THE Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921. SHANNON RAILWAY STATION.

Shannon News, 28 June 1921, Page 2

THE Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921. SHANNON RAILWAY STATION.

The natural development of the .Shannon district,, and the traffic resulting from the installation of the hydroelectric plant at the Mangahao, have meant a substantial increase in the business handled at the Shannon railway station. This fact has been recognised by the Department, and provision has been made by the remodelling of .the yards, which aire now about twice their former capacity. whilst the goods shed has been added to and additional sidings and loading banks are to be installed. Apparently, however, the business centre of local railway activities, the station, has not been provided for in the extension scheme, with the result that the accommodation is quite inadequate to meet present conditions. The main office in which the staff is housed is of the most meagre proportions, with little room for the expeditious transaction of business. If (he office is cramped, the store room is more so. and is a long way below requirements. The business of ihe town demands much more up-to-date facilities, and in the light of the improvements and extensions in the yard accommodation, the station should be brought, up to the same state of efficiency to meet Jthe requirements of the times.

The Shannon Golf Club has a membership of 50 at the present time.

A fancy dress ball for children is to be held in Shannon on July 29 in connection with the Anglican Church. The nett proceeds from the Beautifying- Society's recent dance amounted to £8 19s 6d.

The sum of £25 was taken at the gates at the rep. football match at Shannon on Saturday.

The addition to the Shannon goods shed is rapidly nearing completion, and a start has been made with the construction of the sidings and loading banks. The County Council’s steam roller has commenced the consolidation of the newly-gravelled portion of the main road north of Shannon. This work is putting the road in first-class order.

The Shannon Dairy Company’s waggons have ceased to collect cream on most, of the rounds, the supply at present being very small. The waggons will not be collecting again until August.

Overheard at the football match on Saturday: “The Borough Council are sparing no effort, to supply Shannon with electric light.” “What are they doing at present?” “They are keeping it dark.” Visitors from Foxtori greatly appreciated the Golf Club’s ball, and are already looking forward to the next dance.

The stray cattle nuisance is acute in Shannon. It is reported that the ranger has been very busy during the past week, so that- 'there is a probability of trouble for certain stockowners.

It is expected that during the coming season the Shannon Dairy Company will have the supply of 500 cows more than last year.

The inhabited houses ol' the borough of Shannon, according to tfie census, total 226, in Levin 470, in Otaki 253, in the Wirokino Riding of the Horowhenua County Council, 528.

The Shannon football ground turned out to be in much better order than was generally expected for the rep. match on Saturday. The only de'ect was that it was a little greasy after the recent rain, but this did not interfere to any extent with the game.

There was gopxl demand for dairy cows at the sale of the late P. J. Hennessy’s stock at Shannon yesterday. These ranged from £l4 to '£22. Eighteen months heifers reached £3 10s, and yearlings £2. For pigs, slips sold at 8s 6d, stores 17s, and sows £3 10s, whilst good farm horses £2l, £ls and down to £8 for aged. The sale" was a very successful one, j everything selling well.

A Shannon fanner informed a News reporter yesterday thtu during the past two weeks he had heen visiting the Waikato alter an absence of about ten years. He stated that the progress of Hamilton in that time had been phenomenal. The district round about required a tremendous amount of work to bring it up to its best form of production, but "development was going on everywhere slowly but surely. The Ruakura State farm was an instance of the perfection the land could be brought to with persistent effort, and the Waikato would be a great district when the general condition of the farms reached that standard. The Shannonite also visited the Matangi Dairy Company’s factory,which is .perhaps the largest in New Zealand, and was an eye-opener in size, and in its capacity for dealing with milk products.

At the annual meeting of the MeLeay River Co-operative Dairy Company, held recently, the matter of a condensarv was considered, or, as an alternative, the treatment of the various biproducts of milk. It was decided to call a further meeting of those interested at an early date, to be held on the Lower MeLeay. The manager stated that a condensarv would cost £12,000, and a casein plant £I,OOO. He quoted figures showing the enormous profit on condensed milk. These set out that 20 lbs. of milk made 1 lb of butter at 2s fd, raid condensed milk worth 11s Od.

If you'll help us by ordering before July 16, we’ll llelp you with a saving of 22s 6d per ton on ‘B” Phosphate topdressing. Mr Farmer! Usually £8 per ton on credit; £6 17s 6d ton cash on delivery until 16th July, on trucks Feilding. Only 000 lons need to be sacrificed to keep our works on full time making this Nauru Island quality phosphate to put the “fertile” back into your farm’s fertility. July is the logical mohth for top-dressing, because heavy rains dissolve and wash phosphates into your grass roots. Arfd July ordering saves you 22s 6d ton Ibis year. Hodder and Tolley, Ltd.

"'Mr R. Webb, late manager of the Miranui Mill} is at present on a visit to Shannon. Miss Silvister, of Masterton, is at present visiting her sister, Mrs J. A. Wilkinson, of this town. Mr and Mrs R. Tippler, of Shannon, are at present visiting Rotorua and Matata. Mr R. Grumwell, of Shannon, was awarded first prize for honey in jars at the Palmerston North Show. Mr A. Gregory, w’ho has recently returned from a visit to the Wairarapa, says feed is very scarce there, and that most of the stock are in low condition. A cable message received last week stated that the bank rate in England had been reduced to 6 per cent. A London cable says the British miners, owing to the complete failure to organise a general strike, have agreed to meet the owners and discuss an agreement. Hector Grey won the British Dominion Plate on Paradise Duck, owned by Mr T. H. Lowry. The papers give prominence to Grey’s riding as a tri umph.—London cable. For defacing the brand of a sheep, Francis O’Reilly was fined £5 at Waverley last week.! He and his brother were also fined £5 for branding 200 sheep with an unregistered brand. A large number of counterfeit notes were in circulation at the races at Napier and Hastings. One Palmerston North sport was handed six counterfeits in one dividend collected from the totalisator window. He put them back in the next race,, and somebody else collected them. The annual dispersal sale of Mr R. Bevan’s pedigree and high-grade Jersey cattle takes place at Manakau on Wednesday, commencing at 11 a.m. The catalogue is an extensive one, and includes eight pedigree cows and heifers, 40 high-grade cows (spring calvers), eight pedigree yearling and twoyear bulls, one pedigree bull, two draught horses, and a pedigree Berkshire boar.

A meeting of creditors in the estate of John Goodwill Moffitt, hair 1 icsser, Shannon, bankrupt, was held in the office of the Official Assignee (Mr S. Tansley), at Wellington yesterday. The statement of the bankrupt was to the effect, that he took over the business ten months ago, paying £3OO and borrowing various sums later, part of which he repaid. The liabilities amounted,to £238 12s 4d, 'he chief creditors being Messrs. Pai nidge, £4B 2s 2d; Bannatyne ami Hunter, £24 6s 9d; Hayman, £39 10s 3d; Johnston and C. 0., £52 9s Id (all of Wellington); Barraud and Abraham, £3B 2s 6d (Palmerston North). The assets showed e ash at bank, £5 10s; promissory notes, £25 ss; deficit, .£213 Is 6d. The meeting was adjourned to enable further inquiries to be made.

The famous N.Z. Diggers, who have just concluded a tour of New. Zealand, which lasted nearly ten months and extended over a hundred towns* deny that they have amalgamated with any other theatrical organisations. This popular Company will play a return season in the Dominion starting about next October. While absent from New' Zealand their producer intends to secure some novelties for their new programmes which will be done on a more elaborate scale than hitherto, and altogether an additional thousand pounds will be spent on the .show. ~~

The funeral of the late Mr W- JBryant took place at the Levin cemetery on Saturday, and was one of the largest ever seen in this district. The cortege left Manakau for Levin at 1.30, and on arrival here a service was conducted in St. Mary’s Church by the Rev. W. F. Grove. The last stage to the cemetery was then undertaken, the attendance being increased by a large number of local citizens. Manakau, where the deceased gentleman had resided for the past twelve years, was represented by almost every family in that district, whilst numerous old friends of the family were present from the Ohariu Valley. The Horowhenua County Council, of which the late Mr Bryant had been a member, was represented-by the chairman (Mr G. A. Monk), and the clerk (Mr P. W. Goldsmith), and the Mayor (Mr D. W. Matheson) and numerous citizens of Levin were present to show the last mark of respect. The casket was covered wth numbers of wreaths and other floral tributes received from all parts of the district, a silent but eloquent testimony of the esteem in which the deceased was held. The' service at the graveside was fittingly’ solemnised by the Rev. Mr Grove.