Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1922.

Shannon News, 9 June 1922, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1922.

T(he work of erecting the new premises on the site of the >'eeem fire has commenced.

The Postmaster, Mr Baxter, who has* been oik his annual holiday, resumes his duties on Saturday. Mrs Jones, of Vance Street, is at present visiting her daughter, Mrs Russell, ol' Wanganui.

The Shannon Dairy Go. is producing just double the butter put out at this time last year.

Mr J. Aim is at present on a visit to the Waikato. He intends taking a tour of North Auckland before returning home.

Tokoinaru settlers are now torwarding the bulk of their cream to the Shannon factory. The Moutoa residents have not yet enough money in hand to start the erection of the proposed hall. They intend to hold a series of concerts and dances .with a view to augmenting the fund.

On Tuesday a pupil attending the Shannon school, Doris Laverick, was accidentally struck on the head by a stone thrown by another scholar. The force of the blow stunned the girl, whilst a nasty wound was inflicted, necessitating medical attention. Luckily no serious complications ensued, and the suffered is now making a good recovery. Her parents are very grateful to the teachers who kindly attended to their daughter. The great question to-day with mauy people in Shannon is where to find a house. The position seems -o be getting more acute each week. There are very few out of work, tnd those who have work in a good many instances are either forced to live in tents or move on. A local agent tills week has had fourteen requests for houses, and in one instance a man and his wife and four children are living in one room. It seems as though the want of houses is detrimental to the growth of our town, and it is a pity that more buildings are not being erected. Messrs A. de Luen and Co., late of 1 Palmerston North, have just taken over Mr G. Parkhouse’s business in Shannon, where they intend'’carrying on as first-class tailors and mercers. Mr A. de Luen needs no introduction to the public generally, as a first-rate ladies’ and gent’s tailor, and hopes to receive fair support as extended to him in the past. The firm base .a splendid range of new suitings and costume 'materials of the very latest design, which should meet the eye and pocket, which is a good combination. Their mercery stocks show a good, clean, up-to-date range of the very latest in men’s and boys’ wear, they invite clients to call on them and inspect their stocks.

The Foxtoil Herald says: “The Lahour Party in this constituency, by ballot, have selected Mr F. Whibley as their candidate to contest the seat in the N.Z. Labour Party’s interest at the forthcoming election. Mr Whibley is president of the Foxton branch, but up to the present, has not taken any active part in Labour political activities. In selecting Mr Whibley, the party turned down Mr Moses Ayrton, the national secretary and one of the party’s leading lights. The result of the, ballot possibly indicated that Labour supporters look upon Manawatu as a soft thing. There are others, however, think otherwise.’’ When the question was asked of a Canadian manufacturer now visiting New Zealand: “Do'you find a certain prejudice against articles labelled ‘Made in Germany’? the answer was a merry laugh followed by “That label is becoming synonymous with ‘less costly,’ and, with the possible exception of Toronto, passed unnoticed by consumers throughout the Dominion. To-day the consumer is looking to. price only, when values otherwise are approximately equal. Toronto merchants know this and.are freely buying German goods, but they all ask me when they order to remove the label from the articles. As these are of metal, 1 merely have to pass each article over a buffer and the phrase disappears, leaving the article untainted.” A syndicate has been formed in England to exploit an invention for making “unpuncturable’’ pneumatic tyres. The tube consists of 42 cells or compartments, constructed to close autoTnatically on being punctured. There is a general air passage above the compartments and “feeding’’ tubes to each cell. When a puncture occurs, the walls of the cell are pressed out, which results in the pressure of the adjoining cells bringing the walls together, and so sealing the'aperture of the feeding tube through it being forced down and trapped. » A mild sensation has been caused in certain towns of German Switzerland by the appearance of what looked like a miniature Noah’s _ Ark on wheels. Having acquired a small property in Alsace, a farmer dismantled his chalet and reconstructed it on a huge motorlorry. When all his furniture and poultry had been installed, the farmer and his wife and four children moved into the front room. A stable at the back was occupied by a horse and cow, who gazed complacently out while the farmstead rumbled along in easy stages toward the new home.