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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 185, 29 May 1903, Page 4

The following story, vouched for by the clerk of a road board illustrates shrewdly the wisdom and artfulness of the Canterbury boy, when he is made an agent for destroying small biids. The price paid for heads is several times larger than that given for eg<*s, but the season for receiving heads closes sooner. A youth not very far from Christchurch, finding that heads were no longe- being taken, at the nearest toad board office, remombered that he knew of scores of nests with eggs in .them. Instead of selling the eggs at the lower price, however, he cunningly left them until v they were hatched, after which he cut off the heads of rhe young birds, salted them down, put them in boxes, and .buried them. On being dug up next season in a well preserved condition, they realised a very satisfactory sum.

The New 'Zealand Times says :—A man, who is a driver by occupation, brought his seven year old son before Dr Me Arthur, S.M., on Saturday morning, in order to have him committed to an Industrial school, on the ground that the boy could not be controlled at home. The man stated that his son slept out at night, played truant from school, and always lost change when sent messages. In answer to Sub-Inspector O'Donovan, he stated that the lad had been treated with kindness at home, and had on several occasious been strapped for misconduct but all without avail. The Sub Inspector pointed out that a man should ouly send his child to an industrial school as a last resource, and stated that the policy of the industrial school authorities was to board children out, so that they *may get the benefits of home influence. Dr McArthur considered that the man and his wife should be able to bring up the lad in a proper manner, and, after admonishing the boy, dismissed the case.

A lame shoulder is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and may be cured by the use of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This liniment is unequalled as a soothing lotion. One application gives relief. Try it, A,Manoy sells it, There is a shepherd named Grieve still earning a living on a farm near Dumblane, Perthshire, although he distinctly remembers the news of the .battle of Waterloo reaching Scotland. He is 102 years old.

The Oamaru Mail says :—Reports from the country show that the potato crop is very disappointing, most of the fields turning out verybadly. This is targeb/ attributed to the esc"?sive growth of grass and weed, induced by the wet season, having cramped the development of the tubers. Upon some of the bast ground the yields are oniy from four to five tons per acre, while in some cases the orons »r?> <S O poor as to barely pay for the digging, and we have heard of some growers having offered to give away their crops for the digging of the ground. How this unfavourable result may effect the market ultimately it is difficult to say, •as crops on the Canterbury side are reported to be turning out well, and plentiful supplies from there may keep the market steady.