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Shannon News, 13 July 1928, Page 2

"I'm going to make the fines: so heavy that you motor cyclists will have to sell your machines to pay/," remarked the magistrate, Mr E. C.-Lev-vey, in the Gisborae Court, in dealing with a defendant for riding with the cut-out open.

Maoris are noted for their fondness of picturesque Christian names. A Maori baby born in Wanganui last Christmas was given the'unusual but pretty name of Merre Kirihimete, which, translated, means Merry Christmas. The registration of the child'* birth took place only a week or so ago.

Pishing in a stream at Woodside, a boy was surprised by the appearance of a ranger of the Acclimatisation Society says an Auckland paper. He had in his hand a long willow stick, and the ranger stated that he had shortly before seen him holding a trout. Upon a search, however, the trout was nowhere to be found. It was a cold day of •mi'd-wintejr, aird stream had an icy ehilliuess. The ranger asked the boy what the stick was for,'to.which the urchin replied that he was using it in order to ascertain the depth of the pools with a view of going in for a swim!

The death is recorded of Mr Daniel Whibley, one of Foxton's earliest settlers, aged 83. He was a native cf Kent, England, and had resided in Foxton for many years, with the exception of a few months spent on ,a holiday to England in 1906. Deceased wan a member of the Horticultural Soeiety and a life and foundation member of the Foxton Bowling Club. His wife predeceased him in 1925. He leaves a family of six children—three sons, Messrs George (Otorohsnga), Fred (Shannon) and Frank (Greymouth), aud three daughters, Mrs W. Nye (Foxton), Mrs G. Mallet* (Hawera), and Mrs D. Bur rell (Patea). There are 19 graudchildren and,ten great grandchildren.

There have been eases in which householders have replaced blown fusewires on their switchboards with hairpins, .or some other emergency means which" defeated the object of installing the fuses. The result of this type of offence, Mr H. F. Toogood told Poverty Bay Power Board members was to throw all emergencies on to the polefuse outside the houses, and householders who did replace their fuses in this way rendered themselves liable to prosecution. Mr C. H. Williams smilingly remarked that it was hard to find hairpins nowadays for any purDose. Farmers were accustomed to adapting fence-wire for ( many novel requirements, he added 'with a smile.

Much valuable time is often wasted &t County Council meetings when commercial representatives seek to stress the merits of their particular machinery, but Tuesday's meeting of 'the Manawatu County Council witnessed a novel method of enabling councillors to appreciate the capabilities of a particular tractor and certain' road-making machinery. Two business-like agents attended the meeting and entertained Councillors and the press with a minia ture moving picture programme in which the tractor and" the road-making machinery are seen at work. Some 800 feet of film was run through in quick time enabling a thorough appreciation of the capabilities of the machinery. The screening was certainly more effective than all the" talk usually indulged in. With a polite "Thank you' the agents left the Councillors to draw their own conclusions.

Dr. W. F. Shirer, of Wellington, says that there is "nothing rieally new to the medical profession in the cable published on Thursday that a new treatment of varicose veins had been discovered, obviating the necessity of surgical removal. It consisted of the injection of a fluid. A large proportion of permanent cures was reported. Dr. Shirer stated that the new treatment had been generally known all over the world for the past two years, and many cases had been treated in New Zealand already on the new lines. The old method of treatment was to perform an operation, but people did not usually resort to that until they were forced to. It was the disfigurement that concerned a lot of people who suffered from varicose veins, but the new treatment left no sign. A person could also be treated without ceasing his occupation. It was a method that was gradually, but surely, coming into favour with medical men, not only in New Zealand, but all over the world.

A Palmerston salesman is regretting a temporary lapse of memory through which he left his fountain pen at home. The. salesman, who is interested in a popular type of motor ear, paid a visit to a farmer in the country, taking with him a brand new ear. The agriculturalist did not show any great desire to buy a motor, but, after much talk, he was finally persuaded, and agreed to make the purchase. The pleased salesman brought the sale-note out of his pocket and then felt for his fountain pen which •he discovered to be missing. The farmer also did not have a pen, and went inside with the contract for signature. He was away some minutes longer than seemed necessary for so simple an operation and when he returned no signature had been affixed. His wife, he explained, had requested him to postpone buying the car for a few months and he had decided to do so. It was a crestfallen salesman who drove away, reflecting that he had missed a deal of some hundreds of pounds all because he didn't have a pen at the psychological moment. —Standard.