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Shannon News, 20 March 1923, Page 2

The Wanganui Education Board wrote to the College Street , School Committee (Palmerston N.) requesting that all voucher receipts lor amounts over £2 be accompanied by a twopenny stamp. In consequence of a remark by the secretary, the committee decided to accede to the request and to forward a counter request that, all cheques from the Board be ac companied by exchange—a practice which has been omitted in the past.

Rev. A. E. Hunt, of Wellington, an ex-Gongregationalist ,has accepted a call to the Ormond Presbyterian Church, in the Hawke’s Bay district. The Koputaroa Hall Committee has decided to become an incorporated body under the. Unclassified Societies’ Act. The proposal to- erect a public hall is receiving a good deal oi encouragement,' and it is hoped shortly to be in a position to accept a tender lor the building which is to be put on the quarter-acre section that xias been 'acquired. Mr C .H. Hood has offered the loan for five years of £IOO at. 5 per' cent without security (not free of interest as was recently said), and this amount will prove very useful in financing the hall.

At the hearing .of the petition against the election oi Sir Maui Pomare, Mr Justice Hosking and Mi Justice Stringer dismissed such of the charges • specifically charged against the respondent as had not been withdrawn. This Completely exonerated Sir Maui, and left the question whether . the election should not be voided by reason of the allegation that as the, counterfoils were not detached from.the voting papers the secrecy of the ballot had been destroyed. This point was argued at some length by counsel, and their Honours reserved their decision.

Considerable interest was shown recently in a pile of timber on the Kerepeehi wharf, addressed to a settler un the Awaiti, says the llauraki Plains Gazette. On inspection it proved to be ah American style bungalow, ajud every piece of timber was rut and marked ready to be nailed In position. The job was a. very complete one, locks and hinges*being on the doors, and a cupboard, book-case, plate-rack, a stove, and plumbing fixtures and pipes included. A seagull in the Iron Pot (the name I by which Napier’s inner harbour is usually known) on Tuesday morning was seen to make several attempts to rise from the water, but could' not succeed in doing so. One of the workmen engaged in reconstructing the launch landing rowed to it, states the Telegraph. When an oar was thrust to it, the bin! seized it and hung on until it was deposited in the boat. A large mussel, which had evidently become attached to the seagull while it was feeding on the pipi bed, was found on its leg . The bird was soon liberated and flew away with ease. '

room nt night. Alter the accident he continued to conduct his business from his bedroom for some days, but increasing weakness obliged him to give it up. Death followed a fracture of the, thigh. ‘-‘Title day* before he died,” added the doctor, “I asked him how he was, and- he smiled at me.” A linn ting friend of Mr Budd’s de-scribed-him as \he finest*pilot over Exmoor who ever lived.