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Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 211, 16 July 1904, Page 22

—That most w omen are cu,i ious. It is only men who oa,ll curiosity in themselves" a desaie to be well-inf armed —That Chnstchtiroh has seventeen Chnstchurch dailies. -That the life of a battleship is Wteen years unless it is a 1 ™ ship Within Japanese range. Then its life is a matter of seconds —That in a local church last Sunwho praised Him were the choir. Why? That Mi J J- Meikle, the wrongful i^ned "Dreyfus of New Zeaup again. —That the Marlboioueh "Pi ess mfonni the Lanck that Maarlborouah i, a perfect hot-bed foi relatives of Bobs It Invites us to step across and meet n few score. -That a local boy who to see Freddy Graham act, h^s been offered a oountei -abaction. He is to be allowed to see his dad sna\e Sunday morning. the countiy districts. -That education is free, se culaj , and compulsoiy 1" New Zealand. That is SJably Jhv a Haweia paper states Shat £ man U 'found' £10 and costs" for selling unclean milk. —That an Australian mother recently took the prae at a baby show with her fifteenth child-a girl, She is heiehy exonerated' from all blame m connect ion with the deoi easing' birth-rate. —That a woodout photoeraph (made m America) i» going the rounds of t lie New Zealand supplements. King Dick ha- not yet taken steps to punish those prints guilty of "lese majeste. That the latest assumption of dagnity in this democratic country was shown by a " 'orny 'aoded," who, on being questioned as to his occupation, replied "I am a gentleman labourei . —That a German firm is guaranteeing 125 miles per hour on a railway to be built. Possibly, they haven't heard that we get fiom Newtown to Wellington in twenty minutes, or, they w ould keep silent. — That Japs and Russians are finding plenty of use for the despised bayonet. The British War Office at one time w anted to discaid it because the whole Aimv had) been re-organused to fight Boers for all time. — That, as the Americans are openiaig meat shops in Britain, and New Zealand is pi oposing to do so, one wonders w heie John Bull is going to find a market foi his home-grown mutton. Probably, he will send it to the colonies. — That, as, a lesult of Dr. Bakew ell's diatribe against New Zealand women, Austiahan papers have now aveired that New Zealand girls are the ugliest in the world." Wonder if Dr. Bakewell is ashamed of himself yet ? — That the New Zealander who went Home to consult a gieat specialist in rheumatism was solemnly advised to try the mud baths at Rotorua. Ke is again in Wellington, having been duly boiled, whole in the said mud baths. — That, since we noted that a "Song of Empire" had been pi inted in Leipzig, we have kept oui eye open, and find that small decorative Union Jacks, easily purchasable in Wellington, are branded "Made in Germany." Hurrah for preference ! — That Victorian Premier Tommy Bent proposes taxing every ticket of admission to public amusements or sports ground An ordinary penny stamp, to be duly cancelled, is his idea. Thomas is possibly a wee bit too optimistic of success. — That, in an Arbitration Court case, heard in Ohnstchurch, a factory girl aged twenty-one was found to be eai ning 7s 6d a week. She could probably get double that amount of money and "tucker" as a servant, besides being mistress of the house. — That the Lance, watching the ai rival of some new-ohums on the wharf on Wednesday, overheard a man, got up for the occasion in a wid© hat and leggings, remark- "Why, dashed if all the people ain't white!" He evidently expected cannibalism to commence at once.

— That the latest good tiling in local financial ventures is a company to lend money to shareholdei s who are in need ot it. We'll allbetheie. That the married accountant of WangJ.nm, who eloped with the joung daughter of a local resident, has piobably only lost his balance. —That it isn't tiue that a boy of twelve "stuck up" Mi. Field on the steps of Parliament House, and obtained a match fiom him to light the illegal ' fag." —That an Auckland paper suggests a right-of-way over the tops> of the houses for foot-passengea-s who will be squeezed off our narrow stieets when the elect 1 ie cais run. That most southern suburb men, who hitherto despised the humble penny, now corial all the stray vegetable "biowms" an the home mantelpiece for cai rides. That we are threatened with a new paper, to be edited by Victor Hugo, 7ola, Shakespeaa-e, and Aristotle. Some of our leading spiritualists 1 have ai 1 anged with the departed newspaper men. That a smgle-souled spiustei , of a certain age, fired by a peiusal of Mr. Recldon's child preservation literatuie, is "doing" the suburbs, dropping hints to sti uggling mothers how to bi ing up a family. —That Wairarapa Maoris aie keenly appieciative of professional talent. One little girl singei of a touiing combina.tion was rewarded by a Maori chief w ith a bunch of flowers and a packet of cigarettes. — That a new laundry class in connection with the Education Board, started in Gosbarne, has no pupils, and isn't UkeK to have. John Chunaman does all that is required, and is paid thiee times English prices for doing n. — That a local dentist has lost a client. He sent a Thoindon belle's "double set" for safe delivery to the young lady's best bo^ who opened it without looking at the address. "The honicl wretch did it purposely," she says. — That last Chinese census sho-ns the population of Chinai to be four bundled and thirty-six millions. The Jaos will possibly make them a militai y nation, and the D. Battery, Zealandias, and others will sweep them into the Pacific. — That there is no need for Sir Robeit Stout's suggested "School of Journalism" in New Zealand. Every New Zealander who owns a "J" pen, a peainy bottle of ink, a bit of codv paper, and the necessary cheek is fully equipped' — in his mind. — That the Wellington lady who has sustained a black-eye and a contused nose from hei husband, still believes >he loves her. You see he plays golf, talks golf, and dreams golf. He was playing a difficult stroke in his sleep when the injuries were sustained. — That it mubt not be forgotten that many British Bishops belong to the "beerage," andaie financially interested in the hop-extiact trade. May have something to do with the fact that twelve spmtual loids voted against the new British Licensing Bill and only seven for it. — That most of the telephone connections in Auckland are quite useless on account of the electric car system. Subscriptions must be paid, however. Of course, Wellington has done everything to obviate any hardship to subscribers. Wellington always gallops where other cities amble.