Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923.

Shannon News, 23 February 1923, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923.

Dr. Tillyard, of The Gawthron Institute, Nelson, says: . When 5 ’ ironbark poles are imported into New- Zealand ,I'or telegraph -or' telephones, every piece of balk hanking on them should be destroyed : by .fire'. No group of trees are subject to more pests than the eucalyptus. You have two bad eucalyptus pests now and you can’t risk having any more. If you must have eucalyptus poles'see that they are treated completely in Australia.

Dr. French Oliver, who is Conducting an evangelistic meeting in Hamilton, has a large vocabulary (says the Waikato Times), and he does not hesitate to use strong language. In' his address on Sunday afternoon, he classified some ministers and teachers as worse than pickpockets. He referred to Paine, Voltaire and Ingersoll as "a dirty gang,” while “rotten infidels” was a term applied to others whom he felt moved to scathingly castigate, and to thank God that there was a day coming when they would call upon the rocks and - mountains to 1 hide them. ‘ „ 1

’The Railway Depatrment intends to proceed , with the erection of , about 50 houses at Fraukton, a large number being required for the accommodation of the staff required ,at the- housing factory at that centre. The department is laying out and forming roads in the localities settled, providing re? creation grounds, and generally acting upon town-planning lines.

On Wednesday at midday a threeroomed house in Grey Street was totally destroyed by fire. The building, .which was a very old one, was owned by Mrs J. Powell, of Ballance Street, and was used by Kwong Lee, market gardener, as a store-room. At the time of the fire there was no one at the building. The men had been working in the garden in the morning, and at 10.30 a.m. had their dinner in the house and then left the place, leaving a small fire in the fireplace. . It is presumed some cinders falling out ignited the floor, and it being an old building, was' soon in flames. It is estimated about fro worth of manure, sacks, etc., were destroyed. The contents were not insured, but it is not known locally whether there ..Was any insurance on the building.

To-morrow the annual' Scnool picnic will be held at Plilumertoiy The special. train will leave. Shannon at 7.45 a.lii., and has--now, been altered

to leave Pliiumerton on' the return journey at 4.30 p.m. instead of b p.m., reaching Shannon about 6.45 p.in. •in our advertising columns the Mangore Butchery, Co., Ltd., notify the residents of Shannon they will' commence a daily delivery of meat in Shannon on Thursday next. '.The first of a series of progressive euchre parties, with a dance to finish the evening, was held on Tuesday, February 20, in the Parish Hall. These little functions have, been started with the sole object of raising funds in aid -of., putting, down four new tennis . courts in Shannon, the present two courts not being sufficient for the > present membership. Euchre started at 8.15 pun., there be-: lug present sufficient- people for 15 tobies, and finished’ at 10.15. After light refreshments had been handed round, dancing started, Mrs Butler being at the.piano. During the evening a waltzing competition took place lor a trophy valued at 10/ and kindly presented by Mr Butler, of Foxton, the winning couple being ' Miss I. King and Mr Burnie. Mr# J. Beard and Mr W. G. Quarrie were in charge of the etxchre. Mr H. Hook carried out the duties of M.C. The winner of the ladies’ euchre prize \vas Miss F. Butler’s; gentlemen’s, Mr A. Jamieson; ladies’ consolation, Mrs Russell; gentlemen's, Mr F. A. Wilson. A handsome prize will be given both ladies and gentlemen lor the aggregate points, won at the end of the season. “Roll up to the next euchre party and dance on March 6, and not only, enjoy yourself* but-help the funds of the Shannon Tennis Club,” is the Committee's advice-. Euchre will, start at 8 sharp.' Admission: Ladies .1/6, gents 2/. . Light icfreshinents provided.

Mr J. W. Poyriton. the well known S.M., of Auckland, and for some years Stipendiary Magistrate in this district, suggests that “Manawa” would be a most 'appropriate distinction ipr Palmerstdn “in the midst of the Manawatu.” No doubt Mr Poynton is led to' this conclusion by the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce agitation to substitute “Manawatu” for Palmerston North. Mr Boynton's suggestion is a compromise worthy of consideration by thofee desiring the change. As previously pointed out (says;the Manawatu Herald), the people throughout the Manawatu district would object, and with good reason, to Palmerston’s appropriation of the historic name to designate the borough of Palmerston North. The name Manaw&tu was originally given to the rrfsr mouth by $ tribe Of Maoris , who Were being pursued down the coast by another! tribe. On seeing the flooded river “their hearts stood still.’ ’ “Manawa’ ’ signifies ‘‘heart’ ’ or “breath’ ’ thus: “Ka he taku out of breath or I am out of heart). “Tu’i means to stand :“Ka tu, orra waewae”; (he stood oh his feet).

It may not be necessary before long for orchardists to spray their apple trees for woolly'aphis. Dr. R. J. Tillyard, of the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, told an' audience at the Canterbury Philosophical Institute that he has imported the parasitic moth, ap- • hilinus, Which preyed upon the aphis ( in a peculiar and deadly way. The female lays between 50' and 100 eggs 1 six times each year, and it inserts the eggs in the aphis itself. Every aphilinus hatched out promptly proceeded to .devour the aphis. 'The speaker imported the parasite two years ago, and this year he wks able to send from the institute 21,000' live specimens. Already the release df specimens in Nelson had effected a great improvement in the ared particularly concerned. ,A w consignment

, had been sent to a Christchurch orj chardist, who had reported that his . observations showed that, although a | of te parasites were I killed when the tree was /sprayed in j the ordinary course for the aphis, others lived. Dr. Tilly ard . said he hoped that in . dime it would not be 1 necessary to spray the trees at all. /

| “Wliy do* the public ' igifore the i ‘Look out for , the engine 1 signal'P” . ask the New Zealand Locomotive Engineers’ Journal. “Why do they-ig-j nore the. 'vyg-wag signals or, any other I sign erected to draw their attention : t0 a ,min approaching We do .hope | that the, newspapers -of New Zealand .will take the matter up and plead with the public, to have some consideration l for the locomotive engineer. Perhaps .in no other- country in the world *are there so many ievel crossings per mile of railway as i3 eixst in New Zealand; therefore, there is .all the more peed /for consideration of the engineer. TRe keen alertness demanded of a locomaiive engineer-in New Zealand on account of so many level crossings is sufficient do wear out his nerves, without the additional result of careless,; i;ecklcss people in charge of Vehicles."