Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922.

Shannon News, 10 March 1922, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922.

Harvest thanksgiving services will he held at the Methodist Church on Sunday morning and evening.

Tnc* Mayor, reported at Tuesday's meeting of tlie Council that the no; • toceeua 01 the conceit in aid of the •uldiers' Memorial Fund amounted to Mi JO'. '

On the lequest of the Borough .iomicil, Mes.is. Spencer Bros, drew a plan of a Jour-roomed house and uiveii.cnees estimated at £683 Jor election under the municipal housing scheme for the building of si* noises. The plan was submitted by Or. Spencer and left in the hands of the Building Committee to go iurther into the estimate.

A gi.ihd hall will lie held in .the Druids' Hall on Friday, March 17. The •ommiltee have all the arrangements '.veil in.hand, and as this is the first hall o). thp season,' a large attendance s anticipated. «

It. was reported to the Borough .osiiicil on Tuesday that 27 summonses had been issued against local residents for having allowed stock to wander on ihe* roads. These will be ueard at the next sitting ol Hie Court n Levon. Fight others that were previously issued and held over on account of the illness of the previous ranger will also he heard at the same time.

On Tuesday evening at 7.30, a social will be held in the Methodist Church, when it is hoped to- see asmany friends as,, possible present, j’iiere will be a short musical programme, and dining the evening the pi ounce which is sent in to the’ cltinch will be sold, with a few woollen garments for children, goods that were lelt over from the sale of work last year. These are being offered cheap, and are just the things that are wauled for Ihe winter coming on. Supper will he provided, and a charge of 6d will be made, including supper.

, A petition in bankruptcy Das been filed by Walter Adrian Langley, labourer, of Tokomaru. The principal unsecured creditors are: Otaki Dairy

woiiipanv, approximately £‘3o; 1,. ,-S. Puniom £53, K. Perry v £l7 3/3. The Repatriation Department, Wellington, is a secured creditor to the extent of too, the debt in lids instance being £i. The Crown I.anils Survey Department is also a secured creditor, but no amount is cited. Bankrupt possesses assets which a*e valued at £:'s. Meetings oi creditors in the bankrupt estates of Miles Harrison, oi' Palmerston North, and George Edward Wilcock, also of Palmerston North, lapsed for want of a quorum. The last-nam-ed bankrupt is a minor, with debts amounting to £O6 16/3, and be has no assets. t -

The Shannon Orchestra' will give a concert on the 30ih of this month m order to raise funds to carry on. The concert is in the hands'of Messrs. Ward, Quarrie and Parkhouse, and an excellent programme has been arranged. As the orchestra was formed with the view of making it permanent, it is hoped that all who can wilt give tlieir patronage, ./rickets, price ■>■ and 1/, will be obtainable within the next few days from members of the orchestra. Miss Neale has taken over the position of leader, vice Mr Merwood, whose work for the P.W.D. makes it unable for him to attend. Mr Ward leaves for Auckland early in April, and we hear Mr Merwood Is likely to go still further afield to contintie his studies.