NEWS & NOTES.

Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1475, 6 February 1903, Page 4

NEWS & NOTES.

It is said that in some parts of Japan robbers are convicted on a majority vote of the community. To ensure cleanness in the hand" ling of bread, the bakers of Berlin put each loaf in a paper bag iu3t after it is baked. Mr Rowntree's investigations in York «o to show that the average expenditure in drink among alflaboring classes in that city amounts to Ss per week. If a private company ran the railways it would soon get into trouble for overcrowding. To-day, as an example, the mail train was so crowded that some passengers simply could not get seats.—Hawera Star. A cycling match between two champions is thus decribed by a Christchurch pnper:—' Each competitor strove to out-manccuvre the other, and Sutherland was the more successful.' And this O ye gods, is sport. This is how the Tapanui Courtier astrong anti-prohibition journal, puts it:—Judging from the good resolves of publicans in various parts of the colony sines last election, it can only bo inferred that hitherto the law troubled them but little. It is apparent that the reform has been too slow in starting in some instances. A Gore lady, who is in business on her own account, received a note recently to the effect that someone wished to see her over at the railway station, a train being just then on the point of departure. Leaving her shop unattended, she went over to t|io station, and discovered on her return that her till had been rifled and £l3 stolen.—Ensign. A pleasant and rather novel Christmas card has been received by the Christchurch Meat Company from a customer in London. It consists of a verso, to which is attached one of the tickets affixed by the company to each carcase it exports. Tho verse bears the address—' IS Bond Street, Cobham road, Stratford, E., London, England, 23.12.02,' and is as follows: Friend, I took this ticket off a sheep That once belonged to you, The leg was plump, with juicy flesh As sweet as morning dew. So as a Christmas wish I'll hope Your flocks may thrive and grow That we who live where land is dear Is 0 scarcity may know. Faithfully yours, (Signed) THE QUAKER. In future all candidates for appointment as Slaughterhouse Inspectors, except duly qualified veterinary surgeons must pass an examination on the following subjects:—l. The provisions of ; The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1902,'and of such amendments thereof, and regulations thereunder as arc in force at the time of the examination. 2. The provisions of ' The Stock Act, 1893,'and of such amendments thereof and regulations thereunder as are in force at the time of the examination in so far as such provisions have any bearing upon the working or management of slaughterhouses. 3. The standard market values (an ruling at the.time of the examination) of cattle, sheep, and pigs 1. The general principles of hygiene and sanitation as applied to slaughtering premises, including the proper methods and conditions under which stock intended for human consumption should be handled and treated before and after slaughter 5. The nomenclature and situation of the various organs in the animal body and there appearance in health and disease. 0. The disease and conditions prevalent in tho colony which would render the flesh of stock affected thereby unfit for human consumption. Messrs Gilruth ?nd Heaks have been appointed examiners in connection with this regulation.