A Bachelor Girl's Club.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12170, 20 January 1903, Page 5

A Bachelor Girl's Club.

FINE FOR THE MEN'Vho REDUCE . . ITS MEMBERS.^

Accordina" to the Now York correspondent ol the "iiondon Telegraph," the members • of the Bachelorr Girls' Clula of ' New York have agreed' to impose a ihne of 25 dollars upom anyone-- .who robs them.' of one of their number. ' The cluib is composed " of bachelor g-irls who ai'e in business. ■ It hag been in existence nearly a year, and a' dozen professions are represented, its membership. •

;f; f "/VVq. are not opposed to marriage," said 'Miss Anna Caiharn, the corresponding secretary. "We are all abfe to make our own way in the , world,, jE^nd are ; simply, - indepenjdeixt ol tlie ripen. If the right ova were to, a;slc j any. one of us to? 'quit bachelorhood/ I1I 1 suppose., she would .do, it, but we have deckled that any, 'm.an who marries'one of us mu^t pay 2S dollars to tife'club." r;, , ( A 1 reception ahd dance, to which men were admitted, followed the meeting at the'clubhbu'scr 'at which his decision was f reached..,.. „„_.„..,,, - , ,

• A statement; ftp been published, '? on v?hat spears to be good authority," that Major-General Babington will leave the colony shortly. The Commandant denies the truth of the statement. In view of the pest small birds v have become in New Zealand, the following paragraph from "CaHscll'a Illustrated Family Paper" of October .15th,~1859, will' excite some comment and provoke not a little strong language : — "Use of sparrow^.—Three hundred sparrows, carefully selected from' the best hedgerows in England, have been, lately sent to New Zealand. The food alons put, on board for them cost £TA The,' necessity ~oi small birds to keep clown the. grubs that devastate the crops in that colony has long been felt. The farmer .is beset by myriads of caterpillars. Should the sparrows become acclimatised and multiply, the greatest bonefit" will have been conferred on the country." • • ' The senior member of the House offor Dunedin experienced a narrow shave a week or two ago of being" ehargeel with , travelling on the New Zealand railways without a ticket, and with intent to. .defraud the Department.. The member in. question is youthful, very * youthful, in fact/.' and* he f 'ha'rl added to his boyish appearance by off. his moustache. On , the guard /of the train, making the demand •■ "Tickets, please/ the young man pointed to his \Yai£h chain , on -which dangled a gold -pass. /'And where, did you get that?'-'*" asked- the. guard, with v look in his - eyes as if ho saw a magistrate and a day pjf in Court in the near/ ":futvtcei Tl^e guard was assured j thatxhb^ass liad been 'honestly come toy/ but hyfceenied doubtful, and Hvas not quite satisfied on the point till he had made full enquiries. The member tolrl thin ntory of himself (says the "North Olago Times") on •his arrival in OamaruV . ' Ball programmes, itivUntion cards,, and tickets, at the Herald Office.