THE Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922.

Shannon News, 10 February 1922, Page 2

THE Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922.

A large staff of Post and Telegraph Department linesmen are at. present laying a cable containing 112 wires along Bailance Street to relieve the congestion of lines at present being earned an the poles. Master Frank Murray, son of Mr .1. Murray, who is being educated in Sydney, has been successful in passing his matriculation examination. The Boxing School is making good headway, and a good many members have joined up. It is expected that a boxing tournament will take place at a later date. A question was asked at Tuesday's meeting of Hie Borough Council as to the amount of rates that were still ' outstanding. The Mayor; " About £2OO/' A councillor: "Will that carry the 10 per cent penalty?'' The Mayor; •i-Yes." In reply (o Cr. Fargher, the Mayor stated at the Borough'Council meeting on Tuesday evening that the collection or the dog tax was going on satisfactorily, and was nearly all collected. The Town Clerk (Miss Cameron) stated at the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday evening that during January the sum of £623 6/3 had been collected This sum--was largely composed of rates. ; i At Tuesday evening's meeting of the Borough Council, Cr. Richardson j asked if the proposed Court sitting I for Shannon had been allowed to die j out. The Mayor: "No, we are still ; moving in it." j The Wellington Poultry Farmers" i Association, Ltd., to whom the bulk I of Levin eggs go, reported to the Le- ' vin Poultry Association this morning ' that eggs are firm at 2/6 per dozen.

The Bank of New Zealand will open at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday morning m future, and close at 11.30 a.m. An orchestra has been formed in Shannon, there being at present fourteen members. They are putting in a good deal of practice and making rapid progress, Qiid it is expected that ere long the public will receive a pleasant surprise. The Manakau dairy factory is receiving 700 gallons of milk more per day at present than at this time last year. The company's output of cheese is grading about 92^ A prime heavy -' wether wus submitted at the Levin sale "on Tuesday on behalf of Mr R. A. McDonald, of Fairfield, and realised 29/ after brisk bidding. Some lines of sheep have doubled in value during the last fortnight, a fact that was fully borne out at the Levin sale this week. A line of aged ewes which were sold at Paraparaumu two'weeks ago for 4/6 changed hands at Levin yesterday for 9/6. The Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department advises that from Monday next, 13th hist,, the 7 to 8 p.m. attendance at the Shannon Post Office is to be abolished. The hours on and after that date will be 9 ami. to 5 p.m. daily. Mr J. Dalziei, borough ranger, who has been through a. long and severe illness, has returned to Shannon, but it will be some time yet before he is able to take up his regular duties. Cr. Fargher expressed the opinion at the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday evening that it would be a good idea to allow a five per cent discount on rates paid within a fortnight or whatever period was decided on, after they became due. He believed -it would have good results, and should be sent on to the next Municipal Conference for consideration.

A Shannon resident complained to the Borough Council on Tuesday evenof the nuisance created by two or three loosters belonging to a neighbour. "We get no sleep," the writer stated, "as they start crowing at midnight, and go on till it nearly drives us mad; and the owner won't shift them." The writer added' that lie hoped that the Council would see its way to compel, the owner to mitigate the nuisance. As the fowlrun in question was less than 30 feet from the next-door dwelling, the Council decided that there was a breach of the by-law, and the owner of the roosters must move them. At a meeting' of the Manawatu County Council the engineer reported that the Shannon bridge is m danger of the erosion that has taken place on the bank of the Manawatu River just above the structure. He stated that the road would be washed away, communication between Shannon and Foxton cut oil, and thousands of acres of first-class land rendered useless if the bank was allowed to be carried away. A motion was carried stating that the Council views with alarm the danger to the road and embankment near the .. Shannon bridge, and deciding to hold a conference of representatives of the Manawatu County Council, Horowhenua County Council, and Foxton Borough Council, to decide what steps should be taken immediately.

Fishermen at Foxton on Tuesday night secured 260 kahawai in one haul of a net.

The .door takings at the circus, the Opera House, and the two picture shows in Masterton last Saturday night aggregated about £looo.—Waiturapa Daily Times.

An amalgamation has been effected of Hie Liberal Party, Mr Statham's party, and several unattached Opposition members in the House, who have formed a ; new United Progressive Liberal and Labour Party. From the Manaia Witness of twenty years ago: "The Kaponga Co-Operative Dairy Co. has sold the remainder of their output of butter to the end of May, 1902, at lOd per lb, 10 tons being sold to go to South Africa." Hokio beach residents had numerous marine visitors yesterday evening in the shape of numbers of porpoises, which gambolled and disported themselves in playful fashion in the surf close to the beach.

A boy gave a "chew" of tobacco to an elephant in a circus at Orange, Texas, and took at the result. The elephant went mad, wrecked the entire circus, killed a keeper, and then fled to the country. Jt took 100 men with rifles four hours to kill the infuriated animal.

In a letter to relatives in Masterton, Mr H. G. Miller, Rhodes Scholar, states that Oxford University is- a hot-bed of Labour enthusiasm. "The Labour movement at Home contains dukes' sons, cooks' sons, sons of belted knights, as Kipling would say," he writes. "At Oxford University there is a very strong sympathy for Labour ideals, and one is surprised to see. in such a Conservative University, the sons of many of the most aristocratic families in England lending Iheir support to the Labour move-

ment. There is a strong Labour Club in the University."

One hundred and eight tons of fruit left the local railway station last week (says an; Alexandra correspondent). This is a record, the previous highest total being 97 tons for the first week in February, 1920. Should the weather continue warm, large quantities of fruit will, still go forward. Considerable consignments are being sent to.the northern markets. The bad luck that has followed The s.s. Kennedy was again in evidence at Foxton on Tuesday. The vessel missed the early morning tide, and after being outside the bar all day she came up the river at 4 p.m., and when nearly opposite the jetty ran on to a bank. She was got off after about half an hour, and a few hundred yards further on she again ran on to a bank, and this time she stuck fast. An attempt was made to get the vessel off at five o'clack next morning, but it was not successful, and another attempt will be made this evening. The tides have been very poor for the last few dai*s and there is little water where th< vessel is stuck on a bank.—Standard.