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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20323, 3 February 1928, Page 11

Electrically-controlled clocks with bells that ting automatically, when they, need winding, and switching arrangements for kettles, boilers, and bed-warmers, are features of an ‘ allelectric” home which was opened in Birmingham recently. Plugs for a vacuum cleaner and radiator are provided in the entrance hall, while in the bathroom is an electric towel rail that also warms the room itself, and a plug for heating shaving water. His plea that he has 43 children to support saved Julian Chavez, a Mexican, from gaol. He pleaded guilty to stabbing Joe Stuka at a ranch near Sheridan, Wyoming, but his sentence was suspended. Two automobile loads of children came to the trial, swarming over the courthouse lawn and disporting themselves in the corridors of the building. After a check of the family, Chavez’s count of 43 children was accepted and pUccd on the court records. He is aged about 60 years. Mumps are still prevalent in Waipukurau (says the Daily Telegraph), and adults are suffering from the inconvenience * of the unromantio malady.