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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 11

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Considerable interest ' was -taken 111 tlio . ioming nshoro from -tlio steamer Rarawa of . ■ two detcotivQs at Onohunga, says/tho "N.Z, • Ilornltl..;' ofheors bore with tliem as "exhibits"i an'alo bottlo and : a drinking glasn, whereupon it was conjectural that a raid of some kind i had been made on tlio vessel. Inquiry:,revealed: tlio fact that" the detectives . had taken tlio'"exhibits"-with them, and had only.jboardcd tho Rarawa in order-to ascor-: tain whether a 'ccrtam: snspcct was- on the passongor Jist.'.Tho bottle and glass each hear, finger .which; it ;is -'-intended to.photoi , V. graph ,111 the usual wav, . AVhile 'on tho gtea-' i j rucr tlio officers placed tlio articles 011 a.-table, 1 , and 1 ono of', tho stewards coming along was about to .throw, the, bottlo overboard, and. to put tho glas3 awav, ■ not knowing-to wlionl ' it;;belpn§^J^YTUp. u rbprpsient^tiydg; : 6f; Jhoijawl saved- tho >bottlo- in titoo;- but- could'-not: pre? rent' hands' being laid on the glass, .which latter' nowjtoiitams moro .than -ono lot-of finger mirks

.Owls. havo always* possessed a certain .f)ua- ■ lityof mystery as well as s i repute for wis- ■ dom.;' 'They. are.-now :crod:ted with a-certain sense of'huinour as.well—-or,- at.auy rnto, this. •» - is ascribed to; one said to have beou tound in ■ New.Zealand. Mr. Richard Kearton, f.Z.S., - the: oillilwnt zoologist.aud ornithologist, in a•>?U;'i papSrj just V: pu : biishecl;- "says: -' "AlthougliXNd-' ture guards 1 tho interests of.lier wild children: liltoa' fairy -gqdmothcr, sha• is occasionally: - oaugnt iinpping.-iSome :raembers"of the:duck .-1-family;;for instance,.loso.their:wmg quills so . rapidly,V-that , they..-'are 'unable-to- fly -for a : time;/and ,-.th6-..-unfortuiinte-laughing owl 0f- ..-. ■; New. Zoaland.-drops vits-fe'athers so~!suddenlysbmetiriies'getsj stung .to death bV-'bees as a result of - its . foatherlcss -flight: ■ Ono can'-only. hope -that / that:,tho. laugh'-' •mg owl seems. fo.possess is'a sufficient cons - ■ lation. for jt-'m tho.-hour. of.its woe.-" . A subject.-that- is locally-engagmg somo attention- was;discussed in- tho-'' , Hospital-; !f -an . EngliSh^medical"publication,--in- a recent issue. Accirdihg Uo-.tho-"Hospital,- 1 it <is ' much -.a,, question'of- personal idiosyncrasy .whether, a , . nurse, experiences'any deterioration .of I\ealth,| ~ during of niglit, servico., Somo nurses li'nd ~iii- sbirii). i : '}.;eurioiis "sparo'itiiii'O/.tliah-.ordiiiaryLdayi'.work? fAnd.fdf.: thKe^'iaro^made^tho;-:best.'.- hight* superm-tendonts,-,who/isince I monly lastsVconsiderable timo,; can only per- • of -, habits demanded ' by: tho - post-... But m- -. stances ate. not uncomnioa.of -women whoi can -. nover sleep rcstfully at .an:unaccustomed hour. x and .who languish through the timo perforc6 spent'on.night duty-'in.:discoin.fort'so acuto *as to m' tho long run-a :■ nervous, breakdown.- this kind have mduced.,certain ;-well l inc-aning. guardians to 11Itroduco a system.of short shifts, tho,nurses taking night, duty turn and turn about. Truthto ' tell,-Iberd'icpuld. hardly., be devised a- worse! , expodient.'f-By' mixing -and-,night rwork' ~ f tho-body-never- gets habituated -to the-new :. is :the.;product- of-exhaustion: rather.than ; ■ "• :who' . -. noisoraiid-light; with'more. attehtion::to food:; . It is indigestion which is, after all, tho night . : rurso-'s .great enemy, ..too. much, toa-dnnknig, ■ and heavy food- partaken at unaccustomed hoiirs ''■j 1 1 '

;/.'.."Can. niy;son?' , /asked an 'elr t..;.;.; .derly>iftan';at' the -Magistrate's l Court, when a V ; civir case 'was callccl. '"Is' ho ur.dcr 'agoP" ; inquired the Magistrate. ."He is iiist over' , 21," replied.the man. • "Well, I cannot allow; ..you t6»appear.'thon/'v remarked : trate v saysi^ho^Lytteltoh'iTimesi!' : jWot^ing ; daunted, the parent' briotly.»mstmifcteifcn'sso'li- . ' citor in Court/ and the case was called later on. - TJio case was soon outlined, whereupon the Magistrate observed : that lie-did not .see: in," assth6Joasej;waa'!jptaoticE£lly ,iHdpfensible; ; ' tho.'. solicitor; apologetically,- . "if T'jjuietfy. sit' down' and . admit, everything these/peoples tiridipatiilg.' : tho 'defendant ';and his .Tntne'sses)', Avill. think;'they'*a're/n6t.'havihg a' run-for: their money.";. ..The 'Magistrate," ;■ set.i.th'p 5 .. lawmto-fullcry for.the-edification of the expcctaiit.defendants;-' ••'. : North Canterbury station owners are findV. ing the: motor-car a. nsful adjunct'.to the. vehicles on: their stations," and*seyeral possess cars that enable them to. cover ;a greater e\~ j • tent df.fcotintry! iiTrauch';less : : time ..th'an they : . cb.uld Accomplish by any-otherriueans, ,sav3 tho Christfchurch "Pro."' Tvvo "well-known lArauri; station owners wore..recently : from ;this:city/to their; homes: ih, thrco hours and a .timo'covcred. a (lis- 1 '■ .tino&! 'iTyhiiii brigi hally.j'. to'the district,-,took- them seven days to' get . pyer| ati'a■ timeywhen\thp;' only roaids .wero.tlio, ruts made: by. drays that had gone ovet tho ■country.'beforo them. If the/ local fishermen 'arejnpt meeting with; •,.: successin large, hauls' of fish they are obtaining an'!,abundance 1 'of l excitement with sharks that,.are'variously- estimated to range from.2o' ,to ■25.;fcetJlejngi'/ ! was ■ a "triflo; longer; than bno of, the oil launches, says the "NorthjOtago Times,'', came alongside a boat , 'last;;WMkpand. J sw.am; leisurely Ground, : casting. : v a. 1 ilopl^at^.th'e.',occupaiit of. tliO' b.oat; ... Tiho was about five.miles from lancl. The fish-ernian/thoiightj-.iij time {to - shift, . Another'; sh'ark'about the same length,' in'- its r efforts to drag the fish out of a inoki net, got entangled in its folds,; and-tor'o tho n'etHo pieces, in its strugles. Sharks; largo and'small, have : beert particularly numerous, this season m the .. open sea. .•

. At. the Canterbury-:.'./Automobiie' Association's prizo', distribution' on -Saturday night, F. WigramV sa'ys-tho Chiistcliurch- ''Press," advocated the "-licensing of. drivers as well as'cars; that' such' A sy®wni..-'Er§]rail«Jj.i.it '.'J^hn3;--'!'f.*Wben'' ; l~ : ■ lasfc-yisited-'England,"; he added,.' "I took' out • driver's license. '.The formalities.were, sini- ■ plo. ? Al ; , w ia' f asked,wJieyibr'J:was l7:yearis of ago .theyj'accepted my ;'statement when:l said thafcl was. Then they asked me if I 'had as. (reneweddaughter). I said-I . had, but I th'ey^did--np£'accdpt : tliat- , stateraent, and I had to ante-up that ss. I Was then let loose, upon ~tho public Vof_ Britain. 'I wouldilikeiW^;'-|ijtfsißuclif'^te^;',aab^fed''. I here, I : think r-tKat-,-somo . examination: should.liave to-be passed before a mail is 16b loose/OE'thojpubliCr" - .. v Some: mischievous urchins (says the "North Otago Times") possessed themselves! of about. a score of frogs; them'in a-sh'eet of paper, thre)v;.., t|iem into .the : .swimming, • baths .tho 'ladics wCTe-.disporting thom- .' selves. 1 - Of." course the'paper;burst; when, it touched- the .water, aiid.'ihe. frogs , flew, hither- ■ and thither,;and for''Safety' tried - to- climb' on' the backs'jof 'thk -latiy swimmers. ' : .The' exr' :■ periende waS'an .iinusuarorib,' ahd; the' layiesywith /one accord, made a dash for. the shoro, diving;in their/ consternationiintojthe iiearest reception fobms; .Mrs. ;Hunter- however, was equaf.:toVthe.emergency, • and;' obtaining the services of a bf .'hoys'-off.'the street—' probably tho . same' young rascals 'who ' had thrown tho frog's -in—they soon cleared the • baths-of the reptiles, and' transferred' them to tho creek. /■'• On a recent; Sunday evening during tho tirnoV.ivheri fsome;'. of' tho ' ships;',:of■ ;the' : Australasian Squadron wei'ij.:ih- port at Lyttelton . .(says. ;tho r Christchu'rch';.;"Press"), ; several." meat of the; warships, werei standing ; listening to.: a Socialist orator jin Cathedral Square. They wero approached; by -. ono of the supporters of Socialism asked their opinion of ,it, but...beforo giving it : they asked foran ...explanation of ,tho aims ' aiid objects of Socialism:. 'They' wero; told, that it meant' shortening the hours of labour'and generally the pulling down! of. the mighty from . their! floats and ;tho exalting., of,. those, of ; low dogroo. ."Then," said.ono of tho sailors,' "the captain and .first mate would be sent to tho stokc-rhole; and tho engineers arid ■ ' stokers-ivoujd...bp*pjit on' tho bridge. Let me tell ■ you'that if'that was done tho. ship W/ Hild bo on the rocks in no time,"