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Bruce Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2861, 11 June 1897, Page 2

Owing to Record Keiga pressure on our space " Streetisms " and other matter have been ruthlessly crushed out. The usual monthly sitting of the Magistrate's Court will be held on Monday. It is said that in Scotland there are 146 parishes enjoying the oomfort of no paupers, or poor-rates or publio-houaeß. Every time the school teacher at MUhir»t, Taranaki, puts his horse ia the sohool grouadß it is impounded by the comti tnittee. Consequently there are ructions. The ' Egmont Settler ' says a wellknown Taranaki dairyman has refused lOJd per lb for bis butter, that artiole having risen in price owing to the continued drought in New South Wales. The Southland County Council, whioh i? evidently not remarkable for wisdom, has intimated to the Waltaki County Oounoil that it will co-operate in any measure with the object of taxing bicyclee. Lawsuits relating to bicycles are increasing with suoh rapidity in Melbourne that Judge Gaunt, who is not a wheelman, was reoently led to remark that a oourt presided over by a Judge specially trained in cycling matters might well be established. Two cabmen, a short time ago, had a fishing matoh for half a sovereign and drinkß. Suddenly one of the Jarvies fanoied he had a bite, and, being over-anxious, had the misfortune to fall into the river. On bis regaining the jetty bis rival shouted out : •« All bets off, Jim ; none o' yer divin' arter 'em," The first meeting for the session of St. John 'B Club was held in the sohoolroom on Tuesday evening, Mr H. M. Marryatt (vice-president) in the ohair. After a programme of readings, recitations and songs had been carried out, dancing and games were indulged in to fill in the evening. The Club holds its opening social this evening. The Committee has drawn up an excellent programme for the occasion, and to those who have patronised the Club's sooials In the paßt it is unnecessary to say that the arrangements are both comprehensive and complete. It would seem as if the gambling or speculative spirit has been thoroughly aroused at home over the oelebration of the Reoord Reign. The form this activity has assumed is by way of insuring against certain contingencies. For instance, it Is Btated that a large number of insurances have been affected at Lloyd's on the life of the Queen, at the rate of five guineas per oenr. for three months, but we understand the lowest rate obtainable at present Is seven guineas. About double this peroentage is the quotation for " risks " which guarantee the insurer from loss through the abandonment of the procession from any cause whatever; and aa much as twenty guineas per oent. premium has been paid Pgftißlli the ri»k ol the roqto bpiDg ohwgad,

At the Gore A. and P. Association's Winter Show on Wednesday the/Stirling Dairy Kuccory obtained first pnzi for five factory cheeses, suitable for export. The result of the Bruce Coun fc rj Couiicil'B efforts on behalf of (he sufferers by j the Hawkea Buy (hods ia the substantial sum of £47- The amount colleoted by the Borough Council ia not yet known. At a meeting of the residents of Clarendon and Milburn, on Wednesday night, it was decided to obtain funds to provide for a bmfi-c on the highest point; of Gorge Hill to be lit on the evening |of Celebration Dvy. A return of cheese shipped to London by the different factories in New Zealand for the year ending 1897 shows : Bruce, 662 oases, 70,8531 b? net ; Tnoh Olutha, 459 cases 68.377 ibs net; Stirling 780 cases, 145,7301bs net ; Tapanul, 141 oases 27.589;bs net. The attention of the public is again dlreoted to the fact that subscription Ileta of the Hawkee Hay Relief Fund are now open at the Banks, the Bruce Hebald offioe and the effioe of the Town Clerk. It is hoped that all who are able to assist will do so on or before Saturday, as the Mayor is anxious to forward amounts paid in as early as possible, It ia a well-known scientific fact that osculation is a pleasant but dangerou • habit. This ia now no doubt thoroughly recognised by the head teacher of the FTawera school. For some time past he has been under a cloud owing to certain oharges against him of kissing some of the elder girls of the Bohool, and the Mayor has called a publio meeting to consider whether the Education Board should be asked for a further enquiry. The examinations in connection with the Trinity College of Music, London, were held in the Normal School, Danedirj, on Saturday last. There was a large number of candidates, some 260, and amongst them were six from MiltoD, viz., Mrs Faskell, Mlsbob A. Lane, A. L. Grant, and E. Daniels and Messrs T. Fogg and H. G. M'Olymont. The papers having to be sent i to England for examination, <Jhe result! will not, of course, be known for some months. From the report of the Milton Borough Counoil it will be seen that that body has kindly donated the sum of £20 towards the Record Reign oelebrationß. The intention is to devote the major portion of this sum so as to give children in the prooession admittance free into the sports ground, and bags of sweetmeats, and aIBO present each child with a flig. This is a thoughtful and graceful act on the part of the Counoil, and will b du'y appreciated by all the ohildren and their parents, James Reid, charged with shooting hiß mate John Sheppard Niool at Warepa on May 11, appeared before Mr J. Hazlett, J.P., in Dunedin on Wed* nosday, when Ho was remanded to Bttl" clutha, where he appeared yesterday before Mr R. S, Hawkins, 8.M., and Mr Horaoe Murray, J.P. Inspector Pardy conducted the prosecution and Mr Hanlon appeared for the accused. There were twenty-two witnesses to be examined, and it is expected the case will be conoluded today. Niool has returned to the hospital in Dunedin. Our "Waitaouna correspondent writes : A very old resident, Mr William Bosustow, met his death on Tuesday night by falling from his horse, sustaining a fraoture of th* skull. An inquest was held on Thursday before Mr Alex. Garden, J. P. and the following ju<y : Me*srß Ellis (foreman), Cowan, R. Sutherland, M'Taggart, Qulgley and Chant. Several witnesses were examined, including Dr Newell M D , Lawronoo, who gave evidence that deceased had met his death from an oblique fraoture of the skull, extending the whole length of the head. The jury returned a verdict in aooordanoe with medical testimony, and waa of the opinion that death was due to [raoture of the skull, buoq as would be caused by a fall from a horse, or a blow from the hoof. Betting or gambling (aajs an English writer) is an inherent proolivity in human nature Its connection with horse racing is purely fortnitons, and all that the Anti-Gambling-League can do is to divert it from one channel to an other. The most gambling country that I have auy knowledge of is Spain, and there horse-raoing is unknown, cards being the prevailing vice of the nativeß, whose best energies are being sapped by it. Italy, too, is a gambling country without the smallest taste for horse. fleßh, and everyone knows that the besetting sin of tbe heathen Chinee, who has not a word for bookmaker or even for racecourse in his language. Supposing betting on the turf is made illegal would it not be well to ask ourselves, " What is likely to take its place?" Something will assuredly, and it may not be a virtue.