NEWS IN BRIEF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 February 1908, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF.

, —J —< / Medical Trade Union. ' Two hundred ' Boston: medical men have formed themselves into a . trade union in order to put an end tp; unseemly competition. It is intended to publish a scale ,of fees,, and members of tho union have undertaken, never to .make smaller charges.than thosa fixed; SiatC3 Condemned. Addressing/a'meeting of teachers at tho College of Preceptors, .Dr. Biss said headache in children was a warning of eye strain, which was tho commonest cause, of nervous breakdown. Slates' wero an abomination, and lined paper was'also bad for the eyes. Tame, but Exclusive. - ■ In the bird sanctuary of nineteen acres,! in tho Perivalo district, belonging to the Brent Valley branch of the Selborne Society, there is a robin that settles on tho hands of members of-the society,'and follows them about. The bird allows-'no other robins -to live in the neighbourhood. . ■ v: Geyior/s Future. v "Rubber,"'said Sir H. A. Blako m an address at the Royal Colonial* Institute last; night, ''bids fair to.beconio the : second export of Ceylon, if not tho leading one." Libel on the Sex. " •. Proprietors of . several New York shops, employing' women have' ordered/tho removal of . all mirrors, oh .tho ground, that, tlieir employees waste'two-hours..'.daily in.personal adornment, f .

Octogenarian Rector. ;»•••• ThoHoiv. and Rev., John Horatio .Nelson, grand-nephew :,of tho first Lord . Nelson and. brother of the present . Earl, is cight-threo years old. Ho has been rector of Shaw-cum-Donnington, Berkshire, since 1872. ; ,Overcrowded Workhouse; u "" There are 'at ■present- nearly 200 inmates ■above ,tho certified number' iii' the Gordon Road Workhouse, Cairibcrwel), and. members of the. board'describe tho,, crowding together of paupers on' .the landings and in the wards as disgraceful' and dangerous'.... Science Neglcctcd, "Science ,ddes not .!occupy tho same (position .in tho schools of tho country as. it did years ago," : declared ...Professor. Armstrong at a meeting of- public..school science ' masters 'at! Westminster Sch'poK -r 1 '.Tho pendulum is swinging back," he added.. I"• ' _• Not a Hustler. ' A boy' attending the New Park. Road County Couricir school declares in /an 'essay .that ho would like to, , bo'a hairdresser becauso ho- would havo to close at ascertain time or heTvould.'bo fined "forty shilling's. ". Inaccurate Public Clocks., . Complaint was niado at tho Court of Common Council that'- steps were not taken' to synchronise tho public clocks iii tho City,'and notico of motion oh tho subject' was liariued in for tho nest meeting of tho;Court. ';" V Essex Vikings. Two brothers, whoso.united ages amount to 185 years, ; walked into a .shop 'at Brightlingsea. One, William.Everett,, was ninety : five and the other, Thomas ; Everett,! ninety! They were formerly smack owners.-?' 'Mayor''.'At Home" to' V

At Caxton Hall, Westminster., .recently, tho Mayor, Councillor Dennis, ..was ,'"at home" to "the employees,-,pf all. grades ; under tho City Council. ' Among ,the. guests wero a number of the'scavengers : and dustmen, who were accompanied, by.their.wives.

Pus at a Pantomime..,' . A fashionably dressod wpman bopked <two pf the best seats at tho. Theatre for herself and'a pug. The jaded pet slept through most of tho pantomime/ and was only aroused to intorest when the largest cat" lip liad over seen, appeared on . the stage.- >>■ Munificent Gift, ; ' ■Tho Seaferth Sanatprium, which has 'been (built by Colonel and Mrs. Stewart'Mackenzie, for the freo treatment of consumptives in Ross and Cromarty, and which tho founders have ondowed "to . the. exteht'of £100,000 has beOn opened. The' King sent a telegram wishing tho institution succoss.