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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 144, 20 June 1913, Page 5

Let clogs delight to bark and bite, I do not care a jot; In sooth it is their own look out, So they may go to pot. But while I am upon this lay I'll make a, slight detour. And ask you nil to drmk f^od health. To "Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure."—Advt. ° The grounds upon which a juror , was excused from service at the 1 Central Criminal Court in Sydney last 1 week are probably -unique in the ; record., of such excuses. A full panel ' of iurors had been summoned. Severn! '■ "had failed to put in an appearance, 1 and fines were recorded against them. Then a juror stepped up to the wit- : ness-box- and said: "I wish- to be excused, your- Honor, because it is against "my reli.<ripus convictions to wrveon/juTy^-^BntWP" was the jmrprfeed reply -from Mr Justice Prime: ■"Because T consider W® have no ri^ht to try our fellow-men, came the confident assertion of the juror, who continued', "there should be no trials. Judgment is given m the next world, and should be reserved for the next world." "Then you think, . re~ torted his Honor, "that ©very criminal should be .allowed 'to continue a war ao-ainst society ?" ' 'Nobody should be tried in this world," reiterated the applicant for excusal. "They get their trial in the next. world. Apparently tired of the argument,, his Honor "dismissed it with: 'You are excused. I don't think you are a tit and proper person to serve in a jury if you hold such convictions as those." . . . A-settler writing from Ruahituri, via Gisborne, says:—"Contracting, a severe cold, I decided to give Tonking's Linseed Emulsion a tr^1 — two doses gave relief, in two days cold was cured completely. I have never tried or heard of a remedy to equal it. The bush boys were amazed at its effect" Of chemists and stores —is 6d, 2s 6d, 4s 6d.—Advt. The advent of the pleasure yacht and chugging motor launch' is a source of perpetual trouble to the coastal farmer, and so he desires to see -all such-possible "piratical" craft duly and safely registered and numbered (says an Auckland paper). Major Lusk, in making the suggestion to the Prime Minister on behalf of the Farmers' Union at Auckland the . other day, said that in the holiday season these yachts and launches swooped along the coast and into likely havens, while the farmer had to sit up to watch his fruit trees and worry. Damage was not only done to fruit and other crops, but ball cartridges were often fired about in an irresponsible manner, to the, danger of life of man and beast. Captain Colbeck (remarked that on a farm. next to hisl a horse was found dead, recently"withi a bullet in itl_ The Prime Minister sympathised with the deputation, and promised to see what could be done towards checking the evil.

Dimediu is feeling something in the nature of a pinch just now, to judge firom -the Labor Department's Journal's official report. This states: "Trade generally has fallen off during the period. Particularly is this so in the case of carpentering and joinery, painting and plastering. The number of journeymen at present out of emI ployment in connection with these 1 lines is in excess of that of any previous period for some years past, and ,at the present time there a.re no indications of an immediate improvement. It is held by those in a position to judge that the present state of the building trade is due to the tightness of tho money market causing the rates of interest to rise. If,.however, money becomes easier, there is no doubt but that trade will again recover."