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in Town .
and Out
(tun sets 5.23 p.m..- rises toiiiorroii:,
7.10 n.m.
Jtoon rlaes 8.57 p.m..' sets touiorroiu,
. . ,11.42 n.m. ,
lllgh irnti-r tmnornnii, 0.35 11. si.
ami 0.58 p.m.
Low water tomorrow, 19,45 a.m.
anil 1.11 p.m.
lAght -tip, 5.23 p.m. dtp hoiiiiilnrp;
5.53 p.m. suburb null country,
Ttvo Labor Rioals
r HEAR thnt In Labor circles hero thoy
are wondering whether tho Internal
struggles that hnvo rent tho party In twain
nnd weakened It In Sydney nro being trans-
ferred to Melbourne.
At a recent meet
ing of the Trades
llall Counoll one
speaker mndo flat-
terlng reforonco to
tho work of Mr A. C.
Willis, tho minors'
lender, who has boon
defying tho forces of
the A.W.U. In Now-
South Wales. Now
Mr IVlllls hlmsolf Is
In Melbourne.
And a day or so
after his arrival, who
should appear on the
scenes, hero but his
deadly . rival tn
New South Wales
Labor circles, Mr
Bailey, who ' had
, Mr A. C. Wlllla Help
, Mr A. C. Wlllla
nlso hnstencd over from Sydney. Tho
latter has declared that he , will
not rest until the Willis section Is
defeated .Anally — and these comings nnd
goings of the two rivals are Interesting Vic
torian Laborltes, whoso political atmo
sphere has up to the present been moder
ately calm. Is there a storm, browing?
The Independent Man
QNE of tho most prominent figures In our
pastoral Industry Is Mr James Clark,
who has Just come to Melbourne from
Queensland to look Into tho wool . position,
and tho future of Bawrn. Ho is a good
exnmplo, nnd champion, of the virtues of
Independence.
Ho started .on his own with a capital of
£70, after working for some time with a
Queensland firm. He tells you that ho did
not sco why , ho should make money for
others.
The Half-Crown Touch
JJE likes to: teach the lesson ot Independ
ence. Not long ago a little newsboy in
Brisbane sold him a paper; and Air Clark,
struck by tho boy's appearance, asked . him
Why he did not start on his own. ' "No
money, sir," said the youngster.
"How much could you start on?" asked
Mr Clark. "Half a crown." was the modest
answer, and Mr Clark, chuckling, promptly
supplied the necessary capital.
Of course, the story ought to end In the
newsboy making, a success ot Independence.
But, as a fact, It doeBn't! Weeks later Mr
Clark met the youngster again. The boy
told 'htm that . his. mother had thought -that,
after all, ItW-ould not bo ndvlsable for him ,
1 to make an attempt at Independence so
' early. "Sd here's your half crown" back,
sir," added thie boy. ' He had been keeping
It. on purpose to rppay Mr Clark at the llrst
opportunity!. , . ! .
Plus Four Days . ' '
yjR C. BUCHANAN, of Mycr's Ltd., de
clares, I sne, that "plus fours," beloved
ot the golfer, are' being Increasingly worn
at dance halls in England; If the -fashion
spreads here, I can see a rush of woiild-be
dancers making for physical culture schools
In order to develop their calf muscles!
And if this sporting garb becomes really
fashionable, shall we dare to go to any really
nice dance In the ordinary trousers of even-
dress and 1- 4's?
A Family Record
JJEAR-ADMIRAL SIR GU.Y GAUNT.
M.P., - who . arrived In Melbourne ; yes- 1
terday, is a member- of 'a refoarkab)e;B'at-
larat family. His ; brother, ..SIr,C Ernest .
Gaunt, was also an Admiral In. the" British
Navy, and was with the first battle squad-,
ron at -Jutland. He retired recently. ' .-
Another brother. Lieut.-Col.-CI R. .Gaunt,
joined a British Dragoon ..regiment long
ago as a trooper, rocolvod a commission
during the Afghan wars, nnd now holds an
Important military position In India, Two
others luid leading legal, positions In Bur-
nmh| and Mrs Mary Gaunt, tho well known
nulhorcss, ' Is a slater. . Altogether a re-
markablo family record
University Debates
PUNCTUALITY hns not ..oon a striking
feature of the University debatro be
tween undergraduates from our own Uni
versity and from Oxford, Last night tho
largo , audience waited for so.nio twenty
minutes for 'the proceedings to begin.
The State Governor, the iSnvl of Strad-
broko wan thcrv nnd the chairman caused
some amusement by announciuc tlint 11,9
Excellency had to leave .early, but did not-
desire that the nudlenco should stand up
when he did so. "In faqt, . he wishes to
lcavo Just like any other ordinary person,"
he add'd— a democratic' remark that was
greeted with cheers and laughter..
Goodbye Oxford
fJlIIE Oxford .team', lenves Melbourne this.
uftcrnoon. They am going, as Mr Theo
dore Fink told thorn yoatcrdny nt tho lun
cheon- given In their,- honor by Tho Herald
and Weekly,. Tlm'-a- Ltd.; to tho City of
Churches,
And Mr Fink suggested' that If they would
And time, before tliolr departure, to look at
the stalwart men and women on Melbourne's
pavements they would realise, that thoy were
not leaving one of the Cities of tho "Plain"!
I hope thoy . followed his ndvlce. Mel
bourne's Winter. Girl wltli furs Is as charm
ing as her summer sister without sleeves.
An Australian Abroad
J HEAR that Mr Jack Botiython, grandson
of Sir Langdon: Bonytlion. of Adolaldo,
has been crossing oratorical swords with a
former - Australian
Qovornor — the Earl
of Beauchnmp, who
whs Governor of New
South- Wales some
twenty -years ago.
Mr Bonytlion Is
at present at Cam
bridge. University,
and tho other' day ho
wns present at a do-
bato,' during which
the noblo lord cham
pioned tho free trade
uaus-.
A ' protectionist
Lord . . Bcauclmnip . Help
Lord . . Bcauclmnip .
answer from the Australian point of view
was supplied by young Jack Bonython;-and
so impressed tho Earl that ho Invlted'the
speaker to' spend a wr-ek-end nblils home—
perhnps In' tho hope of converting hlml .-
A Puzzle Solved ) i
JJERE is the solution joy Uhe 'two-minutiB
puzzle - which I printed . In . this; column
on Saturday. The four lotte'r-word. Y. 2.3 4. -
was I- AMP, Which, as' the clue said,
."lights"; In the order 4:2 1 3 It . is PAL M.
which "grows'1; the three' lcltcrh, 2 3 ,4,
give us A.M. P., which certainly,, "insures, '-
and .In' the order' 3 2' they gl'vd.us M A ip,
' which "guides:" '... . .
. Several : readers have sent Iri brain
teasers 'of their own:. making. ; -Some, : of,
these will bo printed; lat'er-ln ' tho week.- '
WHO TOLD YOU: THAT? " ..
A MAN on a" walking tour,, while passing
through h country" village, came acrois '
n farmer Wlio apnoa red to lie in dlfflcultie's
with his horse." Tl'o latter would stnrt, go
slowly tor a few-yards, iind then- stop-again.
Thereupon the, farmer, Would have- great
difficulty. In- getting it to start once> more.-' '
Finally the traveller approached and
asjeed .. solicitously.- '"'Is your - horso . "'sick,
farmer?" - , ..
' '-'No, not as I". know of," replied that
Worthy.;,- . . , - ' .. '
"Is he nervous, then?'-' «
."No;. b.ut he's so frightened ' that' i'li say
,'Whoa!' and he won't hear me, that he. stops
every once in n while to- listen;"- '
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