"Do you believe in the effeot of environment on character?" Mr Kensington asked a witness during the hearing of the farm labourers' dispnte. The witness, a ploughman, was obviously staggered, and after some cogitation, he stated, amid laughter, that he didn't know what his questioner meant. '' Supposing,'' Mr Kennedy persisted, "a boy was reared in the slums, say one of the slums of Ohristchurch—(laughter)— would he stand as good a chance of coming out as good a boy as one who was brought up in a respectable home?" The witness gave the obvious answer, and then assured Mr Jones, whe acted in opposition to Mr Kennedy, that farm labourers generally bore very good characters, and that a boy would como to no harm by associating with them. A remarkable petition was recently circulated in New Caledonia. It was addressed to the President of France and his Ministers, and its prayer was that the island should be handed over to Great Britain. The petitioners believed that Great Britain would immediately give them selfgovernment, and they would be able to develop the resources of the country '' without coming into conflict with the supreme indifference and narrow-mindedness in colonial affairs prevailing in the Colonial Department.'' FURNISH YOUR HOUSE. With a bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment, and next time one of the family is injured your foresight will be commended. No household should be without this great pain-relieving, healing liniment. It is the most useful medicine you could possibly keep for daily emergencies. Accept no substitute. Obtainable at all chemists and stores.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 281, 5 December 1907, Page 6
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