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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 155, 13 February 1903, Page 4

An Aberdeen policeman, wishing to transfer his services to the Edinburgh force, was being examined on police duty by the chief of that hod v. "In dispersing a mob, for instance, how were you taught to use your baton ?"' "We never used such a thing in Aberdeen, sir. When we wantit to skaill a crood there we jist got some ane to pit roon the hat an' ask a collection." An urchin who attended a Board school was told by his parents to read the newspaper. He commenced to do so in the usual drawling mode of the school. He had not proceeded far when his mother administered a sharp buffet on the ear, with the exclamation . "Ye scoonral ! How daur ye read a newspaper wi' the Bible twang !"

Some amusement has been caused in Wellington by the fact that the city dog catcher captured a dog belonging to the Premier's household, with a last year's collar on its neck. A man intervened and demanded that the dog should be given up. The dog catcher, however, stuck to his catch, and told the man he would take the dog if it belonged to the Governor himself. The necessity for further proceedings was obviated by the payment of the tax.

News has been received in Wellington that a syndicate, of whom Mr Charles Pharazyn, formerly of the Wairarapa, who is now living in London, is one. has purchased 12,800,000 acres of cattle country in the northern part of South Australia. - Woums undermine Children's Constitutions. Use WAI>E?S WORM FIGS, is boxes