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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 20 March 1908, Page 2

Monday's "" 1 Standard" says: Cecil Sims, iln- seven-year-old son of Mr. .Mired Sims, was badly flawed by a bear at \\ irth's circus on Saturday iftornoon. The little fellow, with a number of children, was playing between two cages looking at the lions when a boar in a cage at the rear clawed liim from behind. The hov'rt shrieks brought one of the circus men to the rescue. The boy was at. oneo taken to the chemist. Dr. McKihbin was summoned, and .soon in attendance, who found that the injuries necessitated eight stitches being put in. The bear appeared to be a rery dangerous ono. for it. was noticed that th»> cirrilsmun who rescued the boy was carrying his arm in a the rcsull of i he rough rarpss.es of Mr. Rruin. The hoy is progressing favourably. ITU injuries consist t ,t a .-light scratch lir one ear. and deeper gashes in Die arm and back. A bomb has pxplode.ii nmongM the local bodies in the country districts, snr* the- "S.Z. Times."• Some professional agitator has been round forming the employees of the road boards and county councils into a union, and a demand" has been formulated claiming for rnadsmen and other workers £."! 0/4£ por week, eight hours per day while working in dry places, and six hours per day in wet places, with preference to unionists. The country Press is much perturbed at the outlook. The "Wuirarapa Daily Times" calls, loudly lor the abolition of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. and say«:

'■It is intolerable that a district like-tliis should not lie allowed to manage its own affair*, but (.hat il should he placed by an absurd and ridiculous Arbitration Act iit the mercy of Wellington agitators. Both workers ami employers should kic-lc against an outside, tyranny of this descript ion." On Tuesday a 10-12 h.p. Darracq car containing live passengers made the journey from Hastings to Dannevirke in four hour.-. The car presents a smart compact appearance and is practically new, the only use it has been put to being the journey from Auckland (.j P.oturua and thence down this way. I lie car bolonjf? to the well-known linn of Skeats and Uockuert. of Bastings, and was driven from there by Mr. TV. (low. I lie manager of that company* branch at Hastings.—"Dannevirke Press.' ,