Local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10298, 19 July 1907, Page 4

Local and General.

Alfred Taylor, a. horse-deaier, has died „ at ,the .■:■■ Melbourne Hospital from .the effects, lOf an overdlose of ejioalypijus. ..Deceased..bad tafeen'• it to cure, a: cp^and^had'-also inhaled tlie vaipbur.. r Eucalyptus, like camphor,, though a' val^tide. remedy .in cases' of .cold, is yery -.dangerous • !in cases of overdose.

One London school had the foliowriug* impressive -salute on Empire Day: —'Eatii' child, pointing, to the flacr, procilainiiedi in unison •" Flas ~6f" my fiitheis; Standing for freedoinn-i-i I love thee •' staiiidingi for justice—I f honour thee; sfcaudin# for our Em-pire-Hl salute thee. Then, in true military - fashion, there followed a pneral 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 Voriy 5a tlie c"rv. With the object of further exteiif3:»g 'he work there i*? a, movement, on foot in Sa'vat^'ou .Army circles /to secuie a suitaK'e site 'near Wellington for the establishment of a Prison ■Gate Brigade Home.

iAI gi,ga.ntio work is going on ■in , New South Wales in the damming of i rivers. One dami is to be constr'ueted ■whK'h wquild stnrp twice as ivn~b waiter as the.famed Assnnan dam. ?nd one was proposed which j would provide a reservoir" for three times the quantity of tlie fir-t, or "six , times that of tlie. grpat Egyptian bwI rage. The en,gineerin;rr fea^s nre -renI dfered comparatively easr b tfie conf fonnation o* the hills between which j the, "streams run.

In.' a. breach of promise ease at Palmei'Ston, the spingtef defendant a^kigied as a reason for nob fuiailing the nuawiagte, contract that she did not really ciare for thie plaintiff, and "only (became engaged 'to him to spite some gjrls in Masterton." This is a Mild idf spoitfc -vvihfeh, th;e plaintiff took no pleasure in, for'he had.got the happy-homei ready stacked with £50 worth of furniture, a,nd had sejeuired i the iwedding; iring;. However, he admitted thlat hie. ;;stqll had the furnitiure and ringi in his possession, so his claim of £250 was ■reduced by judgmenib to £15, nothing being awarded for his wounded feelings —'Marlborough Herald.