THE Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921.

Shannon News, 16 September 1921, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921.

The “News” has arranged to have the half-time and final scores in the Test Match transmitted to its agencies in Shannon as. soon as possible after it its received to-morrow. Miss M. Law, who has been staying in Shannon for some time, left to-day on a visit to her brother at Blenheim. Mr W. Baxter, the Postmaster, is at present on his holidays, and is being relieved by Mr A. B. Card. The executive of. the New Zealand Workers’ Union has advised the general secretary (Mr C. Grayndler) to notify all shearers and shed hands to refrain from making engagements under the Arbitration Court’s recent shearers’ award. Professor A. W. Bickerton says sun-spots are almost certainly caused by meteors striking the surface of the sun. The effect would be like poking a fire. There would be more radiation from the sun, and consequently greatly increased heat. “in this bally town there are only about, six men who do anything, the others only talk,” remarked a member of the Wanganui Patriotic Association when the question of the Soldiers’ Memorial was under consideration. “I think if you said there were six men who did all Hie talk, you would be nearer ihe mark,"-retorted another member.

JjVjf » Several parties of motorists are leavmg for Wellington to-day to be present at the test match to-morrow. The Tenrus Club opens its season on Wednesday next. , A large number of members' have joined up this year, and they are very been, and

hope this season to capture the Newman Cup. A dance will be held in the Druids’ Hall in the evening, and it\ is anticipated that 'many visitors from outside clubs will be present. A final reminder is given of the Veil. Bede’s children’s plain and fancy dress party to be held this evening.

Mr D. Gustoferson had the misfortune to cut his hand badly with an axe recently, but is making good progress. He hopes to be able to .follow his occupation'again in a week’s time. Mr McCormick has taken the place of Mr Flinders, who recently resigned from the Post Office staff.

Mr Beard, who has been on a business visit to Wellington, returned last night. We hear with regret of the death of Mrs Bovis, of Fcilding, at the age oi 69 years. Mr J. Bovis, oi this town, is a son, .and he will have general sympathy in his loss.

The Defence stores.at Palmerston vvere broken into during the week-end ■did 500 rounds of ammunition stolen, it is also thought a rifle was taken. Mr “Pussyfoot’ Johnson has arrived in Sydney to study prohibition prospects in Australia. He' says n me Umted .States remains “dry,’' Great Britain will be “dry” by 1920.

‘market, poultry sold at from 2s 7d to •is 6d per head, and seed potatoes at Js 6d per cwt.

The dairy cows bought a season or oo ago for £ls 10s per head were disposed of as stores at yesterday’s sale for 13s Gd each.

Advice lias been received by a Pahiama Dairy Company that shipments of cheese per Waimate and Matatua have realised 136 s for white and 124 s to 128 s for coloured.

The canvassers for signatures to the petition asking that an Electric Power Board be set up in the Horowhenua district are meeting with a good response, and it is anticipated the signatures required will be got within the next week or so.

The most spirited bidding at yesterday’s sale was for a ewe and lamb, which quickly rose from 15s to 25s before being knocked down. The auctioneer thought it would be a good idea to sell all the sheep singly in future.

The Levin Repatriation Committee has been informed by the Department that loans exceeding £SO will now be granted to soldiers in special cases only, and that such applications will require to be finally approved by the Ministerial Board as is done in the case of applications for business loans of over £SO. Loans up to £SO will be finally dealt with by the District Board as heretofore.

“The goats were kept for eating ‘lawyers,’” said a witness in court. "Well, they will do a lot of good if they eat those up,” was the rejoinder of the Magistrate. Of course, the witness was referring to the brambles which are often called “lawyers,” probably owing to the manner in which they cling to anything they touch.— Hunterville Express.

Owing to the finances of the Kaikoura. County Council being at a low ebb, it was decided at the last meeting that all employees be called in and notified of the position, and that only two surfacemen be retained for outside work. The county engineer was'also asked to tender his resignation, to take effect three months hence, as the Council could not see its way to retain his services, having no money to spend. Ladybirds are perhaps best known by children, into whose- play they enter, but they also serve a useful purpose as an enemy of certain plant diseases. A consignment of 7000 of a certain species of ladybird has just been received from California by Div Tillyard, biologist to the Cawthron Institute, for liberation in aphis-infected districts. Some of these ladybirds have been set free in the neighbourhood of New Plymouth.

The defendant in a tenement case heard in the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court said she did not think an unfurnished room could be secured in New Plymouth for less than £1 per week. Relating further hex'- troubles in the course qf a search for a house, witness told the Court that she went to one place (which was to let) at ten minutes past nine in the morning, expecting to be the first of the applicants on the scene, but found she was the twenty-fix’st who had an eye on this particular dwelling.

The public will be surprised to note the fine quality of the Petone all-wool tweeds on show at Mr Fargher’s shop. Made-to-measure suits that some little time ago would cost anywhere from 10 to 12 guineas, are now priced at £6 to £9.

The Government Survey staff have arrived in Shannon, and commenced the survey of the transmission line in connection with the Mangahao electric power scheme.

English files of July ~jiist to hand are full of descriptions of the “great

drought.’’ For over forty years nothiifg to equal the intensity of the sun’s rays and the ffing period without fain had been experienced. On July 12, after 86 days without rain, the maximum shade temperature reached 90 degrees in London, and the solar reading was no less than 133 degrees. Outbreaks of fire were reported from all over the country.

“Many of our opponents have questioned the cost of administering a hig concern like the New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Co., Ltd., said Mr A. J. Sinclair, at a meeting of dairymen. “The cost of overhead charges, including salaries and office expenditure, is £25,000, which I admit is' a large sum. But it does not seem so large when'll tell you that it works out as equivalent to id per lb butter-

information, which alleged acts of vandalism by two ladies at the Palmerston Esplanade on Sundayi was conveyed to the Borough Council by a visitor to Palmerston North, who wished to remain anonymous. In a letter he stated that he had seen these ladies remove plants and shrubs and place them in a basket, afterwards driving away in a motor car, the number of which was given. “They were evidently well-to-do people,” said the Council’s informant.. “They wore fur coats and were otherwise elaborately dressed.” It was decided to ask the owner of the car for an explanation of the alleged offence.—Standard.

In the course of a report regarding the investigations made by him in Europe and America, Mr E. A. Shrimpton, chief telegraph engineer, states that the machine-printing telegraph is gradually replacing the manually and automatically-operated Morse apparatus. Mr Shrimpton says the modern apparatus provides a five-lever key, which mechanically translates electric impulses to letters which are printed on paper tape at the other end, which in turn is gummed to a telegraph form and delivered to the addressee. A complete machine is expected in the Dominion in less than a year, and will increase the capacity of lines 889 per •ent-.

Two sheepfarmers residing in the AkitiO' district had 74 bales of wool at the recent Wellington wool sale. Having just received , their returns and worked out their profits on the clip, they are now wondering what it -wduld have been had they sent the wool to London. The clip realised £4lB Is Bd, while the charges were £387 8s 7d, leaving a profit of £3O 13s Id. The charges were made up as follows: Shearing £Bl, cartage and boat loading £27 14s, wool packs £27 14s, receiving, weighing and cataloguing £lO 9s, freight (from Akitio to Wellington) and storage £49 ss, wharfage £3 14s, insurance (in transit) and stamps £1 10s 9d, cartage from wharf to store and insurance £4 0s 3d, shepherd and keep £150,,-total £387 8s 7d.— Masterton Age.

Some amusement was caused among onlookers*-at the'Waihou sale last Friday, when the auctioneer was ei* deavouring to extract bids for some store cows, states the Te Aroha News. A couple of the animals were obviously aged—in fact, one dairymen suggested that, they probably voted at the last general election! After vainly appealing to the assemblage for a bid, even of the smallest, dimensions, the wily man with the hammer intercepted a nod of recognition between two farmers, and interpreted ,it as a bid of half a crown. Then Tie brought forth his best smile and wheedled a rise of sixpence from another man r and knocked the cow down to him without delay. The next cow offered was an even worse drug on the market, hut at last if found a buyer at half a, crown, -the auctioneer causing merriment by announcing the names of the purchasei’s—two well known butchers. It was no use their protesting that the animals were merely bought for i boiling down. One wit suggested that the miners in a certain centre would now have opportunity for sharpening their picksl

The Tuapeka Times is responsible for the following: Among the vast concoui’se of people who assembled at Dunedin to witness the first test match. All Blacks v. Springboks, was an enthusiast from the backblocks who had travelled over forty miles on horseback, to view the game. To secui'e a good' i seat he went to the ground some four hours before the match started, pro--viding himself with sandwiches and! liquid refreshment in the shape of six; bottles of beer. As the result of partaking of the latter not wisely but too* well, he fell asleep, and was onlyawakened by the cheering crowds at the termination of the match. He then: asked, “Has the match started yet? vr and when informed that it was over, he said, "By Jovel I’m glad I was here, anyway/*