POLITICAL NOTES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10608, 10 November 1910, Page 4

POLITICAL NOTES.

By Telegraph. (From Our Own Correspondent.') Wellington, November 9. —Ministers' Replies.— An assurance is given by the Minister of Railways, in reply to a question, that legislation will bo introduced "this session to enable workers with £lO to acquire their own homes on easy terms. It is %ot correct, says the Minister of Agriculture, that tho Little Barrier Island has been without a caretaker for six months. The Into caretaker died suddenly at Little Barrier about six weeks ago, and* arrangements have now been concluded for his successor. One of the luckiest inventions in history" was barbed wire. Isaac Ellwood, of Illinois, the inventor, made the first barbed wire to keep out his "neighbors pigs. . It succeeded, and he protected his idea. In. a few years he made over £3,000,000; There are many similar fortunes to be made out of inventions properly protected. Ask Messrs Bald-' win and Kayward, Patent Agents, tor mforination. Local agent: Mr .0. I Piper, Thames btreet, Oamaru.