This will illustrate and describe m a popular manner the principal trees and shrubs indigenous to New South Wales, giving the botanical names with their synonyms, the vernacular and aboriginal names, the territorial and general geographical distribution, and a popular des cription of appearance, sexes, character istics and habitats of each plant, as well as a full botanical technical, description. The illustrations are to be colored, and the flowers will be shown of the natural size, and fruits and barks will also be pictured by a special artist. It seems that New Zealanders who are 3teady, industrious, and capable, are pre ferred so the native-born Australian, m Australia, on whom clinrite influence have commenced to tell. They are found to be-more energetic, and more respectable and obedient m carrying out the orders of their employers. It is said that the sames rule applies even to women, the New Zealand girl being preferred to the native born, and m the Federal Coffee Palaces, large restaurants, first-class hotels it is stated that waitresses and domestics are principally from Dunedin and tasmania. It was a Scotchwoman who said that the butcher of her town only killed half a beast at a time. It was a Dutchman who said that a pig had no marks on its ears except a short tail. It was a British Magistrate who, being told by a vagabond that he was not married, responded, " That's a good thing for your wife!" It was an American lecturer who solemnly said one evening, "Parents, you may have children, or, it not. j-oiir daughters may have." An action lias been brought m the Supreme Court, at Christchurch, and will probably engage the attention of Mr Justice Denniston and a jury at the August feit tings, m which the administrators of the estate of the late John Beatty Greason claim to recover the sum of -£1000. from the New Zealand Accident In niranoe Company upon two accident policies of £500 each held by the deceased. Amongst other defences the defendants plead that the deceased did not meet with his death m accordance with the conditions of the assurance, and that notice of the death was not given as required by the terms of the policies. 