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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9642, 17 January 1903, Page 4

The meaning of the expression "whipping the cat" has caused a good deal of correspondence m the Daily Mail, and one correspondent adduced to the discussion the meaning given to the expression m New Zealand. He forgot to men- j tion, however, that "whipping the cat" may either mean economising and saving, t»r it may contain the idea of remorse, ius he suggests, m "the action of a person who, for example, has probably lost money at the races." It has two. distinct meanings by usage m New Zealand. France is ahead of England so far as aheap telephones and telegraphs are concerned. Their postal service includes a system of pneumatic tubes, by which, for six cents, you can send a postal-card Hying to any part of the city. You can send a reply card for the same amount, and thus get an answer as quickly, or even more quickly, than by telegraph. The telegraphs are under the Government, Mid the charges are less than half those of America. The rate is 10 cents for the first ten words, and 1 cent for each additional word to every part of France. You can send a telegram to Great Britain for 4 cents iv word, and a. cable to the United States for 25 cents per word. The Post Office Department has a parcel system, by which small packages, weighing up to 201 b, can be sent. Six pounds will be taken to any railroad station m France for 12 cents, or for 17 cents it will be delivered at your house. A 101 b package costs only 25 cents, and a 201 l b one only 30 cents. The stores take advantage of these rates, and many thousands of packages axe sent out by them daily to their customers m all ports of the Republic. The telephones are also connected to some extent with the post office. They are to be found at eveiy station, and also m stands on the streets. The fee for all parts of Paris is 5 cents for a. talk of five minutes and 5 cents for three minutes lip to fifteen miles outside Park, and 10 cents additional for the same time for every sixty miles beyond.