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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 20 February 1906, Page 6

There ik one peculiarity which «».,•« sHcites the Russian labour question. S.,;«e of the work people have now lon con* nection with the land, hut. a.* j«. r.tll known, the vast majority are h:>u:;-t bv the closest links of dutr'and affeci:...ij j*« tbe>r village, and to the little *-tnjw of earth which are allotted to their irmi*v. In fact, pcrhajv most, rf the In.r.V <:-\v {eally come to the mills i:: hopes s-f psv* ing the taxes on t!:e land, and kth- :!;'. family alive in the starving village ••: ,■:.; n,e Between, the villasie and the fac:-. :< :!.ev are continually to nru , f v „. " s< :;l( ; times nsnnany ;:s l, a ]f the hands ?:: .- ir.fl: will .go f-ff to their village* r> : . ,• ihe year, and c;j-.nc luck ing .«•>-) n n the l-.jrl KVi»rl «•; ;j.c nniv. a iniil hand wall*. o!f to take his p!a«. If labour is *hort at. harvest, thev go. Tlie father of the house at home can always send for them. It conies of ?imt touching p:..ssi„n f<>»- the land wind: K the great motive of the Russian people. Mercilessly robbed «s they have lw,-i, !: „. thing .lias yet induced them to believe that land can belong to Czar, or Prince, or pro* pnetr.r. Land, they s .,v. cans;ot l»elon a to people win, do not work it. The land helongs to the peasants. If oulv the (V.r Jviisw what the people suffer, he" would ~ive them back their land. A* Step::i..k long ago. that simple faith is the tra-edv of Russian life.

Though thee is no subject which so nearly touches .the welfare of the people as public health, the "British Medical Journal ' complains that there is no representative of medicine in the new Ministoy.

Begg's have the latest piano plaver. It's • -combination of brains and machinery. Only half the price of similar machines, and is already driving its competitors from the market. It's named the "Apollo,"and w worked by a spring motor, the pedals being used solely for the production of loud and -oft effects. The turning over and bacK jf tie music is done automatical:v. The Knob for regulating the Tempo produces its effects instantaneously, and So a marked degree—while the slight prepare of a button operates the pedals of the piano. A most useful innovation is the ability by the turn of a screw to cbnnse tie key in wnich the music is written. an<i a special feature is the fact, that tho nieces of music may be hired, as books arc from a circulating library, not r.ccessarilv bought. Thus you mny have a repertoire of thousands of pieces of music to select from, without purchasing. Exhibitions are given daily at Begg's.—(Adrt)