Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1922.

Shannon News, 25 August 1922, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1922.

The gate receipts, of the Horowhe-ntia-Wairarapa rep. match at Shannon this week totalled £27.

The Horowlienua lS Qounty Council has- its road-making machinery on the Ihakara reserve just now,'where the main road is being.widened ant? the surface improved.

| The Druids’ Lodge meeting will lie , held on Thursday, August 31. Owing to indisposition, his Worship the Mayor (Mr Murdoch) was unable to attend the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday n.ight. The Wairarapa touring team, left for'’ home yesterday morning, a fairsized crowd lareweiling them at the station.

On Sunday evening next, Mr J. McCombs, M.P:, Will give an address in ihe Maoriland Theatre, at 8 p.m. The subject will be general politics and the Labour Party’s land policy. In the afternoon he will address the residents at Arapeti. In order to convert their produce into cheese or butter to meet the requirements of the market, the lvuku Dairy Company is having a butterroom erected at the factory in winch a butter-making plant will be installed. It will be completed in time for use this season, and should prove a big asset, to the company.

The Kuku dairy factory is receiving about 1100 gallons of milk per day. The milk is being separated and the cream clonverted into butter at the .danakau factory.

The dairy factories which desire the latest cable advice regarding the Home produce market may now have the information telegraphed on to them by the 1 National Dairy Association as as received, at. the cost oi the telegrams. • This arrangement, was arrived at at a recent meeting’ of company representatives, and is found to be, very satislactory.

On Tuesday night, when the Moutoa , Merrymakers were returning home through the flood wafer, a horse attached to one of the vehicles, lost its footing and came down, with the result that, :the occupants had to be. transferred to another vehicle, which was rather an awkward job, seeing ihere was a depth of about three 'eet of' water. After some difficulty the horse was released, but the vehicle had !o be lelt behind until next day.

As one of, the drivers returning to Shannon late on Tuesday night, alter

taking a party to Moutoa, was wend-

mg his way along the flooded road in the dark he was startled to hear a voice r ahead of him. Oh investigating he saw a man wading through the water up to his chest, and coming towards him. He must have had a strenuous time, as, the water was across the road lor over a mile, but the stranger went on his way without

requiring assistance. A member of the Horowhenua rep. team, H. Moses, of Foxton, had a rather difficult trip to fulfil his engagement in the match wijh Wairarapa this week. The lo\v country about

Moutoa-is in flood, and Moses had to traverse a large area of the flooded country on horseback, some of it under four feet of water. Nevertheless, the- Horowhenua centre got through,

safely and landed wet but smiling in time to take his place in the field.

v. A feature of the rep. game between

Wairarapa and Horowhenua at Shannon this week was the impartiality of the spectators, many ol' whom sported the Wairarapa colours. They'gave the visitors a fine reception on the field, and applause for the Greens rang out right through the' game. A Wairarapa supporter remarked to a News representative .dhat this display of sportsmanship was much appreciated, and all would go hack home with a happy recollection ol tjieir reception in Shannon.

Says an Auckland Star correspondent: I recently came across three carpenters at work on a suburb cottage at less than the award rate. They were making 2/ an hour—l 6/ a day. The house was being built by' contract .by them, tor, a workman who had saved enough money when times were better to build a small cottage. I said: “Is it fair to your fellow carpenters out of work to take a contract below, the award rates?” Their reply was: “The. Labour bosses have, told us time after time that the workmen must, sell his goods, viz., his labour, to the best advantage. ,We have been out of work for weeks, we tried every suburb, we have wives and children to keep; it was a case of beg, steal, or work at any price. We have sold our labour to the best of our advantage, and we have paid off our debts and are making a living, if a poor one.” And I guess they were; right. As showing the shortage of horses in other districts, outside buyers have been very' active at recent sales in Poverty Bay, and have purchased ] horses of all descriptions. Within the ( past few days about 150 horses have j changed hands, and this large mob—; ill charge of six men—left Ormond at j noon the other day, for the Bay oil Plenty and the' Waikato districts. It j is seldom nowadays that so many j horses are seen on Ihe road at onetime, and the jnob'occasioned much interest auiontp passing motorists.