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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 92, 12 January 1929, Page 28

The famous 1 o’clock gun fired at Liverpool Uuuy as a time signal is being used now as a signal lor prayers lor the King. Archdeacon llowson maue tue suggestion that the nrst three lines of the Aatioual Anthem be recited as a prayer when the gun was bred and tuousanus have adopted the plan. "We cannot all go to cuurch," said Archdeacon llowson, "we cannot all kneel, but we can take the 1 o’clock gun as a reminder. Three hundred telephones in iXuevo Laredo, Texas, were idle recently, the receivers dangling from the hoous as the result ot a light begun by subscribers of tue Mexican City against a new iive-cent toll charge. Nuevo Laredo subscribers banded together when the order was put in effect and lifted their receivers from the hooks, blocking service. They have refused to ‘‘hang up.” Preparations are already in train for Katana’s birthday celebrations, which will be on a grand scale, states the Wanganui correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times.” It is expected that the gathering will be nearly as large as last January 25 when Katana temple was dedicated. There will be no such ceremony on this occasion, but the festivities will include sports, with plenty of birthday cake and soft drinks. "There will be no hard stuff,” remarked a Maori to a newspaper man. “Any Maori want te hard stuff he have to buy it outside and take it into te pa in him inside.” The rule is strictly enforced that no liquor is to be brought into the pa except inside the person, and if a man happens to have an overload aboard, fines are inflicted. Consequently very few Maoris go there intoxicated. As, a matter of fact, the followers of Katana are a sober ■Peppla..