THE Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921.

Shannon News, 14 October 1921, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921.

The Shannon Rowling Club has selected Wednesday next for the open-ing-of-the-season dance. 'lt will be held in the Druids’ Hall. The Levin Dairy Company has decided to pay Is 9d per lb butterfat lor th£ September supply. | A-very large- number of residents! are at present suffering from influ- j enza, but with very few exceptions it] |is not considered to be of a serious) nature. j \At Tuesday's meeting of the Borough Council, Cr.\ Hyde said the paths in the cemetery, needed some little attention. He was authorised to Jmve the necessary' wdrk done. Mr Jas. Dalzieil, borough foreman, i who has been ill for some days, was] taken to the Palmerston North Hos-! ■phal yesterday for treatment. Shannon’s"allotment of war trophies in the form of machine-guns has been forwarded from Tfentham, and will no doubt arrive to-day. . The Shannon Tennis Club will play tne first match of the,season at Longburn on Labour Day, Qctober 24. It has been decided to charge 3s, and 2s (children Is) admission to “The Eastern Charm.” The ladies who have i promised to assist with the making of •the costumes are requested to.attend I at the Borough Council Chambers at 1 3 p.m. on Saturday, the date fixed j for the performance is an eatdy one, j and the cuminittee are anxious to have »the performers photographed as soon as possible. Mr J. Thompson has again shown his generosity in supplying the paint for the scenery, which in one scene represents an Eastern palace. Exhibited at the Historical Exhibition recently held in Geelong was an iriginal criticism of the singing of Nellie Mitchell (Dame Neliie Melba), ! when she was io. The criticism ap{peared in the Richmond Australasian on December 11, 1869, and read as follows: .“Little Miss Mitchell, a young lady of ten years, w’ho did not content -'herself with Singing in first-rate style, “Can’t Yob Dance the Polka?” but also accompanied herself on the piano, was, we think, the gem of the evening, and rightly deserved the spontaneous encore she received, and responded to by singing “Coming Through the Rye.” It took the audience by surprise to hear such sweet notes . coining from comparatively a mere child. The incomparable Miss Mitchell, in singing “Barney O’Hea,” quite outdid her former effort. This is indeed a musical protege, and she -will, make crowded bouses whenever sh« is announced -again. \ % * r*\ -e