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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20344, 17 September 1931, Page 13

A historic incident in tho early days Of Colonisation in Canada was related by Bishop Brodio at tho opening of tho Mount Saint Joseph Homo at Wainowhai, Auckland, on Sunday ttftor* noon. Ho said that among tho early arrivals were throo sisters of tlio community of tho Daughters of Charity, who went to Canada in 163!). The Governor issued a proclamation that all work should ceaso, and that &11 should unito in a demonstration of welcome to the sisters who had so willingly left their homeland to to a nOW Country and face all the difficulties of pioneering for tho lioble and unselfish purpose of caring for the sick and injured. Lord Baden-Powell's visit to New Zealand has given a widespread stimulus to the Scouting movement, said Mr \V. J. Holds Worth, Auckland metropolitan commissioner, at atl annual reunion held in Auckland on Saturday evening. Mr Holdowoi'th said that tho world tour of the Chief Scout luid focused attention upoli the splendid training given to boys by the movement, and Scouting was soon to be a valuable inllueiiOS in encouraging a better feeling among the peoples of tno world. National' barriers were being broken down, and there were to-day 2,000,000 Boy Scouts of Many nations. DiseUHsnig farm tin 1 Cluthfi, farmer who runs a herd of SO dairy cows stated that this winter he has tried carting the turnips out to tho paddocks, instead of turning tile cowd into tlio turnip fields, and ho is perfectly satisfied that the new method is 'much the better. So far he has used only eight acres Of turnips, whereas a neighbour with a herd of similar size, who adopts the easier method of 4 ' eating off," has already gone through in acres. Tho farmer in question is convinced that his herd is in even better condition than his neighbour's, although both have como through tho winter well. Hay and turnips com' promised the ration given in both cases.

Professor Caroline ijpurgeOn, of Loudon, has finished her comparative study of all tho tigures Of speech employed by Shakespeare. She finds that tnoro of them Wero suggested by carpently than by any other craft.

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