Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923.

Shannon News, 27 July 1923, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923.

A Wanganui watersider who stole a flve-guine'a hat from a hotel lounge, was ordered to pay £l4 10s in fines, costs and reparation.

The many friends of Mr P. Thompson of Ballanoe street will he sorry to hear he is lying seriously ill at the Palmerston North Hospital, where he underwent an operation on Wednesday last.

Before the screening of the film “Robin Hood” at the Maoriland Theatre to-night the Maori string band of' 17 performers will render a couple of! items from the balcony of the thea- ( tre. Special music has been arranged [ for the screening of the big picture.' Mr Just, a well-known Wellington j muisiciian being engaged for the, pur-i pose 1 .

The Spot Cash Meat Shop has opened in Biallance street where it i s claimed that prices will be found the lowest in the district for the best quality meat. A 'big stock of small goods of every description will always ibe on hand.

The business premises of Messrs J. H. Fargher and Co., will be closed from! Monday next for a few days for stocktaking, after which the business trill be re-opemed by Messrs Howard Andrew Ltd.

A farewell social was 'tendered the Rev,. L. Minifle at the Parish Hall last evening when therei was a large attendance. A full report will appear in our next issue.

One of our most popular local citizens whilst occupied in the artistic work of bill-sticking had :the misfortune to slip off the ladder. The paste bucket somewhat broke, his fall hut its contents rutined his s.uit. The address on Friendly Society matters by PSst Grand President Bro. Flanagan a,K tbei Maoriland Theatre last evening was very poorly attended. The speaker dealt at length with matters connected with the. societies, and was. very cordially received.

There is evidently some person in Shannon who feels like work as a local hairdresser was relieved of his axe tjhe other night, while ta taixlproprietor nearly missed a saw at the same time. All they require now is some wood to operate on so householders beWarC. There was an attendance of about 10,000 at Eiiersliei on Saturday when the Franklin-Matamata combined meeting was concluded. During the day the sum of £42,015 10s was passed through tile totalistator, making a grand total of £70,897 10s for the meeting. ■

Edward Sullivan, charged with being an idle and disorderly person, appeared before Mr E. Spencer, J.P., on Tuesday last. Th'ei police seated accused had been loafing about, the town lor , some days, cadging food and money; and that he was in a filthy sgvte. He was cosvicted and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. Fines of £8 .and £1 respectively were’ imposed on two Hamilton residents, in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court for allowing noxious weeds to grow on the footpaths fronting their properties. Another resident, who had cleared his frontage subsequent to proceedings being taken, was ordered to pay costs 7s. Mr Walter Weston, writing to the Taranaki Herald from London on June 10, says New Zealand butter was being sold in its original boxes at Whiteley’s stores at.ls 8d per lb. It looked very nice. New Zealand lamb, however, he found on inquiry at a retail shop, was being sold with the brand cut off, the salesman saying that if he paid for it bp surely could do as he liked with it.

Nelson College has a unique record in relgard to the. number of headmasters of secondary schools in New Zealand who are old boys of the College:. Following is. a listMr J. Drummond, Auckland Grammar; Mr C, T. Major, King’s College; Mr W. H. Moyes, New Plymouth Boys’ High; Mr C. H. Broad, Nelson College; Mr G. J. Lancaster, Christchurch Boys’ High;. Mr G. F. Milner, Waitaki Boys’ High.; Mr Peace, Southland Boys’ High. A petition wias presented to Pan liament last week on behalf of James Campion, formerly of Okirae, of Fordell, and now of Hastings, sheepfarmer, asking for compensation to meet an unusual case. Mr campion bought an area of land which was supposed to total . 1,308 acres, and a survey found: it to be 741 acres short of that area. Petitioner claims that the mistake was a result of carelessness in the Survey Departmetat, and he says he bias been advised he cannot recover at law, though the department admits the shortage:.

} The Wanganui Chronicle thus links j up cause and effect ; A thing never j known in the .history of the prod'uci tion and prices of eggs in Wanganui 1 arises from, the fact that 4000 dozed were marketed during the month of June by the Wanganui Co-operative I Egg Circle. The wholesale price today is 1/10 per dozen, which is very low for this time of the year. Probably the cheapness of beef is the chief cause for this low figure, and

sa,usages 'at threepence a pound hh.s checked the rate of egg consumption. It is reported that the lodgers at a certain boarding-house “struck” on receiving a continuous diet of sausages.

In the House Mr Field (Otaki) asked the Commissioner of State Forests whether he would make arrangements for mom bars of the House interested in forestry to inspect, on some Saturday in the near future, the sand reclamation and planting work being carried on by the Forestry Department on the Rangitikei sea-coast? The Hon. Sir R. H. Rhodes (Commissioner of State Forests) replied that to thoroughly inspect the sand-dunes it would be! necessary to be absent from Wellington for a night; but, should thei business of the session permit, it is hoped to be able to arrange for members of Parliament to inspect the planting that 'has heien done on the dunes.

On July 20 suppliers to the Shannon Dairy Factory got a welcome bonus of lid per lb of huitter-fat supplied during the season. Added tO' the average monthly payment of 1/6!cl, 'this made a total for the season of 1/8 per lb of butter-fat,: So far as has been announced, this is a record for the Dominion for the past season,' the nearest pay-out that we have noticed being the Hawera, Company, 1/7J. Tho suppliers are to be congratulated on the careful management of their affairs which has resulted in such a return—both as regards the manufacture and marketing of their product, In their factory manager they have an officer who has demonstrated his ability to turn-out a high-class (article that more than holds its own on the show table, and a,t the same time to manufacure in bulk profitably and efficiently. The Directors can also be complimented on the! business acumen that has. enabled them, to place the. Shannon output to so much advantage. When things are hot going well in co-operative concerns it is thei directors 'who have to bear the brunt of criticism. It is only equitable -therefore that, conversely, good work, should be 'acknowledged' and' appreci-

ated. . „ , f . At Tuesday’s meeting of the management committee of the 1 Horowhenua Rugby Union it was decided to hold a ball towards the end of the football season. The. date was not definitely arranged, but it will prob- ( ably take place early in September.