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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 51, 25 March 1909, Page 3

Mr. Edgar Mellor, in charge of a rural school on the borders of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in England (at Xortlichurch, Iterkhamstead, Ilerts). has asked to have his school linked to a New Zealand country school, for the exchange* of correspondence between the pupils. He wrote that lie had had ■the system working between his and a •Liverpool school, and it had resulted in Duell ail interest in school life that he •was sure that its further development ■would lead to etill more gratifying results. Mr. J. Thomas, headmaster of the Omata school, has taken the matter in hand.

A disgusted carpenter gave vent to his feelings in the Arbitration Court at ' Wellington. He stated lie was a mem- , ber of the Amalgamated Society of , Carpenters and Joiners six years ago, but he left in disgust. "The place was run by a clique,'' he said. "You eouhl not get in a word. I had to pay Is 4d per week. All this went to help incompetent men." He declared that the great majority of the men whose names appeared on the employment book at the time were incomeptent, and that other members of the union as well as himself had become disgusted. "I never had any difficulty in niv life in getting a job," he concluded. The parole system in Canada lias thus far given satisfactory results. Since it was inaugurated eigjfc "-cars ago 2000 "prisoners have been given ticket of leave, i'or a certain period after their release the persons to whom this conditional pardon has been given are subject to espionage. They are also answerable to the parolc officer of the Justice Department, whose principal object is to assist them to ways of earning an honest livelihood. Less than 2 per cent, have fallen again into evil ways. A veterinary surgeon, in a letter to the London Press, says few people are conscious of the lisks they run tiy permitting dogs to lick their hands am faces. They are liable to get infected with a dangerous kind of worm, winch ill man forms cysts in the brain, liver, and' other parts of the Ijod.v, and is known as the. "hydatid." 'llie worm

itselt exists m hw .7"- ' so well known to hygiemsts tnat a i>>Hw exists which renders the keeping ol a dog in a slaughter-house illegal. Only a little while ago a case occurred m London to a dog-breeder. NEWS FOB MARKIED PhOl'Lt. ) Rhiftin" is troublesome worlc, isn't it' liut°you can minimise the botlisr considerably I>y getting the New Express Co. to move you. They 11 take down vour furniture, puck it securely, and deliver it safety. either locally or throughout tlic Dominion. If necessary, they can store it for you. It you contemplate shifting, see them and 1 eet quotations. OlTice, Brougham St. ' - Mrs. Head, Fyans-street, Geeling, Vic.. ' ..itcs: "I have found great relief from ! rheumatism by applying Chamberlain'? I 1 Pain Balm. It is an excellent liniment, ' and I strongly recommend any person ( " differing irom this distressing and pain- \ ,ui ailment to try it. My husband has 1 also used Chamberlain's Pain Balm for * cuts and brtiises and was delighted with