NEAR AND FAR.

Evening Star, Issue 14163, 13 September 1909, Page 1

NEAR AND FAR.

"A man has no right to be hanging about billiard rooms and shouting beer for his friends when his wife and family are in want of support," said Mr Kettle at the Auckland Police Court; " and when a man comes and tells me he has been doing this. - lie goes to gaol.'' This remark was callea forUi by defendant in a maintenance case producing a book of his expanditure, showing, among other things, money paid for drinks. Mr Dunlop pointed out that it was not a large amount, but His Worship replied that straws showed which way the wind blew. Counsel asked if the view expressed were not a rather extreme one, seeing that the whole amount expended wai two shillings. Mr Kettle: "That is mj view. It simply moans this: that if th< husband does not do his duty and support his wife, she must appeal to the Charitable Aid Board, and her expense falls on the ratepayers."

Mr Bernard Shaw has explained to an interviewer from the 'Giornale d'ltalia' how a false impression was created of his being a consummate master of the Italian tongue. " Once," he said, " Iwas in Milan with a party of English folk. Wc were dnnng at a restaurant, and our waiter feu W n ° lau 8 ua S 6 other than his own. When the moment came to pay we were unable to make him understand that we wanted, not one bill, but tw*ntv-four separate ones. My friends insisted that I talfcfc know Italian, so to act. as interpreter I racked my memory for chips from the language of Dante, but in vain. All of a sudden a line, from the opera ' The Huguenots ' flashed to the brain—' Ognuno per se; pertutti il cielo' (Every man for. himself, and Heaven Tor ail). I declaimed it. I lie army of waiters were doubled up with laughter; my friends applauded wildly, and my fame as an Italian scholar has been on the increase ever since."

Cndow Station, near Forbes (New South Wales) furnishes a remarkable instance of longevity in a horse, where Messrs Jones Brothers are the possessors of a draueht mare forty-two years old. The mare's age is undoubted, as she has never passed out of the present owners' hands, being bred on the station. She .is still active, and is harnessed up every week for some small service or another.

A boy was accidentally electrocuted at hpinettes, Prance, and two young workmen, who attempted to save his life, shared the same fate The accident occurred on the Ceinture Railway at a point whore it runs along the Passage du Chatelot. A number of children got through the railing of hem fell and struck the wires. He was instantly electrocuted by a current of 6,000 volts, A workman climbed the railing, cVk t°h? ft 0 ? th and tried S ,7sfi c^ ld „ from beneath the wires hy ihriS- S At lh ° san,c mon,cnt he a »hriek of agony, and rolled among tho wires. .WW workman who went to He r™TnlVh he inten V° n of fi " din K »e2 topping the current was also killed Matches without cigarettes, and dearettes, without matches, are'amongThe W^t* 1 ™? U], ° n inmal " °< bluing , lls /Ioo J , b .V persons who seem to have less sense than the alleged lower anirS de? t yx^tr o . n two La Si a °tts , some of that foolkh SiSTS were seen to give several cfgaXs toTi o^tt; c v S d^/t^^ >"« often do ne itis n„ »" f thin * -logical enjoy the best of health » <E? not ago it was mentionedN W r ? onU,s duals had thrust Sedm^il 0 " 8 tuataras, in an effort T« m,lt , ches 1 m»r the ™«ria M splendid it ,ive at the Municiml \ , lds ln a ca *« afflicted. Sen pu ?<™^l a f7 hT] y lhe poisonous order in L tfc of <o serve as fodder S ° r6p , tlles ab °*» been caused '-seech youi° fy ° 0 » relief from the moL ca ' W gGt your Majesty cannot know ho^, a ? -re only poor peopled S g „T" jonly of nose who use motor carVteke no account of us." The pathctic 'peal is not untounrled (savs the 'ArinisV respondent), but it CTL experts in petit.ons will think its arte 3 Sanson who has lately become Attorney: Keneral in Mr Newton Moore's Wei Z Australian Government Wh™ ,• V edit., of the ■West Austral iTS ° Mr Xan.on was elected by a maioritv of one voe to represent Greenough n" the legislative Assembly. A rl '" I? 6 Inter he became Minister of WsT he Ihrossell Government. SubsemienfN, i became Leader of the i ho the death of the PLSeT Sh"' J*™ Leake whom he had v&ushMr Xanson entered the J by Sir Walter James U S> Xanson was editor and X' Perth 'Morning Herald.' T£ fjt Tft °V ntc » n 8 the hj d climbed into office, and then ink, £ Leadership o the Opposition. FailS health necessitated his retirement ■ boi politics four years ago, and, disposing 3 us newspaper interests to Bishop Gibnev ho visited England and the Continent in search of health. While there he studied for the Bar was admitted in London ksfc year returned to Australia six months ago touched upon Western Australian soil on nomination day just in time to telecranh his nomination to the returning officer at Greenough, nearly 1,000 miles away, and after several years' absence and no time available to canvass his constituents was fortunate enough to be placed at the top of the poll. Now a vacancy has occurred in the Moore Government, and for th« second time within six months of entering Parliament Mr Xanson has won a seat ii the Cabinet. After the best part of a life time spent as a banker and then as i journalist he has, within twelve months of being admitted to the Bar, reached tho topmost position in his profession—the \t torney-Generalship. Mr Nanson's is ; probably the best-known lady journalist i in Western Australia. | The following additional candidates have : passed the theory examinations in conl nection with the As-oriatcd Board of the ! Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music:—Local Centre examinations : Rudiments of music {full ma-ks 89, pass 66). Gwendo!ino M. Proctor 71, St. Hilda's Collegiate Schrol, (Mia Kate E. Gard'ner, L.A.8.). School examinations: Higher division, harmony (full marks 150, pass-100, distinction 130) Vera Moore 131 (Mrs Blanche Levi, A.P.A.M. and L.R.A.M.), distinction ;.--h:c:n riess Levi I*o (Mrs Levi), dietinctio.i.