The Northland Age. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northland Age, Volume 16, Issue 16, 9 January 1919, Page 4

The Northland Age.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL

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Nobody ever pleased everybody; no one policy can satisfy all the world.

Owing to heavy pressure on our space the reports of the Epidemic Debate, Box - ing Day Sports, Personal Items, and further County Council business are held over till next week.

The anniversary concert in connection with the Fairburn Church will take place on Saturday, 18th January, and two services will be conducted on the following day at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

We direct attention to the Oruru Tennis Club advt. in this issue.

A truck of wool that recently came to Dalgety’s store Isays the Christchurch Sun) contained an interesting addition. Under the cover of some bales that came from Balmoral station a large double and roughly-built magpies’ nest was snugly nestled. Another similar instance happened some time ago, when a truck came in with three hen’s eggs in a nest under the tarpaulin.

Many charlatans in the West End of London have built up big fortunes by assuming certain knowledge of the future. They employ, as a rule, an indian servant to usher in their dupes. This gives a first touch of Eastern mysticism to the proceedings. Their seances are usually held in rooms upholstered in black cloth, picked out with silver stars. They see images of persons and of events in crystals. Their effrontery and assurance are as large as their fees. As showing the remarkable work being carried out in the shipyards at Home, the following instances culled from the Shipping World are of considerable interest. One Glasgow firm has handed over three vessels in one month. Two of these were large freighters, a meat carrier of 10,000 tons, and an ordinary cargo of 8,000 tons. Riveters in this shipyard in three weeks riveted by hand the entire shell of an 8000 ton steamer building for the Clan line. She is 420 ft long, 54ft 6in broad, and 36ft bin deep. Into this expanse of plating 100,000 rivets were driven, entirely by hand, in 18 working days—a fine record. Another firm whose yard is at Greenock, recently carried out the engining and the boilering of an 8,000 ton steamer in 23 working days. They also completed the engining and boilering of the standard oil tanker War Briton in olny a few days more. Gil tankers, of course, require longer time than ordinary cargo-carriers. Only the open mind can close on a good idea.—(Glen Buck). Rather a curious photograph has recently come from Russia (says a writer in the evening standard). It represents a large open square, possibly the Nevsky Prospect, but is chiefly arresting from the large number of bodies, several hundreds of which may be seen lying about, whilst here and there a few fugitives can be observed fleeing hastily. It is consoling, however, to learn that on this particular occasion there were no casualties at all A party of ruffiians of sorts suddenly started off shooting at nothing in particular, but the inhabitants of Petrograd having learnt by bitter experience that stray bullets are no respecter of persons, decide to lie down wherever they may be when any shooting begins. The few seen fleeing are probably seeking seclusion round the nearest corner. The feelings of a lady clad in her very best, or a gentleman in his [choicest raiment, or a working-man in his only clothes, having suddenly to lie down, at any hour of the night or day, in a mixture of snow and mud, must make a Bolshevic form of Government at least unpopular. To commemorate Peace year the Auckland Railway League are issuing 5,000 copies of a booklet containing their annual report, also a map of Northland showing the proposed “Northland Highway” and a map of Eastland which includes the Bay of Plenty and East Coast districts. Amongst other items of in. terestthe booklet will contain a description of the Good Roads Movement, and of the Kaitaia-Awanui district. A limited space is being reserved for advertis. - mentsand those desirous of advertising therein may make arrangements at the Age office. The booklet which is a most attractive one is being printed at the Herald Printing Works, Auckland.