DEATH OF HORSES FROM HEAT APOPLEXY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10015, 30 December 1895, Page 3

DEATH OF HORSES FROM HEAT APOPLEXY.

TO THK" EDITOR Srß,—l see reports in your columns of several recent instances of the above. Both in Europe and America during the summer, horses have white coverings on their heads to protect them, and this merciful and much needed provision should bo adopted here during our hot weatho: to save loss to owners and unnecessary suffering to animals for whom they are responsible.-! am, etc., A Friesd. Auckland, December 28,1895.

CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED. In reference to the question of Mrs. Yates ami the Ouehunga municipal rate, Mr. R. Richardson, rate collector, writes. Ho regrets the illness of Captain Yates, but that gentleman has been well enough to preach the doetriuo pretty widely that lie would not pay his rates until the collector called for them; all 011 the strength of his erroneous reading of an Act which was repealed in 1882, and which never justified the absurd interpretation given to it by Captain Yates. The law is that all rates shall be payable at the office of the local authority or other placo publicly notified for the payment thereof. As Captain Yates refused to pay Ilia rates there was only one way ooi-n for the settlement of the matter, viz., the Magistrate's Court. Mrs. Yates attended a Council meeting to express her ideas on the subject, and there learnt that the Council found that the demand had been made in accordance with the Act now in force, viz., the Rating , Act of 1894, she likewise hoard the various sections read. Afterwards she thought proper to write a letter stating that the collector was bound to call with the demand, so it was thought best to let the law decide the matter for her also. The General Rate for 1895-6 was struck in June ,1.895, came into force Ist July. 1895, and was niado payable on Ist September, 1895, and ot course could be sued for if not paid within 14 days thereafter. It will afford your readers a pretty accurate specimen of Mrs, Yates 1 manner of explaining the law when alio says their ground rates aro not due until the 14th April, 1896,

There are some remarkable figures to be obgained from the published statistics of New Zealand Factories "under the Act," and any one who can spare the time will find it as funny as Punch, this Government record of our industries. Not on account of tha inaccuracies contained therein, but in the astounding dimensions of some of the protected industries, and the number of people who obtain a living by such protection. Feathers are "protected" to the tune of about 25 per cent., and as this iB to be considered as protection and not as mere revenut-raising, it behoves us to know what we are protecting. In the leading city of New Zealand there is "under the A-;t' an ostrich feather factory. So far, so gooi; but the book goes further and tells us how much the factory hands earn in their various occupations. That is where we look for revelations, for we have it on the beat authority, that the total wages paid in the abovementioned industry is £0 Os Od per week, and we may venturo to add a similar amount per annum. In another branch of local industries, not altogether unconnected with the press, we find figures after this style,—we will not) quote exactly, as it might infringe copyright: At 15 years of age, boys earn 7s, girls ss, per week. But at 16, boys earn Gs, while girls receive 9s ; while at 17 years (most [ erratic boys and girls), the young men receive 10a, while the girls get Bs. Exceedingly .funny 1 It is nice reading, and calculated to turn one's brain, if taken in too large quantities. However, nothing is more soothing to a brain worried by Government statistics than Old Judge Cigarettes. They certainly will not wash clothes, but they are the best obtainable, and comparison in invited with any other brand in the market. , Hats of every description, latent styles in straw, soft, and flexible felt, pullover ' Huia, brand, silk, etc., best value, at Slusfselford'e, 2C'2, Queen-street, ■ v t .< • ,