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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 116, 23 September 1902, Page 4

An unsuccessful applicant for a vacancy' in a Hawke's Bay school writes t.o the Herald : that, s-ine proper colonial scheme for the systematic promotion of teachers (same as Civil servants) was instituted ? This button-holing and knee-bending to Committeemen, who know very little of teachers qualifications, by' anxious seekers alter a billet is horribly humiliat ’ig.t* teachers, and yet .under t.he | recent system it is the only method by' which- success is attained.” The water of ‘‘Jack’s Bath ’ between Bof. >* u;t and Whakarewarewa, is said to be very etticac oue in curing ailments of the eyes. The Hot Lakes Chr miele has been informed that after v *j). ate 1..1y bathing his eyes with wate / t’lvm the bath a n sklent has been able to < isc.avd his glasses and read ordinary news a iei- print, with the naked eve. He hflieves that if some of the water could be exported to Australia it would be found of great benefit in curing sandy blight and other local diseases ot the eves.

The ne.v type of steamship of Herr J. Brohau, of Hamburg, is equipped with foir-g propellers. The vessel is flat-bottomed, with a short keel in the centre, and two false keels forward, and one propeller is placed between the forward keel, another just before the .rudder, and the two others at the stern. It is claimed that such a steamer, 300 ft long, would make the trip from Havre to New York in four days.

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I • The Christchurch Truth writes thus r —Purcell, the man who, in the intoxication of a Salvation Army revival, confessed to three murders rn land, has changed Ins aiKi denies that he committed them. Which shows that a man’s mental machinery is not the same in the cold stone cell as it is under the flaring lights of a l *lsK>d and • tire demonstration. We ate not surprised at Purcell's mental volte-face* It is all very well, when the lights and the hig drum and the euphonium get i»to one’s soul, to pour forth confessions, of previous ghastliness to illusttate the great difference iu due’s morality, and to gain a “volley” of ' red-jerseyed benedictions, but the cool chill of the prison walls restores one’s reason, and brings one back to a realisation that the vulger Law, unsatisfied by reformation demands atonement. We have listened to these confessions of Salvation Army converts at street corners and beard more blood curdling tales of bygone black iniquity than, even any three volume novel contained. And the converts revel in their villainy—and the blacker it is, the more heavilv the drum is hanged and the lustier the ’Alleluias. A hypuotised man will doanything, a drunk man will promise and essay anything, and a man intoxicated with religions fervour, sis Purcell has shown us will cheerfully confess to deviliy that makes Satan appear like a beginner. This is the moral bibulous-ness-—and the fumes having passed 1 away, Purcell is sorry he sought a fleeting glorification at the expense of his liberty, if not- his neck. When Mr Greenaway, the New Zealander who purchased the late James Tyson’s Felton Estate, in Queensland, took possession of the property, he found lucerne liay that had been made twenty-three years ago stacked in a *shed on the station, perfectly sound and swee*. We understand that the Teachers’ Snpeiannuation Fund Bill will be circulated this session, but will not he proceeded with. It. will he handed round among teachers f>r their perusal and consideration. Grey mouth Star. A Wellington resident has received a letter from a miner who recently left the West Coast (South Island) for South Africa, widen gives a very discouraging account of things there from labour point of view. . The writer was earning 7s a day at Dutban repairing railway carriages and trucks, hut that wage was by no means general, the great majority of unskilled lahoureis in the railway service receiving 5s per day, although good carpenters and bricklayers receive 15s and 20s. The railway men had just, been on strike for better pay, ami after being “out” for eight days, went to work on receiving a promise of a shilling pel* day day extra, pending, arbitration. At the date of writing it was not possible for workmen to get to Johannesburg, unless they produced a letter promising immediate employment, and signed by some military officer. Tilings are much worse at Johannesburg than in Durban, wages being only 5s per day, while board costs L 7 10s per month,, as against L 5 in the latter place. The writer adds that new airivals are streaming into the country from all parts of the world; and there are at least fifty applicants for* any vacancy,., no matter what, the employment* “ The more references you bring the better it you want to get on.” In conclusion New Zealanders are warned not to tempt fortune in South Africa unless thev have means. WADES WORM FlGS—the Wonderful Worm Worriers —are a safe and sure remedy, in is boxes : sold everywhere . THIS IS THE SEASON when death stalks through the land in -the form ot pneumonia. The surest defense against this disease is Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It always cures and cures quickly. A. Manoy seps it.