District News.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 February 1913, Page 2

District News.

EVENTS JN SHANNON. (Chronicled by Our Resident Hopresontativc). Grcit prcparations are being luado for the Koman Catholic Immw. which is to run for five days, March 13th to .March 17th. This bazaar will surpass all previous efforts of the many excellent exhibitions which our Konian Catholic friends ha\"J made, and should prove a groat success Constable Murray, of Wanganui, will succeed Constable Findlayson. wlio has hcen temporarily in charge, m Shannon district since Constable Doyle's (loath. Ho will enter on \\U duties early this week.

A man named John Dwycr, who was arrested by Constable. Findlayson, was sent to Palmerston North gaol for a month by Mr J. N. Wood, .LP., last week, on a charge of vagrancy. An artesian well, recently sunk on Mr Tremewan's property here, gives a. flow of <10 gallons a minute from a. 2-inch pipe.

Tn reference to the Dramatic Society's performance, previously announced, it may be mentioned that Mr Trainer and Mrs Norman have both parts particularly suited to their abilities. The fact that the performance is in aid of erecting a pavilion in the recreation reserve should ensure a bumper house.

On Wednesday a public, meeting •" to lie hold at the Club Hotel to consider tho question of raising subscriptions to aid tho fund for the relatives of those who lost their lives in the Antarctic expedition.

The sale of Mr T. 0. Williams's property, opposite the Railway Station and the Club Hotel, which Mr Stansoll will conduct on February 2&th. in the Druids' Hall, will be one of tlio most important ever held in Shannon, and should attract crowds of bidders.

Sister Constance, who is on her way to Palmcrston North to take up a position as Deaconess of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, has been spending a few days in Shannon with her sister, Mrs Farghcr.