Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922.

Shannon News, 14 March 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922.

The Shannon Tennis Club will journey to Bulls on Wednesday next to-- play for the championship cup.

Mr H. Miller, of the railway staff, is at present on leave, and Mr Crawl'd d is relieving him.

The Linton eieam supply is evidently keeping up well, 100 gallons passing through Shannon daily for the Levin Dairy Co.

Mr Johnson, Engineer of the Public Works Department, its at present on a mountaineering trip in the King Country.

Mr A- Merwood was taken to the Palmerston North Hospital last week suffering from a septic leg. He ’S making satisfactory progress. Mr H. Byers intends putting down several large culverts on his farm, and recently received a consignment ofTMinch pipes weighing 7cwt each. The recent rains have much irnproveed Ihe pasture in and around Shannon, ami ihe dairy .herds are in. consequence keeping up well. From a production point of view the season will he a record one.

A large gathering of Masons assembled in Shannon last evening for the inaugmalion of the local Lodge ol their Order. It will he known as Lodge Mangahao, and will meet in the Parish Hall.

A large quantity ol machinery and goods have been going over the hill of lain. Harvey and Go. have taken over lug-haulers, winches and portable engines. The Public Works received 50 lons of cement and 10,000 bricks last week. If is slated that the bricks are to be used lor the construction ol permanent dwellings.

A man named Timothy C’ik'gaii appeared yesterday morning before Mr E. J. S. Spencer, J.P., to answer a charge of doing wilful damage to and breaking a window in a railway carriage, also with being- drunk and disorderly, using bad language and resisting tlje police. He was remanded to appear in Palmerston North on the. 20th inst.

The annual round-up of the red deer herd at the Acclimatisation Society's game farm at Paraparaumu took place last week-end. The herd is in exceptionally good condition this year, although the calf percentage was lower than usual. Fifteen young ones are being sent out to various points of the North Island for the purpose of liberation. Many improvements have been affected on the game farm, which looks tike getting ba'ck to its pre-war condition at an e&rly date.

The first cow in Australia to produce over 2000 gallons of milk in nine months is the Friesian Woodcrest Johanna Tehee, of the stud of Mr Eric Lloyd Jones, Lyndhohne, Brundanoon. This record-breaker was pur- , chased by Mr Jones in New Zealand, where she had already put up a record of 21,4601 b of milk in 365 days. Now, under official test by the Dairy Brandi, Department of Agriculture, under the conditions of the United Breeders’ Association, she has, in a •273-day period, produced 20,60.1 lb of milk, of an average test of 3.3, and equal to 850flb of butter. From remarks made at a meeting of the Wanganui Gourity Council, it appeared that some of the county workmen fell that they bail a grievance because a fellow who has the misfortune of a maimed- hand was gelling the same wages. Cr. Allen said it surely was a case where they should show some latitude. They should Tiot penalise a man, and if the engineer was satisfied that the man was earning his money that should be the end of it. In this view the other c o u n c i 1 i o r s e o n e u r r e d. A rate of 4/6 per 100 sheep has been decided on by the executive of the Wairarapa Farmers’ Union as a fair price to pay for crutching this .season.

Questioned regarding running expenses of the motor lorry, the Engineer of the Horowhenua County Council reported to a meeting of that body on Saturday that it was doing 6£ to 7 miles to the gallon, and had conveyed metal to the'lhakara hill at a cost, including crushing, of 7/ a yard. Metal conveyed similarly to the vicinity of the Wirokino_ bridge had cost 10/, whereas the contract price had been 18/.

Regarding the question of a wedding gift to Princess Mary from the women of New Zealand, a letter was received by the Horowhenua County Council at its meeting on Saturday from the Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs asking what amount, if any, had been subscribed to this fund. The Clerk reported that he had previously replied intimating that no subscriptions had been received by the Council. “We didn't call for any, gentlemen,*' said the chairmanXMr Monk). “I saw that one county got a shilling,’’ remarked a councillor.

Bangers in the Horowhenua district generally have been busy of late. On Thursday over 30 cases of persons charged with having allowed stock to wander will be heard in the Magistrate’s Court in .Levin, the prosecution in these cases being made by the' Shannon Borough Council. Furthermore, It was reported at the Horowhenua County Council meeting on Saturday that 16 summonses had been issued by the ranger, and the cases would come up for hearing at the April sitting of the Court. The ranger’s was .adopted and instructions were given that he pay particular attention to the township, of Te Horo, from where many complaints of wandering stock had emanated.

The blackberries are bearing an enormous crop in Marlborough this year, states the Express. They have | always been a strong domestic attraction, but the proportions and lusciousness of the present crop ’ suggest that they also offer quite a big industrial proposition, the benefits of which could be shared by the landowners. The idea is supported by the experience of a settler wlm has adopted a “royalty” system, under which he charges pickers according to -. the weight of their harvest. The plan not only serves as a means of checking irresponsible invasion on his property, but is also a source of considerable profit. It is reported that the royalties have already returned him over £3O for the season. To which the Herald adds: 'Some Wanganui farmers would be glad if the pickers took the bushes and all without any suggestion of royalty.

The Taranaki Herald’s Mokau correspondent writes:-.Some time ago it may be remembered our Borough Council decided to sound the New York market for a loan of £2O for he purpose of erecting a lamp in the centre of the town triangle. A cable has just been received from the Associated Bankers of New York expressing regret that they cannot “see their way clear,” etc., etc., 'and advising our townspeople to carry . a box el matches about with them on dark nights. Last night, our resident, minister forgot This injunction. He had just been to the baker's slio]s, and had sallied forth into the darkness with a loaf under each arm, cheerily whistling “It’s Home Boys Home, It’s Home We Ought to Be,” when without any warning he stepped over the edge of a culvert into lour feet of water and jam tins. Instinctively he let go of the bread and and grasped at some bushes on the edge-to save himself These turned out to be gorse, and for the space of six seconds no. one would ever have dreamt it was the parson had hold of them. That is, his language wouldn't have given you any clue to the fact. This incident happened right in the centre of our town, so it is plain enough we want light badly, at nights. We can manage all right in the daytime.

The estimates show that over £60,000 has been embezzled by dishonest Government officials- during the past 10 years, and Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., asked the Government as the result of the Te Kuiti defalcations, whether it would consider the advisability of investigating the present system of Government auditing. Mr Jennings has received word that the matter ps receiving the attention ot the Cabinet.

The Masterton Age understands that the forthcoming statistics will show? that the sheep hocks of New Zealand have' been reduced by two millions in the last few? years. This is due to overkilling when things were good. It will be a serious matter to- restore the numbers as early .as possible.

The following paragraph appeared in a London paper recently: “For a wager a London carman ate half a turkey and three pounds of Christmas pudding at a meal.” On reading it a Levin youth was heard to remark that he could top it off with two pounds of water melon.