NEWS ITEMS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 144, 3 June 1911, Page 7

NEWS ITEMS.

An Englishwoman who spent three years in Japan as governess in a wealthy family tells of a new cure for naughtiness. Whenever the children grew sulky and unamenable to discipline for any length of time, they were taken away, reappearing the next day quite serene and ready to learn. At first she was puzzled by the quick improvement. but, on inquiry, found that it had been brought about by massage. It appears that in Japan all naughtiness is supposed to arise from a disordered stomach, and the cure is, not a whipping or a scolding, but massage of the disordered part.

The feline population of Auckland is in for a lively time, to judge by an advertisement which states that the manager of the Onehunga zoo requires immediately 100 healthy cats. This may possibly lead to the opening of a cathunting season, and it is presumed that the animals may be delivered either dead or alive, and the hungry lion cares not for colour or breed. Only poison is barred, so Thomas and Jemima may no longer indulge their taste for promenade concerts. Vocalists upon the tiles are an easy mark for the übiquitous small boy armed with shanghai, air gun, or the forbidden pea rifle. With the rifle practice which the public school gives him, the average youngster ought to take eagerly to this exhiliarating and profitable evening sport, so, catowners beware!