THE Shannon News. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1921.

Shannon News, 23 August 1921, Page 2

THE Shannon News. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1921.

Mr McLachlan, ol' the railway staff; is at present on his annual holidays. Miss Wilkins, who has been for some time on the local school staff, has been transferred to Blenheim, where she will take up her duties after the holidays.

The Shannon School and surroundihgs generally have an excellent appearance after the recent erection of the new infant room, and the general work of painting and renovation.

Miss Murray, who for the past three months has been visiting her brother at Shannon, returned to Sydney last week.

A carload of musical enthusiasts went to Wellington last night to hear Heifetz,- the famous violinist. They returned home early this morning.

Mr Stan. Pederson has taken over Mr biggins' farm, and intends milking a large herd this season. At the annual meeting of the Presbyterian Church on Thursday even- j ing, Miss Aim, the popular organist \ of the church, was presented with a ‘ handbag in appreciation of her services during the year.

Three Pahiatua residents were fined £1 each for failure to register firearms within the prescribed period. j The Miranui mill commenced work on Saturday, after being' closed down for some time on account of the flood.

The county engineer (Mr Anderson) made an inspection yesterday of the Shannon bridge over the Manawatu, and found that the structure and approaches suffered very little damage as a result of the late flood. Travellers over the Foxton-Shannon road yesterday state that except for the debris on the fences and a little water lying about, there are few evidences of the late flood. Very little damage appears to have been done the pastures in the flood area.

A pleasant evening was spent on Wednesday when the gentlemen gave a return dance to the ladies. Mr W. Quarrie acted as M.C., and the music was supplied by Miss Wilkins and Messrs. Spencer and Hook. Mr Morgan, on behalf of the ladies, thanked the gentlemen for their entertainment, and said he hoped it would be the forerunner of many more such evenings.

A wrestling bout for a purse of £SO has been arranged between joe Gardiner, New Zealand champion lightweight, and P. Cassidy, Carterton. It is understood that a beginning has now been made in retiring on superannuation the public servants who have been 40- years or more in the service. This action has been repeatedly demanded by the railway servants, 1)08131 men, and other public servants’ associations.

"The grime in the atmosphere and the fog and mist that intercept the violet rays from the sun are responsible for the pasty-faced, anaemic individuals that we see about. Therefore I want to get all the coal out of Christchurch and have everything, worked by electricity,” said Dr. Thacker during a' health talk at Christchurch.

The Shannon Presbyterian Church held its annual thanksgiving services on Sunday, 14th inst., when the Rev. Mr Halliday, of Foxton, preached in the looming, and the local pastor, Mr Angus Stewart, conducted the evening service. There were good congregations at both services and the collections for the day amounted to £7O. A feature of the services was the excellent singing of the choir, ably led-bv Miss Aim, who presided at the organ'.

Mrs Parkhouse has the matter of the Extravaganza in aid of the funds of the Beautifying Society well in hand. The piece decided upon is “The Eastern Charm." The major parts will be taken by adults, who are prepared to supply the elaborate costumes necessary, and are keen and enthusiastic, and they are already working hard. Twelve elder girls have already, come forward and are doing well, but Mrs Parkhouse requires about twenty younger ones. Parents need have no fear of the costumes being expensive, for although they will be very effective, they cost but little. Mrs Parkhouse will be glad to receive the children any day at the Maoriland Theatre at 3.30 p.m.

Something unusual In the way of corresondence came before the managers of the Masterton Technical School, when several replies were received in-response to an inquiry for a skeleton in art classes. A Dunedin firm offered a special specimen at £2l. A Sydney firm stated that it had a very fine male specimen for £l4 ss, also a female—not quite up to the high standard of the male—at £l3 ss.

The ladies of Kaihu (Dargaviile) are very indignant at the members of the Kaihu Football Club turning down the idea of a ladies club. They said they, hoped Kaihu men never win another game of football, and also that they ( will not attend any more football dances. Ai. a recent dance the ladies had their revenge on one player, if not more. This man, one of the leading lights of the football club, had the audacity at the meeting to form ladies’ club to get on liis feet and speak against the idea of ladies playing-. At the dance the first two ladies he asked to dance with him informed him that they were going to sit it out. Nothing daunted, he went,, to a third party and she replied that if she was good enough to dance with she was good enough to play football, and declined to dance. He left. —Dargaviile Times.

“As the state of man now is, the survey of vice is necessary to the constituting of virtue. What ■wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without knowledge cf evil? He that- can apprehend and consider vice, with all her hails and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian. I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and meets her adversary, hut slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is'to he run for, not without dust and heat.”—Sir Francis Bacon.

Constable Shannon resumed hie duties yesterday.

The Shannon and Makerua Schools have been closed for the term holiday of a fortnight.

A very fine early green crop is to •jbe seen on Mr Bacon’s farm on the lhakara-Shannon road. The crop is fully two -feet high, and is giving a heavy return in green fodder. Mr R. Edwards, borough engineer, has paid two or three>visits to Shannon lately in.. connection with the proposed footpath construction in some of the residential streets and the beautifying work nu Plimmer Terrace.

Grey Street, which received special attention from the Public Works Department by way of a heavy coating of metal to carry the Mangahao traffic, is now becoming consolidated and in good order. In* another month or two the surface should he further improved.

Some complimentary remarks were made v at the meeting of the Rugby Union last night in reference to the sportsmanship displayed by the local boys .in v the third and fourth grades. "They come off the field after getting a beating as if they had won,” said one speaker. “That was a good sporting spirit, and the boys deserved every credit for it.”

A suggestion was made at last night’s meeting of the Rugby Union that representative matches for third- ' grade players should be arranged. This would stimulate the young players and improve their play. The idea was considered a good one, and it was decided to see what could be done.

A farmer in this district recently submitted 15 weane realves at auction, but only being offered 5s each, decided to kill them and sell the skins. He did so, and got a return after expenses had been deducted of two 2d stamps.

A wool grower on this coast has just got the returns for the sale of his clip in the Old Country. Twenty-four bales were shipped, and. 19 were sold, his cheque for this quantity being 7s 6d, after expenses had been paid.

Sunday was a notable day in the history of church work at Mangahao, when the first service to be conducted by a minister was held in the Y.M.C.A. hut at Arapeti, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. Mr Stewart,, pastor of the Shannon Presbyterian Church. There was a fair attendance, and Mrs Hurrell presided at the piano, the service passing off successfully! The church proposes to hold a concert at Arapeti early next month. Mr J. Simpson, an employee Sf the Public Works Department, met with a painful accident last'vfeek. He, with others, was unloading drums cf cable at the railway station. In„the absence of a crane they were using jacks, and one of these slipped, causing the heavy driihT, weighing 2 tons 14cwt, to jamb Mr Simpson’s leg, cutting and bruising it badly. Several stitches were necessary. Mr Simpsons is making a satisfactory recovery*. Three immigrants who arrived in thecolony not many .weeks ago dropped oir their feet in a surprisingly short while. One of them came out under the Government’s scheme for bringing, out domestic servants. Her widowed mother and a younger sister thought therS was not much use in breaking up the family, so they decided to take a chance and go out also "to this New Zealand and see what it was like.” When they arrived they had exactly 20s between the three of tnem. Tne girl, who was under the Government aegis, was, of course, all rignt. 'Jhe matron who came out in charge if the domestics, advised the mother and the 'sister to “stick to the party” and see what turned up. The, Salvation Army hostel provided meals and btds, but the Army’s kindness was not long required. The mother was a busy, hard-working little body, and within 24 hours of stepping off the boat she was appointed head laundress to a very high household indeed at £IOO a year, with free quarters, and her younger daughter was taken into the same desirable household.

A rather remarkable case of the complete recovery of a bull which sustained a broken hind leg is recorded by Mr R; A. Rolston, of Levin. Mr Rolston states that the accident happened in March last, the break being in the thick part of the leg. The advice of a vet. was sought, but he held out no hope of saving the animal. As the bull was a valuable one, Mr Rolston did not wish to lose him, and turned him out. in a small paddock where it was not disturbed and had ample feed. After a little time he began to improve, and later was able to limp about on the injured limb. Now alter six months a complete cure has resulted, and Mr Rolston says that it would be almost impossible for an outsider to distinguish which leg had been injured. As an instance of animal ingenuity, Mr Rolston says that when the leg was in tender condition, the bull became proficient in the art of lying down and rising without' bending the injured leg, this being kept quite straight as if it -were In plaster or heavily bandaged.