NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14290, 28 February 1912, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The "Peeps at Parliament" by Pamela, with Hiseocks's clever pen and ink sketches are an attractive feature of this week's "Weekly Press," and especially successful is the -lustration of Mr Payne and his singular debut - in life as a representative in Parliament. The auction announcements of New Zealand Fanners' Co-op.j F. R. Jackson and Co., Craddock, McCrostie Co., P. S. Nicholls and Co., Tonks, Norton and Co., Abraham and Williams, W. E. Simes and Co., Charles Clark, National' Mortgage and Agency Co., Harris Bros., Guinness and Le Cren, Dalgety and Co., and Farmers' .Saleyards will be found on pages lo and 14 of this issue. A unique journey has been performed by Dr. Sinclair Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy, two tourists from the United States (telegraphs our Invercargill correspondent). Their idea is that travelling by rail, sea, and coach, a great deal is missed, especially good river scenery. The doctor therefore employs a Canadian canoe, and last Sunday he and Mrs Kennedy left Lake Manapouri early and traversed the river Waiau as far as Tuatapere—a journey of over sixty miles. En route the rapids in the stream were successfully shot, and the tourists speak in glowing terms of their experience. The shooting season is now only two months off, and local sportsmen are making enquiry as to whether or not the Washdyke lagoon is to be open this year (says the Temuka "Leader ). The protection which tne birds had there last year caused them to increase very largely in numbers, and many shooting men consider that this water, which is tho only shooting place 1 easy distance of Timaru, should be open for the coming season. If the Acclimatisation Society intend to roo v .e in the matter (adds the "Leader ), it is time they made a start, considering tho length of time it takes to get an answer to a departmental letter rrom Wellington. It is not a novelty for the Labour Department to receive complaints from local workers that it favours the new arrival in the finding of employment for the unemployed. As tho matter was explained by an official of the Department to a AVellinston "Post" reporter the other day, the position is The local worker has usually established ties in town, whether by marriage or otherwise, and ho will not. if he can possibly heln it, go up country to a job that is found for him. As the official put it, "be wants work to be brought to his back door. Un the other hand, the new chum is quite prepared to take work wherever He has no tics, and—for a time, at any rate—all places and Jill jobs are much of a muchness to him. bo ho gets the rural billets and labouring Jobs on the roads and railways of the back-blocks, and the local town continues to rail against iate and the favouritism of the Labour Department.

H.M.S Pioneer leaves Timaru for Lytt«ltou this morning after a stay at tho southern port of fourteen days.

At tho Hokitika Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr Hewitt, S.M., two men were fined £1 .each toi having native pigeons in their possession out or season.

The first sitting of the "Widows Pension Court was hold in Timaru on Monday last, when eleven pensions gaS-2 for £18, 2 for £12 i for £30, 1 for £13, 1 for £17, and 1 for £29.

i new map of the borough of Timaru, just supplied by the Government to the Timaru Borough Council, is found to be incorrect, in several particulars. Tho Department is to be asked to call the maps in and correct them.

Tho Auckland police are making an active crusade against cargo pillagers, and yesterday four firemen of the steamer Wiinana were brought before tho Magistrate and charged with stealing rolls of cloth from tho vessel. They were remanded for a week.

A Timaru telegram states t \at a party of four young ladies niotrred to Tho Hermitage and hack, one of-them (Miss Budd) driving. They had no difficulty whatever, taking two days each way, with Tekapo as a halting place.

A Gisborno telegram states that the long spell of dry weather has broken. Yesterday heavy rain fell, and last night there were fears of a flood if it continued. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. yesterday" the rainfall was registered at 2.26 in.

Speakers at the open meetings held by tho General Labourers' Union frequently put their ideas into very blunt language. At last night's meeting ono speaker, who was advocating the early settlement of what ho referred to as "the bread and butter question," remarked that it was no use sending their children to school to got educated and leaving their physical being to suffer. "What's the good," he asked, "of free education if you haven't got free tucker?"

A meeting of the committee which has charge of the arrangements for the Chapman-Alexander Mission in Christchurch, was held on Monday, Dr. Erwin presiding. It was Teported that arrangements had been made for the use of the Fire Board's section near to Lichfield street Fire Station, on which is to be erected the tent to hold 3000 persons, which is being obtained from Sydney. It was further reported that those having charge of the arrangements in Dunedin'proposed to erect a temporary tabernacle at a cost of £600.

To-day the first of a series of short dinner-hour services will be held in tho Cathedral. The first service will be conducted by the Rev. E. H. Shore, Diocesan Missioner, and the other by the Rev. H. D. Burton. They will last for twenty-five minutes. Many busy men attended services of this kind in the Cathedral at the time of the Mission, when those able and willing to spare a few minutes in the middle of the day found such addresses very acceptable, and it is to bo hoped that many who attended then will be.able to spare the time during the present series.

Various instances of resourcefulness on the part of municipal bodies occur from time to time, says the Manawatu Standard," but for far-reaching economy the medal should be awarded to Foxton. There gravel is scarce and sand is plentiful; consequently the footpaths cannot stand much wear and tear. What is probably a unique methor of repairing the thoroughfares has therefore been adopted. It consists of filling the depressions with rubbish —common refuse of tho rag and bone description. Apart from saving the expense of nrocuring metal, it is understood that the system acts in a protective manner, by'inducing people to walk round instead of over faulty portions of tho street.

A scientist is in Sydney on his way to New Britain, from, America, in quest of some eggs of the nautilus (saye the "Sydney Morning Herald"). This gentleman is . Dr. William Patten, head of the biological department of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and the author of numerous works on invertebrate, anatomy and embryology. Hβ has been engaged in endeavouring to solve.evolution problems for over 20 years, and just before he left America revised the final proofs of his magnum opus, " The Evolution of the Vertebrates." The nautilus, he explained, last evening, was the only survivor of a largo class of animals now entirely extinct, which millions of years ago were tho highest class living. No one had yet found the eggs of the nautilus. When -an egg was found it would be possible to determine the position of the nautilus in the animal kingdom, and to work out its past history.

The General Labourers' Union, at an open meeting held last night, debated the methods and programme of the Federation of Labour (registered) as compared with those of the Mills Unity iScheme. Some difficulty was experienced in starting the debate, owing to the absence of anyone pared to champion the unity fecheme, though those supporting tho scheme had been invited*to attend. Ultimately, one who did not agree with the scheme volunteered to advocate it in order that discussion should take place. Mr E. J. Howard, speaking in support of the Federation, contended that if the unity scheme included all that the Federation was fighting for, there; was no n«»-?essity for a separate organisation. Hβ emphasised the fact that though at several recent conferences of the _ Trades and Labour Councils the executive had been instructed to take a plebiscite on the question of joining the Federation, this had riot been done. He prophesied that the unity scheme would undergo modification at th 0 approaching Trades and Labour Confer- ?? ce W The defender of the scheme, Mr W. Herbert, contended that tho immediate programme proposed under the unity scheme was more practicable than the objective of the Federation. A weakness in the Federation's meihods was the absence of any effort to organise the women's votes. The pros and cons were discussed further by other speakers, but in view of the absence of s?i?™ c .. su PP°rters of the unity scheme, the Federation's methods met with general approval.

Tv M h , at . w ? y can Ibe of use in this world ' is the cry I am constantly Rearing from many weli-qualified young Australians,'; said &• Heiniker Jieaton m his speech at the conversazione held in his honour at the Sydfey Town Hall last week. He said tnat as far as politics were concerned everyone could not be a Gladstone, a I'almerston, or a Disraeli, but he would advuie every young fellow ambitious for good, everyone who had not th« allround great qualities of these statesmen, to try to become a sort of Paganim and play perfectly on one string. Jieiiopedto live to see tho day when Australia would send a young fellow • b f. Prime Minister of England, to T m Ji • I>erb y, or a young fellow to be * n™? 0 !? of Canterbury or Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, though he was told that these ecclesiastical appointments would be the more difficult because of the great absence of veneration among the young people. But he would warn every aspirant for distinc- ? iT a * °?° *l ua lity was necessary, and that without it the young Australian was doomed to failure. This quahty was not knowledge, though this was absolutely necessary; it was not eloquence, though this was most helpVt I,'j was not force °f character and the hide of a rhinoceros, Ihough it was essential—it belief in one's cause. Without this faith or belief wholly engrossing one's mind the critics of the great men and the simple would soon nnd one out.

All tho Canterbury - trout strtaai were reported clear yesterday morning, sx,*^ Yo-rterday Dotectivcs Snow and ■*"-"% Osborn arrested a mail on a charce at *i*%* the theft of .£42. the property of __. b^ ; employers, the Net? Zealand Farmers' -a>£ Co-op. Association, Ltd. • . * &$ The Presbyterian Orphanage in " ""- Blighs road, arranged lor by tho' '"l Social Sen-ice Association, wUI be *- i opened at 3 o'clock to-morrow after- *- I uoon by tho Rev. Geo. Lindsay, Jloder. ■*■ , 1 ator of the General Assembly of New -V; g Zealand. The tramway authoritiea will run special cars. Tho following contributions "hart** - * been received by tho Summit Road As- ' sociation:—J. Ballantyno and Co. £3* 3s; W. Strange and Co., £2 2s; Bex- ' * ter and Crozier, £1; Professor "W, E, " Evans, £2 2s*. Blackburne and Smith' , • £1 Is; J. B. C... X.'C. 8.. W. F. S' ■*■ B. *W. 8., \Y. S., "Hard Up," S. &. -*'-- and S. H. each ls. •-' At a meeting of the Christchuroh Tailors' Union, held on Monday night, .■*--• a motion was agreed to instructing tho •*, secretary to write .to the cuair-'*;•;'-' man and members of tbe Lyttelton* l *- X Harbour Board asking them to give,;.-* preference to New Zealand manufao.-«- j turod articles when accepting tendew i£'^-1 for uniforms for tho harbom-mnsterV-Js'* I staff. ;!:\. The Riccarton Lodge of Oddfellows,.:.',', M.U., held a church parado on Sunday' -,*' Derry's Band being in attendance^,- >'> Captain iucFarland and Cadets also* ~ -" took part in tho parade. I'servieo was * held in tho Wesloyan Chapel, when tho >•' Rev. Mr Pet<ys delivered an appro- ' print-? address. After the parade the '" visitors were entertained at afternoon "*' tea in the lodge-room.

I The laying of the first brick of the J new building for the infant department I of tho Spreydon school w as successfully ! carried out on Tuesday, tho principal .' figure in the ceremony being that of .* Miss Stephens, the infant mistress. She was presented with a trowel by the - „ contractor, Mr Miles, and hor portion //*' of the work having been performed,, J ' \ the brick was declared well and troly '' » laid. ;- The Taranaki Petroleum Company's, ;'' No. 5 well, where another occurred on Monday night, fa",y ' now well under control. Several I *' ' tests mad© yesterday morning that tho flow is at the rate of;'. '- fully 75 barrels of pure oil r<-r day." 1 * > Poss bJy this may not be maintained,"!; very long, but after six hours there wa*'p,w--no sign of diminution. The flow is raarkably steady and tho gas -" very great. ,-* f [x ■ Tho official opening of the nsv'-fd' orphanage established by the Prpsbv-*v-I terian Social Service Association at 82, :y' j Bligh's road, Papanui, will take place ,\ii j on Thursday at 3 p.m. Tho ceromoay. *-,% I will be performed by the Moderator of . the General Assembly, tho Bey. Qeo.i "V ' Lindsay. Special trams will run bfr-V , ,. tween Cathedral square and Bligh,'« ' road for the'convenience of those at-"'V' , tending the function. ' -'*> The construction of tho West Coast '?'$ railway, as fax as the Bealey end of the',' 1 !-" Arthur's Pass tunnel, should soon be"?-' H accomplished. The big railway bridge 'fj' over the Waimakariri and a smaller one,'.,: over Douglas Creek have been cosn ''T v i pleted. A etart is being made with the bridge over tho Bealey. It is antid-",•?'», patea that the railway will bo opened to ,''; J a point opposite the Glacier Hotel' in l&T, June, and that it will be opoaed up to >'i; lac tunnel by Christmas. •> One often hears complaints about- the -"„-',- dearness of fruit, but frequently the , ./; public has only itself to blame if it can* _„ ~ not get all the fruit it wants at a, very low price. At the auction rooms • »' yesterday pears sold down to Is & case. :a» In one instance a case, of over-ripe peare ;, ,\\ went for 6dl Apples sold from Is tfd, a case upwards, and a fino sample oi ;.>-;' dessert plums, nicely packed in three \vi*'' trays of 121b each, or SClb in all, went, for 4s 3d.' Inferior lots went for about .«■„'' a penny a pound. Seeing that may go and bid for fruit at the sale- 1,,.-' rooms, it is a little surprising that tho -> v ' ring of buyers was almost entirely con* .-: fined to the trade. A mystery, which enquiry at tho J['; Polioo Station and also at tho Hosnitnl failed to explain, surrounds the circum- '•;' stances connected -with.tho discovery of .*.'., a wrecked motor bicycle on the hill ;\ : road between Paekakarilri and Pahau- «,. tanui (saye the "Dominion"). ' There ' "<, was no house within five miles of the ;,s■! spot, which overlooks a declivity, at the foot of which is a stream. . Ac- < \\ /• cording to tho,statement of Mr S. W. -\y Moult, who saw the machine lying -. ,'- & s there, the general appearaace of tho m* , bicycle pointed to a collision. Thero ' '•}%> was no sign of the rider, but the nunw.^*" , ; , ber-plate indicated that Palmereton j.o**.; North was hie place of abode. • *',i-i; Some remarkably good work in "wire* "{£ J. less" is being done by a few enthusiaste';' : ~\ in Ohristchurch who are conducting pri^'V/.- ,- vate experiment. Messages boon received by One operator frora'a'-f-Vv distance of 000 miles, the sender being' -V , '', on a steamer well 'out at sea. The i;^.: effective sending range, as far as thejby local private stations are concerned, "*'£}. seems to be about ten miles. The tions can get vessels at Lyttelton with*V|'V , out any trouble, and for a few miles to sea if conditions are good, it hoped that some amateur Vr in tho country districts will take so that the sending of sages wul fill a more important part the schenio of experiments. The diffi-' , culty at present is that tho steamer operators, have quite enough to do our replying to private messages of'an inconsequent nature. ' ' J -f i sfj4; Some discomfort will be felt by ti»f;Tc-V public at two allegations made at the' j,?-'* meeting of fishermen held on (says the Auckland "Star"). Ono to the effect that hawkers were ia.tiSe habit of freshening up their fish Jby^|;f. dipping them into the water by GnkHe'e 'J% |, Mill, nearby which two sewershadtfcfitr ,"*,%*'? outlets. The other disconcerting state* 'jv*r' ■ ment was that fish that had come from' as far afield as Tauranga and the <'';, of Plenty and had gone bad, had retailed to the public. He knew by actual experience that fish brought' <„ /&* from as near home as the Barrier .hfA-HJ • become badly tainted, and was quite _x&£* unfit for human consumption, so it wee rVo' not reasonable to expect that fish would \*?, keep that had been brougnt from the γ-jjyr other two places. The opinion we* ,;-■'„* expressed that the attention of tho in- '-Inspectors should be drawn ■ Experiments in wireless j£' t j are still being carried on by a few en- vV,-'' thusiasts in Christchurch. The nuai-, ;s.£ ber of experimenters was sadly rednced by the enforcement of the vernment regulation requiring the dis- j- '_ mantling of private stations. Thia r*- * »*, Ciilation was relaxed in the case or \-,-/{, Departmental officers, and three <B'*"jLthese officers are now carrying on ex*,". - periments. No fewer than fifteen P^t'.'s 1 ' vate stations had to bo dismantled/." {. ' £ and the owners are petitioning Parlia* ;'* ment to recall the regulation in the , >u "« meantime. It is understood that the _ <t , regulation is being enforced only Jβ'_-"" .| Christchurch, a complaint having beett '~, -, | mado that a commercial message ffom. \-, a steamer had been intercepted. _ Ta9 ■ - ; ■ amateur wireless operator had picked-.*•:", up the message, and he was so proud. or his accomplishment that he ib- ; -? - formed the recipient of'tho message <x,-,s}> what he had done. His communieation was received with indignation 18 ',,, ( , ptead of pleasure, and tho result or the complaint wa3 that were r f '; served requiring amateur wirelcse , ■ , men to go out of business. '" Y|^ A store's usefulness to its community, r </...■ lies in the quality and variety of_ the Roods it sells and the values it giv*»'_ % >. Judged from this standroint Me*3»»''j& j£Armstrong, Co., Ltd.. desire no better y fs,y, t<«t. Prccs are as lovr, variety nowhere broader, while quality \.o~is of that high merit which gives » tho firm* merchand:se a character all it 3 own. The rapid advancement « Messrs Armstrong's business, is etrongest argument in its favour. ° "'t^g

"Ashburton's New Motor Garage,— '"' Mr G--H. Carson, who has been the leading motor, agent since 1896, has opened a new garage in Tancred street ' iiT the premises lately occupied by F. Jf. Choat and Co. 2 Dainty Wedding Gifts. — Messrs 'Hastfc' Bull, and Pickering have just ' ' opened further novelties in choice Jlverware, unique porcelain, and ' antique brass and copper goods. PrepTnte beautiful and useful. Opposite Ballantyne's. . . 6 t fmit picker that does not damage the fruit and also obviates the use of ttene is on pale at Lewis and Ander-son-112 Cashel street. Price, with iandle, 3a 3d. 6 Oar checked baggage returns establiiied an absolute record last month. Show* travellers are appreciating this • creat boon, which saves them time, trouble, worry, and averts loss. We handle baggage both ends, collecting it, it on by train or steamer, and Sfvering at other end. The N.Z Express Co.. Ltd. 1 I- Time means money.—When in Ash 'I bnrton hire your motor car from U Johnston's garage. Expert drivers Very low charges, and 6rst-class cars Phone 106. Residence 187. 3 Tho Bradbury Motor Cycle is no doubt justly entitled to the distinc"tion (Champion Hill Climber), also the champion for side car work. These wonderful motors career along with •' side-car and passenger, up bill, and down dale, as though it were play. ■7 Bradbury A.J. S. Motor Cycles on view at the Farmers' Co-op Garage, trial - runs arranged with, our representative, J. B. Cado. 10

ME PETT RIDGE'S ANECDOTE.

Mr Pctt Ridge, who spoke- recently at a meeting held for the purposo of forming a Girl Guides' organisation in "West London, said at Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, last year a man xvas upset in the river, and a good many people who had assembled on a bridge were advising him not to drown. One, more intelligent than the rest, Tan fir •o rope, and, on returning, throw the entile rope to the man. (Laughter.). < • WILLING A DEE AM. jfr Charles Garvice, the novelist, at a meeting of the Ethnological Society in .London told of a strange experience which he .had recently. One night he had a dream in which an excellent plot figured, but after waking lie could not remember what it was*. Accordingly he decided to will himself to dream the dream again the following night, and to wake np in tae jniddle of it. Strangely enough he did so. ■ ■ , ■

FRESH FROM THE CLOUDS

Hero is the freeh, breezy announce- ' taeai of Dr. Brown, who proposes to " • be elected &s an Independent Socialist ' for the Carmarthen boroughs:—"l am for all sects. All men's ■ rights and ' women's rights are mine. I am for all .sections o f society. The rich and ' the poor workers will be looked after, and so will the criminal and the luna- ''- tic. I am doad against party and all slavish soirit. I can't be bought and I can't 60 oowed. I won't bo bullied ' And I will not bully, except the coward , . »Bd the humbug. That seems to ' dispose for all time of the difficulties ' of Carmarthen boroughs. BATLWAY IN THE CLOUDS. A South American railroad from \ Arica, Chile, to La Paa, Bolivia, is 1 able to boast of equipment unique in * the history of railroading. At its . highest point it reaches an altitude of 14,105 feet, making it one of the highest lines in the world. The effect of the quick ascent and great altitude ji on people having weak or abnormal . hearts is to be counteracted by having oxygen compartments in the passenger ■ cars. Passengers subject to mountain sickness dr heart weakness may occupy the oxygen' compartments, in whica they- will have in the air they breathe the same proportions of oxygen as ut eea lovcl.

I. A CURIOUS CLAIM.

t COLD AND OHARACTES. I . ■#*•■■ t • ... - ..

'••A . ANOTHER MISTAKEN MONU- , MENT.

''Mrßudyard Kipling's poem, "A *■ Fool There Was" has, the "Daily Express.says, caused Miss Amelia Stuhl, > of Newark, New Jersey, to sue Mr ' Jacob Klein, a wealthy butcher, for _ $2000 for breach of promise. Miss "*■' Amelia declares that love ran smoothly * until one evening Mr Klein took her ftps dramatic performance of Mr Kip- -;-, ling's poem. (The play was staged :n ' Christchnroh last year). After the play ho was plunged in doep. study all th© way home, and then .and there le .- 'U'oke tho" engagement. Miss - Stuhl '• *werts that the vampire woman in the play caused Jacob's ardour to cool Without reason, and she demands that he "ray for seeming to liken her ,to Kipling's lady.

, ft Speaking at the annual meeting of ti» Geographical Association at Univarsity College, London, recently, Dr. , ff. fi. Parkin, secretary of tho Rhodes Scholarship Trust, said that the cold *. weather was one of Canada's greatest asaets. It ruled out the "blaok pro- •. Mem" altogether, and-Kept out tho • natives 0 f tho countries bordering the Mediterranean. Consequently the population consisted of tho strong v. northern races. More important still , was the offec!; of the climate on the • Englishmen who formed tho "sub- • raerged tenth" of Canada. Nature there took such a man, as it wero, by ,''* the scruff of the neck, and said, If you don't havo industry, foresight, :*. acd prudence you will die." Tho result .was that a man of this type had his j_- backbone strengthened and became a >/ good citizen.

I,"" Onco more it has occurred that a I*' toonument in a place of honour has Wa caught in the act of lying (writes - oar London correspondent). The other «ay a* bust of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman was unveilea in Westnunster Abbey, when 10l it was dis- ,- covered that Sir Henry had been born _ ia 1839, according to the marble, instead of 1836, according to fact. Tho alteration- of course, will have to be "made. it will be remembered that - ' tome tinie ago when a monument was "flnveiled to the Duke of Cambridge. '-' ifino^ ata kis death was given as J9Q3, whereas ho died in 1904. There are - other errors in the Duko's ; raemori-l in the Guards' Chapel. His [V -f-1 name ' " Ge ° r ß" o *" ia omitted: he is ii -'aid to havo been a "commanded," b and to have had charge of a "divir *on. '

h TOO REALISTIC.

THE PRIVATE OWNER SCORES AGAIN.

RECORD SHIPMENT OF 50 MOTORCARS lANDED.

r Considerable sensation was cansod towards the close of the performance ' 'Of "Tho Power of the Cross" at the 5™ Hippodrome, Wirth's Park, Mcl- - bourne, last week, by an incident ■wfeioh might have had very serious <;an- • sequences. The play works to a climax, . w which the adventuress, who is Miss Ada Guildford, in a frenzy of remorsr., ' tS. ■i B . upon the villai n (Mr Walter i Tr ),' and stahs him in t,IP hp ''«rt. As .Miss Guildford sprang with a dacjper - - a her upraised hand, Mr Dalgleish dipped, and the blade, instead of beina; S <*inning/iy buried.in the clothes of tti. r stage victim, struck him abovo the left ? ***'■ T 1 who was visibly - ettectpcl, exclaimed with more than X ordinary fooling,- "Good heavens, wop r<r man,;yQ, h have stabbed mc," and th« : L furtam was dropped as he staggered off - fTi, Bt - ai:e ; Dr, Davis « who % wbe jn the audience, waa called in at- • h !ri , e ' «. He found tbe blade bnci 'M £* need off tho bone. Had it struck a ItUie lower, the point of the weapon ZiY: ..

would have pierced the eye. Mr ftalgleish was not incapacitated through his painful experience.

GROWTH WITm/UT A BODY. The theory of life and death may be upset by extraordinary experiments now being carried on by Dr. Alexis Carrel, the French savant of the Rockefeller Institute of New York, who is tho pioneer of human grafting (says the "Daily Mail"). Professor Pozzi, a prominent Paris surgeon, presented to the Academy of Medicine, on Tuesday a detailed account of Dr. Carrel's Litest researches, which have proved that tissues may be cultivated apart from the organism. The lecture produced a deep impression. Dr. Carrel ascertained that fragments of tissue placed in an organic liquid at a suitable temperature continue to develop during a certain time, after which growth diminishes and finally ceases, the .tissue then dying. The period of development lasts from two to fifteen days. Hβ sought to discover -whether the life of the tissues could not "be prolonged by transferring them to new surroundings. He placed cultivations of tissues taken from the skin, heart, and muscles, after washinp them for i few minntes in a so-called Ringer solution, in fresh surroundings, whereupon they immediately began to grow more rapidly. By mrans of repeated washings and transferences they were kept in a state of full activity for over a month. Many cells which had undergone eighteen transferences were still activo more than two months after tho removal of the primitive fragments of the animal's body. The longest period of life observed was sixty-one days.

The success of the Triumph motorcycle in the hands of private owners in countless trials and competitions is ono of the strongest possible testimonials to its unvarying efficiency aud reliability. In the North Canterbury Motor Cyclists' Club's trials on February 17th, when the route selected was from Christchurch to Akaroa, via Sumner, and return, Mr C. Bonnington. riding a 3J h.p. triumph, fully equipped, and weighing 3831bs with rider, was first in the Private Owners' Class, with 992.6 marks out of a possible of 1000. and also won the triumph Silver Challenge Cup, awarded annually for the best performance by a ■'inglecylinder machine, irrespective of make. It will be remembered that last yeai Mr S. F. Barnett, riding a 8J h.p triumph, won tbe triumph Cup, this being the first time the cup was offered for competition. We aire at present landing a consignment of the latest model Triumph motor-cycles, ml free engine and fixed engine styles, and all motor-cyclists should inspect these latest examples of the world's most reliable and efficient motor-cycle. Adams, Ltd., sole agents for Triumph motorcycles, High street, Christchurch. (G. B. Brown, representative.) 6

■ "Ex the Hendrio Ibsen at Auckland last week. This is the largest shipment of motor-cars ever imported into New Zealand—3o Cadillacs, 10 Paiges, and 10 R.CH. Runabouts. These cars are now being transhipped, and will arrive in Christchurch this week Dexter and Crozier, Ltd. . 6 CARS oTtO-DAY. It is. only by shrewd examination, comparison, and test, that the superlative qualities of the F.N. car are proved Of moderate price, but built only for those who are willing to pay that little extra which ensures the ownership of a car far above tho rank and file, in silence, speed and finish. A. W. Smith and Son. 3