Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1922.

Shannon News, 7 November 1922, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1922.

Ratepayers in the Borough are notified in another column that all rates must be paid on or before January* 21, 1923, after which date 10 per cent will be added. Intending purchasers of the cottages erected by the Borough Council are notified in our advertising columns that applications will close with the Town Clerk on Tuesday, November 14, at 7 p.m., when a ballot will be taken if necessary.

The Associated Board of the R.A.M. and R.C.M. held their annual examinations at the Levin centre last week. Miss Agnes Aim presented three pupils for pianoforte, all of whom, passed with very good marks. They were: Elementary, Vera Aim, 113 marks. Primary, Alison Clayton, 114 marks; Edna Murray, 112 marks. On Saturday night his Worship the Mayor (Mr Murdoch) addressed a fair gathering in front of Mr Hook’s premises on the housing question. He stated the present prices of material caused the capital value of a (house to be too high. He instanced houses erected by the Government in Wellington at a cost of over £I2OO, and beyond the reach of any worker. Strict investigation should be made as to the cause of the rise of timber in New Zealand, the increase being abftut 120 per cent since 1916. If investigation proved that' the rise was justifiable, then some other means must be employed to obtain material for the erection <ST houses. I

A large number of local residents visited the Show at Palmerston North on Friday.

His many friends will regret to learn that (Mr Harold Woodmass, of Stout Street, has had to be removed to the Trentham military hospital for medical attention. Mr Woodmass is a returned soldier and the wish will be general that he will soon be well again.

Guy Fawkes Day was celebrated in the old-time fashion by the small boys and girls of Shannon on Saturday, and many weird effigies were to be seen. In the evening they came to a" warm end, judging by the numerous bonfires.

Intending passengers from Levin by the 9 o’clock train on Friday to the Show were indignant when they found the Department would not is* sue tickets to Palmerston North by that train. But the majority easily overcame the difficulty .by taking a ticket to Shannon and then purchasing one to Palmerston North.

Some youths on Friday evening, secreting themselves under the bridge on the Levin road, amused themselves by having a joke with passing motorists by firing off crackers as the cars passed, and quite a number pulled up to look for punctures. The following is the rainfall recorded by Mr Sinclair for the month of October: Rain fell on eleven days with a total of 3.04 inches, the heaviest being on the 12th, when 1.16 inches fell. For the corresponding month last year rain fell on 20 days, , with a total of 5.56 inches.

The children’s school concert in aid of the picnic fund, which was held in the Maoriland Theatre some few weeks ago, under the kind and able management of Mrs Bov'is, resulted in a net return of £2l 10/. The gross takings were £26 2/, and the expenses were as follows: Printing and advertising £1 2/, hire of hall £3 10/, giving a net profit of £2l 10/ to go towards the picnic fund, which must be considered highly satisfactory. The Committee desire to thank Mrs Bovis and all willing helpers, and the public generally, for their loyal support.

The daily make of butter at the Levin factory has now reached four tons. The amount of milk handled to produce this amount is 20,000 gallons, the product of approximately 7000 cows. The number of suppliers is 380, whose herds vary in size from the modest single unit to a herd of over 100 The value of the industry to the district can be judged by the fact that the daily make at the present market value realises in the vicinity of £BOO.

Some outstanding examples of local body tree-faiming projects were quoted by Captain Ellis at Palmerston North. Auckland city last year planted 300,000 trees, while Dunedin came second on the list with 212,000 trees. Individual growers had planted as many as 157,000. T!he first draft of prisoners for the Parramatta (N.S.W.) Gaol, which has been reopened', arrived there on a Saturday morning. When they left the train they werei astonished to find the station and streets beflagged for shopping week. The prisoners humorously took the gala as being arranged in their honour, and cheered as they passed through the streets.

A Manawatu farmer, fired by the Times advocacy of tree planting, and with visions of a family of wealthy grand-children, wrote to an American firm for two pounds of seed of the sequoia or giant redwood tree. The firm sent the seed and drew upon his bankers for £ls. They explained that as only matured trees bore seed, it was necessary to climb from sixty to eighty feet of bare trunk to gather itl ''