SHANNON NOTES

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 February 1915, Page 3

SHANNON NOTES

[.by our Resident Representative.]

It was stated here on Tuesday that Mr William Dakicl of the Koputoroa iiaxniill had a narrow escape from a serious, if not fatal, acciden.t He did not notice an approaching train till it was almost on him, and lie was caught by the cow-catcher and thrown clear of the rails, escaping with no worse injuries than a severe shock and some bruises. Medical aid was called ui and everything done for the relief of the sufferer.

Mr Maugham generously gave an oxhibition of pictures in Gillandia Hall on Wednesday night in aid of the funds for asphalting the school playgrounds. The JiaJl was well filled, an excellent prograniaj£ivtts presented and all presaut BfomeWy enjoy" themselves thoroughly. ThJjpßfony friends which the Rev. >S. G. Cvmpton made when iio was vicar ot Levin and Shannon irill be pleased to hear that he is comfortably settled in the Old Country. Mr Compton is in charge of the parish of St. Michael's, Battersea, and judging from the parochial magazine of which ho sent mo a copy, his hands are full of Church work. Our readers will recognise Mr Compton's stylo in the following extract irom his magazine:— ""Aro wo not con tending against forces of evils, against Tbos spiritual, which lie hidden behind Krupp's guns and German legions ? Then we must have a spiritual force behind our troops ana their leaders superior to the opposing forces of evil, if we would win the day. And can we expect to gain that Divine Presence for our army and for the armies of our Allies by just clamouring after it as if A were a fetish or war god A thousand times, No. Cultured Germany—l do not say the nation ns a whole—has forsaken its 'grand old Lutheranism and its simple worship of the God-Man for the intellectual idol of the "Superman."

Mr Holt's horse and dray slipped over the embankment in Pliminor Terrace on aftcrnioon, and of course the accident attracted a little crowd of spectators. The horse was released and the dray extricated without damage. BOWLING AND TENNIS. On Wednesday afternoon the howlers resumed their friendly contests for the championship medals on the groen. tin. , devotees to 'tennis also indulged i" practice with the halls and racquets.-

Through .an error in my last l-epoi't a, was made to appear that Hensman aim .Roach made 13 and their opponents, Venn and Voysey, 13 also. The fact is that Mr Roach scored 31 to Mr Voysey's 13.

The games played on ■ Wednesday were as "follows:—C. H. Ivnowlos and G. N. •Stephenson (skip) imido -2 'against bnlland and Farglior's '20 in a frien I'y game. In the championship nvatclias Tonn and Voysry scorwl 19 against TJlayton and Gunning who made 18. Hensman and Roach made 16 agai.'isi Gil>soh and H. W. Knowlos 15. Oalman and K. JJiitt -(scored 26 playing against >Mianklaiid and Mitchell who scored 1 -1.

On the tennis court Mrs Pickett awl -Miss Hughes played friendly games with fTra Laiirvig and Miss Ounckley.

Mrs Merwood dispensed afternoon