THE Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921

Shannon News, 21 October 1921, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921

, Mr .1. Sinclair received word yesterday that his brother, Mr W. Sin clair, a schoolmaster in the South Island, had died ./suddenly. Mr E. Spencer returned last week from an extended visit to the British Isles, 2nd, to use his own expression, lie leels 15 years younger than when he left. Mr Spencer, who is 67 years of age, enjoyed perfect health • during the tour, and enjoyed the .} beauty spots and the Homeland to the fullest. He is enraptured with England, but he says the one trouble is the unemployment and poverty. Mr E. Spencer, jun., intends making a world’s tour some time next year. The date lor the production of “The Eastern Charm” has been fixed lor November 19 and 11. Good progress is. being made, and the serviced ol Mrs Butler's lull orchestra have been secured. i nave oeen surpnseu, coming irom me tmueu isiuieo uiiu eaiiauu \su>u Loru iNurincnne m Australia;, where me Waismngiou Conierence is the one topic or conversation m public lire, to near comparatively iiuie or n here. vVnh the 'Exception or one or two ihiiiiung men m Sydney and here, i nave hardly heard the matter reierreu | to, arid yet, on November Tl .next, there j wilt .meet a great body ol people who j will certainly decide whether it is I possible to exclude Orientals from white countries. i The death occurred on Wednesday ol Mr Herman Wolleruian, ol Palmerston North. The late Mr Wollerman, who was seventy-lour years ol age, was born iii New Stettin,, Pomerania, and arrived in New Zealand in 11875. He first resided at'Foxton, and alterwards at Palmerston North, where he acquired considerable property in-' terests. He was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Palmerston j North lor a number ol years, and alley wards became, a wine and spirit merchant in Wellington and Palmerston North.. He retired irom business in 1916. He was lor nine years a member ol tiie Palmerston North Borough Council. He was also a prominent Freemason, a member ol the Central Club (Wellington), and Working Men’s. Club (Palmerston North), and ol other institutions ol a social character. As a young mmi he served in the Fran coPrussian .War in 1870. The late Mr WolLerman.ieaves a widow and family ol six, namely, Mrs H., Peters (Christchurch), Mrs .T. Seliwass (Tokomaru), Miss . E. Wollerman (Palmerston {North), Mr H. Wollerman (U.S.A.), Mr I P. Wollerman (Wellington), and Mr F. ‘ A. Wollerman (Palmerston North). He also leaves eighteen grandchildren.

A heavy gale set in from the eastward yesterday aitemoon, ,and raged lor stA or eight hours, orchards receiveu a very, had shak.ng, large quatu.ues of' young 'fruit being lost. uui'ui season s ■ dauiernury iioi-njtunaaioes were soru. at auction .moi weeu, and maui. me excepnonai price oi 5s 5d per m. .. u o o- we bouuiL-iiiers were raugnea di as pessiuusts mr writing down and practising economy (says an 'uiago rannerj. io-im,y we, reaping ihe fruits oi Uiat caution.' rtvery traction oi a rise m our 'products is clear gain. Wueicas the less cautious iNortherners must get big rises oeiore iney really ieei any rehei irpm the me Taranaiu Herald is iortunate in possessing the Services oi a humorist as ns Moiiau correspondent. Tne loiiowing gem adorns ins latest, contribution: "'A nfcw pastime nas been inaugurated at Mangatom—shooting quail at midnight. so far if has not proved a howling success. Tlie first shot fired brought down the cookhouse chimney, and the cook, who was roasting peanuts at the time, has been suffering from shell-shock ever since. In any case the bag was light. A simpler and more efficacious plan has |iiice been put into operation. It consists ol‘ soaking wheat in whisky and sowing some haphazard among the! growing peas. Every morning now a score of quail may be seen staggering about among ,the peas, singing in tlieir own lingo. “We won’t be home till rnornin.” Not one oi them could walk a chalk line if it tried. So, ail the acting-cook does no\v is to come out and gather them into liis sugarbag, while later on and in due course they reappear at the dinner from the recesses of a capacious pie.’’

The Australasian 'League footballers .defeated Leeds by 11 to 5. ■ ,! .• ; ..... It is not known, writes the Te Aroha correspondent of. the. Waikato Times, that the Piako County Council is prosecuting a very important work. In conjunction with the proprietors of Glaxo, a concrete road is in readiness -to be formed. The road extends from the boundary of Te Aroha beyond the Glaxo works at Te Aroha—a distance oi Touf\aiid a-half miles. The cost of the work approximates £14,000. The new concrete mixer, one of largest in the Southern Hemisphere, will mix and spread about, six, chains per day.

The North Auckland Times of Saturday had the following: Messrs, Donald and Philips Finlayson yesterday received the largest consignment of dairy stock ever landed in North Auckland. The stock comprised no less than 500 head of well bred Jersey heifers and about twenty bulls. These animats were purchased in the Taranaki and ' Manawatu districts, and \Vere brought by special train to Hurua and driven by road to Ruawai. A very ridiculous position has arisen in connection with a prominent English renegade. ■"ln the early days of the war quite a . lot of good propaganda was scattered in Germany and over the world mostty front the mouth and pen of Heriv Houston Stewart Chamberlain, an Englishman long resident in Germany. He had married a daughter of the composer Richard Wagner, and a perlervid apostle of Germanism. He told us in the most earnest tones how. good and noble and well intentioned the poor maligned German really was, anil what a mistake' the wicked, perfidious and cowardly Britisher was making in being, rude to him. Quite recently Herr Chamberlain appeared in England once more, plain Mr Chamberlain, cheerfully seeking' in the English courts of law to make good his; claim to a legacy bequeathed to him by an uncle. As he was'a naturalised German the courts his appeal. Consequently he lias tried once more to shake the dust of England from his shoes and re-assume has-German nationality. This time it is the Germans who have no time for him. Perhaps he will find resting place in, Holland or in Thibet.

Very primitive methods exist at Hicks Bay lor transferring frozen meat from .the new freezing' works there to the holds of ocean liners. The meat as it comes out of the works is hauled into carts which convey it about.half-way along the road to the wharf. It is then loaded into trucks, and in doing so it is put- into slirigs in readiness for when it reaches the wharf and boat. The trucks are then pulled by horses to the wharf, a, dis-■' tance of approximately half a mile. | On the wharf sheer-legs have been | i erected jutting out over the sed, and a l ;hand-winch has been fitted up. The $ trucks of meat are run down and the j sling attached 1o the winch: Tfre | weight of the sling is then taken and i the latter swings out and is taken into ( the surf boats which are waiting below.. The surf boats, after they have been loaded, go out about 200 yards to the lighters. Here the. slings are lifted on hoard the latter-vessels. The lighters then go otrt to the liner, and the sling goes for another journey into' the hold of the big steamer*

There is Tittle, ing being hone in lambs in this district this season, owing to the condition of the market. This is in contrast to former years, when very large forward contracts were entered into. Dairy farming is making steady inroads into l the. sheep business this year, and where the Romney pnd crossbred once reigned supreme the butteriat animal is now in possession. Several Heatherlea farmers have joined the ranks of the dairymen this season., A considerable quantity of flax is being cut in the Heatherlea and Poroutawhao districts and trucked to the Foxton mills at present. «It is estimated that fully 1000 tons will be taken from the. Heatherlea swamps alone. A start has been made by the County Council with the metalling oi the Kawiu-Foxtoh Road, the work being commenced from the Heatherlea end. This route should divert a considerable portion of the traffic iroin the present mail} road when the surface has received the finishing touches. At the meeting of the New Zealand Red Poll Cattle Breeders’ Association at the, Central Development Farm last evening, the secretary, Mr N. lnder, of Dannevirke, was deservedly commended for the vast amount of useful information ho brought to hear on the business of the meeting in regard to getting the Association on a working basis, the compilation of a Herd Book, and other matters, whilst his knowledge of the Australian, American and English Red Poll Associations proved extensive and valuable. The Association has a valuable officer, as well as a Red Poll -enthusiast, in Mr lnder.