of the World.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2360, 28 November 1908, Page 4

of the World.

1 Mr. C athro, representing Mr. J. H Williamson, is to arrive from booth this morning to complete arrangements for the production here, on December 10th and. lltli, o ? Wiggi of the Cabbage Patch. fremarkable feat of cattle droving is reported from the Feildmg district. A lady of sixty-five, it is stated, drove fifty bead of cattle from bedding to Wanganui without horse or <log, walking all the way, and not losing a beast. .. As an indication of the excellence of the proseitt season it may be mentioned that the October payment to suppliers at the Stratford Go-opeia-tive Dairy Company will amount to £IOOO more than was paid out for October last year. An exchange states that Mr. J. 13. Hine, the Opposition ‘candidate who topped the poll at Stratford, gave vent to his feelings 'tbusly on the aiight of the election: “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said, from his heart, “you’re real bonsers,” and the clieering that followed drowned further utterance.

Shearing operations (says the Wairoa “Herald”) are now in full swing, hut the .rain on Monday will retard shearing a little. There is an abundance of feed in the pastures, and stock are looking well. The timber is now being conveyed to the Stewart’s Crossing bridge from Waikokopu, and the water is now very low, having been let out last week. Addressing the International Congress on tuberculosis recently, Professor Robert Koch, the famous German authority on consumption, states that ho still holds the opinion expressed by him at the London conference that bovine tuberculosis is not transmissible to human beings. At the present time, he said,, according to the reports in the daily papers there is not a single case of bovine tuberculosis in man taking the form of pulmonary tuberculosis. ‘ A meeting of the Kaiti School Committee was held last evening. There -were present: Messrs hyson (chairman), Hay, Rowan, Mor-rah, and Humphreys. The headmaster’s report stated that the average attendance for the month was 146, or over 90 per cent, of the number on the roll. Inspector Hill had visited the school, and had examined Standard VI., with satisfactory results. It was decided to asphalt” the school ground. After accounts had been jxassed for payment, the meeting dosed.

This is the time of the year, says the-Mound City (Montana) “Jeffersonian,” when arises the question, “If a peach tree grows so near a fence that the fruit- hangs over the neighbour’s yard, whose peaches are they? We have consulted all the law dictionaries and finally found that Solon, the great Athenian law maker, tried to answer this question before he began the making of laws, and therefore, to avoid controversy, provided that whoever planted the tree should plant it five feet from his neighbour’s ground, and if it was a fruit tree it should bo nine feet from the property line. This law was made 600 years before Christ.” If is already recognised by the Education Board officials (says tlie ‘‘New Zealand Times”) that the new- Education Act has immensely simplified the law relating to teacher’s salaries. To protect teachers from sudden decreases of salary owing to drops in attendance, regulations of a somewhat complex character were necessary to cover all eventualities. These will” disappear on December 31, and in tlieir place will come a new set, in which will appear details of the salaries receivable by teachers in every grade. Special care is being taken” by the Education Department to frame tlie schedule of salaries in such a manner as to show tile emolument of any particular teacher at a glance.

In connection with 'the recent case of alleged arson at Tologa Bav. and tho committal for trial of a man named A. J. Knight, additional evidence was taken at Tologa Bay on Thursday on the application of the police. Messrs J. B. Morris and W. Oates, J.P.’s, were the presiding and Sergeant Hutton conducted the examination. Mr. J. B. Kirk appeared on behalf of accused. The following witnesses were examined: Muriel Emily Badgery. aged 10 years, daug liter of .Mr. and Badgery, tenants of t-lio house alleged to have been set on fire; Enoch Richards, storekeeper; W. E. Holder, insurance agent; Ernest E. Somervell, of Gisborne, builder; and Detective Riawle T Referring to State fire insurance in New Zealand the "financial News” says: “The net income for three years since the inauguration of the Department is, 1905, £13,127; 1096, £20,962; 1907, £23,194. That the rates of premiums for fire insurance in New Zealand are too low, is shown by the fact tha t the results attained in its operations during the past three years show; a profit of only £1568 after writing off £1902 and reserving £7731 for unearned premiums. The profit and loss account show a credit balance of £B6/. The net losses by fire amounted during 1907 to £12,701 per cent of the not premiums), while the commission and expenses absorbed £8283 (36 per cent of the premiums.”

There are as yet (says a southern exchange) no local evidences that the British tourist is likely to take this country by storm' during the present season. . -He is, as a matter of fact, materalising slowly, and is a very desultory tourist indeed. Last year and the year preceding hi s ‘ correspondence created dismay in local offices on account of its bulk. This year local offices wish he would hurry up with his enquiries and his bag. ‘ The local Government Department which looks after tourists is dealing largely with the enquiries of New Zealanders who .are anxious to g§t from Taihapc to Wellington by the cheapest way, or who desire to avoid the rigours of the East Coast passage. There are, as usual, many inquiries from AngloIndians who generally have six months’ leave and get tired of spending it in “the lulls.” Tho bracing climate of this Dominion is specially made for this class of invalid, .and so Rotorua is getting many of the bored folk that Simla once attracted. ,