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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11248, 11 April 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

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- ANTIPODEAN FREEDOM. An Australian feels himself as troc as the reddest Republican m the United States.— British Australasian. SOUTH AFRICA'S OCEAN GUARD. South Africa's independence, were the British Navy to withdraw from our waters, would not. be worth threv weeks' purchase.— Friend 1 , Bloemfontein. CONGO DEMORALISED. | The condition of tlid Congo Basin to--day ... would stir the " blood-vessels, of it corpse. Man and disease are contributing to make it one of the waste places of the earth. — African Mail. STOUT HEARTS AND , PUR"E SOULS Men will realise one day" that of alf national manufactures 'that of stout hearts and pure, souls is. the one that will pay best jn, the long run.— Revue des Deux Mohdes, ; Paris. OVERBURDENED WOMAN. ~ 1 The strongest and fairest argument against woman suffrage is that the women haye 1 already too many cares aua responsibilities to,. J?e fbothered with the. affairs of State.— Times, 'New York. SHERIFFS PRIiDICAMEXT. Sheriff Setts, 1 of ; JfoUiJ, Ne-iv York, findi business so slack that he is selling- the local . gaolV in y order'.t6 f&d Ms family.' He tried ,tb 'iesigri,,b.ut the' 'judge threatened to 'fme him for .contempt of court. MEDICAL SGEPTICISM. One of : the worst hindrances to progress m medidine is .the ''sttperior pevr son" Avho lo"oks with, suspicion and contempt on any departure from the' beateq track.-^British Medfeal Journal. * LAUGHED : HERSELF TO 1 DEATH. ; „ Hearty laughter at a funny story told by, a relative caused the death from hem-i failure oi Miss Leha DuUtz, twenty yeari old of Manllattan Avenue, WilliamsbXia-g, N^w York. — „ .■'■ -..-,..' -..■ - '. i! ■ 'V • , .-.. TOBOGGAN .FUNERAL. . '• Moiirhers- at a : ; funeral at Allandale,. Toxoritp;;- found th^ -toad impassable by reason ; of%snow. drifts. The coffin was jilated;. L pn ';- a toboggan ■ and 'men -Ayearing_ sftoSv^slioes dragged . it tlie remainder of tn'e'iw'ftyj'tb' the 'cemetery >■■"-■•■■ •' ' : ■'■■■- ETtIOLnGY: OF WRINKLES, -t "A smdll boy of !ah- inquiring turn Of mmdi loojk'ed'' at -his fixtliei- and; asked: . ."Father, •.r-wiiat*'. are "wrinkles ?'? ''.FretWOiik, niysn'p;. fretwork," . replied piaterfainiliaa', * . confidently. — Inquirer I ,' ±»hiladsniihia'. - - — y V '■• THE CREED OF GREED. ■■To, g^t' ; iTlimiey quickiy^lionestly, if pwtsible.; lnit : tiv.get it at* any- cost— that is-now/tlw relig'ic-rt nf tlie civil lsod \voiid. Money ! \Mrttioy; ! Money! That is now 1 the. 'cry of the. hun^aii, JieaVt.— -Lomlon Ma'gaziiTe. ''• *''' . 1 ■'••'"• • .JONAH'S SIGNAL. '„ • We often notice that kelson's famous) signaj is used for :pblitical purposes ; 'nov? \ye;iind"that. the signal of. another famous, sailor, Jcnah, is- being ufie&. ;by a Socialist. M. P., who has written a pamphlet entitled "Back to the Land." —Liberty Review. . ' .' . " PARDONABLE. : "Here is the cheque for V I? residue of your uncle's personal estate* less legal expenses. , . I am; sorry vthat these have been- so heavy.* Client : "Thanks, jsp. much. Er — by the way, I suppose it was my uncle \yho died, and not vdurs?"-^- Punch. . NO ROOM 1 FOR ASIATICS. We hold posiiesbicn of America — we caw it first— ; it is worth/ holding arid worth controlling, and we should square away to the job of meeting- it down as oiirs. It would he foolish to give away points m this great race game. — Saturday Night, Toronto. ■ BURGLAR'S BOOTY. A burglar at Geneva, having failed to find any. valuables m a house which he had entered, walked off with the baby. This was "cracking a crib" with a vengeance, but fortunately the villain was caught and the' little "booty restored to its parents. — London Evening &ews. AN UNAPPRECIATED TRUTHr : The truth which Captain Mahan >o impressively enunciated that the expansion of naval force follows inevitably upnn^ commercial or colonial expansion, has iiot yet been realised by the great -mass of , the people. — Engineering News. GRANDPAS ACCENT. An American-bomi n girl, boasting of her, English ancestry, said : "Grandpa lias-lived m this country over forty years, but he's just as English m his accent as •when he went to Oxford; "for' instance," she added, "he still says • horanges !"— ' Harper's Magaxitie. ■'■/■ ;■■ DESTROYING NIAGARA; «.Ths proposal extend for ten years Act protecting the scenery of Niagara from further spoliation is cordially to be bominended. To have the great falls and. rapids flowing /between .walls of brick and concrete vvoirid be scarcely less deplorable , than to have them drained dry.'— New York Tribune. AMERICAN BRIDE'S FORTUNE. In the name of Countess Szechenyi bonds to the amount of £4C0,C00 were transferred from New York to Budapest. ' Only a few weeks ago £1,000,030 worth of ■.securities were deposited m the Budapest Bank from America to the account of Countess Szechenyi. . -" . ■ NEW CURATIVE AGENCIES. . .If medical science is to regain the es-tee-in of the world, ie must take the aroand. that for the great majority of. the ailments that afflict humanity the contents of the pharmacopoeia are of very Hunted efficacy ; that for these the directh r curative agencies must be moral and uhvd'ual.— Centurv Magazine. KNOWLEDGE THAT INSPIRES s ■ * DREIAD. Anyone prcfo-undly anaesthetised i.s always very near t-h c border-line between life and death. This all physicians . understand ; and that is why we are oursselves, nf all people, the greatest cowards and the most unwitting to undergo operat j on ._Meflical Tiir.es. New York. SOCIAL MARTYRS. The. ordinary Englishwoma,u goes, to a -party without the least intention of enjoying herself. She merely -wishee to tlo her duty. The ordinary Englishman goes- '-when he does—because his wife i,nsisU 1 upon it, and leveq^s- himself by looking 'A* happy a s a martyr, at the stake —Black and White. . THE BRITISH WORKMEN'S LOT. It is a. great mistake to believe that ihe German workman is better off than the English worker. As a matter of lact. hTs tat -does not even compare with that of his English equal. ; 'Ihe latter is far better off m every way, especially as regards wages, rent and home torn forts.— Berliner ( iageblatt, B HAD* CHARLES 11. BUT KNOWN. ,Tlie threat on the- part of the authorise • U> use an Act of Charles 11. against the Sufiragettes is considered by the latter to he distinctly mean. Had the Merry Monarch had the slightest notion tlr.it the Act would be used for tho .discomforture of the fair .«ex lie would never have given it the royal upprovai. — Evening News. CHILD SOLD FOR SIXPENCE. Miss Zanetti, who has had ten years 1 experience as an inspector m Manchester, ,iavi> evidence before' the Select Committee, on Infant Life Protection. She said that she knew of one case where a mother sold her child for sixpence. This, child went to Birmingham, and she did not know what became of it S " bS Towk 05T lis. UDIKB. ••There are women," says Father Vaunhan "who would tear the last farthing irom a man m order to put a little more decoration on. You have only to see women at shop windows m any of our sweat thoroughfares. lhcy, could not *nend the time there if they were not fascinated and held by something they love. Tiiere are women who would sell their souls for a ribbon.; 1 ~ ASSISTANT PASTOR. F-e«h Vi«in Iwr philanthropic studies among the working gjy'-s of Ne«- \ork. Mis- C-'cilia Payne Tsmpleton. it was .uMinunced Las been made asastant pasior «.f tlw Fii>t Congregational Chui-eh, ono of the most- fasJiionaM* cliurches m St I ».r- 3 According to plans outlined 1),." the' R?v. Albert H. Jordan the cl iiicV* pastor. .Miss Templeton will carry on a work of practical I^^WHIS OWN IDOL MAKER. Woman : .s ;) naser creature-, always a sentimentalist, most often an idealist, \nv man wlu! woe* her finds some kind of omer m her heart. He may _ be as uclv as a. -satyr,' have 0»« reinitation of Me'phistopheles. and yet gajti and hold the flffectU of the nicest win ? n m the wovU simwlv fcceaus* she rUrow-s over siim; "a s U~ wore, the glamour of s»ntiment.—World.

MUSICAL BRITQNS. The Knglish have a passion for «ing,iiig and m no country m the world can •;o much vocal music "he heard. In London alone 800.000 school children are taught to sing. And yet there is a wide ipread belief m Kurope that the English :ie not a musical nation. — Corriere della Sera, Milan. FRIENDSHIP. IN BUSINEvSS. Tlie 'ability to malic and'kevp iriemls is one of tlie most potent eleiiivnts m liiisinej-'g and professional siitce.ss. Where on« man takes, piide m tiw.lact thai- he uevui; ayked a. favor m business, there are thousand who look upon their friendships as the strniiigholds and .safeguards, of their business life. — Town -rind" Country, New I'ork. ■~ OSTRACISM FOR DIVORC]-:. - Divorce' i& liinkiiown m the South American codes ; but, even were- it recognised, it would 'be* 'most sparingly used. The public opinion of ' the.se countries b so ! UiiTdterably opposed 'to ii-he dissolution of the marriage tie that social ostracism would" confront- those who atteihpted Ito avail themselves* df- this Seniedj'. — North American Review. WHAT 1 1£ -ENOUGH TO MARRY ON? Unfortunately for mere man, peerless maidens "ihave different views before and after marriage,, and though she 'may have pronounced : £IWO ji year quite enough" oefore marriage, she niay quite possibly consider it, miserablj*' insufficient after that cerfenioiiy/ and will always be spurlihg the , Unhappy more man on. with a hatpin to -fiake* or to inherit a larger sum.— Sketch. 1 ' . •£16;oaO 'FOR" WOMEN STUDENTS. Mrs -Hfeiiry !Fawc'ett writes that over 800 women "who have passed the qualifying examinations at Oxford and Cambridge' but.ai'e "denied! degrees have taken df'the special degrees which, up to the end of last year, were offered them by Trinity College, Dublin. THe college 'thus received tees amounting to aboitt' £l6,ooo, -which" has been.: eaivniai^ked for Ithe sole; benefit of its women student's.. 1 ' ' ■ RAT CAUSES DARKNESS. ' '• ■ , • ! Thea£i&s, railway strftions,- innumerable restaurants, m addition to-- private > resi- 1 m Charlottenbiirg, Merlin,\...were i.sujdenly plunged into- darkness, one. evehiiig,. o\yihg Jt<>: the failure of the, electric light." 1 [ISxtvaordinary scenes of confusion weie lwea led 'by the light of hfistilyi "sf>ught ? iajrips and candles'. The stoppage, .\vlnch lasted -'half all. •liouiV' w«s tiacetl Yo-it ivtt, WhiMi had 1 julilpe'd iii j aniong th^rinac)iinery' : !it' the, pejver ,sta: Miou. Itis the seoondpechsuon oil which Char)ottehh'i& i g'?lKts hieen -deprivwl of -Jight •by siich-a ciihse. ' ■' ' •■','"'■ ' !'! " ' 10,000 MOUR^ER^: "■ .' '. : 'Cromwell '■ Davies', the HVelsh brfy whose body-ivds found' m the; Tail' river after three* weeks' ;sea'rChj**"\yas biirieil oh 'February 21.T '.; (> '.. ; '. . . '; . A crowd of 10,000 mourners gathered round • Met'tliy-i* ceirietery' gates,; and a clioir of women sang hymns „w: h 'iie* the-wreath-laden coft^in was carried tiii the shoulders of. the members of the search parties' fihrbugli "the 'street's. '• '■'■'•' ' -The inquest resulted 1 m: : a* 1 verdict of "found gowned,- 7 ' and the jury express-, f d. :the opinion " that the unprotected river ''hahli opposjie Hht; •'• boj-'s" 'home should haVefbeeii' feriibed' in; ' ".. . MORE MARK TWAINISMS. -V. Marie' Twain "lids gone "for a holiday m Rermuda m company with ..Mr H. H. Rogers/ the Standard' oil" fihahcifef. I'hey \vcre. both m jocular mood Avhen interviewed by the reporters before starting. Mark Twain, with affected seefdey, drew the reporters, on one side and declared that he could not be interviewed because it would reveal his 'evil companionship. He chaffed the , reporters without stint, and said he was ready to auction off any of his old jokes to them at a dollar apiece to make up the balance of his passage money, which he declared was two dollars short. RIGHT COLORS MEAN HEALTH. People are beginning to realise . that the color of wall papers and draperies uffects the temper, and consequently the health, of the people who live with them to a very marked degree. Light, cheerful colors may not he economical as far as wear goes,, but from a health point of view they are marvellously go; and pretty rooms do undoubtedly save mrthy doctors' bills. For real cheerfulness there is iio color like a warm yellow' for a room on the shady side of the house. Not only should yellow be on the walls of every sunless room, but also : on the ceiling for the sake of fehe- reflection. . THIEF DETECTED BY A HAIR. ; A cook, named Celine was at Paris proved by a clever device to have stolen ±sdoo, and was arrested. ' Her master -suspected that one of his three servants robbed him. Like the lady m M." Bernstein's pkiy, "The 'ihief," his wife was careless With money and left it m an open drawer. Her husband pasted a hair across this drawer, and sent Celine to dust the room. When She left the rooiri the hair had been broken. She was . ;> r rested at once. Stolen money, jewels, and share certificates were found m- -her box. LISPINO COSTS A LIFE. Imperfect lisping., of a little girl cos>t the life of a man m, Oamden. The 11---year-old-daughter o r f John Lsason, Philadelphia, was sent to- a- drug -store to get Rochelle salts from Antonio Riso, who was ill at .her home. Slmj could not speak distinctly, and the "druggist undertook her to ask. for "roach salts," which he gave her. Tho salts were 'put m a gias-s of wa ; ter and given to the sick man. An instant later tbjs mistake was discovered, but the poison already had befr.ni its work. A pliysician 1 was called, ■but before he arrived Riso died m agony. Sergeant of Police Hyde made an investigation, and declared the mistake was undoubtedly due to the, lisping of the little girl. \ DEAR STRAWBERRIES. Forced strawberries were selling at Covent Garden market when the last nviil left London <at the low price for the time of year of 6s a pound. Although that worked out at the . rate of 3d apiece, the forcers declare that 6s a pound for these berries so early jnthe year spells ruination. "Why," said on c man, "ten years ago I could depend upon 15s : t a pound, for these fruits m February, 'and m 'January I have had as much as 30s a pound! wholesale. I do not know what the trade is coming to." Of course Mn s Regent street and Bond street were specimenls at £1 a pound, or a shilling each.- They were a beautiful fruit, large, luscious, and rod. BLUE BLOOD IN THE C*OMMONS. The House of Commons which was elected jn 1906 is undoubtedly the most democratic body which ha.s yet been returned to St.' Stephen's. It will he a surprise to many to know that it yet contains the heirs to twenty-two Peerages. Two Irish Peers are also mem-boi-s of the House. Four of its members have already gone to the House of Lords. Other sixteen .members have the precedence of Peers' sons. The four ex-members of the present House .:. f Commons who have crossed the passage are the Marquis of Bristol (Unionist), and Lords Allendale, Airedale, and ■Kunburnholme, all of whom aro Libe"STUDY THE PATIENT." Sir Dyce D\ickworlh delivered an address at' Paris to tho Faculty of Medicine and; the students on "Tho Personal Factor m Medicine." He so id the profession was so mnch occupied nowadays with pushing baolei iological research that too much attention was apt to be bestowed on the sied and too little on the soil on which it was sown. 'Medical men m tho pursuit of the new bacteriological theories neglected too much to cure and relieve the sufferer. He quoted, amid cheers, the maxim of Jenner— that the first two questions to be decided at the bedside of a patient were: First, What has be got? Second.. What will do him good? VEGETABLE BUTTER. The rise m the price of butter (says a London paper) has caused a boom m tho manufacture of pure vegetable butttH' for cooking purposes, and** food specialists declare that vegetable butter is far more nourishing than either animal butter, lard, margarine, or any other fat, and that it is move easily digested. 'Thousands of packets of pure vegetable butter are now put up at 8d per pound, and the manufaofum's claim that their butter, which contains no water, is as sweet at the end of six nionths as on the day it leaves the factory. '

FOIUUN US KICK LEX HSS. Kobe rt Womack, who <Jisicovered Crjp ; pie Vli'fit-k, the world's givsitpyt gold oam.iv and sold liis claim for £125, is living on trliiii'ity ;il Colorjulo Springs, and a Mibscription for his relief luis Wen started. TJie cn.ni|> has yielded- £59,500.000 m gold since. 1891. NEW WORLD'S RECORDS. It was recently cabled out that new records had been established <m the lirooklands track, by n 6-j}- horse-power Napier, which averaged 85 miles an hour. The latest motoring papers contain full particulars of the attempt. Tho car was driven by V. Newton, and the limes established were : — 50 miles — 35min. 15sec. 1 hour — about 85 miles. 100 miles — lhr. lOmin. 22sec. 150 miles — lhr 46min 18sec. 2 hours — 169 mi lex: The fastest lap was the second, which took' 114 sees., averaging over 87 miles per hour. £1000 IX AN OLD PIANO. ' "A 'remarkable piece of good fortune has befallen a -Olacton (London) woman who last ...summer purchased an old and: dilapidated piano at a local sale. Failing to get any music out of -the instrument, her son-in-law took jt to pieces, a. few days ago, and found hidden, among the wires notes to. the value, it is stated, of over £1000. The treasure trove belongs, /without & doubt, to' the 'legal representatives of. .the person who, being the legal owner of the money, 'placed it there. If they cannot be found, then -the money is divided m specified proportions between the Crown and the finder. • £14,000,000 TO SAVE 10- MINUTES"; Describing - the opening of the new railway under the Hudson ßivfer, which links f up the New York and New Jersey lines, M. -Stephane Lauzanne, m a cable.'grain, .to the Matin, observes '.that the tunnel inKler the river costs £14;0OD,Q0O. and '.was ."built in. eiglit yejirs 'by ■ '6500 hffen. He inquired 'of one of ;'th*e High official's' present how much time would, be saved by the tunnel. "It will be an enormous saving," was the' reply ; "passengers will gain nearly ten 1 minutes." . "All /i .the <lifference between the. . ■■CJ i icl Whrld and the New," reflects M. LavI^n'h'rie,'''"H«fe m. that reply. In America they spend £14,000,000 to-.TsnVe ten minutes; ;ih, France we would not .spend £14 to save a- -'day. v : . "V A jiUSICAL AWAKENi^I. v .. Kubelik, .who is to. appear sit the- Fvyi] nciy TowTi.H.all ;!ji May; ' m, a ■■ i'cc-n.in-tdrviow .Avitii. '"Musical AiifpiicM," '- "expressed his belief that i\w. artistic tone' (if the- United States haft; greclt'ly risen since his previous vis.it to tliilt' cc'kinfry five 3'eavs ago. Tito violinist iemaflced that- tho itleti.- is no. longer prlivahrit m OE-ftTOjie '-i-bftt an ecceilti-ie 1: okrng person V'it'j 'a weirdly-spelled vininb and a''s>)nar.t, press agent '/an ''arouse""' entluisiiatmi .ar.d bear away the shekels of the alleged music loving masses. **. all fe\ ports," lie iulded^'4'he: tlema'iid far' music — -mtieh more ■mli.ii'c^i.^-'ttob eonfihdd to tlie Unitte.d States. .^Australia", has .also undergone a musical awakening, and developed a largo. pubiic- I ;e:ipahle of appreciating the 1 interpretatjtfn '*>f thi "wrirkl of tlic great masters/ -Music is growing,, moie universal, and His appeal : '\'s> iio longer to any . particular country: 1 or. natio.nn.lity." • HALF A MILLION FOR CHARITY. . Mrs Rylands, >.the well-known' philanthropist, who died recently, widow ...of. Mr John Rylands, cotton manufacturer and merchant, of Longford Hall, Stretford, Manchester, has bequeathed the enormous sum of £473.000 for public institutions and charities. Conspicuous a.mong these bequests is "a gift of .debehtiires estimated at .the. value of J8200,000 to the library' founded by her husband m Deansgate Manchester. These shares are 4 p.c. Debentures of ilylands and Sons' Ltd. * The John Rylands Library is to receive £200,000; Victoria 'University, Manchester, £50.000; Manchester and Salford District Congregational Board, towards the building, of a church m Stret ford Road, and Owens College. Manchester, £25,000 each; ' Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Schools, £20.000;' Mansfield College and Lancashire Congregational Union, £10,---000.each. A large .number of societies and charities are bequeathed sums varying from £8000 to £500. SAYINGS ABOUT THE SEXES. • Despite the fact that she can't throw, a. stone, a. woman should have an aim m life. , ' Time and tide wait for no man, but you can't, make a wonian believe it when she is .putting on ■ l her hat. Men swallow flattery without suspecting; the look that 1 is concealed within it. Women know the look is there, but they are so greedy, for praias that they gobble it down. The only time a'nian ever respects the feminine intellect is when he tries to keep house while his wife has gone to visit her mother. s ■ There is always a Woman behind a man's opportunity,, but she pushes it shut m his face just as often as. she opens it for him. A- man' will sit Tip and discourse by the hour about the rise m foodstuffs, and then wonder what his wife does with the housekeeping 1 money. . ' The only trouble with the newfashioned method of rearing children is that 'it .has to be tried on theold-fashien. ■Ed child. v ", NO THANKS WAITED. Mr. Samuel S. 'Oppenheim, a wellknown member of .the Jewish community, "who resided ; m JVlaida Vale, has left numerous bequests for Jewish charities. His will, says the Jewish Chronicle, begins 'with the following words : — ■ "I thank the Almighty, for the kindness He has shown me *m this world ; , and! for having given me bread to eat and raiment to put on, and as a thanksgiving offering to Him I give the onetenth pjtrt m value of my estate for charitable purposes, m addition to the legacies to charities, hereinafter mentioned, for the purposes of showing that a person is not restricted from giving htore than a tithe of his income to the, poor." ; He gives onerhalf. of this tenth part to the council of the .Jewish Synogogue for tho relief of Jewish widows arid orphans, and one-half to the .lewish Board of Guardians, and adds this! request : "That none of the representatives of the beforementioned institutions oi* other recipients under this my will shall thank my trustees or trustee, or the said council of the United Synagogue, or the said board of guardians, at any time \yhen they receive the bounty, but that, instead thereof, they shall thank t!he Almighty for having given them relief. I thank God that He has cn r rtbled me to give back m charity a part of what He has given me, and with happiness I make these gifts." ! "DOGGERY" IN ENGLAND. Sir Philip Jones, who has returned to Sydney from a visit to the Old . Country, says that m England 'there is a great increase of what he- calls "doggery." He stated that "it was revolting to him to observe, particularly ill the West End of London, the affection that some people display for their dogs. "It is really deplorable," he. continued, "when one thinks that if half of this affection and attention paid to {logs were bestowed upon children, it would be a real benefit. But the conclusion forced upon one is that it rather supplants the more, natural affections. The filth created by dogs is noticeable on the footpaths m the West End, where the pavements are worse m that respect than m the East. It shocked me. Of course, there has always been a lot of 'doggery' m the *West End of London, but what astonished me during my Recent visit was the enormous increase. You will see women nursing flogs, and carrying them about with them. They often take them' into their bedrooms, and tolerate them m the din-ing-rooms flf hotels. It js positively unhealthy; and m the Australian climate it would be much more unhealthy than m England, on account of the prevalence of hydatids. If affection for dogs were to become as pronounced here" as m England:, it would, indeed, be a serious matter. What appears to betaking place there is 'that the children glow up m the ways of their parents, so that it is not a passing phase. I like a <!fog, and like to see them treated well ; but affection for canines as manifested m thu West End seems to be something m the nature of a disease that is loathsome."

A SLIGHT MISTAKE. There wouldi be entertaining reading >( writes St. James' Uudget) if we could •trace the' history "of'' some of the donations which figure m the. mighty total given to charity during the year just closed. One subscription which annually appears originated m a comical blunder. A .well-known sporting nobleman was m the habit! of transacting turf business with a. commission agent, whose name happened to correspond with that of. the gentleman interested m a deserving charity in" tlie .same town. To this latter gentleman there one day came > a cheque bearing the nobleman's name. Soon after a second followed. The honorary secretary, believing that the age of miracles had returned, wrote a letter of cord-ia] thanks .to the generous donoi*. ' The latter replied that there had ; been a slight mistake: that the cheques intended for quite a different object had reached the charity. Still, being there, there ; they should" remain, and, now that, he -knew something of the movement, he would be glad to become an .annual, subscriber. And so to this flay he* remains. * MOTOR NOTES. ■A novel motor car test is 1 announced m England. ' The Cadillac Company has requested the R.A.'C to select three of its standard single cylinder -models from stock, have them driven to Brooklands, taken to pieces, and the parts -mixed up at random; The parts are then to be sorted out, and the three rebuilt out of the mixed parts. After the cars are put j together' they are to, go straight away for: a 500. miles trial. The object of the test is to show the high pitch to which standardisation is being brotight by the firm, to enable them to turn out their cars cheaply and reliably.' Motor traffic competition is beginning to' be felt .by several of the English railway companies. Lord Hamilton, when presiding at a recent meeting" of the Eastern' Railway Company (England)., stated that the suburban passenger traffic *:Silone had' fallen' off to the extent of 4,l2l,ooo— which practically equals the total - population of the Commonwealth—during the last half-year, the shortage being Attributable to the growiriw iise and popularity of motor cars qnd motor omnibuses. • .