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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 198, 26 May 1914, Page 2

j Frofessoi Barraas and his company iI of Marionettes appear at the i | Premier Hall this evening. Alio ) Mr Karl Hsati'gs will give an i interesting exhibition of club and ) bayonet swinging* ; A correspondent uf a Manawatu t paper writes as follows:—"Your tale ' about the strange way a fish was ! cuughl-hangina: on a horse's lip 1 after the hotse had teen drinking 1 j from a creek—is not as queer a? ! I the catch made at a Eketahuna 1 j creamery. It was a cickabully, ■ 'all alive oh, swimming in the big milk vat!' '" ' Tha Prime Minister informed a J reporter la t evening that the Royal ' Commission upon inland waterways in the Auckland district, of which Mr W. Ferguson (managing director 'of the Wellington Gu3 Company) J \ has been appointed chairman, would ' I probably rot make a stßrt for some | ! months. Quit j a number of matters ; i had to be arranged a:icl hf.irmation ' ! under various heads prepared before ' i an enquiry can commence. t Hie first meeting nf * hn r\ .' • i • ■• ' . ■ ;i ...o.i ui a rremier will be , the principal business of the cveoi ing. For that position the following i gentlemen have so far agreed to stand:—Messrs C. K. Lawrie, R. J. Eame?, E. Allan, H. H. D. Wily. F. E. Simpson and J. T. Stembridge. An cxciiing contest is anticipated. Mr C'.tnnc is to take the chair. The Union now appears to be well en its way towards a successful and profitable ssrici of gatherings. The public will he admitted free cf charge to the debates. The ostrich feather- industry, which , is second in importance to the South African Government, has narrowly escaped a disaster (says a London paper). An amendment to the ! Plumage Bill was proposed in Com- i mitlee, which, lied it been carried, I would have included ostrich leatheis, [ in tne list of prohibited plumage. Fortunately for South Africa, it whs i negatived without a division, and Mr C. du P. Cbiappini, the 'trades, Commissioner for South Africa, was ; able to cable out the ne.va to his ! Government "The past few days | have been a very anxious tims for us," he said. "We ourselves have' given the Plumage Bill cur support I and never expected that ostriches would be included in the banned list, i As a matter of fact, there is no | more cruelty in clipping the feathers oir an ostrich than in clipping the wool off a sheep. It is not unusual for a good ostrich to be sold fur i £IOOO, and the value of the birds is itself an argument against any I cruelty being used in clipping the plumes. Cruelty would mean damage : to thj catrfch, and tbc farmer's I first cue is for Ihe welfare of this 'birds." '