Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922.

Shannon News, 2 May 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922.

The Borough Council meet to-night (Tuesday).

Miss Butler and Miss Curran returned on Monday after an extended visit to Wellington. The work of erecting'new buildings in brick on the site of the late fire is to be started at, an early date The Shannon golf course is now open for practice. Four holes are ready, and it is anticipated the remainder will be in' order next, week, when it is contemplated to open for the season.

A good many sportsmen who have taken out licenses, and some who had not, were out early on Monday. Some very, fair bags were obtained, whilst several names were taken by the ranger, of which more will be heard later.

Messrs Parkhouse and Quarrie have arranged to hold a concert in the Mneriland Theatre on Tuesday, May 9, to benefit Mr and Mrs Coakley and family, who suffered heavy loss in the recent fire. Arrangements are being made to secure some good talent, and the entertainment should be a good one The expenses of the concert will be almost nil, the theatre having been given free. The Shannon Girls’ Club, which is holding its meeting in the Parish Hall every fortnight, recently sent a box of clothing to the Williard Home. A letter of thanks and appreciation has been received, and the girls complimented on the excellent class of their work. Th club is at prsent having classes in physical culture, which the members have taken up keenly. The club is to be complimented on its good work. Between 12 and 14 healthy young fellows came forward at the Public Hospital at Wanganui to offer thier services for the blood transfusion operation, in answer to an appeal. ■The medical authorities, after testing the blood of all the applicants, selected two, from each <of whom half a pint was taken. This is believed to be 'the first occasion on which such an operation has been performer in Wanganui. The two young fellows who gave their blood will be gratified to learn that the operation was a success. When talking of liming at the Farm School last week, Mr McCulloch advised farmers always to leave a corner of their paddocks untreated with lime in order to note the effect it had. He cautioned them, however, against making the mistake that one farmer of his acquaintance had made. He put lime on half of a paddock and left the other half alone. Then he grumbled because there seemed to be more feed on the untreated portion, and roundly condemned the use of lime. On investigation Mr McCulloch found that the stock were preferring the feed on the limed half ck the paddock and eating it short, letting the other end of the pasture come away. This was evidence of the increased palatahility Hint resulted from the proper use of lime.

Mr H.\Clark, of Toko Road, was taken to Stratford Hospital on Tuesday, having been badly gored by a bull.

At Stratford on Wednesday a grocer was fined £3 and 13/ costs for selling vinegar as malt vinegar which was not so.

The Labour Party held ilieir usual fortnightly dance on Friday evening. There was a fair attendance present, and a very enjoyable evening was spent.

A movement is on loot among, business men of Shannon to have a-night waichman lor the town. Tins is considered advisable in view ol the recent burglaries and fires reported recently.

A line 12-pointer stag was shot by Mr Alhert Judd, jun., 01 Snannon, oj.i weunesday last, 'lhe antlers are u good lengtn and unusually heavy. The by tines are missing,, but are more than made up lor by the size ot beam and length of tops and brow tines

Requests were made to the Borough Council last night lor permission m commence work on the Domain and Weraroa Reserve by the Sports ana Weraroa Committees. Reports of the discussion are held over till a future issue.

To supply the needs of the suburbs o*' Hull, a new automatic telephone exchange equipped by the Hull Corporation has been opened. Last year the profit of the municipal telephones was £4OOO, and whereas 3d was generally charged lor a telephone call, only Id was charged at Hull. So far the walls ol post offices have been kept free of general advertising matter, but in England circulars have been printed, and win shortly be circulated, by the General Post Office, inviting tenders lor supplying, fixing, u n d exhibiting advertisements on the interior walls ol post offices.

The land values prevailing in the South Island are apparently much below prices ruling in this Island. A Levin farmer who has just returned from Otago states that whilst he was in the south a Canterbury farm was sold at £9 per acre. It was not sheep country either, but what might be called lair farming land. It is rumoured that the delay in announcing the Government’s new railway policy is due to the General Manager not seeing eye to eye with Ministers on many of the points involved. That the Government will get its own way eventually, nobody will noubi, once Mr Massey has taken the business in hand, but it may be over the official corpse of the General Manager. Some curiosity has been evinced as to the title by which the recentlymarried Princess Mary will now be officially and socially known. According to a London paper just received doubts on this point have been set at rest by the Court Circular, which was issued on the return of the young couple from the honeymoon, which announced that "the Princess Mary, Viscountess Ldscelles, and the Viscount Lascalles had arrived at the Palace.”

“Deflation is complete as far As farm products are concerned,” said Mr W. D. Hunt, giving evidence at. 1 -he Arbitration Court. “Fanners have none their share to reduce the cost oJ living In the meantime they are meeting the position that has been forced upon them as far as they can by reducing their standard of living and by harder work. It is now up to the rest of the community to follow the example of the farmers and 6v more work for less pay. While this may render necessary a temporary reduction in the standard of living, it will in the end be balanced ty a reduction in the cost of living. This course will enable reductions to be made in charges to farmers which will increase the purchasing power of their products and enable them to employ more labour, increase production, and thus bring prosperity all round.”