MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 958, 30 May 1901, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ifc.'hnre.'in (o Im-s i» lUstriliufiOnof j tin iDiir*,, H'js ih',< f,yttclcf)» Ti'nt'S; Wfj i shnnM cr!k'n!y l!kn to «Be Mr ilii|jrstnt> i.'iu|. C p'ali! RtfsMi I !it th* Both guf't>n>eu Ivvu fftlfly wn tlteir fpil<>, 'ill! their piuiililtion would lie ha hi with thfl BatlsJiqUon by every potion nf the communityLr>t\l t£itchoner i§ reportrd to hnvu sicd . •» Give ma one rin»n like £se Wet, and I will jjfiiid home one-t|ii?d of thy army." And Do Wet U said to httVU Spoken as% follows: "T will give Lord jiohe-ta thrrifi years tfl natch me, I will will att'O Lord lyiffiiianer threa months, ami utrd Matbaon «H hU lib," A writer hi the World's Work is f&srjoßsibU for th«Bfty|na*. A labourer n&m«d 'Welclon had n tejt'rihle expaiiuiiDe at Seaton Carevv Iron Works, Ejitjlaod, reoently, He wn» buried ?o, fourteen hours undo? huifdlrwlß o{ *oo« of masonry wl ifon ore, no wpb Working in an almost o.iiiply depot, when the Vail dividing it from ti lull tlapo* %h«a way, wall aud iron' ore burying hitn. liy a miruole the roaaoiuy fmmed >md shaped a cavity, in whiuh he Was huddled up, and over whloh tons of material was piled. After fourteen hours' work a rescue was effected. The Hungarian girls p.re tired of sighing for the swains who come not. Eligible young men aro scarce, and there it no charm in even the lovelier spot where the chances of getting a husband ore RO few. So the maioens are I. aving the Adamless Eden for the New World, 5n Boirio parts of which tfe* circumstanceiwt just the .reverse,- The~Ur«t batpfrof 20 peasant girls arrived at Pittsburg. U.S., reoently, and wero engaged to be married before they had been in tho city two days. They wore not exactly sold by auction to the minors, but each candidate for a wile had to show that he was able tn maintain her, and the girls were able to pick and chonao. The new section was added by the • California legislature at its recent session to the law for the prevention of cruelty to animals, which will make it a misdemeanour to out tho tail of a horse. The • section reads as follows :—" Whosoever ■hall out the solid part of the tail of any horse in the operation performed for the purpose of shortening the tail, and whoever shall cause the same to bo done, or assist in doing such cutting, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a datneanour." The new law ha* two other sections, and eix of the old ones art amended. By the terms of the provisions now io effect, the officer* can take a sick horse away from its work and turn it over to a veterinary until it is well. The charge of tho veterinary becomes a Han upon the animal. Another seotion empowers the. officers of the luw or citizens to kill any incurable animal after twelve hcurs' notice to the ownn-, if he refuses to do so himself or to take aotion for the relief of such animal. How greatly municipal enterprise . In'what may seem small matters benefit* the ratepayers is shown by a report issued recently at Great Yarmouth. Un3er an Act of 1597 the Great Yarmouth Corporation took power to enclose portions of it beach and pleasure grounds, and by the same Act they have power to pay a band, provided the cost does not exceed Id in the £ per annum. This penny raises about £7OO, and has been used for the purpose of Daying a band to play on the open beach gardens. But last year they enclosed a further portion of the bench, and layed it out with shelters and hand stand, the cost of which was about £4OOO, the same being completed about July. In the season of about three months the takings (a penny _ being charged for admission) were sufficient to pay the band and all costs of working and supervision, and have yielded a profit of £SOO. This has made a difference to'the ratepayers of about £I2OO, - „ n J tvddoiL greatly to tho town attractions. Mr Israel Zangwill, presiding at a dinner of the New Vagabond's Club, proposed the toast of the Kins in the following happy temi3 :—" Even as Edward VI. founded model grammar schools, ko Edward VII. will found model houses for the working men. Gentlemen. lam not not u little Imperialist ; I »m a grpat Imperialist. One of my race—Lord Beaconsfield—was the first to realise what an Empire this was —because he stood a little outside—and 3, in my humble way, realise more thau you do—l, child of the wandering Jew—what it means to have in this great weltering world one great Empire of righteousness and justioe. If you were as . muoh in oontaot with foreign opinion as lam. if you knew how tho thought of England lives and groves in the hearts of the oppressed as the sun of liberty, the ark of refuge—then you would be even more careful thau you are to keep this great vision, this splendid ideal, untarnished, even by foreigu misconceptions, ancl alien understandings. Ctesar's Empire—as well as (JsMar's wife—must be above suspicion. It is an Empire greater titan Csnar's to which Edward VIJ. has succeeded—exactly 1000 after Ed- ' ward I.—a thousand years of glory, not only in war, but in peace • in poetry and art as well as commerce and industry. This is the great 'Empire to which I pay iny tiny tribute —the yreat Empire, the whole of it, no n.a:t:alor other side in undue preponderance, l"t the whole marvellou?, many sided fabric built up by perhaps the most strenuous people the planet haw ever k,hu>ti. England, oiy England, too, by virture of birth and reve rence ; and 1 give you '• it's new King. The King can do no wroue. Gentlemen, Edward VII. will do no wrong. , In Nsw Zealand we have been taught that to sail under the British flag wa3 a distinct advantage, but from statements made at Honu hy the heads ot the largest shipping companies and others interested it would appear that another of the colonial idols had been shattered. In ths opiou of the " Globe'' the rules under which British ships sail inflict restrictions which do not apply to foreigu vessels in competition with thoin. One line lecently hauled 'down the British fhg at>d hoisted the '-.Gsrrnan and there are rumour* !ha'. others will soou follow suit. There is little change in the personality of the shareholders or the owners of -he rh.ips when the transfer is made. i'i • change is only made to make the conditions" of sailing and to make prospeots of successful competition better. Recently it came out that when a ship belonging to a British owner was sold to a German, and siiled under the German rnles, she cleared in piofits a £ 1000 more a year. While, then, sve hear of foreign Governments, and especully the Government of Germany aud the United -States, offering every inducement to their own shipowners r.nd shipbuilders in the shape of subsidies and easy conditions of sailing, we hear of nothing in Eugland but stupid decisions against British shipowners in the courts of law aud the fixing of enerous conditions of sailing by the Board of Trade. The hoisting of the German flag over the English mercantile marine is fast becoming a regular item of news.