ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43117, 23 July 1907, Page 4

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Free kindergartens ar'e tb be established in 'Christchurch. Shorthand is being introduced into some of the primary schools in Wellington at a. small fee. Alfred Taylor, a horse-dealer, has died at the Melbourne Hospital from the effects of an overdose of eucalyptus. Deceased had taken it to cure a Cold, and had also inhaled the vapour. Eucalyptus, like camphor, though a valuable remedv in cases of cold, is very dangerous in cases of overdose. One London school had the following impressive salute on. Empire Day:—Each child, pointing to the, flag, proclaimed in unison: Flag of my fathers: Standing for freedom. — I love thee; standing for justice—l honour thee; standing for our Ern-

pire—-I salute thee. Then, in true military fashion, there followed a general salute. It is not generally known, that although the. Salvation Army has- no Prison Gate Brigade Hme established in Wellington, there is, nevertheless, a great deal of assistance afforded to ex-prisoners by that body in, the city. With the object of further extending the work' there is a movement on foot in 'Salvation- Army circles to secure a suitable site near Wellington for the establishment of a Prison Gate Brigade Home. A gigantic work is going on in i

New South "Wales in the damming of! i rivers. One dam; is to be construct-! ' ed whiich would store twice as much • water as the famed Assouan dam, and another one was proposed which _ would provide a reservoir for three ■ times the quantity of the first, or six, times that of the exeat Egyptian barrage. The engineering feats are rendered comparatively easy b - the con-. formation o-f the hills between which J the streams run. I In a breach of promise ease at] Palmerston, the spinster defendant alleged as ai reason for not' fulfilling the marriage contract that she did! not really Care for the plaintiff, and "only became engaged to him to spite some girls in Masterton.” This is a kind of sport which, the plaintiff took Jno pleasure ini, for he had got the - happy home ready stocked with £SO i worth of furniture, and had secured the wedding ring. However, he admitted that he still had the furniture and ring in 1 his possession, so his claim of £250 was reduced by judgment to £ls, nothing 'being awarded for his wounded feelings. t —-Marlborough Herald.