THE Shannon News TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921.

Shannon News, 19 July 1921, Page 2

THE Shannon News TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921.

Mrs Duschenski is at present visiting Mrs J. Neale, of Norsewood. The steam plant at Mangaone is of 365 horse power, and ' the electrical pla,nt develops 250 kilowatts.

No less than 2500 tons of material will he conveyed from the powerhouse to the surge chamber at Mangaone by a cable tramway worked from the top by a 100 horse-power electric motor.

Mrs 11. Humphrey arrived in Shannon yesterday, and is the guest of Mrs IT. Byres until her new home at Heatborlea is ready for occupation.

A statement was recently made in the Maoriland Worker that a girl in Pailmerston North had been repeatedly flogged at school because she refused to sing more than “Three Cheers for the Red.’; An official investigation made at the various schools shows that Hie statement is entirely without foundation. The song “Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue” has not been sung at .any of the schools dur ing this yea.r. The editor of the Maoriland Worker lias been asked to give the name of the school, but has so tar, failed to do so.

Miss Ethel King is spending a few days in Wellington. Miss Rita Butler is at present on a visit to Patea.

There are several cases of mumps in Shannon. Amongst the victims are Mrs Davis and her two daughters.

Another fall of snow has taken place on the Tararuas, and its pres ence is felt in the sharpness of. the atmosphere.

'‘Advertising,” says Lord ‘Beaver brook, “is a tonic to industry, and is slowly but surely tak'.".j its place as one of the great industrial forces of the age.” The surge chamber for Mangahao works will be 900 feet above the power house, the grade of the descent being in parts. 1 in 1.9. The ladies, of Tokomaru provided refreshments in the Hall for the players after the recent football match there, and on Saturday the Shannon ladies did likewise. It is needless to say that the thoughtfulness of the ladies, and the keen interest taken by them in the game, is greatly appreciated.

In reply \to a question at the Borough Council meeting on Friday night, the Mayor stated that 180 summonses were "being issued against offenders who had allowed stock to wander on the streets. The cases would be heard at Levin at the end of the month.

It is reported that the party of Chinese who took up gardening in Ohau, having had two watery visitations from the flooded river, are packing up their worldly goods and leaving for pastures new—or at ahyrate to a spot that will be safe from flood w’ater.

The demand for firewood in Wellington is not nearly so great as was the case last winter, when huge consignments were forwarded from the Levin district. It is contended that the 1 increased supply of coal account? for the slackening in the wood business.

A farmer who evidently had a grievance against some local dairy factory wrote to the Sub-Provincial Executive of the Wanganui Farmers’ Union last week, and asked to be advised of the prices ruling for butterfat in 1916-17. He concluded by stating that “if be could not get. his rights, the Union

was no good to him.” The executive decided to supply the information required—when he had paid his overdue subscription.

During the examination at a bankruptcy meeting at Wanganui, one of the counsel present was endeavouring to ascertain how the stock in the estate had .been valued.' “Oh,” teplied one of the creditors, “each side had a representative and I also assisted.” “I see,” . said the counsel, “the valuing then was done by arbitration.” “Oh, no,” casually remarked the creditor, “ just produced a bottle of whisky and matters proceeded most amicably.”

As an instance of the fidelity of nature in the process of reproduction, it is worthy of mention that a cow belonging-to Mr R. A. McDonald, of Beach Road, has dropped a calf bearing the identical earmarks of its mother. This is the fourth calf, and three of them have been born with their- mother’s earmarks/ Even more remarkable cases than this, however,

' appeared in the Press some little | time ago, when earmarks were r‘e- | produced in the progeny of the second and third generations, i

| A taxi-car owned by Mr Gelhor and driven by one of his employees, had i a narrow’ escape from total destruction on Friday! last. The car w r as rei turning from Mangahao, and had reached the spot known as the Hairpin Bend. For some reason the car, which is a big one, failed to get round, the forepart of the chassis go- , ing over the bank, where for a few seconds it hung in the balance. Fortunately a pedestrian happened to be close by. and, w T ith great presence of mind, secured a piece of wood and blocked the back wheels. The car Was so evenlv balanced that to have attempted to move it’by its ow r n ..power would have meant a crash of 1 some hundreds of feet down the gully. A motor lorry v r as taken from Shannon and pulled it back on to the road again.. The front springs' of the car were badly .smashed, but apart from this and' the shaking of the driver’s nerves, no damage w T as done.

From evidence, the Hospitals Commission holds the opinion that there is considerable laxity by boards in the collection of fees from patients. “In some cases there is little or r.o method employed,” states the report “Your Commission considers that many patients, welLa.ble to pay all or some of the fees incurred, have been allowed to escape their liability. Where negligence in the collection of fees is shown, your Commission urges that the .Minister should deduct a portion of the Government subsidy from the hoard a? fault, and continue to do so until the board show’s returns in the collection of lees in keeping with the conditions of the district.”

The Horowhenua representative football team visit Marton to-morfow, where they jneet the R'angitikel reps. A cablegram has been received, dated London, July 13, reporting an advance of 7& per cent in flannelette or winceyette.

A Palmerston North business house has received cable advice of an increase of 12£ per cent in the price of cotton goods.

What’s in a name? A young man named Bottles was convicted at Auckland last week of being over-full, and smashing glass to the value of £4 10s. The Deputy Official Assignee at Wanganui had rather a ticklish task last week in presiding over a bankruptcy meeting, in which the bankrupt and the principal creditors were Chinese. The chief difficulty lay in securing the services of interpreters to translate the evidence proffered by the voluble Celestials, who were in turn eloquent and emphatic. After two interpreters had been tried and proved incompetent to secure satisfactory answers to the questions put by the D.O.A. and counsel, a highly-compe-petent lady interpreter was' obtained, in the person of Mrs Sang, and thereafter the examination proceeded smoothly. The unsecured creditors’ claims totalled £‘2113, aJtl the. stock had been seized by a Chinese firm. It was decinded to contest the. legality of this seizure. .In reference to foods, Dr Blackmore, in lecturing at Christchurch, said that one-vegetable that should be absolutely barred from every table was watercress, for it, more than anything else, was likely to become infested with forms of hydatids. Speaking of clothing, he deprecated over-clothing, but said that great care was necessary, specially with children who complained of “growing pains.” There were no such things. ■ They generally meant rheumatism. Dr. Blackmore ,also spoke of “the fetish of cold baths.” These should not be taken unless a warm glow immediately succeeded the bath. If so, all was well, but if blueness supervened, then more harm than good was done. The in-' sufficiency of rest for children was another marked evil of the day. Mr A. J. Sinclair, assistant manager of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Waikato, stated that the output of his company Tor the year ended May 31st last was valued at 4* millions sterling, and comprised 12,660 tons of • butter, 5673 tons of cheese, 485 tons of casein, 500 tons of skim milk powder, and 3000 tons of of glaxo, or whole milk nowder. Mr Sinclair explained that- Ins company’s suppliers supplied milk to be made into glaxo at the three factories at Matamata, Te Aroha West’.and Matangi. The suppliers were paid 2sd more per lb butterfat for supplying the glaxo factory than they would get for any other dairy product. 'The figures he had given included those of the Thames Valley Co-operative Dairy Company, which had been amalgamated with his company. Mr Sinclair said his company did threequarters of the dairy business in Thames Valley, which comprised about one-third of the whole of the New Zealand Dairy Company’s district. His company had 6500 suppliers, and was the .biggest , co-opera-tive dairy company in the world. Mr A. H. Hill met with a nasty accident at the Ihakara creamery on Monday morning. He was engaged in tightening a rope round the milk cans in his cart, when it broke, with the result that he fell off the cart on to the concrete. The force of the impact, rendered him unconscious, besides; causing serious abrasions to his back and face. Mr Hill was removed to his; home on the Shannon road, medicall aid was summoned, and he eventually" regained consciousness, though suffering considerably from shock. It is considered fortunate that he did not strike the concrete with his head, or the effects might have been much more serious.