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Shannon News, 13 May 1924, Page 3

Returns have been kept ■over- the , first swven, cUiry«>. during which the new night telegram service has been in operation between New Zealand and Australia, and it is anownced that during that period there were StfJ messages irom tlie Dominion to the Commonwealth, and 40S from Australia to New Zealand. As the concession is practically unknown as yet, these figures are considered very satisfactory indeed. The messages cost 3s for a minimum of 20 words and 2d for each word in excess of 20. Transmission is effected on the day of despatch and the messages are delivered by post on the following morning. "Tlie most untruthful thing ever ■made," was tlie description given gas auj water meters by a speaker at a meeting at Mount Eden. Another speaker, in criticising the system of paying for water by meter, said tliat if anybody in Mount Eden wanted a bath he had to consider how much ■ extra it was going to cost him. In tlie city they aid not have to think whet heir they were going to have a 'bath once a day or once a week. In his report to the Lyttelton Ha,r,bour Board tlie chairman, Mr F. Horrell, urged that flhey should import only goods of British manufacture. "You advocate that and yet here wo are using pencils of American-manu-facture," exclaimed Dr. H. T. J. Thaeker, at the same time throwing a pencil, on to the Press table so that I the reporters could a good view of it. '