Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1922.

Shannon News, 8 September 1922, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1922.

Mr Morris, secretary ol' the Post, and Telegraph Department, and Mr Shrimpton, Chief Telegraph Engineer, were visitors to Shannon yesterday.

The monthly meeting of Hie Horowlienua County Council will be held tomorrow.

On Wediresday evening next, the proprietors of Hie Maoriland I/lieatre are screening Georges Carpentier's picture, “The Wonder Man.”

A nasty accident betel Mr G. Wilkinson a day or two ago. He was in the act ot skinning a call -when ins kmle slipped, cutting the back of his left leg just Letow the. knee, inflicting a very deep wound necessitating five stitches, which wiJl prevent the sufferer getting about tor a week oi two.

/This evening the much looked forward to annual Maori Ball will be held in the Druids’ Hall. The proceeds are to be devoted to the funds for the erection of the Poutu meeting house. The committee wurkig nard to make tlie function a success, and we feel sure their efforts will be rewarded. Nothing wiil be wanting as far as the music is concerned, as Larkin's lull VaZZ Orchestra will tie there. The floor will be in good order, and those who attend can look forward to a good time.

At ihe meeting of the Borough Council on Tuesday evening, Cr. Murray said he would like to see a loading loan taken at the same time as the waterworks loan, lie said the roadand footpaths wanted doing up badly, and he. thought it time the Council did something in that, direction. The Mayor said he did not Hunk it wise to enter into that work until rhe water had been laid on, as it ,\vuuld only mean doing the same work over again.

The usual iortnightly euchre party and dance was held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening, when there was a record attendance. Progresses e euchre was carried on until 10 p.m., alter which dancing was indulged in. In the euchre tournament. Miss Margaret Jamieson proved the winner in the ladies’ section, Miss Churcher securing the consolation prize, while in the gents, Air Gagliardi was the winner, Mr De Luen getting the consolation prize. A new dance called the Fan Two-step was introduced in ihe jorm of a competition, which cau >e i a. lot of fun. Mr Lambert and Mis Wiggings were the prize-winners. L'r ‘Coward supplied ’the music, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Mr A. C. Holms, J.P., of Levin and Wairarapa, is opening his campaign as an Independent .\non-party) Liberal candidate lor the Masterton seat, at. Masterton on Tuesday night. He expects to visit and address the electors at the Mangaliao headworks on the J3ll l or 20th of October. There ace three other candidates for the Masterton seat, Reform (2) and Labour. MV Holms was the runner-up at the last, election with 2000 votes, against Hie Reform Party vote of 2300. An official Labour candidate polled 1000, and an unofficial Reform! aspirant 700. Commenting editorially aflor ihe election, on the result, one oi the newspapers expressed the opinion that on a preferential vote Mr Holms wQithl have been elected by a good margin—probably 500.

A sitting of the local Court was held yesterday morning, Messrs. Gunning and -Spericer, J.IVs, being on the Lei nil. William Spencer Hepburn ap--s.eared' to answer three charges: (1) Drunkenness, (2) an act of indecency, and obscene language. He elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty to.all three charges. Constable McGregor stated lie arrested accused on Hie local railway station platform on the charges of drunkenness and .of indecency, and it was while being taken to the police station he used the obscene language. On the first charge (drunk-

enness) accused was fined 10/ in default 48 hours, and on 'each of the .fitcr charges accused w 7 as fined L 5, hi default, one. month’s imprisonment.

[ A very pleasant little gathering j took place at the Presbyterian Church

mr Tuesday alternoon, when the ladies oi the church met to make a presentation to Mrs Jones and farewell her and her two daughters, who are leaving for Sydney on September 15, where they intend to spend a lew months holiday-making. On behalf of the ladies of the church, Mrs McPherson presented Mrs Jones with a beautiful travelling rug, and referred to J the prominent part she had taken in j ihe church work, and expressed the

regret of those present at her departure and wishing her an enjoyable) holiday. Rev. Stewart., in speaking j hater, referred to the fact Ilia! she j was one of tire original founders ot | Hie church in Shannon, ,and joined' with all members in wishing her a j pleasanl trip. He hoped that, aI- ;

though Mrs Jones was leaving Shan- ! non °at present, she would not forget to visit them on her return, as she could always be sure of a hearty welcome. During the afternoon musical items were rendered l>y Mesdaines Bovis, Bishop and Mason, and refreshments were dispensed by the ladies.

At 8 o’clock every morning thirtydix trans-continental trains of the Canadian Pacific railway are' passing across the continent, while at the same time thirty-six dining cars are serving breakiast. These trains ineiude the famous “Trans-Canada,” which makes the journey from Montreal to Vancouver, a distance of 2885 miles, in the record time of 92 hours.

According to Dr. Thacker, the High Commissioner's office eats up £4O a week in -postage stamps. “No wonder,” said Dr. Thacker, ‘‘the High Commissioner wants such a big staff; it would take quite a number of people to lick those stamps.” An interesting statement in regard to the housing- problem was made to a Southland Times reporter by a land agent, who said that of twenty-six couples married in Invercargill last ■month nineteen had elected to live in lodgings. The final survey, or pegging out, of tiie route of the transmission lino between Maugahao and Masiertou is now being made by the Public Works Department's oflicers. This work is completed oil the route to Wellington and a start has been made with the erection oi the telephone line. The outlook tor milk suppliers in Taranaki is brighter now than it has been l'or some time past, says the Kitham Argus, one factory lias sold its output J'or the next three months at 1/9 in bulk.. Another factory has refused to sell at that price, and will probably get 1 /it). Quite a considerable number oi cows have come in already and the miik supply is rapidly increasing.

A controversy is proceeding on the West Coast respecting the name of the Otira Tunnel. The Canterbury Progress Teague contends that it should

he “Arthur’s Pass,” instead of Otira, aftd in this the league is supported by .he Hokitika Progress Teague. Many residents of Greymoutn are against he suggestion, contending that as the tunnel ha,s long been known all over the world as Otira, the change would occasion endless confusion.

Relevant' to recent comments on the telephone service, the following extracts front Punch should make even the most disgruntled /subscribers smile: “Thanks to the PostmasterGeneral, the high cost of getting through to the wrong number is to be slightly reduced.” Again: “1 saw a man leaving a public telephone callbox who was quite eighty years of age,” says a London gossip writer. Nothing is said about how old the hi an was when he entered the box.

Someone to-day is bewailing the Joss of a 501 b bag of cheap flour, which lie had led in a horse-box in the railway goods yaid until it was convenient to remove it under cover oi darkness (says Saturday’s Hawera Star). A well known liorse-trainer Went to the passenger station this morning to entrain a horse for Hawera, and on opening the van found a hag of flour hi tiie groom's compartment. As it wasn’t his, and in any case was no good for horse feed, he drew the statiomnaster’s attention to Uie find, which was removed to the office where it awaits its rightful owner. What happened, it may be assumed, is that some unauthorised person on Friday removed the bag of flour from a railway wagon in the goods yard to the horse-box standing close up, intending to' come back for it at night. In the meantime, however, the horse-box was removed to the passenger platform in readiness for the horse this morning.

The value of some of the 1 clothing collected during the commercial travellers’ “doilies drive” some time ago was exemplified at a meeting of the relief committee held at Auckland recently. An applicant for relief said that the members might think she was well dressed, but. she assured them that the costume she wore was one • she got which had been given to the travellers. She was very handy with

her needlei, and she had unpicked the dress and transformed it into a very fashionable one. She had been much pained when walking in the street with her daughter recently when she heard someone say, “Look at that welldresed woman; she is helped by the Hospital Board.” But the position was as she had explained. If it had not

been that some good-hearted person had given the travellers the very fine quality costume and she had got it from one of the-charitable organisations in the city, instead of being a well-dressed woman she would be very poorly-dressed indeed. She felt sure that scores of poor women must have similarly benefited with herself.