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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10692, 16 May 1906, Page 1

The Egypt correspondent of the Lancet says that every year between November and March some' 70,000,000 eggs are exported' from Alexandria to London, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Hull. They are mostly bought m Upper Egypt, from the incubating rooms, which have been iv use for hundreds of years. As the eggs are very stale before they leave Alexandria, it is surprising, that merchants should be able to sell them on arrival m England and Scotland, but apparently a iiy egg is considered . good enough for cooking purposes. At the Waercnga State farm this season, 20,000 vines were grafted, with a net result of 68 per cent, to the grafting ; that is to say, out of every 100 lootings or cuttings grafted with European varieties, 68 made a strong union between scion and stock. The cellars at Waerenga contain at the present time about 2000 gallons of wine, and this season's production- is estimated at 3000 gallons, mostly claret and hock. It had been intended lo make champagne this year, to show what can be done m the colony with this industry, but this has been deferred for auotner year, when it is hoped that more cellar accommodation will be available. During the hearing of a case m the Supreme Court at Wellington,, evidence was given that two supposed burglars were arrested by two policemen, but that whilst ono Mas* being secured, the" other, watching his opportunity, made hia escape. His Honor tho Chief Justice remarked that m such a case a good plan would: be to handcuff the two men together. Not long ago a Sydney constable adopted a novel, but decidedly effective method of conducting a couple of captiws into safo custody. He came upon them late at night acting suspiciously \n tne of the suburbs. When challenged, they threw down a number of sacks which they had stolen, and were abouf^ to make a sudden departure. The constable promptly drew his revolver (Sydney policemen always carry firearms when un duty), threw his handcuffs at the- feet of one- of the men, and, covering him with tlio weapon, sternly ordered- him to handcuff himself to his companion. The man did as he was bid ; but. not quite,satisfied, the constable made them pick up their stolen sacks, and carry them to the police station . ( After the To.cent surfeit of curious fables and grotesque misrepresentations of Australia's immigration regulations, it is (wrote the Loudon correspondent of the Adelaide Advertiser on March 20th) quite refreshing to tho antipodean at Home to come upon such a story of Australian immigration experiences as that told by Mr Richard Jebb, the Morning Post's special correspondent m the colonies. "Mr Jebb," says the correspondent, "who has just gone to Australia from the United States and Canada, frankly say 6 that he cannot endorse the notion that strangers landing ou Australian shores are subjected to harassing investigations. With a crowd of other passengers he left the wharf at Sydney, baggage and all, with less trouble of any kind than he had ever experienced at any other port m the world. Mr Jebb's American experiences were m striking contrast to those m Australia. When leaving Victoria, British Columbia, for Seattle, m order to take train for San Francisco, he could not get a ticket without fust, visiting the United States Immigration Office. There he obtained — at. the cost of valuable time, irritating cross-examination and two dollars m cash — a certificate to the effect that he was an 'alien m transit.' This document, which he retains as ai 'curiosity of civilised barbarism,' gives a conoiee description of his personal appearance, and records that the* above-named alien 'claims' to be vi transit for Australia, On i the back of the paper is printed a set of blank forms, ostensibly enabling him ' to. recover the two dollars when leaving American territory by presenting the certificate to the 'purser of the ship, who m turn would recover the money ,frpm the United States Government. 'But though I sailed from San Francisco,' says Mr Jebb, 'and subsequently Honolulu, under the Stars and Stripes, the purser of the ! ship denied all knowledge. of. the official j arrangement, rresumubly m Washington I still remain an alitn m transit, from whom a tax has been exacted for tho privilege of crossing the country. Here . m Melbourne I am a white fellow-citizen. I welcomed as such without fine or hind- j ranee.'" k

In an interview with an Auckland importer, Mr H. M. Waterford, who has travelled m, all parts of the world, gave his impressions of a tour of New Zealand which he has just traversed from one end to tlie other. Speaking of our Alpine scenery, he said he "wished ho could tell English tourists what Mount Cook was like. There would be fewer visits to the Swiss Alps." At the conclusion of his remarks he added some general advice about popularising New Zealand's attractive resorts. "Start ad. vertising them at Home," he said', "and the information .will spread all right. Many, very many, of the people who travel nowadays are people of only moderate means, limes are changing, and travel is cheaper, and to one of the moneyed class you get three of moderate means. The Government has done a good deal for the tourist traffic, but it lias a good deal more to do, and the first thing it should set about is to lessen tlie cost of travel, for you wont quantity, and you ought to have it m the shape of a huge tourist traffic from all parts of the world."