WHEN THE RUB COMES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 225, 23 September 1907, Page 5

WHEN THE RUB COMES.

The proof of the pudding is not always in the eating, but more frequently in the digesting. In this respect, puddings and Milking Machines are very much alike. It is easy to consume a pudding, or instal a milking machine, but the rub comes when you have to digest the pudding or continue to use the milking machine, if it proves unsatisfactory. There need not be any hesitation about purchasing the "L.K.G." Milking Machine,.;as dozens of practical men have given it the highest praise after using: it continuously for three, four and f&ve years.—MacEwans, . Ltd., . U.S.S. Company's Buildings, Wellington. 4

An interesting' ', return regarding leave of absence<-granted to teachers on account of illness has been laid before Parliament. The details furnished by each Board for 1906 are as .follow:: —Auckland: Number of tisnes; leave:granted, 124; total duration df absences, 119 months 1 weeks 5 days:; +tt>tal amount of salary paid durin" iabsenees, £1046 17s -IQd. Taranakii: 17; !l2 months 3 weeks; £159 18s 4d. Wanganui: 39; 40 months 3 weelss ircUiy; £419 2s 3d. . Wellington: 38; 71 months 1 week 5 days; £429 12s Bd. Hawke's Bay: Ist-; 19 months 2 w®«sks, £as 4 19s 9d. M^rlborough: 3; W anoirfJhs :2 weeks; £52 2s Brl. Nelson; '.9; 8 months 1 week; £63 13s 2d. .9; 5 months 3 weeks; £32 '0s 6d. Westland': 2; 17 months IS weeks 4 /days; £2. North Canterbury: .'3B; 62 monfliS 2 weeks 1 day; £$12 Ts 2d. South Canterbury: 15; 14 months and § days; £118 17s 9d.~ Qtago: 33; 77 months 1 week 1 day; £242 15s id. Southland : 20; 26 months :2 weeks; 4CIBO 15s 2d. Additional particulars show that the general practice of Boards is to grant one month's sick leave.on full pay, but after thai there is considerable variation;.

A Press jlscociation telegram freuj Auckland s%t€s that Mr T. A. Edison, replying to a letter asking his opinion as. to the effect of ironsand on ships' j compasses, wijtes: " There must be an .immense body of iron near the New Zealand coast, -judging from the mag- , notic sands weli-known to exist there. •1 have no doubt that this body of ore \s>ould cause a deeiiation in ships' comp.?s&es."