The firing of the big cannon, which no ilo«bt is done "for the country's good," says the Auckland Herald, is not an unmixed (blessing, as several residents of N'orth Shore found at their cost recently. The concussion from the firing of the Sin gun on North Tfead is reported to have broken many windows in the adjacent districts, while in almost every house gas mantles were shattered, and in one instance pictures were shaken from the walls.- One particularly heavy concussion was felt, which rattled crockery like a good healthy earthquake. A report was current that practically th« whole of the windows in the prison on North Head were lirokon during the fir-
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 258, 10 March 1911, Page 5
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113Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 258, 10 March 1911, Page 5
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