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Shannon News, 16 February 1923, Page 3

’ A useful novelty in “ Ocean Post ideas has been introduced by Mr. Field of Nelsom To prevent breakage, a bottle is placed in a convenient wooden casket, painted in a distinctive colour and printed' forms and envelopes are supplied for the use of people who have occasion to dispatch messages at sea, The finder, by following the directions on the envelope, can post''the letter to the person ip whom it is addressed. Mr. Feild states that the “ Ocean Post ” has been favourably commented upon ‘by the! marine authorities. 1 In the course of his remarks at a complimentary luncheon t° the French Mission at Wellington on Monday, M. Guyon said he had seen the great activity of the agriculturists of the Dominion. “All your products,’’ he added, “are the result of modern methods, and so you succeed in producing - goods of superior,quality. We are convinced that, owing to the remarkable productive ■ organisation of New Zealand, it is a rich and prosperous country, and will be more so in the near future, and that all your products can compete successfully against any others. The precise information we can take back to Fran'ce will be useful. As you can produce and export extensively, you are in the position to buy, and France and her colonies have a great deal to sell you.” Considerable annoyance and uneasiness has been caused for several nights past in Morrinsville, through an individual knocking up residents in the early hours of the morning, and giving an account of a sister who Was said to be dying, says the “Waikato Times.” This was preliminary to a request for a little whisky or brandy. After some nights of success, a man giving his name as Claken was arrested and brought before the Police Court, when he was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment on a charge of vagrancy. ,

A taxi driver who was prosecuted at ; the Wanganui S.M. Court for exceed-.j ing the speed allowed by the by-laws, ' explained that he had lost his head | because a Maori woman in his car put j her arms around him and wanted to j kiss him. “She was exceeding tfie ( limit too,” said Mr J. S. Barton, S.M. Interesting extract from the Official Year Book of 1894: - Dairying in the | Middle Island has not taken root to I the same extent as in the North. It | is true that cheese factories are be- 1 coming numerous in Otago and South- j land, wtih a few butter factories. .As., in all other new industries, losses I have, been made; happily, however, • the initial stage has been passed, and, with good prices for the output last! season, averaging 4d to 5d per lb for j cheese at the factory, matters are now in a satisfactory condition.” ..These j prices make an interesting compari-1 son with those ruling at present.

An interesting situation is likely to j develop' in respect to the Oamaru seat (says a Southern exchange). At the general election Mr Macpherson, the Liberal-Labour candidate, was j elected with a, small majority, and J since then the defeated candidate, the Hon. E. P. Lee, Minister of Justice in the last Government, has petitioned against his return. The petition lias not yet been heard by the Court, and it is now rumoured that the Supreme Court will be moved at once by the solicitors for Mr Macpherson to strike Mr' Lee’s petition off the file of the Court on the ground that, the appeal to the Court has not been made in accordance with the provisions laid down by the law.