General News.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7913, 20 September 1904, Page 3

General News.

The "Tailor and Cutter" writes :— The prevalm? styles of transparent yokes and open sleeves, the low cut evening dress bodice, and (he tightfitting skirt are all of them most suggestive, and expose those parts of the figure which it would be only reasonable to expect would be covered if decency was the prime reason for dress.

Owing to a complaint having, been made by a Blenheim parent that his child was unduly punished by a school teacher, the Marlbcrough Education Board ha 3 passed a resolution that, in future, only a strap (30 inches long and ono inoh wide) be used in the Marlborongh school for physical castigatioo. It is stated thac a similar regulation is in force in the Nelson districts

_" Be thorough " was one piece of advice which the Prince of Wales, as a sailor of 20 years' experience, gave to the cadets of the Worcester, when addressing them, says a London exchange, and another was to keep before them the guiding principle of loyalty to King, country, and ship. He reminded them that their studies had not come to an end when they left the ship. They lived in an age of education, and to gain success they must not count upon assisr tance so much as to learn to study by themselves.

.News by mail states that Mr WilsonBarretfc passed away after en operation for abdominal cancer. Pew men (says a correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald) have been more mourned. He was the kindest of managers, the most charitable of men, and wbb ever an enthusiast for his craft. Hia company loved his as few organisations love their head, and it was under a pall of the most lovely flowers, white and violet asters, with the words, " From his company," worked in purple sweet peas, that Wilson-Barrett, that most energetic of men, went to his rest. The flowera sent to his funeral were the talk of London, and it was ono of the most impreaßive ceremoniDs of tho kind ever witnessed.

The .Broad Arrow says :—We have no wish to re-open a scandal, but the case of the. late Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald was a painful, peculiar, and sensational one. There is no doubt but that in the mind of the public lie went down to the grave with a slur upon his name. A certain number of Scotsmen who knew and admired him doubted whether the insinuation made against him by the Governor-ra-Council was well founded or merely the outcome of gossip of malicious busy-bodies of the " unco quid" description. Consequently they subscribed a sum otmoney, and deputed certain persons to proceed to Geyloif for purposes ot investigation. On their return they reported that Sir Hector Macdonald was innocent of the charge made against him- The result of the'investigation was sent to the chief London papers, but only one inseried the statement. As the original accusation was widelyfspread, it is only just that the exposure of the falsehood of that accusation should be given equal publicity.

The salary of the President of America ia £10,000, and for that he must devote himself wholly to the business of office, and take no other income. The Cabinet' costs £14,500 a year, as against the approximate £80 000 which England pays for hura, exclusive, of course, of those officers of the Crown who are not in the Cabinet. Mr Hay does very wail as Foreign Secretary on £1500 a year; England's gets £5000. Turkey is the place where diplomacy pays. The Grand Viaier, who is also Minister for War, seems to be pretty well looked after with £13,300 a year; but the gentleman who lets the Turkish navy rust at its moorings is he" who does himself best out of his country s gratitude. The Admiralty is worth admittedly £16,800 a year. There are "perks." The present holder of the olhce has cleared between two and three millions sterling out of it and the Minis--/«rt°r^oreisn ß Affairs (£BBoo),Finance (£7o00), and Mines (fissooj cannot complain of being underpaid.

At the corner of-Mulberry and iileeker streets, one of the roughest quarters of New York, there was opened on 2nd-August, says the London Daily Chronicle, a new saloon called bubway Tavern." It is owned, and will be run, by the reformers of the city, headed by Bishop Potter, Anglican Bishop of New York, who wish to demonstrate 'thata model saloon can be supported which will dissociate drinking *rom immorality. Bishop Potter opened the saloon, and made a brief address, in which he explained the aims of its proiectors, and asked tor (he earnest support of the neighbouring inhabitants. He asked them to abandon the gin palaces, and substitute for debauchery the temperate pleasures of the new tavern. After the address the Doxology was eungby those present, and the saloon declared open. The '.' Subway Tavern " will seJl both "hard" and "soft" driokg, but no one will be allowed to have too much. Games and : newspapers will be provided for its frequent !~l B > aQa rooms where friends can meet. Much interest is excited as to how the venture will turn out.