Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1922.

Shannon News, 30 May 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1922.

There were not as. many present as usual at the Labour Party's dance on Friday night, the evening being very cold and windy, hut those-’present enjoyed themseives thoroughly. • The keen edge on the atmosphere was accounted lor when the Tararuas' came into view yesterday with their heavy winter coat of white. The presence of snow is earlier than usual this year.

Mr C. Cr Franks intends erecting an up-to-du;e gaiage in reinforced concrete on the sitei of his present wooden building at an early date. Mr Watterston's new building be in reinforced concrete, and will contain two shops and a dwelling, and Mr Poach is building one of similar type. A coiiision occurred -at the junpt.ipn of Stout and Vogel Streets on .Satur-day-evening between a car driven by Mr E. Porter, and a motor .cycle.. r>id-jj den by Mr A. Grahain. Mr Graham ■ sustained slight concussion and had.] to receive medical attention. His ma-; ehinec w-as badly knocked about, but the car escaped without much damage.

In view of the particulars placed before him by the Shannon Borough Council, Mr Newman, M.P., lias .arranged for a deputation from the local bodies concerned to wait on the Minister* of Public Works on Tuesday, June 13th, with reference to the bridge over the Manawatu near Shannon. Mr Newman will introduce the deputation and Messrs. Murdoch (the Mayor) and Edwards (Engineer) will represent the Shannon Council.

At the Coroner's imiuiry into the oath tragedy at Auckland, a verdict was returned that the mother yieldeu io a sudden insame impulse. Tne evidence showed that the Home fiad neeu nappy, and there was no cause, financial or domestic, for the act. The nusband stated that the morning after the tragedy he found a note from his wile, saying that she had to go, and was going to take her children with tier.'

On Thursday evening last, the 25ih insl., the 5. JO train ironi Palmerston iNorth hrougiit a passenger named ( Driscoll, wliu did not conform to the/ railway law ; s or regulations. Joe had over-estimated his carrying capacity so far as Peer was concerned, and the consequence was he got an exalted view of his own importance, to the« annoyance of die railway officials, and others too. .Joe Hopped himself

down in a lirst-class carriage seat, and refused to shift. But as lie had \ only a second-class ticket and the guard was afraid he would be off ins griard it lie let Joe remain, lie asked him hr leave or pay up, but Joe only used soliie very disparaging remarks about Bill Massey and some of his men; in fact, his language was quite the reverse of polite. .'So he stayed where her was in the train until he came to .Shannon. Then .Shannon got

him and kept, him for the night. Me was put np in the best, room in the house, loi- wiiieli lie duly paid when leaving' next day. Tiie second act hi j Joe’s little dramacame oh next- day, 1 Friday-, May 26, when lie was brought up at the court be lore Messrs. Silencer and (binning, Justices of Hie Peace. Me was charged: First, with being drunk; second, travelling in a

first-class carriage with a second-class ticket; and, third,- with using obscene language.' He was hired .10/ tor drunk, CIO or a month for the language’ and ’ :C2. J'or travelling lirstclass without a first-class 1 relief, ir seven days. He paid tip and went, oty his way not. rejoicing. It is said he is now growling about the high lares

on the railway*

It is rumoured that.. a brick .and tile works are to be started in'Shannon at a later date. We understand (says the lnanga- , liua Times) that the police will cue a case against the heads'of the local Rugby Union lor promoting Rugby matches on Sunday. A motoring accident occurred near Shannon on Thursday evening, when' the car in which Messrs. A. de Luen and D. West, of Palmerston North, were driving caught fire and was completely destroyed.

Tlie Otaki Dairy Company's factory is exceptionally busy for this time of the year, the present output of batter being sixty boxes per day. It is expected that this quantity will be, fairly avcll maintained for some weeks to come. The .Company advanced one shilling and fourpcnce per lb. butterfat for last month's supply.

A district farmer informed a Chronicle representative a lew days ago, when discussing the testing question, that he did not think testing was everything. It was mainly a question of feeding, and feeding well. “I don’t test my cows,” he said, ‘‘but I feed well, and my returns are heller lhan some who are continually testing, and are not over particular about feeding.” lie) asked how was a cow 'lo show; a good, or even a fair test, it it did not receive ample feeding. Testing, he.claimed, was affected by the feedings quoted an instance where, a neighbour had frun. 50 cows f last y.ead and this year only 30 oil the same acreage, yet his returns were higher this season, as the animal did better because they had more teed. ‘TI you don’t, put it down treir necks, you’ll never get it in the bucket,” was how the farmer summed up the situation.