SUDDEN CHANGES.

Shannon News, 10 March 1922, Page 2

SUDDEN CHANGES.

The changes in temperature in Australia are' often so extreme that we may experience the climate of three different seasons in one day. As a result, many people contract cold in the bowels, which causes great pain and suffering. Nothing will relieve them so quickly as Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrho.ea Remedy. It has no equal for relieving bowel complaint in all its forms. Sold everywhere.

The old order chan get h (says a contemporary)—domestic servants are looking for situations.

insie. d of supplying towels in their public washrooms, certain American ho l els Lave installed machines whereby hot air is blown through tubes and played on the hands and iace, drying them immediately. Wegner steers these days are not worth rearing. At the Levin * stock sale a ptn were sold lor

[if, the only hid. -We]l, that is Hie death knell for next years bull calves,” said the owner disgustedly. “I wish I had knocked these on tre head long ago.”

Some consignments of new season s fowl wheat from the South have arrived in Wanganui and the retail price being asked is 25/ per bag. Ihe quality is stated to be good. Apparently there are several grades of fowl wheat, on offer in the South, and the prices vary considerably.

a district resident at a clearing ..file at Bongoinai had an involuntary hath, which amounted to- .complete immersion in a full strength solution of stockyard drainage. He in company with others was sitting on the lop‘rail of the yard and it suddenly broke. A second man just escaped the hath, falling on. solid ground at the side.—-Eketahuna Express.

it is stated that a youth who was before the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North recently'is a clever female impersonator. Whilst, awaiting sentence he oiten sang in a high iaisetto voice, much fo the amusement ol the police, it is related that on one occasion he successfully impersonated a female domestic servant in a private household lor about a week. He has been convicted ot stealing lemale attire. Among the articles with which he was charged with unlawfully obtaining were a powder puff and a box of highly scented lace powder. Decently he spoke on Die telephone in a convincing lemale voice, which, it is su'd, he can assume at will. Regarding Ihe shortage of good store wethers in the entries lor the Levin sale a tanner lti-

iornied a Chronicle representative that he had entered a line two sales previously, but had.had to take the sheep home again on account ol' ’he poor price offered. Flis reserve, he considered, was a reasonable one, and no doubt other farmers had felt dubious about putting line m. Hence the shortage. However, it had had the effect of putting the law, of supply and demand into operation, and during the past week or so he had had private inquiries for the iine at prices nearly reaching his reserve. This, he felt, was a bit more encouraging, and he was disposed to enter them again at the sale and have another try. A certain section of the business community in Christchurch is somewhat concerned about the disappearance of a fairly well known business man, who omitted to ‘‘square up” with his numerous creditors before departing for “fresh woods and pastures new” \says the Sun). The, mail in question left' his home some time ago “on a fioJiday,” since when nothing has been heard of him. In addition to numerous creditors who are anxious to ascertain his whereabouts the man in question left a wife and family who are now lacing the problem of exisling without any income. It is understood that, a fairly- large sum is involved as a result- of liis deled ion, and it is stated that die police have a blue document which they are awaiting ail opportunity to present to him.

An interesting specimen of photography is of Mr J. D. Gillies, Resident Engineer of the Public Works Department at Greymouth. This was taken by Mr Manson, ijmmel overseer at Otlra, from the Gtira entrance to the tunnel. The remarkable point about the photograph is the fact that the Arthur’s Pass end of the.tunnel can also be seen, a pin point of light being visible. The photograph was taken on a recent Sunday when operations in the tunnel were suspended. The air was therefore clear, and the electric lights were all extinguished. An exposure of several minutes was given. When it is remembered that the Otira tunnel lias a length of over five miles, the achievement is convincing proof that the “hole in 1 lie hill” lias been well and truly driven. t