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Grey River Argus, 20 May 1922, Page 6

| A terrifying experience was gone through recently in the King Country during a thunderstorm l>y two milkers whoso men folk bad been de- . tained some miles away by xoe (states the Auckland “Star.”) Just when half the cows had been done and the evening was drawing to a close, a fierce and vivid flash of lightning seemed to strike the m’•lking shed. The cows seemed to become completely bewildered and swayed at- if they had . received a shock, lor m«- .ightnmg ' struck the buckets of the milkers, who noticed a peculiar sulphuric smell. Both cows in the bails fell nearly overr. i ond one of the mlkers Thought she I would be crushed to death by the , heavy weight of the cow, but by a • I great effort the cow regained her feet I and stood quite still. The other milker was thrown clear at the time the ■ eow she was milking heeled over. Both women stuck to their work, notwithstanding their alarming experience. Stockholm is a telephone paradise. In that city there it at the telephone exchange a separate staff whose duty is to satisfy every subscriber. If he wishes to know the official t-me he has but to ring up and he will learn it to any reasonable fraction of a second. ' Waken me at 6.30 to-mor- ■ row morning, please miss,’’ a subj scriber whispe rs into h>s instrument on retiring to bed, ami miss arouses ' him to the minute by an effective ring Lawyers and doctors tell me exchange when they will be : n or out during the following day. and clients can therefore learn from the exchange if a consltation can be had. If a person is out whenyou ring up, you simply leave the message with the exchange, and he. will got it when he returns.