NEWSY NOTES.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1796, 17 May 1912, Page 1

NEWSY NOTES.

Pride of one's Fatherland is the true patriotism. *' Many havo risen to fame on the broken branches of failure. "Is my hat on straight?" "No; one eyo shows." Hydrophobia rarely shows till 60 days after the victim has been bitten. Tho British army, including territorials, is. composed of over 700,000 men. . * ' Nearly two million acres of wheat was cultivated in Great Britain in 1911. • -Jf A Nice Selection of Tapestry Cushion Tops, lOd, ls, ls 2d, Is 6d, at John Cobbe's. •3. The laco trado of France is said to afford employment for 200,000 persons. * Nappa Gauntlet Gloves for Ladies, 6-button length, fastened dome and strap, 5s lid, at John Cobbe's. -*• You can't get something for nothing, but it's odd how your business rivals often manage it. .- -X* ■ Quality is a noteworthy .feature of John Cobbe's Black and Grey Suede Gloves, 3 domes, 5s 6d. Twenty-three persons were arrested at Seaford, Delaware, for rioting over tho colour of a baby's eyes. Mr T. G. Griggs, of New York, has invented an automatic machine for plucking chickens. * Smith: 1 didn't know you owned a motor car-; why these auto goggles? Smyth: My wife has hatpins. Peter Pan Collars in Red Silk, Maltese pointed fronts, 5s lid, 6s lid, at John Cobbe's. Wo enjoy ourselves only in our work —in our doing; and our best doing is our best enjoyment. -$* Want a book or billhead, printed ? The Stab, office does all kinds of printing. Send your orders in. •X - All children affected with whooping cough in Washington will in luturo wear a label denoting the nature of their complaint. ■"£• Puritan Collars for schoolgirls, guipure lace and embroidery, 9d, lOd, ls, at John Cobbe's. • *' - ' Fame is the feeling that you are the constant subject of admiration on tho part of pcoplo who are not thinking of you. "*v A woman in New York is suing for a divorce because her husband refused to give her tho thrashing she felt was due to her. ■3. In tho State of California the female vote outnumbers tho male by 80,000, and it has just been exercised for tho first timo in a Presidential election. * Mr Ray, of the Bank of New Zealand's staff at Woodville, has just left on his annual holiday. Mr Whittington, an old Woodville boy, but now of tho Feilding Bank, relieves Mr Ray. Miss Esther Mercy, of Chicago, is suing tho Dean of the University of Chicago for £20,0.. damages," because she was expelled from the student body of tho university for wearing a hat that cost £50. * . ' A woman at Budapest is petitioning for a divorce from her husband because recently she, when she gave a large dinner party, he remarked at table that the food was not a.s uneatable as usual. ■X- 7 " A woman who committed suicide at Villers-Cotterets, France, left a note saying that she had quarrelled for the first time with her husband, and that she did not want to do so a second time. There should be no hesitation about business and professional men and their job printing. Patronise the Star, which stands for Feilding all the time. ■>v The tram was whizzing along a street the other day and a man crossing tho track had a narrow shave "How often do you kill a man? ' asked tho passenger of the conductor. "Only once!' 5 was the rather sharp reply.