THE Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921.

Shannon News, 30 September 1921, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921.

. - ( ■ - ' ~ Mrs Cameron is at present visiting her daughters in Shannon. 'Mrs G. G. Kelly lias re,turned from Wanganui, wh&fe she has been visither parents: Two services will be conducted in Tlie Shannon Methodist Church on Sunday,' Mr C. Bullard, of Eos ton, being The preacher in the morning, and Mr JBlakeworth, recentJy from England,. in the evening. Mrs J. McGarvie and her throe children have gone few days' visit to Iter sister, Mrs Parker, of Wairarapa, prior to their leaving for their new home at Grey town. Miss Maisie MeGarvie's many Shannon friends will be sorry to hear she is leaving for Greylown, where she will join her l’athey and brother on the farm they have taken up there.

A native was lined in all £2O at Wairoa/ last' week for killing deer out of season and having the same in his possession. Mr Morgan will resume liis duties at the school next week, after an absence of several weeks through illness. It is rumoured that the reduction to be made in the price of sugar in November will be £lO per ton, and that sugar will then be retailed at about 5d per pound. \ The W.E.A. cuios at Feilding presented Mr Marsh-Roberts, lecturer, y with a case of pipes and a silver pencil, and carried a resolution recoin-, mending the University yen ate' to appoint him io the Feilding circuit next year. An evangelistic meeting will he conducted in the Druids’ Hall on Sunday evening,, wherr the speaker will he Mr A. F.' Witty, a visitor from Ceylon. A hearty welcome is given to all interested. The subject of the address will be “Christ is-Coming to Earth. How, When, Where?’’ A meeting of Shannon residents took place x in the Institute at. Shannon to arrange a dance to help to swell the Hillier Benefit Fund. Mr occupied the chair, and Mr J. Beard was elected secretary. The dance will be held oh October 28 in the' Druids’ Hall. Mr Hillier won staunch friends by his loyal services to the town and borough, and jhey are anxious ,to assist him after his recent long and serious .illness. Mr Hillier’s friends are appealing to the public to heip in this direction to make it. possible* for him to have a proper period of A convalescence. A further meeting will, he held in the Institute on Tuesday night, and , all interested are asked to attend. Ganger Watsoii staled at tne. Magistrate’s Court, yesterday that stray cattle on the country roads were a nuisance and sometimes a danger to passers-by. Lately two bullocks had been left on the road near Jhakara, and had chased the school children, and one animal had actually attempted to charge a man in a milk cart.

From the commencement of the year up to the present there have been £2 bankruptcies in Palmerston North and and'two meetings of creditors in estates recently adjudged bankrupt will be held next month. One, is in. the estate of 1 Harold Joseph Btflcer, tobacconist, Palmerston North, whose ’ creditors will meet on October 7, and the other is in the estate of J. B. Stroobant, caterer, of Te mum, formerly of Shannon, the meeting of whose.creditors is set down for' October 11.

In the course of a report to the Central Progress'' League in \yellington regarding the works at Mangahao, it is stated that investigation has proved that the difficulty in connection with the foundation for the dams has been solved, and plans axe now being prepared. The llfangahao dam will be much irsore costly than was formerly estimated, but there will be no difficulty in completing the darns in 1923. Tenders for the pipe dine close in November; and with the fall in the price of stock, together with the slackness in trade,'it is expected tha,t several of pounds will be saved on former tenctetes for this work, and that there will be no delay ixi delivery. The surveyors are now at work on the main transmission line.

The story has mien been told of the l)r. Stuart,, of Dunedin, being stopped by a policeman iatc one night as he was carrying- over his shoulders two or three blankets which he was taking to the home of some poor person who was in need of them. Last week a prominent philanthropic workei* had a similar experience in Auckland. He had heard ,ol‘ the case of a very sick man who was urgently in need of a bed which would give him comfort in his extreme weakness. Going through the city streets in the early morning, carrying the big parcel. he was asked how he came to be carrying it at that early hour, and was'only allowed to' proceed when mutual explanations had been made.

A novel seaeme for \racing the movements of fish has .been introduced by the Ileretaungu Anglers/'' Club, Hastings, which liberates a large number of yearling trout for the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation - The club recently imported, a number of silver fish tags from England marked H and numbered from one upwards. These tags have been used oit fish liberated this season, and fishermen are requested to watch their bags in the future and if any fish are caught with these tags on to inform either the club or the society as to when and where the fish were ‘caught. By this means it is hoped to trace the movements of rainbow trout, and so find out whether the fish go to sea and return to the same stream at some distant date, or ‘whether they go to sea and enter other rivers, or whether they stop out to sea indefinitely.

A drouth was charged at Grcymouth this week with using obscene language over a telephone. He was let off with a caution. The friends! of Mrs Hemmingson will be sorry to learn that she has been removed to Palmerston Hospital seriously ill. It- is hoped that, the treatment there will prove beneficial and that she will soon be on the way to recovery again. f Messrs. Harvey and Go. expect, to have their sawmill, which they are opening on Mr McDonald’s property, in full swing -’within the next two months. This should be a # help in the district, and we wish them every success in their new venture. The Shannon Football Club will hold a smoke concert by way of wind-ing-up the season, in the Druids’ Hall 1 on Tuesday. The medals won during the season will be presented during the evening. The Auckland Rotary Club has decided to embark on a, campaign having for its object the advertising of Auckland, with a view to encouraging interest outside and ensuring the futfurft prosperity of the city. A meeting of representatives of dairy factories in the Wairarapa, For-ty-Mile Bush, and Manawatu districts, was held in Palmerstoif North on Friday, when the demands made by the factory‘assistants tvere considered, and arrangements made for placing the owners’ position before the Conciliation Council at the sitting to be held on October 1 11th. • The totalisator returns for the Otaki races showed a falling, off of no. less than £15,812 compared with September of last year. For the first day this year £29,741 was put through the machine as agajnst £39,547 for the corresponding day last September, while for the second day £21,775 was recorded as against £27,781 for the second day last September. As there has been a general dropping off in totalisator returns in many places the result was not unexpected. Mf W. H. Field, M.P., has asked the Government toyprt ,idc some effective assistance to tne Board of Trade, with the object cf checking pro ('leering, and keeping nown the of living. \ By an Order-in-Council, the Palmerston North Borough Council is authorised to raise £162,050 by loan outside New Zealand at a maximum of 7i per cent, interest for a term of ten years. A sheet of green glass as an addition to the windscreen is being very largely adopted by Christchurch . motorists. Apart from making driving safeV in 'the bright sunlight, the green colour is invaluable in protecting the eyes from the-strong glare which arises from the paved streets.