OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3392, 27 March 1894, Page 8

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

The! Wellington Post Wys f- The department whjchliaa the workinff of; the Alcoholic* Liquors 'Sale Control I Act in hunt! is receiving queries from all parts of the colony on knotty points in connection with it* working, but the answer in invariably that, m the Itjcal Jsie#.are|td [have control of the elections and I 'tlw Ministration of the Act, the Government cannot advise. The net result is likely to be an early and vigorous crop of litigation. The Act ual (lifted under greiu'preasure and with exceptional J haste, and now that it ut nwsttary to put it into operatinn under circumstances of stress and utrife, it is being found very atflicult of nccufnto interpretation on tnany point?.

A singular instance of canine sugaeity f and fidelity is recorded by the Ha wke'sta Horajd ii) connection with the breaking in immense waves, over the Marine Parade when anmalUog, to which a little son attachedj', went over the sea wall jiixt as a wave was receding The little boy jumped after his dog, and Mr Leo Von Haast, seeing the child's imminent danger, leaped over after him. Just as Mr Von Haast was clamber ing back over the wall*with jthe child, leaving the little dog to its 'fate,'a 1 big 'dog that' had run .up noted the omission, and leaping over'in its' turn seized tne helplens : little canine and brought him safely river the wall, human and canine rescuers- jiist gettin* their burthens into safety as 'a great wave washed over the spot they had, left. t J>• .i »• /.. -i • The Insurance Monitor (New York) of Jalnnary 1 contains the' following" The Legendary NewZealander who etood, or was to stand, ori! the! broken arches of Lonr don Bridge and moralise over the ruins of that great city was a savage. New Zealand, so recently m the time when Macatilay made his cynical remark, was barbarous; that]w»B whit -gave point tosthe remark,' Today thefinhabitantti of/New Zealand carry mofelife insurance m'proportion to" theirnumtjeMjthan the people of any other nation on the globe! Life-insurance ia one of the refinements civilisation!; it; is one of the of'progress f it is one of the best results of} prosperity and intelligence, confirming domestic tranquillity'and business/security] 1 A quarter of a century ago there was very little life inMiranoj in^NewJZealatft; a half centur)? there was none; and a century ago' the savage Maoris were in full possessions of. th.tl.nd." tf'tl/ H.M.6. v ßesolution, says r a^Home ( paper of January SOtli.Moes' not improve in her behaviour at sea. It appears that in crossing the Bayuf r ßiscay,affain^ rolled i in moderate and even 'ta'vourible weather to the maximum thit the pendulum would; show on the indicator and that she shipped, a great deal of water. Her sister ship' the Empress of India had to \abandon*gun practice in similar moderate weather, as she shipped water badly in "a moderate'swell" in which ia;big^craiseronlyroUed'seventeen decrees while the' battleship rolled 'forty. If these reports are confirmed, it is clear that ' [mmething^must{be. attempted to c<»unjteract ( the roll. Bilge ,J l(eeir ! liiive' and( : ho doubt they would be useful; but we understand there is do dock in the country that would admit these ships if bilge keels were fitted. ofthjenew, 50 ton gun Tor weapon would help to give much needed stability to this important coal railier joverHevenl millions) sterling!' including armamentr s and , iool{s4efy' , likfl' being worthless for fightingprpows in open water. I f -H 1H