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Shannon News, 17 July 1923, Page 2

Mr Glutha. McKenzie will address a public meeting in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening next, at 8 p.m. on behalf of the Pearson Memorial Fund.

Information has been received by the Shannon Dairy Co. that they won the points prize and gold medal for the North Island at the Dominion Daily Show held recently at Hawera. Several lambs are reported to have made their appearancc-in the Kairanga district.

Taxation per head of the population of the United Kingdom is £l6 125.; in France, £l7 Bs.; and America, £5 Bs., annually, reckoning the franc and the dollar at their normal value.

"People wlio hurry,” says the old proverb, "die young.” And that is a near approximation to the truth. It is well to remember, in these days of hustle and stress, that the human body was not designed for speed —at least not specially so designed. We are capable of great rapidity of action,, but only at a high price. That is a swift exhaustion of nervous energy. A young man entered a refreshment room at Wanganui for lunch, and sat at a table where there were no menu cards (says the Herald). When the

waitress came round, the first question he put to her was: "What have you got on to-day?” The young lady promptly replied: "What’s that got to do with you?” A good feat with the divining-rod was performed recently by a Charlton lad (states the "Southerland News’'’). The local school mistress had lost her gold ring, and she requisitioned the

boy’s services to try and find it. The ring was lost between the schoolhouse and the siding, and the boy covered the ground with a twig in his hands. On reaching a certain spot the twig bent downwards. Sure enough the ring was there, and lie handed it over to its owner. 1