NEWS AND NOTES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 276, 7 December 1899, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

(V om "Varion* Sources) Old potatoes aro made into new by the market gardeners of Paris. The method is to peel and trim the old tubers to the required size, and then bury them in tbe ground for about a week, when a new skin will have formed. These " rejuvenated " potatoes are patronised largelv by people who enjoy tho belief that they are eatiug tho firstlings of the seusons. A Tauranga paper gays :— The fashion of tho tattoo still survives fitfully among the Maori women. Just now there i<t a revival of the chin decoration for young girls, and an Opotiki chief, who is an artist in this work, has been invited by ti number of Tauranga natives to come to Tauranga shortly and exercise his skill. Chins swathed in handkerchiefs will then be the de riguer for a few days while the scars caused by the imprinting of the national hall-mark have a chance to heal up. Employers do not yet appear to be familiar with the provisions of the Employment of Boys and Girls Without Payment Prevention Act, 1899, which came into force on the 21st October. This measure, whioh is a short one, of one operative clause, stipulates that no b»y or girl under 18 years of age shall hv employed without remuneration. The minimum wage at which hands under IS may be cngagi-d is, in the case of boys us and -rirls U per week. Should the wages not be paid within 11 days of the time when due, the employer liecomcs liable to a penalty not exceeding five shillings for every day thereafter during which such default continues. All establishments which come under the Factories Act are sahjectto the provisions of the Hill. The position of tnanuner of the Bank of New Zealand at Christchurch, vacant through the promotion of Mr Etrtbling to the general managership, is to be filled by Mr B. M. Litchfield, at present Resident Inspector in Wellington. Mr Litchfield will take up hia new duties at the beginning of the year. During November 26,8200zs of gold, valued at .£104,072, were exported from New Zealand — an increase of 10,10Sozs of the value of compared with the return of November of last year. Auckland exported last month 16,3G60za of the value of £62216 ; Greymouth, 06470za. of the value of jE20,5W1 ; Hokitika, 14030z5, of the value of £sHrl ; Westport, 811ozs, of the value of J83242 ; Invercargill, 1552 of the value of .05208. No export was made from Duncdin. During the past eleven months 349,9120zs of gold, of the value of j£1,359,040 have been sent out of New Zealand. This is an increase of 100,4700z5, of the value of .£400,017, over the amount exported for the corresponding period of last year. — Tho quantity of silver exported from the colony last month was 26,2910z5, all of it from the Auckland district. Its value was jC3604. Nsws er tee Tape hat olton been utilised by a bold speculator for the speedy accumulation of a vast fortune. Knowledge is po wer iu every avenue of life when properly wielded. Tbe proprietor of Holloway's Pills and Ointment is fully ali re to this fat t, and knowing their value as a cure for all diseases, he has made their merits known io all parts of tbe world. Com menial men who, to keep pice nith ihe times, bave always to work at high pressure should never te without a supply of these valoal le medicines. They purity the blood, strengthen the stoQtacn, quicken tbe circul tion tod invigorate the system. Fcr cirrous or neuralgic headache, no rtmedy has been found to match them in excellence.