Miscellaneous Items.
The cables concerning the Transvaal are continually referring to the longsuffering Uilknders,” and as some of our readers are perhaps not acquainted with the meaning of the word, it may be opportune to briefly explain. The first syllable of the word “nit,” is cape Dutch for “out”— Uitlanders consequently being “outlanders,” or in a more general sense foreigners, and is used by the Dutch when referring to any nationality oilier than their own.
A cricketer at New Plymouth had a bit of bad luck the other day. He was struck in the face rather violently with the ball, and just as he was recovering another ball caught him on the back of the neck, and he had to be carried off the field.
An old remedy for a bee sting is to take some soil, moisten it with spittle and apply to the part suing in such manner that it will adhere. Another and perhaps more acceptable, remedy is to use washing-blue moistened and rubbed on the part stung writer of a paper on the management of dairy cattle strongly emphasised the fact that the milking powers of cows are most injuriously affected by anything approaching harsh or unkind treatment on the part of milkers.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 7, Issue 11, 7 February 1896, Page 3
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207Miscellaneous Items. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 7, Issue 11, 7 February 1896, Page 3
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