LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 139, 4 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sir T. Crossley Raynor, AttorneyGeneral for British Guiana, is one ol the few white men who have ever seen Kaioteur Falls, which lie declares the most beautiful and impressive in the world. “Kaietcur Falls are far inland in British Guiana,” lie says, “so far inland, in fact, that they are about 200 miles from civilisation. They_ arc 829'feet in height—nearly five times as wide at -Niagara—and about -ItlUft wide.’

“1 don’t dislike lawyers personally,” remarked Mr. F. Lawry, M.R., in addressing Ids constituents at Parnell, “but i want littlo to do with them professionally. 1 must agree with those who say that there have been too many lawyers in the House in - tlio past. Laws arc made in a manner that provoke disputes. We want laws made simply, so that a child can understand them—without any heretofores, lierehys, wherebys, and so on.’

At "one end of a second-class carriage returning from a race meeting four racecourse highwaymen wore playing cards. At the oilier, says an Auckland sporting writer, were two strangers, looking on amusedly. Presently one of them saw the dealer give himself four aces from the bottom of the pack, at which he nudged tiie ether stranger and whispered: “Didgor see thati"'’ “See what?” “Why, see that feller give hisself four aces?” “What about it?” rejoined the other in a surprised tone. ‘‘Wasn’t it Ins cisal?”^ A leading linn of Paris dressmakers has gone one hatter than its rivals by engaging a well-known artist to attend its dressmaking saloons daily (cays the “Daily Mail’s” Paris correspond’cnt). Ladies who are good customers of the firm arc rapidly sketched by the artist, ensconced behind a screen, while they are inspecting the various creations. Afterwards, as a pleasant surprise, they find a delicate sketch of thamselvo spas tod oh the bottom cf the artistic hat-box or dress-box in which their purchases arc cent home.

The question as to where the boundary of a property cuds when the usual boundary is along a river bank came up for discussion at tho Hawke’s Day Rivers Board mooting recently. The clerk pointed out that a man’s property might end in the middle oi a river, and if tho river were to silt up, the owner would have a perfect legal right to extend his boundary fence to the middle of tho course of the stream. After some discussion, it was decided to apply to tire Hawke’s Bay County Council asking them to hand over all the reserves in tho bad of the old Ng’auroro River to tho River Board.

At the distribution of prizes at Dunkirk at a regatta organised by the Municipality of Coudeksrquo Bl anche, an industrial suburb of Dunkirk, in which crows' from BoiilrigiVd; ’OhTfiik, lloubaix, Abbeville, and Dunkirk competed, it was stated by the president of the Dunkirk Rowing Chi!) that, owing to the development of athletic sports in France, no fewer than 23,000 young men—the equivalent of an army corps—were found by the last Conseils do Revision to ho physically lit for military service, above the number for last year, and this in spite of the census taken this year showing that the birth-rate of the country remains stationary.

In an article in the “British Medi-

cal Journal,” Dr. Hill, who lectured on physiology at the London Hospital, makes a very interesting statement regarding the nutritive value of the so-called standard cf whole-meal broad. He states that he took two lots of rats (25 in each lot), and fed each lot for three weeks, the one lot on standard flour and the other on ordinary white flour. The results were surprising, for tho white flour ruts almost ail lost weight and looked id, while tho standard flour rats looked well. Ten of the white flour rats and five of tho standard flour rats died during the course of the_ experiment, file total gain in tho white flour r.its was lit grams, and in tho standard Hour ones 373 grams. Dr. Hillsajs: “It seems clear that either our standard flours contained something essential to growth which was not in the white flour, or that white Hour contained something detrimental for example improvers.”

Ju a recent address delivered in Melbourne, Mr. Yung Liang Hwang, Chinese Consul-Goucral lor Australia, and late of Wellington, said:—‘‘Our people are different from the Europeans, chiefly in colour. A few years later we may he able to say different only in colour. Our people have physical and mental activity. Onr pocple have some of the greatest qualrications. None have all the qualifications the best civilised men of the world have. “The Chinese have brains, also. They" can study out things just as wolf as anyone else.' They have mg ambition, ambition for education, bn good homes, for wealth, for comioi t, for luxury, for pleasure, just as much a.s the white men of any nation, al do not know whether the Peace booiety will help ns to the time when wo shall understand each other and there will ho no war, hut I do know what will help ns. Unless wo have tho spirit of Christianity and learn to return good for evil, peace among th’o nations is only a dream.

Jack Johnson, tho boxing champion, lias been giving a London pape, his views on women suffragettes. Ho :/iid : “When the time comes that men ain’t able to run business, women ought to put on pants and make a iivimV lor the men. _l never give my scat t;V'a- suffragette in a car. Thqy want the same rights as men; let them undergo the same chances, li women had the rule, men would work train o in tiie morning until midnight, and then they wouldn't get any rest, as the women would chow tho rag the rest of the time. If women had their wav there would he no music halls,

racing, aeroplanes. Anything tmy couldn’t do themselves they_ wouldn’t lot men do. Jf they got tiie power they would have every man lighting

.>uc another. Show me a wise woman who ever invented anything. Show me a smalt suffragette capable of anything lot to stir up malicious misehicf'and stone-throwing raids on i’aruameut, and I will swim back to tho Suited States.”

Yesterday afternoon a local resident was committed to the Porirna Mental Hospital, on the testimony of !)is. Merrier, and Steven. The Foresters are holding another of their popular ioi tnightly dances in flic Foresters’ Hall, on Monday evening next, August 7th. Geo; jj;e Hoi)bs was fined Ids, with 7s costs, at the Magistrate’s Court tin's morning on a charge of having on duly 2Stu driven a vehicle in Broadway after sunset without a light. The following orders on judgment summonses were made at the Magistrate’s Court this morning—Frank Rhodes v. James Corrigan, to pay £9 os 2d forthwith, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment; L. Re veil v. Wm. Bliiir, to pay £2 3s forthwith, in default seven days’ imprisonment. if (remarks the Waikato “Independent) a now scat is given to the King Country it is. announced that 1 Mr. James Boddie, Mayor of Te Kuifci, will stand in tiie Opposition interests. If this opportunity is not open to him lie will probably stand against Mr. W. T. .Jennings for Taumaumui. Mr. Boddie was formerly'a leading settler at Fit ham, and had political aspirations even in those day's. Tiie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have shown us a “Ciimson King” swede turnip grown by Messrs. Bennett and Hodgkinsou, Cardiff, with Lawes’ superphosphate. This root weighs now 44.} ms., although it has been somewhat eaten by stock, and lias been out of Lie ground for seven days. This appears to be about the largest swede wo have seen this season. A Whangamomona correspondent telegraphs finis morning:—“Although the rain fell heavily at \Vhauganioinona last night, it did not deter the people coming from far and near to attend Mr. J. McCluggagc’s meeting. The Public Hall was packed to its utmost, and many of those who were unable to gain admission stood at the windows to listen to the address. It was by far the biggest political meeting ever held in Whangamomona.” John Atkinson appeared at the Magistrate’s Court tnis morning to answer an application on a judgment summons in ahe by C. B. Walsh. Mr. Anderson appeared tor judgment, creditor. In examination judgment [ debtor stated that part of his earnings went in sending mousy weekly to his wife, who was’ an invalid in Sydney, but he could net produce any document supporting his statement. The S.M. adjourned the case for a week to enable judgment debtor to produce evidence of having sent money to Sydney through a bank, and also a letter from his wife acknowledging receipt of the money.

.At a recent dinner in New York everything was presented weirdly at tho "table. Tiny sandwiches and salted almonds were served cut, the former from operating tables and the latter in bottles bearing the names of the, most disagreeable medicines known. The cocktails were handed round in test tubes, and marked “deadly poison,” while waiters offered tho diners “Prussic acid, sir? Nevadians recommend it in preference to tho gallows”; or “Arsenic? it is warranted to kill all pain.” The fish, game, and joint courses were furnished with names of dread diseases. Cordials were served in hypodermic syringes ; and, as a culminating point, cigars were wrapped each in a piece of material strongly resembling antiseptic gauze. The hosts were of the medical fraternity. Two lads, aged fifteen, named Reginald and Frederick W. A. Myers, pleaded guilty at the Magistrate’s Court this morning to a charge of having on May 25th shot a hen pheasant. Mr. Stanford . appeared for the Acclimatisation Society. He said that -of • •recent years -the Society had gone to an expense of about £IOO a year for the purpose of improving the sport in tiie district, and if hen pheasants wore killed the birds could not be expected to increase in number. The Society had offered a reward for information leading to the conviction of persons for killing hen pheasants, and no doubt in this case the reward would lie claimed, and he asked that this should lie considered when a fine war being imposed. The S.M. said he did not know that he could do so—the Society might have offered a very high reward. The boys were very young to be allowed out shooting. Parents should bo careful about allowing their children to go shooting—they wore morally if not legally responsible for their children’s actions. Fines of 20s, with costs £1 Bs, were imposed in each case. “Massa, look uni—see deni gold smoke—plenty gold liv for dat place.” This expression came from my native headman as we emerged out of the jungle into a clearing in the Gold Coast, where there were numerous old native workings (writes an Englishman on the Gold Coast to “T.P.’s Weekly.”) Tho West African firmly believes that a peculiar mist seen at Limes rising from low-lying places is a sure indication of gold. This superstition is not confined alone to West Africa; the Mexican and Peruvian bePovothat where a phosphorous-looking mist is seen hanging over the ground it indicates a store of gold. This superstition is possibly founded on the following: In tropical countries where very lino powered dust gold lies practically on the surface of the ground, and floating as a scum on pools of water, tho heavy rains and sun’s rays would have a tendency to draw the moisture up laden with dust-gold, which, on evaporation, would be redoposited. There are many curious beliefs amongst the natives here; for instance, there are certain days it is of no use to look for gold, as it runs away. Certain trees and vegetation aro stated only to grow on gold-boar-ing ground; whilst sprinkling the ground with gin is a custom to make gold grow.