Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1922.

Shannon News, 26 September 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1922.

Tine Shannon Dairy Co. are now turning out an average ol between 120’ and 130 boxes oi butter daily, and there is every indication oi a record season ns regards output.

The Papatawa Dairy Co. (Wairara- | pa) has the same manager, auditor, sec- ( retary and chairman as it had when it commenced operations 10 years ago. i

Mr O. E. Burton, M.A., addressed a a large open-air gathering in Shannon on Saturday evening on the prohibition question. Mr Burton is a very able speaker, and received a good hearing.

During Mr Burton's address on Saturday evening he was asked it Mr .“Pussyfoot” Johnson; would visit Shannon. He informed the gathering if they wished him to come, he would do his best to get him to address a meeting here.

Some weeks ago the .generator for the lighting plant at Mr De Luen s business premises' was removed. The local police have been quietly working on the Case, and yesterday morning located it. More will probably be heal’d of the matter.

On Friday evening, the 15tli, during the progress of the children’s plain and fancy dress ball, Mr Hook, of the Heights Road, had his overcoat removed from the dressing room at the Druids’ Hall. The matter was reported to the police, and on Saturday evening a, man was seen by them in town with the coat in his possession. He was asked as to how he came by it, and being able to give a. satisfactory explanation, no further action will be taken in the matter.

An impudent theft was'committed in Shannon on Thursday evening. During'the progress of the school concert at the Maori!and Theatre, Mr G. Mitchell left his ear in front of the building, and on his return he found some person or persons had removed the battery from, the car. It was a most daring case of theft, as the car was standing in the light. The police have the matter in hand. Petty thieving is becoming very prevalent in Shannon, .and it is to be hoped that any offenders caught will be made an example of.

“This is a pitiable case, one which shows clearly that something should be done to compel the production of a medical certificate hy both parties beiore marriage,” stated Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch. He was dealing with the application of a man aged 50 to have varied a maintenance order regarding his children. Applicant said he was working only two or three days a week. His wife used to diink at one time. The Magistrate said that nine out of the ten children of the parties were mentally affected. Thus it cost the State £16,000 to rear the-children. The police stated that both the man and his wife were weak-minded.

In reporting to the Wanganui Borough Council on the question of collecting pound lees, the inspector stated: “I was l'ortunate in sheeting home 10 a person a practice which is all too common. When an animal is not worth the lees the owners do not claim them, and we lose money unless w>e can prove ownership. In this case, with the ready assistance ol the county ranger, we were able to locate the owner ol a horse valued at 5/, but not untiL it had eaten 30/ worth of hay. Alter pointing out to the owner that he would have tO' pay the balance alter the horse was sold, he decided to take' it away. This little warning ’ cost him £2 2/6. I hope it will act as a warning to others.” Electors who wish to cast their votes at the coming General Election should take immediate steps to see whether their names are on the roll. Quite a number of people are complaining that, though they exercised the iranchise in 1919, their names have been struck oil the new rolls which have been prepared. In some cases electors have been informed by others who have glanced at the roils that their names have been omitted, and this has* caused surprise, as people who voted at last election have taken it lor granted that they would be certain ol enrolment this year. It has been explained in the House ol Representatives that great care has been taken in compiling the new roll, but the fact that omissions have occurred should be sufficient reason lor electors generally be made sure that their claims to vote are not overlooked.

“The fundamental idea oi the Bankruptcy Court,” declared the official assignee, Mr W. S. Fisher, at a meeting oi creditors at Auckland, M chieily to afford relief to those who have been unfortunate, and to enable them to get a fresh start.” He added that it was very unfortunate there should be so prevalent a belie! lhat there was a criminal taim aboul bankruptcy. The idea was wholly wrong. A creditor agreed, but stated that- sometimes the Bankruptcy Court had to he used to* punish unscrupulous tradesmen who otherwise would be a menace to the commercial community. In cases ol misfortune business people usually arranged for private assignments. “Yes,” said Mr Fisher, “but private assignments are sometimes made use of for the P m pose ol evading the publicity and inquiry that the Bankruptcy Court entails.”

The season promises remarkably well for dairying in the Wairarapa. Cattle have come in in better condition than for some years past.

“'What some of those Taranaki farmers want to do is to get out and learn ,

something about farming,''’ said u well known farmer of the district in the Su-

preme Court. At a meeting of Marlborough 1 aimers it was decided to form a company

with, a capital of £25,000 to trade auxiliary scows primarily from Pieton to Auckland, in the chaff trade. "I am aiming for an export trade of 2,000,000 pigs a year, and I’ll get it before I'm finished," said Mr K. W. Gorringe, instructor of swine husbandry, at Ngatca the other day (says the ! Gisborne Times)

■ Dorset horn sheep, one of the most prolific of all bi'eeds, are becoming more popular in England. At a recent sale a ram lamb sold for 60

guineas

About six trucks of fat cattle leave Masterion each week for the Addington market near Christchurch, bomctimes this consignment goes tv, ice a week. This business has been going on now for some months.

On Saturday afternoon . the Shannon Cricket Club opened their season on the Domain with a practice. There was a. good attendance oi members and intending members, and prospects for tine coming season were very encouraging.

Mr J. W. Smith, who or the past few years has been manager of the Elverbank. Co-operative Dairy Company, at Ngavapiirua, has been appointed to an important position on the Government grading staff, Welling-

Soinething in the nature of an epidemic of jaundice is reported in. Levin and the neighbouring districts, children being the principal sufferers. The complaint seems to be infectious, cases being quoted of whole families going down.

The scarcity of new straw Deny plants during the winter will probably have the effect of greatly reducing the output of fruit this spring. An Auckland grower from across the harbour said he understood there had been a shortage of about a million plants which is a very serious matter.

The fact that splendid oranges can be grown in this district is evident from samples which were brougnv into our office by Mr Cahill, of Wacrong'a-a-liika (says the Gisborne Times). live fruit was of particularly good quality for locally-grown products, being well shaped, of good colour and fair size.

The Southland News says that during the past day or so there has been quite a flutter in the cheese njarket, buyers operating freely for September and October manufactured cheese at prices ranging up to 8d 1.0. b. In one or two instances it is reported that a thirty-second been paid in advance of this, but about a dozen lactones lmve sold at even money. The belief is held that the Prince oi Wales will early next summer visit South Africa, says the Western Morning News. The Renown, which sailed ■IO,OOO miles in the Prince’s- world tour, is now in dockyard hands at Portsmouth lor an extensive refit, ihe Prince, it is added, will no doubt “make a big lour up-country,” and will be away several months.

The old superstitition that bad luck will follow if a person walks underneath a ladder, was recalled in lower Queen Street, Auckland, llie other day, when a fashionably dressed nan passed under a. pair of steps in order to negotiate a block in the pew:strum ttdfflc on the footpath. His quota of misfortune speedily followed, for he stumbled against the ladder, and a small pot of yellow paint which a sigmvriter was using poured itself out on the unfortunate one.

Speaking at Christchurch, Mr C. F. Skenelt said the Welfare Lea.uge hau in its office documents showing ma. £9OOO was spent in salaries, organisation and expenses ot one union; the Seamen’s Federation gave £2OOO to the Maorilniul Worker, the Railway servants £IOOO, the Waterside Workers £ISOOO. “Where have you,” he

asked,, “an organisation enabling you to make handsome gilts to the newspapers supporting your cause? No such organisation exists outside Labour circles.”

In the House, tiie Prime Minister said that only five weeks or so ot the session were left .though it might ■1 retell to six; ami the House had still to deal with the Public Works .'Statement, the remainder ol the Estimates, the Supplementary Estimates, and the'Appropriation Bill, besides a number of other Government measures, .before the session could end. He could not put the election off and off, like last time till late in December, because that would he unfair to the commercial community. He" hoped to gel the election this year at an early date in December, if not late in November.