A pleasant-faced farmer from Shannon, whose ideas on electoral otiquett© were more chivalrous than up-to-date, Ad tho Farmers’ Union Conference, which mot at Eketalmna. how ho was enlightened. There was a local body election at Palmerston, and his friends nominated him. Ho got ms loting piper, and the first- name he stiuck out was Ids own. 110 left on the paper > full number of names which coPfesponded with the vacancies. "When tho pal was declared ho was amongst thedefeated. Xoxt day he told the returning officer what he had done, and that official exclaimed, “Man, man! why did you do that?” The man from Shannon said he did it because it was wbat every candidate did. “Oh, no thev didn't,” was the unexpected answer, “what they did was to strike out every name but their own! , Some French naval officers have broken all records for wireless telephony by operating successfully at a distance of 010 miles.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2516, 1 June 1909, Page 4
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