"ABOUT THE TOWN"

Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1946, Page 3

"ABOUT THE TOWN"

T.S.D.)

SHANNON SIDE-LIGHTS

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It is noted with interest that while in the capital city for their annuai conierence ana birthaay oacLicidoib, sorne memoers of the w.u.B'.u'. twhicn, oy rne way, is io nuw Known as the Women's Divmion oi Federated Farmers) o,Ubcndea a session oi Parliament, xiieir lmpressions of this iinportaiic House vaned somewhat. One xiiemoer siaied tnat after hearing une jfaiTiamencary broadcasts she .udd lonnea ncr own mentai picuure, and upon seeing the House. m reality it was like seeing a stage vefsiuii oi a poputar radio play. Bne was a nttie uisappomtect at tne xack of giamour, and some of the memoers wno have such fascinatmg voices over the radio were not oue aaohing Ciark (iables sne ureamed tnem to. be. However, all memoers agreed that it was an nufciOsonig cxperience. It is hoped uiiat future meetings of the aivision will not be conducted strictly oO the ruies of Parliamentary uebate, as it is the pnviiege of a country town to have happy__httle Miauy women's meetings, at .viimii everything of interest around town is taiked over. A wcll-known resident and exsenior iootballer decided that it was nign time his young sons had some expert football mstruction, aiia so txiis self-appointed coach gaihered his pupixs around liim .oiia xaught them the fundamenmis ox rugby. After half an hour so oi xneory he commenced his praccical instruction. So great were ms teachings that the youngsters ournc-d tlie tables on the coach, wno i>s no w sufiering the agony of ,i badiy bruiscd rib, the resuit of a ueautilul llying tackle. In reply to an enquiry with regard w the Shannon Mounted ^uxbvs, it is gaihered that there was a oranch of the mounted rifles formed in Shannon in the old days. meiucnant E. Law was in charge. i'his very efficient troop had the noiiour of sendmg five of its memoers to the Boer War., They wer« Mesors. P. Nation, E. Richards, E. j. Spencer, B. Wallace and W. Slierinan. The memory of Mr. 'Nation, who made the supreme .:.acrilice, is commemorated by the monument erected in Plimmer i'crrace. It is understood that this is tne only war memorial in the world erected to the memory of one ..oldier. Perliaps some reader could suppiy further information on this juoject. . A lit tio girl at the Shannon School had been absent for a few days, and upon' returning to her I class the teacher enquired the rea- ( son I'or her absence. You can imagine the teacher's surprise j whcn the little pupil informed her that she had been ill with "district 'flu." Speaklng of illness, the recent cold weather is doing its best to spreacl sickness around the town. Influenza and colds are very prevalent, and recently an epidemic of mumps has broken out. Quite a number -of local residents have been confined to their beds with this illness over the past month. Allhough well catered for in the iielcls of sport, local sportsmen are considering venturing into a new pastime; that of boxing. A number of young men about town are very keen to get a club started, and they should not "he^e any trouble in obtaining instructors and ofRcials for a boxing club. It will be remembered that Mr. C. Young, Senr., conductcd a boxing school localiy some years ago. Tliere is no reason wliy the town could not foster the sport again.