THE Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922.

Shannon News, 31 January 1922, Page 2

THE Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922.

Miss Hennessy and Mr J. Hennessy are at present in Auckland to meet their brother, Dr. W. Heimessy, who is arriving from America. The New Zealand Meat Packing and Bacon Co. intend to pay a bonus of Id per lb on all pork supplied to them by shareholders up to the end of January this season

Mr W. Thomson, who has just returned i'rom his annual vacation,

spent in the South island, states tlun in Oaniaru a novel hut very effective idea has been adopted as a memorial to local soldiers who fell in the war. This takes the form of a memorial avenue of trees, one being dedicated to each soldier, whose name ts shown on a tablet attached to the tree. This idea is in great favour in Australia.

Mr T. F. Gibson, while on a visit to the Southern Lakes, had rather a unique experience of the extremes of climate. On one day at Queenstown, the weather was beautifully hue, too warm, in fact, to be comfortable, and that evening a cold wind came up that brought snow in its wake, 'mo Remarkables were cloaked in white in the morning, and the foothills right down to the town were covered by the over-night fall.

The Manuka, which left Wellington at H. 15 on Thursday for Sydney, had got as lar as the Heads when she was recalled by wireless, as it was believed that there was a lady oil board whose husband had met with an accident ashore. When the vessel arrived back in the stream at. 12.15 p.lll. a tug met her with four passengers, who had missed the boat. It was then discovered that the\lady sought for was not on board, so the Manuka put to sea again—with the extra passengers!

According to a Levin visitor vho has been holiday-making in the SoutJi Island, beautifying work is not being neglected in the South. An idea adopted by several towns is to beautify the main approaches by planting ornamental trees, and it gives the visitor a good impression of he place. In Dunedin all odd nooks and corners, however small, had a few flowering plants, and very well they looked. ■

The text of The Municipal Corporations Amendment Act has just come to hand. Under section 40 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, there was a disqualification clause for all councillors who -were directors of firms or combines transacting business over £5 for one contract, or £lO per year, with the Council concerned. But the amended Act of last session provides for the disqualification of the general manager only of a public company which transacts business with the Council concerned in respect of a. contract which exceeds £5 in the case of a single contract ,or £lO altogether in any financial year. Directors of companies are now qualified to be elected and act as Borough Councillors under the Act.

As an example of the complications involved in a multiplicity of bilis-ol-ladmg of frozen meat, a Loudon correspondent says a vessel arrived at the Port of London carrying II(i,UUU carcases. For these there were 181 separate hills-of-lading, 701 different, marks, IDS lots of ten carcases or less, 32 consignees, and 1% deliveries. The immediate result is that, instead of the workers being able to unload from 20,000 to 30,000 carcases a day, which can be done in the case of Argentine meat where the system of pooling is in vogue, only 7000 to 10,000 can be unloaded, and that with the same number of workers and the same expense. Moreover, any cargo left on hand—and under present conditions there is bound' - to be a good deal—suffers in the matter of prices obtained. This is an old trouble which is complicating everything at this end, and the Incorporated Society of Meat importers have made vigorous protests on more than one occasion. Certainly the producers must suffer from this multiplicity of marks by having to pay higher freights, and it is considered that the only remedy lies in an increased scale of freights for small parcels.

One primary school in Palmerston North cost .more than the whole amount allotted by the Education Department to the schools in the Wellington district for the ensuing year. This fact was emphasised by Mr T. Forsyth, chairman of the Wellington Education Board, at the meeting this week. “It shows,” he! “what can be done in some quarters by a little peaceful and quiet penetration. (A member: ‘Judicious penetration.') It seems to me' that it ought to be mentioned that one district fora single primary school spends over £42,000, as against £4l 817 6s for all the schools in the Wellingto ndistrict for the ensuing year. It is a crying shame,” said Mr Forsyth, “that in these hard time all these commitments oh school buildings should be spent since the war finished and during the financial crisis (Hear, hear.)” Mr C. I. Harkness: “That is not the only school; there is a palatial one at Palmerston North.” Mr G. T. London: “You will have to alter your policy and attitude towards the Department and see what can be done by way of comparison.” (Laughter). ARE YOU COUGHING YET ? Kitchen economy demands the use of Sharland’s Baking Powder. Costs less than others—gives hatter results, sphere.

memorial was noted by Mr T. F. Gibson during a recent visit to Queenstown on Lake Wakitipu. It commemorates the tragedy of the Scott Expediion to the South Pole, and use has been made of a massive pile of natural rock in the public gardens. Tablets affixed to the four faces pay tribute to the courage and fate of the Polar party.