Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1922.

Shannon News, 20 June 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1922.

The Shannon Dairy Co. is paying out 1/7 lor butterfat. supplied in May, and a further payment ol 2d per lb for December, January and February supplies.

The plans are now completed lofr new premises in Ballance Street l'or Mr P. Gill, and when completed the new block will add considerably to the appearance of our town. The Golf Club ball, which is to take place this evening, promises to be one of the events of the season. Elaborate preparations have been made by the committee to ensure an enjoyable time.

' A party of Shannon residents, while returning from Palmerston North on Sunday evening, had so many punctures and blow-outs that the car had to be abandoned and the journey finished on foot.

The Repatriation Department’s latest report states that it has placed 27,392 discharged soldiers in employment, and there were at present 295 names on the “employment wanted” ‘register.

On Wednesday last a football match was played between the two business streets of Shannon, resulting in a win for Plimmer Terrace by 20 to 8. An unfortunate incident was that Mr J. Goakley had the misfortune to have his' collarbone broken, and is now in Palmerston North Hospital. On Wednesday last Miss Francis Croon was riding to- Shannon when the horse stumbled and threw her on to the road. The horse rolled and fell a distance of about 200 ft, being instantly killed. The.road is particularly dangerous, and Miss Croon was fortunate in escaping with only a few bruises.

As the result of a representative petition, the local railway goods shed will now be closed at 12 noon on Saturdays instead of Wednesday. Although Wednesday is the half-holi-day for business people, the flax mills and Public ‘Works close on Saturday, and thei shed being closed on Wednesday caused a good deal of inconvenience. The change to Saturday will be welcomed generally. On Thursday evening last, a car driven by Mr Hardy, of Shannon, and occupied by other local sports, was > returning from Levin, where they 'had been to hear the football case. In turning a bend in the road near the Buckley Road crossing, the cal’ swerved and crashed into the bank. The mudguards were buckled and the windscreen smashed, and one back wheel smashed to matchwood. The occupants fortunately escaped without serious injury. Mr Buckman was bruised and shaken, while “Dutchy” had his arm badly cut. Word was phoned to Shannon ol‘ the accident and Mr Porter hastened to the scene with his car, which he left on the road near by. The grade is fairly steep, and by soniei means the car started to move, and in a lew seconds had run clean over the bank. All hands were required to keep it upright Fortunately Mr McMillan happened to come along, and the car was got on to the road again, no serious d'amage being done. Mr Hardy's car had to be left until next day, when it was hauled to Shannon for repairs.

'‘Tribute is paid by the party which recovered the missing trampers from the Tararuas to the -courage*which Ernest Kime displayed . during his last hours. He suffered most patiently in his helpless state.’ He had his Bible In his possession, and the search party had every reason to think that he derived considerable comfort from the Good Book.

Some very caustic remarks were (says me Wanganui Chroi.iciej made at the meeting of the Development League on Wednesday over the way the trains from Wanganui just missconnecting with the Main Trunk at Marton. Mr J. H. Burnet said if the train from Wanganui happened to be a little early, and was likely to catch the Main Trunk, it waited outside the station until the other had left. It has -been reported that the emergency rations placed in the lararua huts for the use of trampers in distress are frequently used by thoughtless people and not replaced. The young -man Bollons in his dire need could find no matches and only a little tinned fish in one of the huts, though supplies of meal, bovril, tinned foods and matches in a sealed bottle were left, there by the Tararua Trampers’ Club. Mr Vosseler on Sat-

urday made the following statement, to the press: “I would like you to 1 make it known that the person who 1 uses either of the huts and takes the stores without replenishing them, and who does .not renew the dry wood supply, is a potential murderer.” The wish expressed by a former lady resident of Greymouth, who died recently at New York, that her remains should, after cremation, be sent to New Zealand and buried in the grave of her mother, was carried out at Karori cemetery (says the Greymouth correspondent of the Christchurch Press). There was no ceremony, as deceased had requested that the interment should be made quietly and privately. The,, funeral service was held at New York piior to the cremation. The ashes arrived from America by post in a metal receptacle, and this was placed in a small wooden casket by a local undertaker. An inscription was placed on the casket.