NEWSY PARS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10245, 10 December 1910, Page 2

NEWSY PARS.

i Several i>± the new sawmills in the vicinity of 'Raetihi have commenced cutting. There will be at least six mills within a distance of four miles working in a short'space of time. The industry appears to have made a good recovery of late, and is sharing jjn the general prosperity. The only tVng likely to imped© progress i* a shortage of men. i

It is reported that W. Percy, formerly with the Pollaixi Company, and for some time in the employ of Mr J. O. Williamson, has secured a big jLjondon (engagement that will run close on a century a week. In addition to this, it is understand tlia.t Pathe Freres, of Paris, havo secured! his services for pantomime work for at least a year. 'As pan(or cinemlaltoigXaph actor, Percy should be seen absolutely at hi« 'best.

The Federal Postmaster-Genei A has hit upon a novel method of deal,ing with telephone attendants who | <ha,ve conscientious scruples aibaut working! on Sundays. Mr Thomas lias decided to transfer them to country districts. Attendants in country centres who have no objection to working on Sabbath will take up duty in the metropolitan area. No redvci tion will be made from the salary. Tn making the announcement somle days ■ago the Minister said: "People in Melbourne selem to be far more rcli- ! pious than those in the country," saH ho, "and we are Bendingi them to ■ places where their conscientious j samples won't be interfered with!"

I . "Get the habiti" is. a favourite, ' American expression, and it is .thig a delegate .'to- the >!Niew;;fZealand Poiiltv^ Conference wants the Nfeiw ifealaud; wiorking man to do in conneotion with the' eating! of'eggs. People got out of the haibit of eating, eggs, he Ueolared, 'because they could not afford to biiiy them, when thej price reached /Is 6d" per dozen. Then, Vwhen the price ciame-;down again they had for-,. ■ giotten iaiboiit eggs, and so a consumer :j-was."lost. He used this as an argxi- \ ment in-favor of an egg' circle' i.o | control the supply of eggs and t-lias ] ensure a : uniform price ■ and, so provide that the working mail would have eggs in. the'house the whole year round. *•;. :: ' :■•■■■■■" -■■/ .•■:'■'■.'.'.;■

, Aii a.large and representative raeet[ing of delegates from various looal pb<>dies held at Hamilton, it was ui-t I animously agreed "That in the opic- ; ivn of; this conferemoe the construction •:f the Auckland-Mariufeau canal arid •the /Vfaiuku-Waiklato canal should be undertiaiken by the Auckland Hlarbout B6ard, Jbeing tlie only local authority comp|eten|b to cairry out the work, avd that this conference requests the Auckland Harbour Board to obtain •tatuibory authority for the purpose of (a) acquiring, the.; necessaiy lafd : for canal construction, (b) construitiag '■■ the aforesaid oanalsi and (c) exercising control over the waterways between Auckland and the Waikato ■Riror." ' .:.■•;'■.■ :-■,.; -' : ' •

An invientioh 5-which, should prove of value to".."'■the public and! picture show proprietors has been patented in Australia, and! a demonstration of its effectiveness was made recently in Sydney. The inventor, Mr J. E. Tatham, explained that his invention consisted! of ai jet> automatically worked, which projects a stream of air on to the gate of the biograph machine. He demonstrated how, without the stream of air, the celluloid films almost instantaneously ignited if flame got near them, and ho^v, with his appliance adjusted; , the same (films were subjected to thesame test without catching fire. The efficiency of the patent*, was further demonstrated by temporarily withdlrawing.the air stream, allowing the film to catch fire, and promptly, by the reappliciation of the stream, extinguishing it. .

The cartoon which appeared in the New Zealand Times and in connection with whioh Mr Massey has issued a writ for £2000, represent* a figure,! evidently intended for Mr MasseyJ hitching up an . ass named "Ananias" to a waggon loaded with parcels marked "startling revelati.m," "expense," "djefamation," "private calumny," "dead men's characters," "pamphlets free," "tammany," -tekctrifying; apparatus patent,* and "mud." On top'of, the load.^isi a woman in a sunbbnnet labelled "scundalmongiering." The waggon is labelled,. "We are the party," and the broke on it is an old boot labelled "delay," while attached to the clothes of the figure is a label upon which appears "Their idea of a politician."' Underneath there are two lines in •black type as follows: "Hitch your waggion to a. star." —Eknerson. Hitch your waggon to a lie.—Dr. Findlay's amendimeatv ,