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  In the Irish Sweepstake draw which commenced on Saturday a lucky ticket was held by a Huthwaite resident and the success could hardly have been a more popular one, the fortunate winner, Mr. G. Buttery, of Sutton Road, being a well-konwn figure in the district. He has a large circle of friends and as soon as the good news became known was warmly congratulated on all hands.
  Mr. Buttery's own comment was: "The horse is Generous Gift; the sum is a generous gift; and good luck to future Irish sweepstakes."
  The prize is about £600 in cash, and Mr. Buttery held only the one ticket, in which there are no partners. He has had single tickets before, but this is the first time that a winning number has belonged to a Huthwaite investor. It is, as far as can be ascertained the biggest prize that has ever come into the town.

  Mr. Buttery's nom-de-plume was "Black Cat" a symbol of good luck, but it was unknown to him, since it was chosen by a relative who had not divulged it. The telegram was received at half-past four on Saturday afternoon, and when Mr. Buttery attended a social function in the evening the news was already well known, and he was overwhelmed with congratulations.
  One of Mr. and Mrs. Buttery's earliest visitors was their only child, Mrs. Barton, of Peveril Drive, Sutton, and naturally there were other callers during the week-end. The winning number was CD 39015.
  Mr. Buttery is a deputy at New Hucknall Colliery. He has lived in Huthwaite eleven years, coming from Skegby. Mr. Buttery has not expressed any views as to what he will do with the money, but the general opinion among his friends is that he knows how to take care of it.

Motor, Land and Air Transport.
  The internal combustion engine is revolutionising world transport. In the same way the motor car has competed with the railways, so the aeroplane threatens to capture the mail and passenger services between this country and India and south Africa have been in operation for some time and they will shortly be extended to Australia. Plans for establishing an air line to Canada via iceland, Greenland and Labrador, are being considered, the journey of about 3,000 miles being completed in three days by giant seaplanes carrying 15 or 18 passengers.
  It will, if carried out, be the first British Transatlantic passenger air service, but Germany is already running a regular service across the South Atlantic. A floating aerodrome is being stationed in mid-ocean for use by seaplanes on the Berlin-Buenos Ayres service. Germany is also planning a fast airship service between New York and Europe. Her commercial air services altogether cover a distance weekly seven or eight times that traversed by British aeroplanes.

Rural Electricity.
  The Central Electricity Board, formed seven years ago, has completed the "grid" for the wholesale distribution of current supplied by 137 super stations, and over 4,000 miles of cable, capable of carrying 132,000 volts, hve been erected. The "grid", however, only carries bulk electricity to certain points in each county and there still remains the problem of local distribution. This has been left to the district electricity companies, who in most areas have been unable or at any rate have not made any material reductions in the unit cost of current. Of the 11,000,000 homes in Britain fewer than 5,000,000 are wired for electric lighting, and fewer than a tenth of that number use electricity for other domestic purposes.
  A great push is now to be made to get the public to use more electricity, as it is only by the "grid" working at full capacity that it is possible to make current so cheap that few would refuse to have it. The more electricity the public buys the more cheaply it can be supplied, but if consumption is to be increased the price must be cut. If we are to have all-electric villages, all-electric farms, and larger urban consumption, electricity must be sold below on penny a unit. It is no use for the supply companies to wait for the public to make it cheap by buying more. It is for them to lead the way.

  The Rev. F.R. Pyper, who was Vicar of Hucknall Huthwaite as well as Sutton - the two parishes being joined for ecclesiastical purposes - had already occupied the pulpit at the Mission Church, but it was not till Tuesday that a public welcome could be conveniently arranged. A tea was provided in the old schools, to which about 120 sat down, and previously the vicar was introduced to many of the parishioners. Later in the evening the Rev. W.J.B. Kerr, curate-in-charge, gave on of his magic lantern tours, the subject being a visit to the Chicago Exhibition. Glees were sung at intervals by members of the choir.

  The new post office at Sutton had been quietly opened and was in daily use. Hitherto transactions in connection with this department were effected in the same shop as that in which the postmaster's ordinary business was carried on, and, with the growth of the town, there had been increased dissatisfaction at such an arrangement. Representations by the Local Board had at last borne fruit, and a building had been erected on the site at the corner of New Street and King Street, having direct communication with the room in which the telegraphic instruments were fixed and where letters were sorted and the mails made up.

  Hunt-Hoskinson. -On the 24th inst., at the Parish Church, Huthwaite, by the Rev. F.N. Beswick, John Hunt to Jane Hoskinson, both of Huthwaite.
  Naylor-Coltman. -On the 26th inst.,. at the same place, by the Rev. F.N. Beswick, Arthur Naylor to Lily Jane Coltman, both of Huthwaite.
  Sheppard-Cooke. -On the 24th inst., at Mansfield, John Sheppard to Florence Cooke, both of Huthwaite.