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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 9 March 1909, Page 3

Mr Frank Boyd tells this story in the "Pelican" : —The two small daughters of a very well-known actor-mana-ger were tiiscuspin^ ihe letters the alphabet, and one of them said to her elder sister, "How can I tell which is a 'd' and which is a 'b ?" "Why, you stupid." responded superior wisdom, aged nine, "n 'd' has it* tummy on it? bark." The young woman in domestic ser vice, whato/cr her education or personal qualifications, is liable to be made to feel in various ways that she- is esteemed as a Foc-al inferior, and her self-respect is wounded. With all 5J»mpathy for the ladies who are willine to pay iibcrally for domestic help, we fear iha* ihey are expecting too much from immigration. Tho Department, nu doubt, will do all it can in reason, but those who ask for "free immigration" should b- 1 prepared to find at last part of the cost.—Wellington "Post.

Stoats and weasels are becoming •nther numerous in this neighbourhood of late (says the Hnkilikn 'Tluar.iian"), and many people are complaininjr of the los sof poultry through L^c Jepriidations of the pests. The wea. sels, it is believed, have already ac counted pretty wcil for the nativi Oirds along the West Coast, and tha 1 supply giving out, a desiont is being made on the poultry yards. It is fan! that the native birds are now growing miner wary of their iiiirxlucd foes, nnd that there is some hope of liird'.ife hems saved' t'rcin Icitat extinction. To s.ive tin poultry yard, howi-ver, it will r.roha'ily be ne.O'saiy to c\(<ii!;inatu tlis '.veasels.