Shannon News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1923.

Shannon News, 13 February 1923, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1923.

An accident befel a young man named Richard Dyas when, as he was riding his horse along the tarsealed thoroughfare of Foxton line from Palmerston, the animal slipped, precipitating its rider on to the road and rendering him unconscious. He was removed to the hospital, where he is suffering from severe bruises.

In connection with the recent “twoup" raid at the old Shannon-Foxton road, Raymond Holley was charged before Mr -J. L. Stout, S.M., at the Magistrate’s .Court with having on November 26, 1922, wagered with coins in the game of chance known as “two-up.” - After the evidence of Constables Shannon and McGregor had been taken, accused was convicted and fined £5 and costs.

Mr A. E. Hyde left Shannon on Sunday on a motor tour of'the North. He expects to, be! away for -two tveelts.

The Shannon-Foxton road is at present'in a very had state as a result of the 'continuous flods, there being several large pot-holes between Shanlion and the bridge.

Picture patrons will be pleased to hear that popular film, “Omar Khayyam,” will be screened at the local theatre shortly. The members of the Tennis Club met on Saturday to make a presentation to Miss E. Butler and Mr T. Moynihan, who are both members of the club, on ..the eve of their marriage. After afternoon lea had been partaken of, Mr ,J. T. Bovis, president'of the club, in a few words, referred to the esteem in which the happy couple were held by the'members'of the club, and in presenting them with a suit case as a token of their popularity, wished them every happiness and prosperity in their new life. Mr 3. Beard suitably responded on behalf of the recipients.

A northern man (relates an exchange) met a' Maori whom' he ihad not seen for some time. The Native looked the picture of health, in contrast to his former appearance. On being questioned, he stated he had been having a holiday and furtherquestions elicited the fact that the holiday had been at the Government’s expense—some weeks in gaol for financial reasons. Asked if he had any means of now meeting his obligations, the Native said: “No; I suppose I go back again.- Plenty kai; no. work; that place good enough for me.”

M I can’t understand why the people interested don’t clean out the drains through their property in their own interest," said the iiorowhenua County Council Chairman (Cr. Monk) at Saturday’s meeting, when the question of the Pahiko drains was mentioned by Cr.- Ryder, -who said some of the owners were very negligent. The chairman added that if they failed to do the work the Council would do it and take action ,t£r recover the cost. '

When the question of- a County Council’s responsibility in regard to fords was mentioned at the Horowhenua Council meeting bn Saturday, the chairman (Cr. G. A. Monk) said if a ford was on a main road the Council had to keep the 1 Toad 'open by putting the ford in a fit state for traffic.

“There are a terrible lot'of bridge experts about Ohau," said Chairman G. A. Monk, at Saturday’s meeting or the Horowhenua County Council, when the Cjhau bridge repairs were being discussed. The Council’s staff had nfade an excellent job, he said, in spite of the local experts.

Good young dairy stock is being inquired for in this district just now. There is an outside as well as a local demand, alid large numbers of youiig heilers of Jersey or other good milking strains coulfi be® placed aVs atis ' factory prices if available.

A 200-mile walking tour was recently undertaken by four young women. Having procured the necessary equipment of sleeping bags, cooking utensils, and necessary toilet articles, they left Auckland about-a fortnight ago, and proceeded up the east coast as far as Mangapai, where they crossed over to the . west coast. After various exciting experiences, they reached Waimaku, eri route for Auckland, via the coast, which they expected to reach on Saturday. Tfie California citrus industry during the year 1922 • shipped' 12,926,358 boxes of oranges and grapefruit, and 4,054,771 boxes of lemons, according to the annual report of E. G. Dezell, general manager of the ftelifornia Fruit Gy owners’.- Exchange, issued recently. These figures show that California received 71,366,464 dollars for the citrus crop of the season, and that this crojp had a delivered market value of 95,993,485 dollars, or nearly twenty million pounds sterling.

Tile Workers’ Travel A->3.)e.a<ni was founded qt Toynbee li. )\ Lona year ago, and it .'as enj acJ an astonishing success (-'\ys *fie \\ '\‘tminster> Gazette). During ?. sum mer season of only six weeks a il.ou ivirid working men and women, miner the auspices- of the a?sj.*i iUon, have penetrated for the first tint? *:i•: foreign countries, have looked upon many of the great cities of the Continent, and, notwithstanding difficulties of language, fraternised wholeheartedly with Frenchmen, Belgians, Germans and Austrians The association organised centres at Paris, Normandy, Berlin and Vienna, as.well ts visits to Bruges and Oberammergau, and it succeeded everywhere. It has stirred up interest among working people in Great Britain and the Continent, and - it is already, being' imitated in Holland. It hopes to promote an early interchange of visits ! between workers of the several Euro--pean countries, and assist <to create machinery which will organise these visits on tfie grand scale. Travelled ‘ people will most readily, understand what a first trip to the Continent may mean to an imaginative man or woman. A workgirl, born and bred in JSast London, joined a W.T.A. party to Vienna. She does not say she enjoyed her holiday. She speaks of it as a great revelation,- as a r turning point in life.