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Star (Christchurch), Issue 894, 12 April 1871, Page 4

German Immigrants. — The following ia from the Hobart Town Mercury of a recent date : — Of the German immigrants who errived here by the Figaro, about four months ago, there are still 26 who are inmates of the Immigration Depot, Liverpool street. Of this number, nine are adults and the remaining seventeen children under the age of 12 - . years. The Immigration Board lately determined to require that a small payment should be made for the maintenance of those st'H remaining in the depot, and the adults and parents of the children have accordingly, Bince the Ist instant, been paying for the rations supplied. The children are sent to the Central School, and are making fair progress in acquiring English. A large proportion of the immigrants have obtained employment on the Bast Coast, especially at Swanport, and their masters express themselves as well pleased with the manner in which they conduct themselves. One of the immigrant 1 ., named C. C. Peterson, is about to start a rope manufactory, and will commence work next week. In this he is to be encouraged by theGovernment, who some time ago bought a ' quantity of New Zealand flax, which is to be-j converted into ropes. The requisite machinery has bean constructed under the personal' supervision of Mr Peterson. Peterson will be required to teach his trade to the boyswho are now under sentence at the Cascades Training School. Women's Rights. — The London correspondent of the Argus, writing on Jan. 26,. says : — The Btrong-minded ladieß of the present day are keeping themselves very fairly before the public, aud in some points a little too much. For instance, there are what are • called the " seven besiegers of Athene," who are the seven lady medical students at Edinburgh, who, not content with learning the principal portion of the medical profession, insist upon dissecting in company with the regular students. I can scarcely wonder that the latter, not over particular aa they are s would nevertheless feel this to be a . terrible breach of delicacy, as anybody who knows afl dissecting-room will understand. A greats mutiny has arisen, but the ladies stick to theltfl point as though it were tbe one great reason! for which they entered tbe profession. It isa proposed that there should be female inS spectors of schools, to which I see no objecH tion ; and a movement is taking place to f urfl nish some instruction in domestic economy! which is certainly a step in the right directions Miss Faitbfull is endeavouring to start M training institute for servants, and if she sucfl ceeds, it will be one of tbe best things tha9 she ever did, for housekeeping is one of thosfl branches of knowledge wbich have comHj pletely gone out of fashion with our grandfl mothers. This is one reason why men carfl not afford to marry, though, by the way, thjH directors of the Union Bank, who issued afl edict that none of their clerks should takeffl wife unless his salary was over £150, camfl in for a terrible share of abuse for inteifl fering with the liberty of the subject. Ttjß intention was very good, but the legality <S_ such an order appears to be very doubtful. H