Shannon.

Manawatu Herald, 14 June 1892, Page 2

Shannon.

(PIIOM OUR OWN' CORR .3PO>DBNT.) Winter has set in with us in reality, Grass is getting short, and mud nn*. wi»tor abound everyw hetii

j Still for all tlie bad weather the disI trict looks exceedingly well. Of course the topic of interest at present is Ro~d Board matters. People here seem to have a delusion that the south jnd of the district are going to swallow up all rates at one jump, and leave none for beautifying the township with. It is a great pity that every ratepayer has not the chance of serving as a Road Board Warden for a term. I'm afraid all the ' bombatses furiosos ' which ia becoming too prominent, would very soon be a thing of the past, and perhaps the world would ge oil a bit smoother. But I suppose ihe people over your way are just in the same happy state at times. The Manawatu Club, whioh by the way is rather an improvement on the Albion, has not got its license yet. Not because it is not required, as where one is there ought to be two. Here, at any rate, if one can judge from the carryings on on Saturday evenings, which at timea are perfectly disgraceful, and to crown all, next to a public school, the scholars having to pass to and fro cannot help hearing something that is not written in Scripture. The next item of progress is a concert given by a few of the musical portion of the settlers iv aid of the English Church fund. Al. though Saturday night proved even a worse night than Friday, the date on which it was to be held, some 70 or 80 people braved the elements aud came to enjoy themselves, and I dou't think they were disappointed. The following programme was gone through, several receiving encores, especially the Three Old Maids of Lee : — Piano duet, Miss McDonald and Miss Dundas; The Romany Lass, Mr Jas. Wallace ; Ye Shepherds tell me, Company ; Father O'Fiyn, Mr Laidlay; A Vision, Mr Geo. 'Wallace; Death of Marmion (recitation), Mr Voysey ; Out on the Deep, Mr J. Wallace; Three Old Maids of Lee, Miss Taylor's pupils ; piano solo, Miss Richards ; Mistress Price, Mr G. H. Wallace ; Pil take you home Kathleen, Mr Knowles ; Larboard Watch, Messrs Wallace and Miss McDonald ; Fiddle and I, Miss M. McDonald; Oarnovale (glee), Company; Rhine Wine, Mr Laidlay ; Love Tide, Miss Maule ; When the wind blows in from the sea (duet), Miss Young and Miss M. McDonald ; The Barring o' the Door, Mr J.Wallace; Maryland, Company. Miss McDonald played the accompaniments with her usual accustomed taste and skill. A dance concludsd the most successful gathering that has ever taken place in Shannon. The want of a public hall was plainly felt and it is to be hoped that as the population increases that more definite steps will be taken to secure a suitable room for future occasions,