THE MAILS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81849, 20 September 1906, Page 4

THE MAILS

THURSDAY, 20th SEPTEMBER. For Wellington and south, per Rotoiti, at 10.30 a*m. For Auckland and north, per Takapuna, at 7 p.m. FRIDAY, 2ist SEPTEMBER. For Australian States, at 6.15 a.m., due Sydney 26th September For Auckland and north, per Rarawa, at 7 p.m. SATURDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER.

For Auckland and north, per Takapuna, at 7 p.m. For Australian State", at 7 p.m., due Sydney 28th September. For Ceylon, India, China, Straights Settlements, also United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via Suez, (foe correspondence specially addressed only), at 7 p.m.; mail due London 3rd November. For South Africa, per Damascus, from Melbourne, at 7 p.m ~ due about 25th October. Parcel mail for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, per Rimutaka, closes at Wellington on 27th September. Mails for Raratonga, Tahiti and Penrhyn Islands, close per Manapouri at Auckland on 2nd October. Mails for Fiji, Canada, Un ; ted States of America, United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via Vancouver, per Moura, close at Auckland on 3rd October. Correspondence need not be specially addressed. Mail due London 7th November. The next best despatch for Continent of Europe and United Kingdom will be via San Francisco, closing at Chief Post Office, New Plymouth, on Thursday, 27th September, at 7 p.m. Due London 27th October. F. D. HOLDSWORTH, Chief Postmaster.

Encourage Children to Save. 1 Thrift is not one of the natural virtues of childhood. All the of life are provided for a child, and he ncc ve.s them as a matter of course, neither questioning their source uor speculating whether they will continue or not. Many children can have almost anything they want for the mere asking, so there is no incentive to save. When the child has the money in his hand it is the mother's part to guide him in Us disposal. It is here that the foundation is laid for the habits of a lifetime. Teach him first to think of others, and to put aside something, if only a penny, for those who are pooler than himself. When he has accumulated enough to be of U6e let him buy a few flowers or a little fruit for a sick child or an old person, and give it himself, to Bhow him practically the value of sympathy. Try to instil into his mind the fact that money is a trust, not to be expeuded solely for self; that a part is due to those who need, and that he must shave it with them if he is ft faithful steward. Next let him lay by a portion for the future. Some end not too distant should be chosen at first—a thing that he wishes very much to possess and can buy if he saves enough to do so; a little journey that he may take if he has the money for the expenses; something, whatever it may be, that he can attain in a reasonably short time. This will impress upon him as nothing else can the advantages of being forehanded, as one expressive idiom has it. Lastly, let him have a little money ; to spend on passing pleasures—candy, if that is a treat to him, or whatever he likes best; only make him know that self-indul-gence should come last, not first, and that what is wasted cannot be had back again. A Black Cricketing Team.

Thirty-five years have passed since the Aboriginal Australian team of cricketers visited Errand. Their names provoke a smile : Buliocky, Cuzens, Dicka*l)ick, King Cole, Mullagb, Peter, Shepherd, Mosquito, Jim Crow, Charley, Tiger, Twopenny, and Redcap. They were trained by an old Surry cricketer who hud settled in Australia, Charles Lawrence, who accompanied them to England, and supervised their tour. The English climate proved fatal to one of them —King Cole—who died at Urighton before the tour was half over. In their opening match at the Oval they were badly beaten by eleven gentlemen of Suny, but they very nearly defeated the M.C.C. at Lord's. The novelty of black cricketers drc«\ large crowds to these matches. They achieved their first victory over eleven gentlemen of Lewishatn, who presented t edcap with a silver cup in recognition of his brilliant play. One Way to Break Glass. It is scarcely credible, but it is a fact, that a glass can be broken by the v 'ice. If you strike a thin wineglass while you hold it by the stem it will emit a certain notein most cases a pretty deep one. On approaching the glass rapidly to your mouth, and shouting into it the same note as loudly as possible, the vibrations of the glass being thereby extended, it will be shivered into fragments. This used to be a favourite experiment of LabJache, the re nowned singer, who would thus break, one after the other, as many glasses as were banded to him.

Resonance of Violins. The body of a violin is a resonant, box, composed of a bark and a belly scooped out of solid wood, and ribs planed and bent. The whole is glued together upmi internal! blocks. The pine belly ipstungther/.d, ami •ts vibrntions are regulated and increased by a loot of the longitudinal bar fixed inside, un fcr ;he bridge. Two sound holes facilitate and modify the vibrations which un? ;*et up by l!ie action of the bow upon the tense strings, ll a mistake to suppose that old and dry •vood is to be preferred, for, after a few rears, pine loses its elasticity. Awnre of tV best makers i:s« wood that is barely vusoued. and preserve its elastic properties by applying thrir varnish at once. The ; resonance and quality, tint' fcive their supremo value to the bust Italian »io!ins. may, to some extent, be due to the •Hlfnl use of varnish. This was originally eguded as ornamental and preservative, l»ut -xp'-rience has'led to its application as a icce.-sasy part of th* finish of these charm<ag iastrunients, and some attribute to it a xnnectiou with the richness and purity of their tone.