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THE MAIN TRUNK. The Main Trunk run is arduous work for the drivers and firemen. Their responsibilities are the greater in that much of the travelling is done in the night. The pace at which modern business speeds nowadays adds miles per hour to the rate of the trunk line trains, and increases to a marked degree the strain imposed on the men in charge especially in the winter. The comparative rarity of accidents involving life is the best possible indication that the New Zealand Railway hands are as described by the Leader of the Opposition: “A band of workers as experienced and reliable as can be found in any part of the world.” To that tribute the whole travelling community will unhesitatingly subscribe. —Christchurch “Sun.” A WONDERFUL MAN. The work that is being accomplished in New Zealand by the heroic women who go out into the backblocks and endure all sorts of hardships in the interest of humanity is one that will form a bright page in the history of this young country. No reference to the subject of childlife preservation would be complete without an acknowledgment of the immense seiwice that has been rendered by that wonderful man, Dr. Tniby King. He has made the subject a life-study, and has set an example to the whole world in the matter of the scientific and sympathetic treatment of women and children. His devotion and enthusiasm have infected thousands of people in the Dominion, and it is largely through his individual effort that New Zealand to-day occupies so proud a position, from the point of view of child-life preservation, among the nations of the world.— “North Otago Times.”