NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3507, 6 July 1926, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

Sandringham, the Norfok residence of the late Queen Alexandra, was bought by King Edward for £200,000 in the first place; but the estate has been greatly enlarged since.

Dogs are forbidden as pets to the tenants of (council houses in one suburb of Chester. Tenants are also compelled to keep their gardens in perfect order under pain of ejection.

Not many parents are blessed with a ton of children. Mr. and Mrs Forbes, of Leroy, Illinois, have ten children, six boys and four girls, the lightest of whom turns the scale at 2001 b.

Alastians have become so popular that 5600 of. these large dogs are registered in the Kennel Club Books. Six years ago there were only 54 registered. Special kennel accommodation is provided on board many Atlantic liners to carry British dogs being exported to Amei’ica. This is quite a notable industry. Chemical discoveries have enabled tyre manufacturers to lengthen the life of their product from an average of 3000 miles to 15,000 in the last twenty years.

Ten people have already announced their intention of trying to swim the English Channel this year. Among them are three American and two French women swimmers.

Taxes paid in Britain average £lO 8s fid per head of the population. In Australia they amount to £l3 ISs fid, in the United States to £l3 Os fid, and in Canada to £l3 4s fid.

Is *it possible for a rugby team to score 10 points without its oponenls handling the ball in play? This sounds like one of the riddles frequently asked by aged followers of the game, but it has actually occurred in Auckland this season. A. Ponsonby junior player scored for his team just as a spell ended, and the try was converted. Ponsonby immediately kicked off for the next spell, and another player, following up fast, secured the ball before any of the opponents,- and scored another try, which was also converted. This is perfectly possible, but nevertheless an extremely rare occurrence.

After the recent conviction in Wlellington in the “roll down” game, it was not long before the. showmen substituted'“box ball” in its place. At a prosecution after the Waikato Winter Show Mr. J. W, Poynton, S.M., remarked: “It seems to me that the games have just that degree of skill that takes them, out of the Act,” when he dismissed the charges brought by the police against Maurice Darling, Frank de Lyall and James McCorkindale, showmen who had stalls at the Whiter Show, the three being charged with playing in a public place a game of chance known as “box ball,” and McCorkindale being further charged with playing “ski-alley,” another game of chance.

A court incident, occurred when a penalty of £4 was announced by the Magistrate in a ease at Pahiatua of the defendant having exposed lice-infected sheep for sale. Defendant at the back of the Court uttered a low whistle that could be taken for consternation or surprise at the amount. The Magistrate happened to hear this and told defendant to stand up. “When you come into this court,” said Mr. Mowlem, S.M., “you are supposed to behave yourself, and not make any remarks whatever. You may consider the penalty stiff. I don’t. See that your stuff is clean, then you won’t be tempted to make any remarks, rude or otherwise.”