If recent developments in the mining world can be relied on, there is ample evidence that our premier industry, thanks to the steady influx of British capital, has taken a turn for the better. At the present juncture mining matters are receiving more attention from the British investor than they have done for some time. This is due partly to the open condition of the money market, and partly to the suc cess which has crowned the efforts of English Companies operatingin the Transvaal and elsewhere. The re newed activity manifest among the mines of this district will be hailed with satisfaction by all those who directly or indirectly depend upon our mineral riches for a living.
The principles advocated in Grant Allen's new book, " The Woman Who Did," are likely to cause a sensation in society circles at Home. Grant is going to revolutionise pur present code of morals bearing on the relationship of man and woman. Marriage is to give way to an elevated form of con cubinage—woman is to enjoy the " privileges of a mistress" instead of the "responsibilities of a wife." Happily, however, for the cause of true morality, "The Woman Who Did" carries its own antidote with it, and the influence the book may have on the feelings of civilised mankind is practically nil.
