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Shannon News, 25 October 1921, Page 4

The fact that' a householder who orders a cord of wood does not get a cord by measurement was mentioned at the meeting of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce. The explanation given by a representative of the trade was that wood was bought by the cord in trucks, but no allowance was then made for knots and unoccupied spaces. If the cord were cut and stacked in short lengths it measured less. One of the members facetiously tendered the advice that the best way to get a cord of wood was to order a cord and a-half.

Five persons died lrom heat in New York City on one day early in August. Seventeen others fell in the streets, and were taken to hospital. The temperature on the street level reached 102 degrees in the shade. A detective in charge of a raid on a saloon in search of intoxicating liquors, apparently maddened by the heat, ran wild with his truncheon and attacked 30 persons, knocking them insensible and dragging them one by one into a room at the back of the saloon before going out to search for fresh victims. Among those he attacked were several women and children.

A question which has been asked us, and which we find ourselves., quite unable to answer (says the Otago Daily Times) is, “What on earth red tape thinks it gains by compelling everyone who wants to supply spare

periodicals, magazines, etc., to hospitals or charitable institutions to

make up every single item of such contributions into a separately addressed package, instead of sending a bunch together, as any sane person not enveloped in the fetters of red tape would naturally do.” It is as if red tape said to such kindly inclined donors, “Well, if you will do these things, we will give you all the trouble We possibly can first, and perhaps that may teach you not to worry us with the stuff.”