Daisy chain 74HC595 causes issues

[TomGeorge]

Hi,

@Paul_B

. Your suggestion would introduce large inductive loops in the ground return!

Not if cut where I indicated in image.
NOTE;

@usman_ashraf678

Interesting observation: When I use the DMM to measure the voltage across one of the cap nears 74595, I find that I get the correct outputs on the display.

Screams of hardware layout problem.

Tom...