General Items.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7741, 17 February 1905, Page 4

General Items.

TT» nineral of the great Genua historical painter, Adolf Menzel, was attended by Ihe Kaiser, Kali serin, Sixty thousand troops almost crushed the Kwangsi rebellion. The leader, Luafa. was captured and executed by Lingchi. The half-yearly report of lli> ISmktn Hill Proprietary shows the net profits for the half-year were Ll, 000. The total output of :-i:vrv was ~'U2 ouncee, and incrvnse on the previous half-year of nearly 1000 ounces. Mr J, li. Wishari, a well-known manufacturing jeweller of I'alinerston (North, has been arrested on three charges of receiving stolen jewellery, which it is alleged he knew had been dishones'% obtained. Accused was remanded to Wellington, bail being allowed. ITvere can Ije no ques'iion of the overwhelming response that is always made in England to the call of distress. Whether it always chooses the right instruments and works along the best line is another (j-ues-tion. I have seen both amateur and Official philanthropy u t work in more than one country," an d there can be little doubt that in London it displays the least intelligence and does the smallest amount of good.—Sydncv Brooks, in Harper's Weeklv, ' New York". * |