The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11805, 14 December 1912, Page 4

The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912.

■ The Hon; F. H. D. Bell, K.C., Minister for Internal Affairs, was a passenger by the first express for Christeburch to-dav. ;

Mails for Mncquarie Island, i»r Rachel Cohen, will close at. Wellington on Friday, 20th Decernber. Mails to .connecD.'will close at Oamaru on Thursday. l!)th inst., at 2-p.m. The police are bringing fifteen territorials before the court on; Monday for not attending, parades. These young men' have, made a practice of remaining outside the drill hall and l commenting upon those- who were doing their duty.

A Press Association telegram states that the. Hon. .fames: Allen left Wcl.liugtoivbv the Moeraki lor Sydney, en route •to -London. -He was accorded a farewelt at the -wharf 'by several Ministers and a. gathenng of citizens. Sir Joint Findiay, Mr Martiii Kennedy, and Admiral Ross, of tho United States Navy, were also passengers. . Owing to there being insufficient entries, Nelson' has postponed the band contest which it was intended to have held in Febnlavv.

A clever swindle was perpetrated on a local business man an one of the King .■ Country towns-recently (savs the Auckland' Star). A well-dressed young fellow presented himself, and, after suggesting, that local tradespeople were charging extortionate prices, submitted a -hsfc ot articles- he could supply from his Auckland headquarters. The business man lell-rnto the trap, gave the man ■:i-.c'heque, tor £6. and has heard nothing -further about hinv.except that the rent .of sa/.small office occupied bv the visitor •hasnot been pa-id and the office is again to-let.

''Speaking pf'the appaling ignorance of ■s'oifl<v children in. New Zealand with »' g.'ird i_o tie Bible,- the Rev. I. Jolly, at i-hfj *B.U>le-in-sphools demonstration at jVwfefclalicl, said, that some cases - which; "had come un3er Ms-notice were almost' unbelievable. Some little time ago, while visiting a" school,' he asked one <;lass: who the; "Goodf Samaritdii" was, and not one in the class could answer J?'in. One child had never 'heard of -the' -Apostle Paul, but the most painful of .all the:cn-ses-was that ot a bov some 12 .\cais fit age; who had never heard of ihe iifime: ot the. Lord except "'as a sweai.-woid." Such ignorance in a professedly Christian country like New Zealand, said Mi Jolly,, was almost inconceivable, but lie could \ouch for the ti iitlv.oh Ins statements. W ltli tovtlie reported (discovery of a w.ateitall in the Tangarahan district by a Government survey pai'Cy, recently recdimtedun these columns, the Rev.'C. J„ Bush-King informs the Otago Dailiy Times 1 that in Januarv, 1907, he-went through, that district on: his usual missionary. Tvaik, and he claims the privilege olihaving been ilie first to discover the waterfall referred to. On Friday, Janaiiai v 11, of that year. he was on the ti ack from 7 a.m.-, and did not get back-to-a settlers' residence, till 10.15 p.m. On January 21 Sir W. Hall-Janes, then Minister of Pubhc Warks, came up to see him, and lie reported the matter of the discovery to him, and in reply the Minister said that lie thought that,- as tar as the Cabinet knew, -Mr Bush-King, was the first white man to successfully get through that country. Nothing havings i, een done up.to. December 1907, to record the discovery,. Mr Bush-King wrote to Sir Joseph .Ward, and a party of surveyors.' was sent up,:and, following the directions of his letter, the falls were located, and named. Oil the return of the party the.Hon. Mr M'Gowan wrote informing Mr Bush-King that the fallshad been located ,-that they were 500 ft high, and had heen r named JRepahupahii'. That was in January, 1908. The Windsor magazine, for December is a splendid 1 picture number. The Art of -William Strutt, P.. 13.A., F.Z.S., is tho subject of a long article illustrated by some fine reproductions of his best pictures. "England's Story in. Portrait and Picture" Is continued and has reached that interestinsr period, the reigns of George IV and William IV — 1820-1837. Such famous personages of the time as Sir Robert Peel, Lord Melbourne. George Canning, Daniel O'Coitriell, Castlerengh. afterwards Marquis of Londonderry are among the portraits and epoch making events of the time .are well illustrated. "Some Letters and their writers," by Ellen Terry, is an. article that provides interesting reading, as the correspondence ofmany present day celebrities is touched; upon. The maaazine is packed, with short stories all by popular writers, and there are several other good articles.

An unusually lengthy and brilliant series of motion pictures is to be screened at the Opera House to-night. < The programme includes a lCalem representation of the famous Irish novel, "Colleen Hawn." Til is picture was produced in Ireland by the popular American Company, and wherever'.t has been shown has met with acclamations of appreciation and'delight. The film is a lengthy one, and lite story unfolded should prove of a most interesting nature. Supporting this film will be a full programme of specially selected lilms, including "The Law a.nd the a ■V'itagraph drama of great power* leaturiiig the star of moving pictures,' Maurice : Costllo. Another subject ds also contained in the list. J his is a.-comedy entitled "Irene's Infatuation." "A Demonstration of to the injured," taken, bv the Selig ■Company, : ol . America, w*l also be screened'.- Supporting these subjects will be Lubin, Edison, and A.B. dramas and comedies, sonnies, etc: The usual prices will be charged for admission. A conference of . woollen mill employees from all parts of Jsew Zealand •ivillj it >is • stated, be Held, in Christchurch during.Christmas week. It will be proposed that a federation shouldbe formed to embrace all the unions in New -Zealand. Other matters relating to wages, hours, and working conditions will l)e "dealt with.

L Preliminary -reports from the officers ! engaged in. the medical inspection of I sclHiols are expected. before tlie end of the vear. They will be -treated, as coii- | Udewfcial, and only extracts, made at tlie discretion of the department, will lie- available for publication.

1 The Foxton paper says .that, the other dav iV local resident >vas making frantic attempts- with, the aid of a- stick _and a kerosene tin to induce a- swarm of wlMt lie considered were honey bees to settle somewliere in the vicinity of his residence and had a box reader in- which to imprison the insects shouiul they_ a-1-ight. His' efforts not being crowned with success he obtained the assistance ot a. neighbor,, who on arriving at. the scene found: that ;the. swarm in question, was cojniirised of grass grubs. Tho principal of the Rangiora High School yesterday gave some extracts from ex-students' letter received by iiim." In one of them tho writer re-ferred-to liis-courtship, and that it had ended by giving up the lady as too good; for him., Another explained that his religious convictions had led him to reI solve to lead a better life, • while a. "third, from whom lie had not heard for ten years, in a postscript thanked him for. the best thrashing he had- ever had in his life. The "good old British cheer," that lengthy "liip, hip," liip" arrangement, has been-long supplanted by the forceful and more expeditions " 'ip 'ray,' and this latter, form- was applied with much vigor-by the boys of Wellington College at the prize distributing ceremony. Mr A. de.B. Brandon, chair-man.-of'the Boai'd of Governors, took Occasion to. remonstrate-gently witli the youthful iconaclasts, and to urge them to "give a good old 1 British cheer," and avoid these short cuts. Reliability, speed, and power are the strong., characteristics of the greatest 'Motor Ccyle ever made, the single cylinder masterpiece, well named the "Trusty" Triumph.—W. S. Wilson and Co., Bond street, Dunedin. "New Zealand seems to bo. an Imperial Utopia," remarked j\lr Evelyn. "Wrench, founder of the Oversea. Club, to a Manawatn Evening Standard reporter. "One thing-that has impressed nie is the general air of prosperity and well-being. There appears to be no extremes, but the people have what the.' Americans call a. well-p'oisedi outlook on life. The people work to a legitimate, extent, and then employ themselves in recreation." Mr "Wrench quoted, as an instance of this fact, the popularity I of bowling greens in this country, an'd added that there was not that insane rush after wealth as existed in other | parts of the World.

It is estimated that there are /iow 175 qualified medical women in Germany. Particulars as to 125 of them have been collected by Fran Dr Stelzner. The results of .her enquiry show that of that number seventy-eight are unmarried, anil fortyseven married (including five widows). Of the married women thirty-four have given up practice; two of them, however, who are wives of doctors, assist and act for their husbands. . Considerably more than half the number are married to doctors (says the "British Medical Journal'"). Two began their studies after marriage:. The women who practice are distributed, in the cities of Germany as followsßerlin thirty.. Munich seven. Frar,kfort-on-the-Mai.ii five, Hamburg three, Duescldorf, Breslau, Karlsruhe. Heidelberg, and: Bad Elster each two, while a number of-other places have one each. Most of the women doctors in Germ any practise as specialists, especially in diseases .of women and children! During the last few, years.'the chances of medical women have steadily become more favourable in Germany. 1 hey often secure posts in hospitals, institutes, and asylums. Those entering the profession may, it is said, count with fair certainty that they will be able to earn a sufficient income within a .year or two of qualification. Are you losing weight? Muscles weak and flabby? -Stearns' "Wine of Cod Liver Extract builds up broken-down tissues and produces sound, healthy flesh—increase your'weight. 25 ' Walter Giot>, of the Severn street Coachbuilding Works, does much better work than" the average.' A strong fea-, ture is Repairing. No one can ever say that his'jobs, are unsatisfactory. ' A' presentation was made at Bloemfontein of a Union! Jack l>y the children of Warrawee, Sydney, to the children, of the Brebner School on Trafalgar Day. Mrs Botha, -in some remarks, strongly approved' of it-he interchange of correspondence between. children' of different parts of the empire, and asked, "What better emblem of love and union, of hearts could there be than in one flag flying over the school at Warrawee and. this school?" i

; Men. have made many inventions, but a slirewdi idea may still lead on to fortune. -The simpler .the idea the better, so long as it is essentially new. .The thing is to make sure of your agent. Messrs Baldwin and Ray ward, whose local representative is Mr E. Piper, Thames street, have developed their profession to an art. They'are specialists whose advice and methods are sound. Two Guineas for four lines of poetry! Read Tonking's Linseed Emulsion intimation every Saturday, amongst news items. ■ &