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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2196, 16 October 1913, Page 2

"'"I soon found when 1 landed in England," said Sir George Keid,. Australia's High Commissioner; to an interviewer, "that the fact that Australia was so seldom mentioned was not .so surprising as 1 had always thought. Wiion you remember jusi a lew of the characteristics of .London and its newspapers, you see what a small .space.there is available for the condition's of different parts of thiKinpirc beyond tlie seas. Some day, perhaps, there will be a different standard of journalism, and the story of industrial achievement will be found more thrilling than intelligence of domestic disorder or terrible murders. But that time is still far off. The Tichborne case did a great deai to make the JJiitish public aware that that there was such a country as New South Wales. Much was done, too, by the cricketers and scullers and other Australian sportsmen. There is a singular detachment about the English character. 1 am lost in wonder at the contrast hewcen he elftciencv of tlie imperial work which the British race accomplishes and its strictly rural cast of mind."

Dr. <Jo Lisle and Inspector Gardiner visited Tl> Hauke (.says the Napier Telegraph) in a motor car to look at a suspee-ted case of smallpox, and tuey were surprised that their arrival was not anticipated cither by the patient or anyone in the pa. They were also amazed to find" that the •'smallpox" patient was suffering, from nothing worse than a badly swollen linger, and were further disconcerted when a 'mischievous young native maiden burse out laughing. Then "the fat was in the lire." i\n explanation \ya simperativcly demanded and given, punctuated by nervous breaks of laughing. It appears that the man cut his thumb while shearing and ie became inflamed to .such an extent that the young minx was ..sent to the llev. A. "Williams for a lotion. The rev. gentleman inquired what was the nature of the ailment; and. seized with some spirit of devilry, the young mow key replied. "0 te face all over the poki poki." The Rev. Mr Williams at once, ant] very properly, communicated with the health aiirlioritie.s, with the result stated. ; "And why did you say such a thing?' i said the doctor severely. "Oh, I jus maka te joke," answered the now demure damsel. . " I

At a meotiny of the general committee on the .-Canterbury A. and P. Association Mr J. D. Hall moved: ''Tliat a special committee be set up to roiiMt , i thp rlcMi ibilit\ of »io mini il pilots iiu the lust ie l>ol ts oi the woil in,, ol counts til ins "Afi ([ill siiri lie consdcied th it tlio Ass.ot-1 itiun w i> npt doing di] it sliould do. An endeavour should he mule to isccitun wliothu ilie pie l ; < lit fuming imtliodb «oie the best md icpoits could be obtuned fiom tumeife is to the- methods tlie\ iol md the icsults mlkHici {jood 01 bid ,i(hu\or] \ \Miui iioinCin uli «ii(} ipplKtl to linn ioi cut mi infoi in ition hid tin. uUa t> him Jin si Ik mo w iis iiu ul\ in lull tnd si|(tf»sinl oi>Li if i<lll hi C \n id J ii id iho St iUs nil wis pun m nut tlij ibk Ihe(. hi i )uu hnns.ll l> id olid Mi to &\a LI IU, loi i jjuze md he (the bpeilvei) wovild gne < simihi amount to 6tait th© fund Ike piptiou vas adopted,