local and General.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10399, 24 April 1908, Page 4

local and General.

"Ehiei'e is noit' aiu hi'telligtinlt nuau' to be l'oiuiad now w'lio cares tw* 'stuuiwß for ■wlhslti (is :s£aid in. tiie pulpit,' decilaired Mr Town Ma-nni in ifoe. coai'i'se' of am addlrew in: WellAngtou.

A adhbolgirl of 13 yetos roited'recein'tly m Oiiieleatioto of guaaidiia.nis alb Hejiwoad, Uanaaiallilire. Her ulalmie- wap pliateed fla rtihle listb of ,'vtoltleira. bJs ■» joint oaeupiiei* of a. diw^iingtoulse.

iNburri Bteiy, till© SeoreHairy-Greneilal of the T.uiriai^hi Ftoreiigni Oflßlde', wliioiße dbflltiii is announced, ivias tlhe san of a iFrenldh! oomveiib to Islaimi, wih!o becami© a oaituriailised Ottoman sufojecit.

'0 w'injg to ;Uhe break-up of tlie drou^titt 1 tiie nicik of 'tiimie the daiia*£es are m'aM'nig nip comic of lli'eir lojslb time, and ait one on* 'two' ftiteittaries In iihie Wai!kalto diidtmiiot! tilie supply is 3QXJW bigger tlian in Fefoiruairy.

i& cumious faob is noit&eatoie albouit die !be?ndeire for the SetWbni memorial, of wludK ttoe© were received fiioim •WefHingftlani and on© Immi Aiuieklaind. IHiei lAWdkflland ifiiiimi p^qposesto do tiie «xpvk wdltih Tonga Bhy (Kblacwi) granBfo, a)od one off the WellinlgftbD fk-ms witli Oaitoma-nidiel stone.

. Tihle CWinielse 'Imperial rescript of 189-9, giving .Clalttolio foiyhlaps the rank off viceroy or. Gcwennior, amid priests the Hank of prefect, !b!ais> 'been rescinded.

iA! speaker aft itih© Sydney Women's Baltutfbitw Leagiue la^it week suggested tliaifc, as muen weir© laddKohed to stuiiking, tHiey ouigflilb be 'bi'oaigihit to 'tftieiasenses by all itfie ■wouiien. in ike comDrani'ty dbing tlie same m a unait'ter of i-eftalLMiikm.

Tlie Efceltahunla paipep sltlaites itihia* a cupful o<f giraiss seed was taken ffom tihe criapsi oif a aoniple of qiuiaiil killed ait Neiwanaiiii 'recedtiiy. As 'tlie grams eeied is sdatfcered over ibuimit areas of laiu<i ilt is greediiCy pioked nip foy Califoniniain. qulail and ain!a3l trirdß.

It'ere is a. rttnoiour ou/ftiemib that a nitovememb is oni .foot to form an artillery cwiTps in •HJaim/initJon;. © Kta ideai becotniea a ooncrette 'fact ilb will be a'lmtoSif a record! departure In. vdlunlteeriog, says tihie WaikoltoTLniies, as -hliltliertio aiH oaitiilteiriy eoiips tlbJrouiglhbu'b ,thle Domainton 'LJave hlad■■ stiheii" base ait a seiaipoit.

iAs BlbJowSngi tihe grefeub demlaittd" for tedhraiicoiH eduicaftion ia Nenv Zeailaindj, it aniglit "be (niedbioniedi tih-aifc apaiit from (tihe vaniiioiuls fine tiedinicail scliools in Itfae •llaa'ge oeutreis, Initeraiaitional Cbtw'ebipoind'eace Sdhjoofe lhia,ve now 7000 dtludents in 'itJi& Dounmion, iamd are ritil enmoflfag pulpily at itlie ftilbe of miudty per anmntli.

The faainetf has now become in somte measure recomiciled ti> the faldb tbkilb "wool is do^vu" a^d, is making up his 'mind to saMleir pjfofiitis.. CifOßSbred slhbw^ tHi'aJt. greolbetelt dlitorp, ibiit there is a.: large giiali.ni of eioiailfoiib in tflie faob. tlhtatb -evten v/Hh tlhie pmselntb dlrotp of 4d per lib .prifces aa-e still 100 per cent better tha,m in 1901, _wihlen the lowest pnic© .wajs' retaidh'ed.—^(:Wia)i> kato earreispoindht.)

Ittie Prime Minister wiiolte .tb the Ta Aktfoa, Bomoiuiglh. Oomtaldl, witli referenice ta the rtequeelt made bjr »tJie depu^aitdbini '•wh)ifcE>iwaa lt©di on Iwm iiu, reference to purdhase off tihe /remaiiind'er of LTipseyboiWD', and the trtunHfacfo-tltoe-Te Ai'olhiaj Bonv)iuigili Oountoil, as a.n endowttn'etolti of oeritiaii'n lands puTchaeied" fnopn, Mr Gwtin. The finst m'eitJ6ni&d l hlap been. looked info, and it does not appealr tlhalb a>ny furtihor stops can 'lie' taken ip the nialtfteai -at pj-eseinfr. (Re-; gariidng tiie .eni'dowimenltl the Minister 1 stated tha-ib tixe land His oiuitside thie 3'Orouffh, area, and h«irtefora he negratten tttiaffc tttie' requeslt mild r.ot' be giranted.

lAjoooi'diilffig to sEaifisibii'osi juslfc issued fi^olm tllie office of the Rfifgds/t.iiaaJ-Gen-eral Wlie. average ydanily epirnings of the 'mhile popullaitiom of itlie D'omiinion is—or was in 1906, for wfodcli yeai" tibe reltunni ie aiadc up—J294 2s 6d j amd female eatings £4^2' 7s. On tllie malelslMe tlie earniinigs in tlhe vaatioiis ocicup,a)iiions aii'e given as foillows.: — Emfeasdonal S, djonmedtic £79.3, oomuneiioiial £115.9, ti'anispoait £108, itn<diuis|triar £94.1^ agntiiciuiDtui-al, paisfcxriall, • amntoeirall, ana, otthieii prfmiaa'iy produoena £73.3, indeifinite £95. FempjLe eainninigsi: Pircfessiomal £67.2, doniies'Sc £37.3, <cK>mim ieaicliiail £87.9, itapin^pio^b £59.X* imdiusltiriaO!, £40.1, esitiouilturall amid oitsi©r primha'y pftdUeers £212'.4r, indefindtte £50.

Tllie co/DBuoniptßoKi of buitltei' has of llalte been so gneat tIM. owing tio- * tflie bii^ih: prices .ruling 5& London a. demland, large and isusitaiiineid, ha® airie&n. under the "Food amid Drugs Act" for .' m&rgaaTi'ne, 4Lnd tine Inspectors haive been oalflelully wiaHitihiing vend'eirs to see tltiait an|airga,rin.e is noit. patesed off as bultiter. 'The a->e>sxi!lfc has been Ithiaiti qiUftte a j muimber , of pro.secutilo.ns b|atv© beam made, amid sarnie foHauduilent dealers iblaive 'been fined as miucli as £•20 for paasimg off mairgarinle as bUtfer.

iAJ fealtniire' of the 'Oaili'fariniiiain sdhame of ajgriculJtiuniall laduiaajtioni is tflie reading course, for stiudepitls iin. tHn&ir hoaies It wlaa (found rtfliia. the lec*uires did not go fa* enouigfo amd 'tiljie reading coiulrfgaa "were ladqpibadi iin cinder to camplota itflie syStemi. Yoaimg raiea wanking on famnis, faiiiinerß, and oaidbiairdists a|tfttefn'd tlie leatiuiiieis, laivild are inivited t<j •wrate tatters an tiheisulbjeets niuder dife-. oirastioni. Tihese. letibeite. are. (posted to Mile Terf.ulrersi, <tflie etiiuiderite pacing tihe pedtia^'e. 'Stajndard 'textt'. .b'aolcs an© lobMediHioi liih'e studeafe, wiito .we thereby Qiii'd'ed i:m ttdieV work duaiuig suicfo htonii'is 'als tfoi&y miay be albte to give reaidinig. It is found, n"'m, 'tlh'ait /good use 51s mnidj?i of tllie bwllelbinis issued by tlhie aiulflilaifeets off Wie Agii;irii#iii)i<al Colege.