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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7545, 19 May 1903, Page 8

Thanks to his presence of mind, James Dooley, a London "drunk," is not yet one of tho prohibited. "iYau will be put on the Black List,:" said the magistrate at West Hiun. "You can't do it, sir," said James, who knows his sixty-two previous convictions off by heart. "I haven't been convicted of drunkenness three times in tho year." "Quite right," said the clerk, perusing the list again. "One was for assault/ But. Dooley is still somewhat indignant at what he considers an attempt to rob him of his rights. Dr. Bousfield, the bacteriologist to tha Camberwell Borough. Council, speaks pathetically of the difficulties which face the searcher after bacteria in milk camples. "It is exactly the' same thing," he says, "as searching a ten-acre grass field for 7-inch nails, of which there may be a dozen or none scattered at random, with the aid of a, pair of unsuitable spectacles.' An excellent little magazine has now appeared, which devotes itself to many .n----ventions. It is termed the "British Inven--1 tor," and its object is to stimulate new ideas, and to bring their originators into ■touch with people who can turn them ;uti: a commercial success. In such a magazine, which only costs tM penny, there should be a big scope. . New ideas are all the while being born, but the knowledge of how to manipulate then* industrially is often wanted. She: "Good evening. Let's see, I accepted you last night, did I not?" He: "You certainly did; and only the night; before that you refused me. I say, you ought to be very careful about thos'o dates, and not get them mixed." She: "Suppose you try again, and we'll make it best two out of three.'"'