THE Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1922.

Shannon News, 3 February 1922, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1922.

Miss Eva Roach is at present visiting Miss Qrsinan at Havelock, Hawke’s Bay. Mr T. Knutson, of the Post Office staff, is at present on his annual leave, anil is visiting Carterton. The vital statistics for Shannon for the month of .January were: Five births, one marriage and one death. A black cow will be sold at the Borough Pound on Friday next unless claimed in the meantime.

s Mr Stanley Gunning, ul the wlirarapa, is at present visiting ills relaY 1 lives in Shannon. f Mr R. Murray, of New South Wales, is visiting his uncle, Mr J. Murray, of f Shannon. t j The wedding of Miss Ruby Feet ham to Mr Joseph Simpson is to take place at the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, February 15. Miss Muriel Pz’ier, of Moutoa, who has only reached the age of nine years, may be complimented on securing first prize in a recent essay competition. The subject was “The Trials of a Leather School Bag.” The competition was open to school children all over the province.

Word has been received that money is available from the Government for house-building in Shannon, and it is quite possible that before long we shall have six municipal houses in'the town, provided the ratepayers sanction the loan, and as the scheme will be quite self-supporting, there is no reason why they should not. Travellers from' Tokomaru this morning report having seen a shattered motor-car on one side of the road, and a dead horse on the other. No details of the accident are at present available. v

As will be seen from ihe advertisement in column, Mr W. H. Gunning has been elected Shannon representative on the Power Board. He was the only local candidate. Mr Gunning has had a very wide experience with hydro-electric works m America, and it was he who brought the possibilities of the present scheme first under the notice of the Government. Mr Gunning’s business experi ence and general knowledge are undisputed, and he will, we ieel sure, be of much assistance to the Board.

What is believed to be a world’s rttcord yield of milk in proportion to the animal’s body weight has been given, by a goat belonging to Mrs Potton, of Rayleigh, Essex, England. Weighing just under lOOlbs and stand, ing only 26 inches high, the goat was milked three times in one day and gave a lew ounces over 201bs or two gallons of milk. This is over one fifth of her entire body weight and no cow has yielded in milk more than one-seventh of her body weight in 24 hours.

Cut or uncut seed potatoes—which give the better yield'. This is a question which the Ashburton Experimental Area is attempting to answer, Last year it was shown that cut Dakota seed yielded badly but 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 crops grown from small and medium-sized seed.

The Manawatu Times says the.- additional “portable” classroom that was 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 schoolroom 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 athlete 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 had lost three pounds weight in Adelaide, but when a rest was advocated he said: ‘Oh, no! I must get back to my running weight.” He had followed up his argument with a huge meal of cherries, peaches and apricots, much to the trainer’s horror. In the three mile he had come torthe front rather too soon, in Mr Cox’s opinion, but when lie 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!”

Should Lady Macbeth snore ? Her latest London impersonator evidently thinks so. In playing the sleep-walk-ing scene at the Garrick Theatre recently, Miss Esme Berringer intimated that she was asleep, sa.ys a faithful recorder, “by what might be .unromantically described -as a slight but persistent snore. Whether it was necessary or not. is certainly open to question, but effective from the point of view of uncanniness it most certainly was.”