NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2802, 25 October 1924, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

A porpoise was recently . <-a light l> - Brigli ion and was lak.-n io iHe

A qua riii in ami placed in tin- largest tank. A porpoise is otic of the most dii'iieull deep sc;, lisb to eali-11. and to see one in captivity is almosi ;i ull i i (in ■ experience.

The Chaniie! Tunnel scheme was hi in-- disi-iissed as long ago ;ts 178.7 u lien ,Sir John Sinelair. a Purlin - metilarian nf'llmse days, talked of it io Montgolfier. lin* balloonist. The point witieli most puzzled them was how to provide ventilation. “The only ' means we could contrive for getting this obstacle surmounted.’’ v. role Sir John, "was to compress air in barrels and transmit ii in that state to be let mil in the centre of i lie e.xea vat ion.’-'

The standardisation in size and colour of pound bank-notes was the subject of a question in the House of Representatives asked of the Prime Minister recently by Mr P. A. tie la PeiTelie (Awaruui, who stated tin'll business bouses complained ilia! tin re was a danger and sometimes a loss in handing out small Cl noi s for 10 notes. The Prime 'Minister replied on Tuesday evening that representa-l ions had been made to the banks and lie w'as advised that steps had been taken to effect a MiiifoiTnitv in notes.

At the monthly meeting of the Horowiieima Power Board held in Li vin on Tuesday. Mr W. 11. Cunning (Shannon) gave some interesting figures of l lie cost of operating an elect rie cooker over a period of six consecutive days during which meals were, cooked for a family of si veil persons. The power consumed worked mil at oti units, which at 1 LI per unit, made a cost of li/ltl-l tor the st.x days, or at tin- rate of £1 1-1 -I A per month. The cost for liie whole vear would work mil at

l.'liil i'l/U. Tin- I'ailgf had, lie. skttrd, worked ])ei)'cfll\ •luring’ i ln- |»•-ri*m.l u|' sevrrai ifiimitli.s, u hidi he Imd liii.l il. lls furn’eitifiire was un<|UCSlimmliJo; il was oas\ in ojieralf, and in e(inclusion In- would stale llml. from experifiicf lie could sav that Iha. stalfiiifin hf lun.l heard made ilia 1 an elcelric range would not hrown lnfal in cooking. was without I f imda I it'!*.