Two Species of “Kicks.”

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 20 June 1934, Page 5

Two Species of “Kicks.”

"Mr Coates said that he did not get a ‘kick’ out of Douglas credit’,’ said Mr H. Atmore, MJ?., during the course of an address at Hataitai. "Probably the kick will come next election," added Mr Atmore, amidst applause. A Mammoth Flounder. What is claimed to be the largest flounder ever caught by a Thames fisherman was netted on the coast on Monday by Mr W. Penno, fishing from the launch Kuby, states the Star s Thames correspondent. The fish weighed 41b soz uncleaned, and was 21in long and 12in in width. It was •in splendid condition for so largo a •fish. ' Z Sheep Worrying. The statement that he had lost SOO •sheep this season as a result of their being worried by bulldogs kept by Maoris was ma"* by a delegate at the interprovincial conference of the Farmers’ Union at Wanganui. In practically »every case the hindquarters of the sheep had been removed. Not only were bulldogs criticised at the conference but the Alsatian was also the subject of comment, one member considering that a license fee of £lO would not be too much. It was stated that in the Taihape district the question of Alsatians kept by Maoris being crossed with other dogs and running loose was a potential menace. Much sheep worrying was occurring at the present time and the farmers ■feared that unless steps were taken matters would become worse. Ultimate:ly the conference agreed that a rc-

commendation he macle urging a license fee of £5 per head on Alsations. letter from Bernard Shaw, The civic reception to Mr George Bernard Shaw at Christchurch was "heard by listeners throughout the Dominion. A well known Dunedin music teacher who has made a close study of the speaking and singing voice was particularly interested in Mr Shaw’s distinctive style, and wrote to him in appreciation of the clarity and vitality of his speech. His letter elicited the following charming '-acknowledgement: —‘I was unable to -get as far south as Dunedin in the 'time at my disposal otherwise I should 'have given myself the pleasure of ■calling on you, for I am one of tho few people who appreciate the importance of your profession. As it happens, voice production was my mother’s hobby, and late in life she made a profession of teaching. I had such a very commonplace voice that I had some difficulty in persuading her to teach me how to use it (I was one of the people classed as having ‘no voice’) but her lessons have stood me in good stead ever since. Her method was her religion. Many teachers of singing are persons who, having broken their own voices, are driven to make a living breaking other people’s. ‘This should be made a capital offence for breaking a voice means breaking -everything.” Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure Fer Children’s Hacking Coughs