GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 191, 24 August 1901, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS.

A writer in th« Nel«m Matt say*:— Youg chaps who, in their civilian , would not say bo $ to a goose ■Mm to think that it ia incumbent on to royster as soon as they don the Xing'* uniform. Complaints are made, and with reason, that the khaki is seed frequently an a shelter (or behaviour -which would not be tolerated for a moment from othar tllows in plan dothe», and the notion eeeaas to be graviiig among a ctrtsin class of. i Champa and pnoipiii- 1 that it -a soldier-J j |y to f-e va girly ' flash' wbm in nniformof p&rida. fhe colonial Volunteer. I ■' -who is invmably a vtll-b* havidyoung j follow when ia plain c othes, should bo ftaoght that bis onifjrnl far from entitling him to indulge in license, imposes on him extra responsibility in the direction cf decent behaviour in the . . « The London, Times publwheß a letter from a young Frenchman, who derires our contemporary's assistance in a matrimonial schem*. The Frenchman •wishes to marry an Englishwoman, and to this end he rfqoeets The Time 3 to announce that he offers himself the prize in a lottery, for which 25.000 £1 tickets are to be issued. " The winning number—that is to say, the girl or worn in possessing that number—l encage to marry, bringing her as a 'dot' the proceeds of the lottery.' Th* asnirant for matrimonial honors urgei ThaTimea to t»ke the matter in hand, nomidng to hand over to it £2OOO in tbaevene ef the scheme secceeding If the lady holding the winning number does not suit him, the ingenious youth proposes to give her £4OOO by way of comptnsabion. ratainiog. preggmsbly, the balance for himself. Gomm«nling oa the inadi qa»fce fine «<£l imposed by two Chrißtchorch Jmrtirf on a man charged with striking his mother, the Lyttdton Timet . »ys:—"The brute who strikes his i n cold blcoi ounht to be sent to gaol for a month or two without the option of a fine. We of wf Seeing acy improvement in Justices' Justice so long as the right to administer it is nud« tke reward for political Mrvices, but we hope that the Stipendiary lf-f-*"*" and the police will do their best to permit as few exhibitions cf it as pcsrible.