THE Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1922.

Shannon News, 13 January 1922, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1922.

The Mayor announced at the Council meeting- on Tuesday evening that I a special meeting would he called to consider die hall-holiday question. Mrs Hal lain, who has been visiting England and Africa, is expected' to • ' arrive in Shannon on Monday next. The first meeting of the Manawutu County Council was held at Foxton in 1877. The county houndary then extended to Otaki. “Wo have just got enough money to keep ourselves going fill the end of the financial year; after that things will he alright/' said the Mayor at Tul esday's r.orongh Council meeting, when the question of finance was retorted to. ! j. The Mayor stated ai the ISo rough | Council meeting Oil Tuesday ihat VUe i election of a Tower Board for the Ho- | rowhenua District would take place at I an early date and the citizens of ShanI non would require fo get a suitable { representative on the Board, j Messrs Hoadi and Spencer, who are j attending the Bowling Tournament, in j | Dunedin, in a recent letter, say that ( I the weather has been far from favour- J able and the greens are very heavy, hut- ofhenvise they .are having a very < enjoyable 1 ime.

I), was slated at the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday evening that Mr- James Dalziel, borough roadman, was now out of hospital after his recent severe illness, but was not strong enough to get about yet.

A large gang of men are at present erecting a sawmill on Mr McDonald’s property over the hill. Messrs Harvey and Co., of Levin have secured the timber rights. When the mill is in full swing a good many men will be employed.

“ The ladies of Shannon raised more money for patriotic purposes than was done by any other place in Horowhenua,” said the Mayor (Mr Murdoch) at the Borough council meeting on Tuesday evening, when reference was made to the local Soldiers’ Memorial.

A Press Association message states that the stables of Mr D. McCauley, horse trainer in Avenue road, Foxton, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Tlie racehorses were.'saved. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery.

Whatever features of the old regime may have disappeared iu Germany, duelling is not among them. A student "who killed one of his fellows at tlie University of Jena has been sentenced to a light penalty on the ground that the slaughtered man “must have had a very thin skull.”

On .'Sunday Mr William Illingworth, t resident of Hunt’s road, near Owaka (Otago) was badly gored by a bull. He was removing the atiimal from one paddock to another, when it attacked him and before it desisted Mr Illingworth was badly cut about the face and his ribs were bruised. Mr Illingworth is a man about .40 years of age. At the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday evening Cr Murray drew attention to the fact that tlie . private box lobby at the post office was not kept open as long as l’oimerly, nor was it lighted. It would also be a convenience to box-holders if a notice “Mails sorted,” were put up after the last mail in the evenings. It was decided to write to the office with a view to having these matters dealt with. Two years ago if a farmer wanted to buy a suit of tailor-made clothes, he gave the tailor J6O pounds of wool in exchange: to-day he would have to hand over ’BO pounds, over a bale, in order to receive back 7 pounds of greasy wool made up in a suit of clothes. To pay Mr Massey's laird iax of £7O, a farmer would, two years ago, have sold 40 fat lambs. To-day 117 must go through the yards to pay the tax.— MercanUle laze tie.

Willi a • representative gathering of fanners in attendance, ihe newlyerected cattle dip, built- by direction , of the Helensville Cattle Dipping Association, was formally, declared open by Mr Stewart, Government Inspector. The dip, erected from Government plans, cost about £6OO, which sum was | subscribed by the farmers. Fifteen i head of cattle were put through in i four minutes. r i-laving such splendid roads every [ body seems to own a motor car in California (says a returned Auckland er, Mr-Hardlev). He mentions a pecu liar phase of the motor life. Tourists travel the road in their thousands, j and a big proportion of them have trailers behind their cars, thus en- | aiding them to carry tent, bedding, etc., and they camp in the special area, set apart- for the purpose in the public parks of the towns through which their route fakes them. This is quite a feature of travel in that pa riot the world, and a great, boon to the family man whose purse won't stand the drain of -the hotel.

Mr W. .11, Gunning, of Shannon, lias received a letter from his brother, who lives in Bath, .England, in which it is stated that the last English, summeij was very dry, and as a consequence the greater part of the crops were affected. Whilst the wheat crop was up to about usual, barley and oats only gave a quarter of the average return. The straw from these cereals was short and in bulk would only produce about scwt per acre, as compared with Ihe average weight per acre of about one and a-lialf to two tons. Turnips bad failed under the dry conditions, but mangels bad done well, bearing out ihe New Zealand experience. that this root does well in dry as well as wei seasons.

When a motor car i'ulJy loaded with a picnic party dressed in comfortable alt ire for the beach, rail into- a swarm of bees near Auckland on New Year’s Day, tlie effect was not half so bad as that which another swarm created at Eden Park isays the Auckland Star), for ihe Auckland-Cunterbury cricketers had no protection and might easily nave made a good settling ground for the bees. But when Hris idea occurred 10 the swarm the field came to tlie conclusion that discretion was the better part of valour aiid those nearest to the attack quickly gathered on the pavilion side of the pitch, leaving the bees a fair field in the opposite direction. But meanwhile the batsmen too hath retired and the only rna.n inside the ring was Da,ere at long on, fielding the .ball from a drive that was hit before tlie invasion occurred.

The Patea people did well as the result of their carnival chow, having raised- £IBOO for Domain improvement. A crop of beans, seven feet high, used for horse and cattle louder, may be seen at the Central Development rann at present. The Central Development Farm secured the good return of 45 bushels per acre irom its wheat, areas last year, and was disposed or at a profitable price. Anotner wheat crop was sown this season, and. is promising well. Mr W. J. McCulloch, manager of the Farm, stated yesieruay that this district was quite suitable for wheat-growing, especially lor Tuscan wheat.

A mixture of home-made whisky exploded in the making on the frith floor ot an East Side tenement, New York* on the night of December U. Shouts “bomb” were heard, and 32 families fled front their supper tables. Walls smeared with prune juice and other things, woodwork plugged with copper fragments, and a ceiling full-of holes were found by the police. Window panes throughout the tenement were shattered, but no one was hurt. The owner of the still was not at home, but police we;}3 assigned to wait for him.

A Paris cable reports that a train which left Hanover had swarms of bees on board. The German Government, uircugu the Central Co-operative Society of Agriculture, is sending the bees into Entente tern tory.by virtue oi a clause in the Peace Treaty. Unlike horses, cows and pigs, bees do not figure by name in The treaty, but by article 4 oi the reparations clause, paragraph 3, it is provided that a list of articles to be restored to the Allies shall be listed CO days alter the coming into force < 1 the treaty. The bees were included in the list.

Fruit is plentiful in Auckland and prices are very reasonable. A New Plymouth resident who has been on a holiday to Auckland bought at a mart Stunner apples, lor instance, at 1/3 for a case ol 401 b, and tomatoes at 31 d pc*r lb taking an 181 b case. In both cases the fruit was fresh and firm. The retail price of tomato'es in New Plymouth is 1/6 to 1/8 per lb. In the one ease the price quoted is wholesale and the other retail, but tlie question naturally arises why should there be such a marked difference.

Considerable excitement was caused at Tararu (says the Thames Star). A party of picnickers had returned irom a trip by launch. They got into a dinghy to get to the beach. Suddenly a large shark was sighted in close proximiiy to the dinghy, and in lire confusion that ensued and tlie occupants’ anxiety to get to the shore, the dinghy was capsized. There were a number of children in Hie dinghy at the time, together with a number of ladies, but some men who- were near by rushed in and brought them safely to the shore. A number of people slate that the shark was very large.

The shrewdest man at the races during the holidays was Mr W. F. Massey, Minister for Finance, says the New Zealand Herald. Note that he pulled out of Ihe betting £45,676 in taxes. Altogether £652,480 went through the totalisator, but much of it went through several^! mes. It would not be a wild guess m say that perhaps £IOO,OOO would cover the money actually used in these belting transactions, and it will be seen that Mr Massey's winnings were little short of half that sum. He was the only man on the course who was on a certain winner.