BREVITIES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3124, 21 January 1911, Page 10

BREVITIES.

A Turkish bath, a theatre, and a swimming pond are a few of the luxuries which will be provided for passengers ; n the* latest Cunarder. Aeroplanes are breaking all records- — except those of reliability. 0 for .a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, “There rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. —Cow per. "Tis .greatly wise to talk with our past hours And ask them what report they bore to heaven. —Young. Herr Ebers, a gamekeeper of the royal hunting preserves of Koblitz Letzlinger, near Hamburg, Ims a dog which talks German (says the- “Daily Mail”). Those who hear the dog talk for the first time are often half-frightened, so uncanny is the impression. A consignment of water melons from Sydney( the first of the season) reached Napier .a few days ago. They were sold by auction, and averaged about- 91b in weight. Some of them brought as much as 8s 6d each.

“High brows” is the latest New York slang term to typify persons whose heads •are inflamed with .air or ignorance instead of knowledge. The annual review in the Boston “Commercial Review” places __ the amount of unsold wool in the United States at 162,521,0001 b., against 97,322,50001 b, at the corresponding tune last year. The figures for the year just closed were only exceeded in 1898, 1899, and 1901.

The British motor-ear trade promises to experience a prosperous year in 1911. It i.s stated tlfta the orders already on hand afford most, favourable comparison with those of the corresponding period of last year. In motor-bicycles there is a stronger demand than ever. A Yorkshire terrier, which weighed only seventeen ounces, was sold for £ls at a toy dog show at Norwich. A lecturer on bees says it may be interesting to suffragettes to remember that in the hive the female occupies the highest post. “Now, I’ll take your temperature, said a doctor to a Hebrew patient.“ You can’t, ilia tear man ! Everydink vos in ma wife’s name.” Mendicant: “Yes, muni, once for a whole year I turned my back on likker. Kind Lady: “Ah, my noble man, what were you doing at that time?” Mendicant: ‘Driving a brewer’s dray, mum. A land salesman, who effected a sale of an estate at Waiotapu, received as lus commission £2,000. The purchase price of the land was £36,000. Professor See, of tlip. United Utates Observatory at Mare Island, C-alofornia, states that lie has , received messsages from scientists throughout the. world, agreeing with his:theory that Venus is inhabited. A gentleman who had been spending the holiday season somewhat hilariously*, and whose skull had collided severely with a bottle,- has been detained a few days at the Stratford Hospital. He appears, up to the hour of leaving, to have held unusual views as to the character of the institution. He was curious as to why the “landlady” wore “streamers,” bothered the “waitresses” for tobacco and -matches, made frequent inquiry as to the whereabouts of the bar, and finally called.for his bill, when Jus repeated hints that a better table might be kept were disregarded. He paidl Ins bill, but felt that for the money meat should certainly be served three times a day!