MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 36, Issue 9506, 12 January 1906, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

WIIEN the third New: Zealand try-against Scotland was scored, the colonial who was to take tho kick took an uuusually long time to make <t satisfactory hole in the ground foi his kick at goali After he had bored away with his heel for some considerable time, a gallant. member of the H.L.1,, losing all. putieuce, roamed out, " Ui, remember, that's the' Union's field ! " Still the New ZeuUuder continued to dig deeper and deeper in the turf, when the soldier, still aridressinglhe men from " down under." added, pleasautly, " Goiu' home, boys ? "

One secret of the all-conquering New Zealand footballers'success has been discovered (says a Honie papei). They liave an arrangement which enables tliein to concentrate ull their-mental as well as physical forces upon their matches. They are never worried about possible overcharges on their hotel bill. They escape altogether the awful straiu of trying to understand the mysterious noises made by the railway porters. They are serenely certain that that their luggage will never go astray. For they are CookV tourists. From the day they landed at Plymouth all their travelling arrangement have been made by this firm. Wherever they go, if thev do not exactly " follow the man from Cook's " they at least follow his directions. A special luggage van is attached to every traiu the team travels by; Every detail of their, jourucy his been thought out, - and. their hotel arrangements are made by the agency. Doubtless, writes a correspondent, this has relieved them of much anxiety and contributed to their success ; but- it is not only the New Zealanders who have benefited thereby. The possible effect of the terrible " All Black " forwards joining with other railway passengers in a wild " scrummage " for tickets is too 'twful to contemplate.

It is pointed out as a noteworthy feature that out of the 28 players in the New Zealand ranks, not one man has yet played in all the matches which have taken place. The player who holds the record for the greatest number of inatghes taken part in is Thompson, who, out of the 22 games totnlled after tbe Dublin 'contest, has only stood down lwic«, The London Globe says; '■ It is not generally known that the New Zealanders receive numerous proposals of marriage after each game. Mistakes sometimes happen. One of the three-quarters, who was erroneously reported to have scored a brilliant try on one occasion, was requested next day by letter, to hand on the proposal sent to him to an agile five-eights. Since writing,' rah the letter. ' 1 have discovered' that it was really he who scored, the insertion of your name being -due to a printer's error In these circumstances, I can be uothing more than a sister to yon,—Yours faithfully, etc." Chronic Constipation Cubed. Fred Gillett, Esq., Walgett, N.S.'TVV,writes : " For years I had been a sufferer from constipation due to my sedentary occupation, tutor, I sent for a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and the results were so satisfactory that I have since used half a dozen bottles The Tablets bave certainly done me a great deal of good, for when I first began to use them I bad to take four Tablets twice a week to produce tbe desired effect bnt now two tablets a month keeps the bowels in good order.—. For sale by Jas Brown, Naseby, and W. Pyle, St Bathans.

The annual meeting of the CanterburyFrozen Meat Company was held on Tuesday. The report stated that the profit' for the year amounted to £11,470 8s Id. The directors proposed the transfer of £6092 6s 8d at the debit of profit and loss account at 30th November, 1004, to the debit of the' reserve fund account ; to pay a further dividend of 3 per cent, on preference shares, making 6 per cent, for the year, and absorbing £2250 ; to pay a dividend on ordinary shares at the rate of 4 per cen&., absorbing £4345 5s ; to transfer to the reserve fund account £2OOO ; to carry forward to next year's account £BOI 17s 3d. The profits niiule on the sale of land not required' for the company's purposes, amounting to £3321 143 3d, were passed to the credit of the works account. The quantities of stock dealt with during the year were At Belfast, 257,744 head, at Fairfield, of 6029 head, and at Pareora. of 45,218 head, or a net decrease of 10,577 head as compared with the figures of previous year. The Salvation Army announces that applications have been received from persons aoxious to emigrate representing families totalling 70,000 souls General Booth is convinced that he could transfer 250,000 persons u year for the next ten years to the colonies.

Tug Government has acquired the property known as Larnach's Camp, whi'ih contains 32a of land. The price paid is said to be £3OOO. The original cost of the land and buildings was about £112,000 so that the Government have made a remarkably good bargain, as the building itself cost thirty times the amount. The wool arrivals in London to date (or the forthcoming sales total 288,500 bales, whereof 125,000 bales have been forwarded direct to manufacturers, leaving available' for sale.

A great commotion has been creatod in the Catholic parishes of Massachusetts: owing to the Bishop of Fall River prohibiting waltzes, polkiis and gallops, on the ground of their indecency. OtKrhkau in the crowd at a sports meeting at Timaru a few days ago : —An .old. fanner was condemning the prevent system of education, which he regarded as useless, because none of his numerous family each of whom had passed the Sixth Standard, could work out the length of rope raquired to tether a cow in order that she might graze over an acre of ground. C. Hannah, of Tisbnry, writes: Noxol is an excellent medicine. '1 shall always keep it in the house. If you Bofier from constipation, indigestion, acid risings or liver troubles, it will pay you to keep it in the house, and take it occasionally. 2s, at chemists and stores.—Advt.

A revolting tragedy, and yet -one in which it is impossible not to feel a certain amount of sympathy for the perpetrator, is now occupying the attention of .the police at Waimate, the result of which will be that a girl will be charged with infanticide. The particulars are supplied in a statement voluntarily made by the girl to the police as under :— ** I am in my 23.d year, and until recently was in the employ of Mr John R'>uru, licensee of (he Makikihi Hotel, Makikihi. Left on l>ecemker 27th, 1905, after having been in his employ as a general servant for upwards of twelve months. On the morning of December 27th, 1905, at Makikihi, I gave birth to a child in an outhouse at Mr J. Topp's property. After having given birth to the 'child, I picked it up and threw i; down the'hole. 1 cannot Bay whether the child was alive or not when it was born ; nor can':'l gay whether it was a male or a female child. It would be about 10 a in. when I went into the outhouse, and us far as 1 can remember,. remained there for 20 minutes. I did uot inform any person thai 1 was near iny confinement. On the came moroiog as my oonfinement I informed Mrs liourn. wife of the licensee of the Mukikibi Hotel, what had occurred. Mrs Bourn was aaa r e of mj conditiou, as 1 bad ooufi. led in-her some five or six weeks previously. On the morning of the birth of the child, after having told Mrs Bourn, she advised me to ko to my borne at Waimate' by the express tnat lay, I went home to my mother's place, but tlid nut tell her I had bceu delivered of a child.' The - father.of the chi'd, Williim Smith; labourer* of. Waimate, _w»s" aware of my condition, Mo person or peisons other than myself kd\iaed or assisted inein any way-whatever. Iu reference to the concealment of the birih of the child, 1 hive never given birth' to a child..oefyre uor had ''* nuscarruge -in wy .life. TFave raiidt>.-tbib bUtetnent yolid tartly .(rf'Bfyrown free will<". v . " 1