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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2791, 17 May 1911, Page 2

Lord Fisher devised a method of warning visitors who sought to rob him ot his time. Whoever visited the Admiral during his active service days had to read this printed slip before admission : —" When you go to see a business man, go on business, and state your business in a business-like manner ; when you have concluded your business, go about your business, and mind your own business.'

It may be of interest to note, says the Weekly Scotsman, that although Halley's comet has long since passed out of sight of the naked eye, it is still being observed closely by Professor Barnard through the great 40m. Yerkes refractor. He is confident of keeping it in sight till the end of the year, and it will then be outside the orbit of Jupiter, which it will cross in April next. It now appears as a star of the fourteenth magnitude, slightly condensed, but without a visible nucleus. It will remain invisible for 75 years, and will probably be detected in August, 1985, passing perihelion about February, 1986.