And, in reality, a British line of march resembled nothing so much as a paper chase, with cartridges as '•scent." One hundred and fifty cart ridges strung round a weary, hunery men, is a heavy load, and, on night marches, most men would relieve them selves of the larger part, and, perhaps, fight a rearguard action against their own bullets next morning' • • * The British paragraph writer is at present excelling himself in the matter of fibs about New Zealand and New Zealanders. One paper says' that '•The Maori makes a most loyal and faithful retainer " And we never knew that Maori ffirls would break then necks to go into service for the pake ha miesusr or the Maori man rush their white fellow-colonists for places as "boots" or knife boy. Nor were we aware that Rotorua natives gladly ac cept billets to drag palefaces in rick shaws. Perhaps, some day we may be persuaded to bring in an emancipation bill to liberate the "faithful retainers " Go away from home to hear news about yourself. Tn the clutches of the law' A Southern man was sued by his wife for maintenance The man's lawyer said he could not maintain her because he was bankrupt Also, how could a man be called upon to maintain his wife p "He owes me £70 for legal costs'" moaned the lawyer. Transpired also that the man owed another firm of law yers £100 The Magistrate thought that a food wav out of the difficulty would be to P^ive the £70 lawyer an order on the £100 lawyer '_ Probab \v both would be well paid if the Magistrate had the now er to do a^ he suerQestod • # » It is difficult to restiaiu. the matri monial mania m some people The other clay, in Chnstchurch, a widow , aged sixty-five, asked her able-bodied son for maintenance. The Magistrate ga^ c him a. cutting httle sermon, with Honoui thy father and thy mother" for a text. The man explain ed that he would give her a home to h\e m and an allowance if she would not marry again' His Worship smiled. Suiely that is not a difficult condition to comply with," he said Well. 