Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1922.

Shannon News, 1 August 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1922.

Mr Geo. Praia has returned to Shannon after spending a holida.y' in I Dunedin. The following are the vital statistics for the month ending July 31: Births T, deaths 10, marriages nil. From to-day the price of milk in Shannon will be 4d per quart cash, booted 54, ' t3 aC

Trappers have experienced a very good season in the opossum areas in the vicinity of Paraparaumu, and it is 'expected that some will easily clear £IOO from their operations.

This evening the Druids’ annual dance will be held in the Druids’, Hall. All arrangements aie well in hand, and the public can took forward to spending a pleasant evening. At the Magistrate's Court, at Pa! m erst on North yesterday, before Mr L L. Stout, S.M., ,lohn Wood was mulcted in the sum of 10/, with costs 7/, for having driven a g.g at Shan non without having a light attached.

A meeting which will be ol' interest to those about to use electricity will be 7 held in the Druids’ Hall on Wednesday evening, August' 9th, when the Engineer and members of the Power Board will address tlie ratepayers of Shannon on the proposed loan and answer any questions. On Friday evening next the Labour Party announce they will hold another “Sing.” Judging' by the enthusiasm shown at the Ja it. “sing” it is anticipated there will be a large attendance. A charge c f sixpence will be made, which is to go to the Russian Famine Fund. Proceedings commence at. 8 p.m, sharp. A meeting of the Weraroa Football Clulr was held last- night, to consider the proposed amalgamation of the Horowhenua and Manawatu Unions. The ‘ proposal was not favourably received, and the, meeting decided to instruct its delegates to* oppose it at the''meeting of the Union delegates to-night."

A mean theft was perpetrated at the Druids'.Hall on Saturday morning. When the committee arrived to clean up they discovered that- some person or persons had removed a lot of the food that had been left' over, which the committee intended to forward to the Children's Home in Palmerston North.

V'hite Island was exceptionally active on Sunday, columns of being sent up to a great height. A column of steam thrown up at 1.20 p.m. was measured by Mr G. Arnold Ward, of Tauranga, with a theodolite, and reached the great height of 94861't. This is 600 ft higher than the highest previously recorded during 36 years of observation.

At the meeting of protest: against/ the Horowhenua Hug by Union at Foxton last week, it was stated by Mr Whibley that “if Hie Wairarapa rep. match was played hi Foxton it would mean 25 players being lodged in Foxton from Monday night, till Thursday morning . .approximately £3O worth of board. When Levin realised this they wanted the game played in Levin!'’ The shooting season ended yesterday. A large number of shOotists were out during the week-end, but apart Irony ground game there was little sport to be got. The season has been a record one lor line jweather, which is decidedly agahist- bringing wing game within range, and the bags .ol ducks have consequently been few and far between. However, the sport Js nothing if ,not an optimist, and is quite, content to await his chances next season. • !

Thefts of bicycles, two from Shan non and one Foxton, were admitted by a young Maori, Leonard Richard McAllister, at the Police Court in Palmerston yesterday, for whom Mr Cooper appeared, and pleaded a degree of irresponsibility on the part of accused owing to injuries sustained to his head while •serving with the Expeditionary Force. Accused was admitted to probation for two years, ordered to return the machines, and pay off £l4 advanced m them, and £5 6/ costs, at rate of £2 a month.

The following is the rainfall recorded in Shannon -for the month ending July 31: Fain .fell on four days, the heaviest fall being on the 12th with 1.11 inches; total for the month 2.01 inches as against 5.87 inches for 20 days in July of last year. During the period from January to July, 1022, there was 15.70 inches ,as compared with the same period in 1921, 15.07 nches. iThe* month of March. This year had the heaviest, rainfall, when 7.35 inches were recorded. The News is indebit ed to Mr Sinclair for these particulars. In reply to a question at, the tootball meeting in Foxt m last, week, Mr F. I). Whibiey said that a subunion was about to bo formed, and ijhe best thing Foxton could do would be to get into touch with other clubs and unite and got fairer representation. At. present the Horowhenua Rugby Union Committee' was under the control of a few Levin people. H was anything but fair. 11 they got. fairer representation they would get better irea ment. Out. of the nine members of the Union, seven were Levin represent a ives or representatives from near Levin. Father Vibaud and ha were the only outsiders. •