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Shannon News, 7 February 1922, Page 3

'Thousands of pounds worth ul hay and oats is rotting in the paddocks of South Auckland owing to the continued heavy rains. The proportion of farmers who have succeeded in getting their hay and crops in, in good condition, is said to he very small indeed—Waikato Times.

The greatest hand contest ever held in New Zealand will take place in Wellington this month, when 40 hands will compete for honours. To find accommodation for 1500 visiting bandsmen lias been the task of a special housing committee, and this has now’ been satisfactorily accomplished.

Te Awamutu lias retained Saturday us the weekly half-holiday. Two peltlions were presented to the Borough Council—one v’il.b 04 signatures attached praying" for the retention cf tlie Saturday half-holiday, and another bearing 92 signatures asking that the half day he changed to Wednesday.

.Loudon street hawkers (writes a Lon don correspondent) are almost all selling what uve pocket roulettes—small neatly-finished ■ brass tops about the size of a small thimble, which can easily be spun on any reasonably smooth surface, such as a cafe table, the back ol a blotting'pad, or an office desk, by a simple twirl oi the finger and thumb. There are six fiat surfaces on the tops, each marked differently, and when the top subsides after being spun the gamble r can see at once whether he has to take out of c>r put into the kitty, and what amount, ilie .luckiest, spin of all producing the cheerful legend “'Fake, all.” In the most unlikely and unexpected places one now sees city men playing pocket roulette, the stakes varying from id a time in the kitty to a pound note.