NEWS ITEMS.

It transpires that the Bight Hon. R. J. Seddon did not again refuse knighthood, aS has been stated/ The position seems to have been that the question was asked, " Does Mr £eddon want anything ?■" and the reply was in the negative. The Premier does not want anything,—- --• N.2. Times/ You can depend on ridding. yoiH children of Worms with WADE'S WORM FIGS, the wonderful worm worriers- Price Is. AceoBDiNG to the Mayor of Sydney notices are to be placed in conspicuous places about the city—^ u Do not spit on the footpath. Offenders will be prosesuted ; " and then it is intended to obtain the co-operation of th& police, and in cases of conviction to press for heavy fines. Ladies ! — Pabkeb's Hair Tonic will for a certainty cure Dandruff andFalling Hair It renders hair soft and glossy, and is not greasy. Sold by J. Boon, Nelson, Price 2/6, posted 3/ Mr. Herbert Hughes, of Sheffield, has just returned from the United States, where, along with Mr .-5..3. Robinson, he selected a site where Messrs William Jessop & Sons, of Sheffield, propose to establish works in order to retain their American connection^ which was threatened with extinction by the high tariffs. Mr Hughes states that the firm have selected an admirable site at Little Washington, thirty miles from Pittsburg, iu the very heart of the Pennsylvanian coalfields, where there is an ample supply of natural gas. WADE'S WORM FIGS are most effective and not unpleasant • children thrive after taking them Price Is. A good story is going the rounds concerning the schooldays of Dr Pigou, the present Dean of Bristol. Young Pigou and his schoolfellows were very fond of playing " ghosts" on warm nights on the flat roof over their dormitory. One evening, not feeling well, the future Dean of Bristol stayed in bed, while the other boys proceeded to indulge in their usual pranks. These went on for some time, and then very quietly and stealthily a master entered the dormitory. Ordering young Pigou to keep perfectly still, the master commenced wailing like a cat. Before long the legs of a •' ghost" appeared through the skylight leading from the roof, and the spiritual one was " nabbed" before he knew quite what had happened. The outraged laws of order were avenged then and there and the boy's bells brought forth an anxious fnru : ry from the r^of as -to I what he "was howling for. No answer being returned, another 11 spirit" descended through the trapdoor, and he was gradually followed by the whole company. The subse- j quent proceedings made many a young scapegrace long for something less material than flesh and blood. Only the future Dean escaped. . BY PECIAL APPOINTMENT. Pear's Soap, makers to Her Majesty the Queen. Burglars mav be interested to know that a new terror awaits them. A revolver has been invented with a miniature searchlight attachment, which enables the householder to fire with deadly accuracy in the darkest room. With the ordinary weapon it is usually the biggest and most expensive mirror in the room, or the pet bric-a-brac cabinet that receives the bullets, while the midnight intruder escapes in the darkness. But with this new revolver the householder has Bill Sikes at his mercy. A. slight pressure on the trigger lights a small electric lamp placed in a tube iust beneath the barrel. WADE'S TEETHING POWDERS for babies are soothing, reduce feven and prevent blotches- Price Is. Amongst the very old natives at present in camp at Rotorua is a veteran chief named Tokena te Kerehi, who is one of the two persons who escaped from the great landslip at Te Eapa, Lake Taupo, in 1846, when his relative Te Heuheu and 50 people of the tribe were killed. \