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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8355, 15 February 1913, Page 7

Under the Masters and Servants Act It is provided that any servant who wilfully or negligently spoils or destroys ■sny goods, wares, work/ or materials «or work committed to bis charge or care, or wilfully abandons, loses, or injures any cattle or other property belonging'to, Or in the charge of hia employer, shall, on conviction, be liable to pay reasonable compensation for ■mch cattle or property so spoiled, destroyed, injured, or lost as aforesaid. A jheepowner prosecuted his shepherd •mdor this Act for losing, or abandonsng, certain sheep. It was proved.in evidence that the shepherd nad been entrusted with a flock of 2206 sheep, and that when ho delivered them up there were 502 lost, or, at least, miss- - ing. The magistrate, however, dismissed the case on the ground .that wil-. *ul loss had not been proved. On -an application to the Supremo Court for prohibition, the judge said there was nothing to prohibit—no order having been made. Ho had oomo to the contusion that there was enough on the depositions to justify the magistrate in deciding, if he had chosen so to do, that the defendant had wilfully abandoned and lost the shoep. He recognised the fact that the statute was imoerfeot, it being next to impossible to prove in fact the wilfully losing, etc., of sheep. Letters continue to pour into the Home Affairs Department giving mggestions for the name of the Federal Capital. Marni, or Mamie, is put forward as the name of the chief of an aboriginal tribe, which once roamed between Queanbeyan and the Snowy River. It is said to mean big, strong, great. Starry Cross is commended as Australia is the only place in the world “privileged to have a cross of stars over our heads.” Ccsma is declared to bo ah “intelligent name to ©very living soul in this world.- It is easy to write, easy to remember, easy to pronounce and looks nice in print, and is uncommon." Tarwoona is another, word, meaning gift, and Is drawn from aboriginal sources. The writer explains its appropriateness by the fact that the area for the Federal Capital was a gift from Now South Wales. Other names suggested from correspondents in various parts ' of Australia are Wahmeeyah, Horteneia, Neuradea, Canberrass, Britaustral, Australliarn, Ailartsna, Mary George, Bevenlia, or llevenuelia, Georgetown, Newera, Australton, Blaxland, Keystone, Maryborough, Antares, Corusco, Galaxy, Concord, Piasaoh, Eros, Gumsucker, Laplace, Curie, Radium, 'Lhea, Varola, Tar, Sohal, Austoria, Auraror, Aureaolo. " The Director-General of Works xm contly returned to Melbourne after a brief visit to the site of the Federal capital. Considerable progress is, he says, being made in connection with preparations for permanent buildings ana excavations for the foundations and basement of a central station, which will supply light and power for all purposes in the federal capital,.are now being taken out. As the building is to be one of the permanent structures, it is being laid out in accordance with the accepted design for the Federal city. The building is to be of steel frame, and capable of taking the entire plant of the city. One unit of power is to be installed forthwith. Other units will follow according to tha demand for power and the increasing requirements of electric distribution. Tenders will shortly-be called for the supply of cables for electric transmission, including a high tension line to the Cotter river for the supply of the current for the pumping plant. An initial step for the manufacture of bricks will be undertaken immediately. The first works will be on a small scale, and will be used for the purpose of making bricks for the continuous kilns, in which bricks will be burnt for city construction. One of the big kinematograph film firms has a huge "menagerie,” covering some 400 acres, out in California, where lions, leopards and other wild beasts live a perfectly natural life. Here the company produce films which, in addition to giving a succession of thrills, provide a wonderful insight into zoology.