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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 945, 9 December 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

One of the objections to Sir George! Grey as an o a l or (says (lie Auckland Ob' server) is tl" t hi» speeches are usually a repetition i{ | few lending political ideas, and tiiat liu do's not open up new ground, "What is the general opinion of my speeches?" Sir George Grey onco asked a reporter. The mini of dots and dashes assumed » ook of judicial gravity, and replied, ''Well, Sir George, the fact is tho public 6eem to think tlwt there is a little too much of repetition,"Sameness, d iteration as it wero,' tell-me-the-nld-old-story-kind-of tilingyon understand." With a wood-hummired laugh at this professional candour, Sir George replied, " Ah, yi U Press-moil are, after all, just as shallow and superficial as your renders, You cannot see that I pursue ' that course by design, The pit of the people do not adopt nn ide* until, by frequent repetition, it hus teen instilled into their minds, Like O'Connoll, I reiterate ray views until they come back to me. That is the only way to educate the people. It is the constant dropping of water that wears away the hardest stone." The reporter's mind went off into a train of reflections, and, amongst others, he asked himself how many repetitions of the same idea in successive speeches would be sufficient to wear out tho brain of an average journalist, The following suggestions for using tattoo marks are offered to sheep-owners 1. Obta'n proper tattoo-pliers, with the head set at right angles to handles. 2. A small brush something like a nailbrush, but soft and flat on the face to rub in the ink. 3. A small thin piece of board about the size of a playing card to be put at the back of the ear when rubbing in the ink. 4, Make up n suflicent quantity of lamp-black and spirits of wine into a thin paste in a handy tin dish to get the ink from as required and nail the dish to a post, 5, One man would hold the lamb as for ordinary ear marking, another would shape the ears with the pliers, and a third holding a piece of board in his left hand would catch the car on the (it would of course, be placed behind the ear), and with the right hand dip the brush into the ink, and rub the impression left by the pliers with it, the bit of wood at the back of the car forming a board to rub upon. If a brush cannot be got it will answer just as well to make the ink somewhat thicker take a little on the point of the finger, and rub it into the ear. The Wanganui Herald isinformedby a local gardener and nurseryman that flower and vegetable seeds simply dipped in kerosene will not be touched by either linnets or sparrows (the most destructive of all feathered tribes), and as a proof of this he shows a fine bed of turnips which has almost entirely escaped. The stock of Clothing for Men'", Youths', and Boys' wear lias been made to special order for Te Aro House, All materials have bsen carefully selected and all styles judiciously chosen. Better value it Is impossible to obtain, One great speciality of Te Aro House is the immense variety of Bop' and YtiiilM Clotlmj. Parents and Gumlians should fact in mind when they visit trwii, and wend their way to James Sm'th Te Aro Home.