INTERESTING NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 280, 20 August 1915, Page 2

INTERESTING NEWS.

FEMALE PERJURERS. “Ther is three times as much perjury by women in divorce suits as by men,” declared Judge Charles Monroe in an argument for bills providing re- ! strietions against fraud and collusion I in divorce, before the Senate Judiciary Committeo. Judge Monroe said he had tried all the divorce cases in Los Angeles County for years. “The women are three to one in the plaintiffs for divorce,” he said, “but that does not moan that women are the greatest severs of divorce. If there are no children or property rights to settle, the men always let the women get the d’ voree. That spirit of gallantry prevails generally. “Do 3'ou mean then that women commit more perjury than men?” asked Senator Campbell. “I regret that there is a woman present to hear 'me say it, but it is true that ther is three times as much perjury among women,” replied Judge Monroe. MUNITIONS MANUFACTURE. Says an English correspondent: \Ve are all. making shells; the postman, the butcher, and baker are privileged to drop into the nearest arsenal and do (their bit. From a patriotic view-point this looks all right, but what of the , trained staff's of ammunition workers j who.suddenly behold a legion of cibrks, stock-exchange brokers, and land agents let loose among the machinery? The patriotic land agent is, no doubt, a fine fellow when he isn't selling land, but he must be the very devil of an agent when he starts making 12in. shells. This is the true meaning of ’ muddlb. Birmingham alone, at the outbreak of war, was allowed to send 15.000 skilled metal workers to the front. Now we wish we had them back! The same thing happened to the coal and transport workers. They were rushed to the front in thousands. Now we have the unemployed land agent making ammunition, and proving a nuisance, no doubt, to the people who have to find him work. A CHAUFFEUR’S PARADISE. 1 Says a London correspondent: Today the best paid mechanics in me world ■ arc the motor drivers' and engineers. In ordinary times the chuurfeur lived a discontented life on £4 a week. Now the animal averages from £10; to £2O, according to his district. He is still cursing his luck. An acquaint- ( ance of mine, who used to “strafe”; a typewriter for £2 a week, got sacked on account of the bad times. He spent a whole month refusing food and drink until someone advised him to hire or buy a second-hand car. He acquired one for £BO, and started on a roving commission in and about the military camps. In the first month he cleared the price of the machine and a bit over. This month he has bought car number two, and found his other unemployed brother a job as driver. They are coining money. “Roving” round England in a four-seater car doesn’t require much brains or energy. ■ It is much easier and brighter than • painting unsaleable pictures or writing j ; unreadable books, or eMmbing ladders ' ; with a horrible load of bricks attached to your neck; or chasing foolish cows out ] of Tim Casey’s paddock. To-day Eng- ' land is a perfect Goconda for the hemeclianic who knows where to spurt "a drop of oil when the engine squeaks, or turn the handle when the behemoth is heading for a brick wall. All this arises from the fact that most of our genuine mechanics are at the front digging holes or getting shot. So there I are big, gold jobs avci7able for the I man who can steer a car down the l middle of the road without killing a policeman. I