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Shannon News, 14 February 1922, Page 2

The proposal to hold Hie next band contest in New Plymouth is backed by a sum of £1550, guaranteed by local people.

A butcher’s assistant whu gave evidence in a case at Wandsworth County Court, London, SAW, said that ills name was Germany. Counsel explained to the judge that that bad nothing to do with nationality. The man’s wile's name happened to be England.

“He's like a fly with one wnig til; knocking about and doing calking.’' Tliis is the description an lnglewji d County Councillor gave one of :be county employees at this week’s meeting of that body. “Unfortunately we have left him at the wrong end ol the axe,” said Dr. Loveland at Chautauqua on Saturday evening when referring to the fact that the Kaiser is safe in exile and enjoying his favourite pastime of woodcutting.

A quaint story of the strange places that are used in country districts for hiding money comes from France. A lawyer was walking past a farm near Cherbourg when he saw a fine hare m the neighbouring field. He hurriedly borrowed a sliot-gun from the fanner’s wife and bagged the bare, lust then the fanner came running up in anger. He explained that, having sold some sheep the day before lor £6O, lie bad concealed the notes .hi the barrel of the gun. He now wishes to sue the lawyer for the amount.