THE Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922.

Shannon News, 27 January 1922, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922.

The heavy gales have blown off a large (jnanlily of young fruit in the local orchards. The crop this year, taken generally, is a,'poor one, and a. shortage for jam making locally is expected. Owing to a defect in the printing of the last issue of the News two articles were partly illegible. In accordance with the desire of many readers these contributions are reprinted on

jj Orders for piano tuning by Chas. : Begg and Co.'s expert- inay be left with Mr J. V. Burns for immediate attention. The Shannon Borough Council has opened a list at the Council Chambers lor subscriptions limited to one shilling, towards the Dominion wedding gilt to Princess Mary. Dairymen are experiencing a drop in men- butteriat returns of 'late, due no doubt lo the feed urymg off ana losing some ot its fat-producing tconiern., '

tlie He’v. Mr Braddoek, .who conducted tlai mission two years agoi will preach in the Methodist Church on Sunday and will be pleased to meet all friends. A Sydney cable says that among the applicants lor the position of aet-uig-conuucior oi the Slate Orchestral arc a number of. prominent European musicians. ' i

The clause in the Game Protection Bill legalising live. pigeon matches, and passed by the Lower House, has been thrown out by the Legislative Council. (

A NOw York cable slates that millions oi oranges and lemons are frozen on tlie trees In Los Angeles, there being the worst frost for nine years. Thirteen degrees of frost were recorded.

Potato growers state that the recent blight attack is not proving as bad us was expected. Although the tops have been withered,- the attack seems to i have passed and growth is going on! So far little damage has been done to. the tubers.

Tlie ex-Mayor .of WliakatailG (Mr Frank Amoore) was fined £S3 3s and costs on nine-.charges of having com-' milted breaches of the Municipal Corporations Act whilst occupying ' the office of Mayor of the borough. The cases were in respect to two illegal contracts (says the Auckland Star).' Mr Albeit Robinson met with a painful accide'ni while splitting wood this week. He was holding a wedge with one hand and was striking with the other when ih entaui slipped and crushed two of his lingers. He received" medical attention but, it will be some time before he is ablq to- 1 resume work. 1 '

New Zeaiahd cffii be very amusing at times (says the Sydney Telegraph), one oi its small. councils (Takapuna) has permitted members of the Royal Liie-Savi|.ig Society (to! 'wear racing costumes on the beach there, provided they wear overcoats .when not actually in the water. Now, if only some of those councillors would come over and ride out to Bondi on -a Saturday afternoon tram and see the way Sydney does it !, \

The Manaia Witness republishes ih« Jollowing paragraph Irani an issue oi January, 1602, twenty years ago: “A tanner near Manaia has made £2 ]os i'roin two cows for a month. Anoliier supplier to a. local factory received £l6 13s for last month’s supply from 12 cows, which works out at ill 7s ( Jd per 1-le believes that when he culls/his herd he. will easily improve his returns.”

The New Zealand Educational institute has forwarded a letter to the Director of Education stating that, its executive bqs advised Miss Park not to attend the seobrnl inquiry which the Minister, of Education has; ordered, to be held. The reason given by the executive for the advice is that Miss Park has already undergone onet trial by the proper authorities. The letter adds that no mention has been, made by t?he Education Department to Miss Park of any mailer that, was npt fully dealt with at the inquiry held ploy the Education Board.

What is believed lo be a world’s re'eordsyield' of milk in proportion to the animal’s body Avcigln has been given by a goat belonging to Mrs Pol ton, ol Bayleigh, Essex, England. Weighing just under lOOilis and stand, ing only 26 inches high, nitre- goal was milked three times in anm day and 1 gave a lew ounces over 2tJlbs or two gallons of milk. This hs< over oae iilih el her entire body webgUf and no cow bus yielded in milk more Ilian one-seventh of her body \ yeiglit ill 24 hours.

Bats— at least, some it its—have peculiar tastes (says tlie 'Christchurch Pi ess). The assistants o 1 the Public Library, -who are in Hie habit of placing vases of [lowers on t he tabtos, no- ) tired recently that ail t he carnations I placed in the vases, to t he number of j twenty or thirty, disappeared during j the night. No (louvers of any other ; variety were touched. '1 fhe City Coun- | oil's rat campaign sup plying the nej eessary stimulus, one o X the staff sugi gested that a rat migh.it be the cause I of tlie disappearances : though no rea--1 son for partiality- fo'r [tarnations was , capture of a large lilac 1 |j rat. The car- : nations may have been . selected as beI advanced. A trap was set with a car- , met with a wc!l-deserv ed reward—-the na.tion as a bait, and th i.e brainy device ing particularly suita hie for nesting purposes, but that no other flowers' at all should, be touched j.fc ph-

Otago, founder of many big commercial enterprises, has taken in its stride the launching of a new steamship company. The £20,000 required to float the Dunedin-Wanganui Steamship, Company is fully subscribed. Captain Holm, who is bringing out the Kyleberg, has ventured £SOOO to. the enterprise and most of the balance of the capital has been subscribed in Dunedin and Oamaru.

Whether trie want of sufficient publicity is the cause of a very much decreased entry at Hawera Show it is difficult to\ say. It is a fact, nevertheless, that there is a very great shrinkage all round'*. A decrease of 401 is a serious matter, tor ,a Show like that of Egmont and it seems to indicate that the farmers of Taranaki have let their district Show down.

The very grave danger which attends children who run behind, ride, and frolic on .moving .vehicles was made evident at aif inquest at Hamilton before' Coroner Young, S.M., mto tlie death of an eight-year-old boy, Herbert. Mottersliaw'. The evidence showed that Mottersliaw ran after coal cart and rode lor a distance on the brake-rod but fell off. The wheel of the waggon passed over and killed him instantly.

The Thames Valley Power Board is enueayourihg to cut y out all factors of waste and inefficiency as speedily as possible. The following instructions have been sent to the foremen: (i) That no overtime be worked under any circumstances whatever, with the exception of a breakdown or other abnormal causes; (2) Hours worked: Start, 7.30; lunch, 12 to 1; 'finish, 5 p.m. (3) under no circumstances must any incompetent man be kept in employment. If this clause is not strictly adhered to, the responsibility will fall upon the foremen.

Two Mangaweka State School hoys (Win. E. Adams 1371, and Wliitiroa Byrne 563 marks), /each 13 years . of\ age, have the'honour of heading; t lie . list; ol Primary School candidates ot the .Wanganui Education Board’s district in the late Junior National Scholarship examinations. Mangaweka, tor a small country school of 80 pupils, has for y ears been singularly, successful. Four years ago Geoffrey Montalk, another pupil of this school, put up a Dominion record in the same examinatio'n. His 716 marks out of a possible. 800, has not yet been nearly approached in New Zealand. Cut jor uncut seed potatoes—which give the better N yield. This is ai question which the Ashburton Experimental Area is attempting to answer. Last, year it. was shown that cut Dakota seed'yielded , badly but i this year the results are better, although generally it may be said that cut seed gives a weaker and less even crop. Other varieties are being subjected to the same test with'varying results, but. a general tendency in favour of uncut seed. Another comparison is being made between the yielding properties of cpops grown from small and medium-sized seed.

The Manawatu Times says the additional “portable” classroom that \yas constructed for the accommodation of about 50 pupils of the College Street School has proved - a costly experiment that is not'likely to be repeated by the Education Department. The building, which in size is about equal to a large motor shed, will cost over £IOOO to erect. If the edifice is required later for use in another district, the expense of dismantling the sections, packing, transporting and reerecting the schoolrooip on a prepared foundation is going to be a considerable item, that will recur'just as often as this tabernacle of learning is moved . in ■ the educational wilderness.

“Webber is the greatest athlelc in New Zealand to-day,” said Mr S. Cox, manager of the New Zealand team, at the Australasian championships, at a welcome home to the team in Christchurch last week. He went on to say that the Auckland champion liad lost three pounds weight in Adelaide, but when a rest was advocated lie said: ‘Oh, no! 1 must get back to my running weight.” He had followed up his argument with a huge meal or cherries, peaches and apricots, much to the trainer’s horror. 'lp the three mile he had come to the front rather too soon, in Mr Cox’s opinipn, but when he was spoken to on the subject, he simply replied: ‘Oh/ it was awfully hot at the back and I had to come to the front for a little fresh air!’?