Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923.

Shannon News, 19 June 1923, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923.

A meeting'of the Druids’ Lodge.will be held in the Parish liali oil, Thursday evening. The Shannon Dairy-Co. are paying 1/6 per lb for buttferfat supplied during the month of May. The management of the Maoriland Theatre have secured the popular film “The Lady of the Dug-out,” which will be screened at their theatre on Friday, June .29. The Shannon 'Dairy Co. hope to reach the. 703-ton mark this season. They .have already manufactured over 130 tons more butter this season than any previous year.It is the intention of. the-Shannon School Committee to organise a scheme at an early date to raise funds for the annual school picnic and general im- / provements to. the grounds. A few evenings ago a collision took place on Nathan Terrace between; a motor lorry driven by Mr Gunning, jun., and a small boy on a bicycle; resulting in the lad sustaining a. broken. wrist.

Arrangements have been made for the opening of a boxing school in. the Druids’ Hall this evening. The school will, be under the supervision of Mr C. Young, ! an amateur ex lightweight champi-om of Canterbury.

On Friday evening a euchre tournament 'and dance will be held in the Druids’ Hall by the Shannon Labour Party. Useful! prizes are being offered to the winners in the euchre tournament., viz., ladies’ prize, 'bag of sugar, gent’s prize, a ham. Another of the popular “Cheerio” socials will beheld in the Parish Hall on Wednesday 'afternoon. A novel form of entertainment to be held in connection with the social will be a miniature hockey match. Mr J. H. Taylor, of the local staff of the Bank of New Zealand, leaves Shannon this week on ai visit to the Old Country. His successor. Mr Bartholomew, hals already arrived in. town.

To make lahvs and be able to k them .are two different matters. A members of Parliament motoring from Arapeti on Sunday afternoon exceeded the speed limit, against his will corning down the hi]] and it was only when he saw another car approaching from opposite direction he was able t< pull up 'by steering the car into the bank causing it to stop. At a meeting of the Shannon School Committee it was decided to call tenders immediately for the delivery and spreading of fifty yards of metal on the playground 'at the school. During the recent wet. weather the ground lias been a quagmire, consequently colds have been prevalent among the chile ren.

Last week & man named William, Durham appeared before Messrs Gunning and Spencer, J.’sp., charged with committing a grossly indecent act in Grey street., also with drunkenness. He was convicted, and on the first, charge was, fined £2 in default one months’ imprisonment and on the second charge was fined £1 in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.

At the present, time the teaching staff at the local school are working short handed. It was reported at the School Committee meeting on Thursday evening that the Board had appointed two relieving teachers to take up their duties at the school at the end of last month, but one of I hem was afterwards sent to another school while owing to illness in- her family the other leacher could not take up her duties. The Board .had since notified that owing to the shortage of certificated teachers they were unable to fill the vacancies at present. possibly Mr Parr, Minister of Education, who recently stated there was a surplus of teachers in the Dominion, can substantiate his statement by notifying the Wellington Education Board where they are to he found.

Tiie Taihape Borough Council showed a prom or £ti«l on its electric piani lor iaat year. i lie iixmi oirthday or Mr William. l*oft«oiiue, ui iuctoii, \v>s <_Oj.ehrut.eu. uJluu liOjiie ui A*is r.u\v, Vvamawa i'clu., /■'iClOil, Ui! lauuy Ui iual WOOiv. “i tun pleased to sou taut tne Australian premiers have d*ctaca to icUuvu tiiu i_uiiipuay lu*v to */G.” says oir Joaepn ward, “i iiinys will not be rigid hero, either, un a maximum company tax ot s;b .is lixeu. Companies are an absolute necessity to tap hie ot the country, hut who is going to work to give one-third ol his profits to the Government?” A special general meeting was held in Koputaroa last night to make arrangements lor 'a working-bee to buidd the new hall, lor which the timber is now oh the ground. Satisfactory arrangements were made, 'and it is expected that the hall will be completed in about six weeks after the commencement of the 1 work. ' Mr anti Mrs J. Howell, ui Koputaroa, had an unpleasant experience when .driving home from Foxton m a gig fast. week. The horse bolted, and a) piece of the harness breaking, the Shafts fell to the ground, the occupants ol the gig being thrown out and severely shaken. Mrs Howell was confined) to her room for a, feAv days through shock. . Tiie recently-formed Iliakara Social Club held its fortnightly meeting last Tuesday evening. Mr S. A. Broadbelt. being in the chair. A very enjoyable evening was spent in impromptu

speaking, etc., some very useful local talent being discovered. Supper was provided ; and the evening voted a huge success by all who attended. The Koputaroa East Drainage

Scheme is making satisfactory progress, although hampered.somewhat by die recent floods. Work was commenced at the Manawatu river, and the Koputaroa creek opened up from its mouth, this being completed so far, up to the Koputaroa bridge. The benefits of this, have already been felt, and the completion of the work ,is expected to effect. iaj great improvement in the condition of the area affected. A Dargaville telegram reports the death of Mr George Murdo Fraser, ol G. M. Fraser and Sous, well-known bridge contractors, aged ■eignty i -th , rf-. Deceased was known from one end t f New Zealand to the other and was the builder of many of the p line’pa l bridges. Alt the time of his death lie was building the bridge over the Nuithem Wairoa river at a co=t of c-ver £40,000. * Mr S. Johnstone, wild i'ufitted at the Levin Poultry Show, and who is a very well-known breeder and judge of utiliy birds, believes in breeding from birds in their second-year. As pullets he explained, they have not yet colne to their proper strength and consequently do not impart to the chickens the vitality which is of vital importance. As’three-year-olds, liens again tend to become fat and lazy and there is a loss of vitality. As two-year-olds, however, they are in the prime of 'their strength and the best possible results are obtained. The Elthanu County Council is in the happy posiition of having a credit balance of £ll3l, and of being able to reduce rates substantially this year. The, Eltham county is one of the bestmanaged counties in the Dominion, all its important roads are tarviated and in first-class order (says a Taranaki paper). The country' is now receiving the reward for its past good judgment, and enterprise in going in for permanent roads, the reward being reduced rates and a healthy financial position. A new story of the last election day was told at the Wellington City Council meeting by Cr. C. H. Chapman, who said thlat after the election an old lady was talking to two 1 K.G.’s on Lambton quay and wais asked if she had had any difficulty in voting. She replied, “No. I knew Justice Chapman would be an ornament to any position to which he was elected, so I voted for

him ©lone.” (Laughter). A member: •'We will have to put candidates’ photos on the voting papers.” Charged with the exposure for sole of speckled fruit, a partner of the firm of .Toe Lee Brothers appeared before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, yesterday. Through the medium of an interpreter the accused. stated that the cases were not. placed for sale to ordinary customers. He had frequently received requests from poor people for speckled fruit, and they cut the bad part out. using the remainder for cooking purposes. “Tell trim that we cannot have him 1 selling it,” demanded the bench. The accused was titled 10s and. costs. Tbe Union Coy.’s Waihora is shipping 750 bullocks for' Australia, purchased by Keith McLean, of Gippsiand. Victoria. The vessel has been specially fitted for the purpose. The operation of loading in Wellington is fraught with many difficulties and has been watched by a large crowd. The estimated cost of landing the bullocks in Australia will be £9 a head. The Waihora will return for another shipment and if successful other consignments will be arranged.

A humorous touch was given to the debate on the question of teachers' appointments at .the amrual confei'ence of the New Zealand Educational Institute by Mr H. F. Penlington, who related the experience of a certain rural school committee which desired to fill a vacancy on the staff of the local school. There were live applicants, and from these were selected a comely young’ woman who, within a short time of her arrival, was carried

off by a young farmer of the district

and installed as the mistress of his abode. The position was again advertised. This time there was 15 applicants. The new appointee was a good looking specimen of her sex, and ‘within a. few months she In turn fell a victim to the matrimonial lure of another young farmer. Again there was a, vacancy. This time there were 28 applicants. The same, thing happened—another marriage in the district. The chairman of the committee in desperation, went to the Education ‘ Board office and said: “For heaven’s sake - send us the oldest, and plainest Applicant you can get, and d — the grading list."