Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 7 August 1894, Page 3

Notes and Events.

What a dreadful thing to encourage — cock crowing ! Yet our French friends have in their next poultry show a championship competition for crowing roosters. That is to say the bird that crowa the loudest, the longest, and the greatest number of times in a given period takes the prize. One man, whom his neighbours must bless, has a rooster that has crowed no less than 337 times in an hour. There must be a demand for these birds by disagreeable Londoners aa there are often law cases about such nuisances.

A publican residing in London keeps a small menagerie and he spends much of his time in taming and teaching his pets. Amongst the animals ht has two tame hares. A novel 9trike has occurred at Wormwood Scrubbs prison. Hitherto the coke supplies to the gaol laundry have been conveyed by male prisoners with a warder escort. The governor thought well to order that this work be undertaken by the female prisoners employed in the laundry. The females struck and barricaded themselves in their cells. They refused to move until the order was withdrawn, and it was withdrawn accordingly. Peace now prevails in the establishment. !

Marriage appears to be rather a failure afflongsSt the sweet girl post dfjice clerks ill Mnglantl da oiit of the 800 single yoijng woiiien eibployetl in tite. Savings Department. of the Post Office^ billy atioui & ,<jo£ep leave during the year to get married.

A curious custom still survives at Yarmouth by which the town is by law compelled to supply " a hundred herrings yearly to tne sheriffs of Norwich; bakel in 24 pies or pasties, sIM thence, sen'Mo tfie lord of the manor 01 East Cldfettfrii wto" Iff to convey them to the King." They are still sent to the Queen's clerk of the kitchen.