, but what is the price of Nature’s originals ? An American jury has lately had the duty of making a fair estimate. Au insurance agent, when about to board a Brooklyn tramcar, was struck and knocked down by a car going in the opposite direction. The blow threw him several leet, and he fell on his face in such a way as to knock eight good teeth out of his head. He brought an action against the tram company, claiming ,£SOOO damages. The jury gave him a verdict of ,£2400 —that is to say, a tooth.

“I think the popular way of describing one who disagrees with belting and gambling,” said Mr Bishop, S.M., speaking at Christchurch last week, “is to refer to him as a wowser.” I have never been able to grasp, the exact meaning of the term, but my own definition is that a “wowser” is a man who wants to live up to a higher standard of moral and social lile than many others do, and I don’t know that is a bad definition. If it is the right one, then lam a “wowser” —a straight out “wowser” —and I am not ashamed ol it.” (Daughter).

The Housewives’ Union is a movement that is approved of by the Hon. George Fowlds. During the course of a recent address he pointed out that in Invercargill the Union there was 60 or 80 strong, and they set to work overhauling everything. When the milk suppliers were proposing to increase the price of milk from 4c! to 3d a quart, they got in touch with the large producers arid made an agreement whereby members of the Union would be supplied tor 3d a quart in the wiuter arid a lower price in the summer mouths. They then proceeded to the supply of fuel, and succeeded iu gelling coal at 6s per tun lower than the price previously charged. This was evidence of what the women could do when they got to work.

A good story is to band from one of the country districts of Otago regarding a local constable, whose efforts to make the local publicans observe the law regarding dosing hours and alter hours selling are well-known. When looking for trouble or this sort one uight, shortly after 10 o’clock he found a couple of residents just about to enjoy a glass ot beer each. He immediately wauled to know their names, and to make sure that the drinks before them were of the tor bidden strength he drank them both himself. In giving evidence m support ot the charges he assured the Bench that the glasses standing before accused when he entered the bar contained beer —he could swear to that, because he had drunk them himself to make sure !