Shannon Notes.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 April 1915, Page 2

Shannon Notes.

Lky our Resident Representative.] At a meeting <ji the .Shannon school eomiiuttee. held on .Monday evening. -Mr Galloway presided, in the absence of the chairman, Mr l< , . T. Linsell. Jt, was decided to ask tlio Board of Education to grant a holiday to the school children on April 28th, on the occasion of the .sports in aid of "the Belgian Reliol Fund. It was also resolved that the Board be aeked what steps they intend taking in the matter of asphalting the .school grounds. The report of the headmaster, .Ylr \ oy.se.y. showed that the average attendance of the children lor tiio last quarter was 2.'<!> per day. Lt would have been iiigh. .- il' a number of children had not b»ei. absent on .St. Patrick's Day on the occasion of the Methodist Sunday School picnic. On Sunday Messrs J. Newton and h. ■) Spencer had an accident while jut driving ()I1 the Foxton road. The lior.se played up and overturned the trap which was literally broken in t\v,. The occupants provi'dentinlly escaped without injury. Mr Chr.vsta], of Fox lon. has recently purchased the farm owned by Mr Han.'inond. Mr Clu-y.sf.al intends milkiiiir about L'OO cows next season. The local dairy company i.s mnki -u; W boxes of butter a day. and are :iay" ing Is 2.1 for M"ai'ch butter fat,