Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1923.

Shannon News, 10 August 1923, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1923.

Bleak House, at Broadstairs, made famous by Dickens, now has wireless installed.

A junior representative • football match Horowhenuiai v. Manawatu will be held on the Recreation Ground on Saturday next, starting at 2.45 p.m.

The flint version of “This Freedom,” Mr A. S. M. Hutchinson’s novel, has been sold by Ideal Films, Ltd., of London, to the Fox Film Corporation of America for £20,000, said to he a record) figure^.

A Melbourne merchant, writing to a Nelson resident, states: “New . Zealand beef and mutton .axel making a name for themselves here just now. Our. folk tried both and agree that our meat is not in the same .row.”

“It is fairly certain that the Right Hon.. David Lloyd George will make a lecturing tour of New Zealand towards the end of this year,” said Mr Victor Beck, in conversation with a representative of the Oarnaru Mail recently. Mr Lloyd George is already booked to touir Ganada and tihe States, and it is expected that the tour will end at San Francisco in September. Arrangements are now ebing made for the tour to embrace New Zealand and Australia. The intention is for Mr Lloyd George to deliver sixty lectures in Australasia.

An old resident of Shannon in the person of Mr Edward Delaney passed away at the Palmerston North Hospital on Wednesday morning, after a short, illness. Deceased, who was well known along this, coast, was born in Ganada 76 years ago. As a young man the late Mr Delaney followed a ■seafaring career, afterwards settling at Nelson. After spending .some years at the later place he removed to Wellington, and was .engaged on the construction of the Wellington-Manawatu line. Later he resided for many years at Tokomaru and Shannon. Deceased who Was twice married, leaves three sons and five daughters (one of whom is Mrs J. Martin, of Vogel street), with whom he resided, to mourn their tuates, as the putting down of a crosympathy in their bereavement. Messrs Howard Andrew, Ltd., in starting off with a big sale are out to demonstrate to the people of Shannon what, can be done in the way of drapery bargains. Mr Andrew is not a flash in the pan. Shannon residents will find him a “big noise” in business at. all times, always alive to public requlrementa and eager to fulfil them.

It has 'been reported to the police by a local bee-farmer that some persons are poisoning bis bees. Investigations are being made. Owing to the prevalence of influenza it. has been decided to postpone the euchre and dance to be held in the Parish Hail on Tuesday evening next until August 28th. Owing to the prevalence of the' “flu” it has been decided to close the| local school for the term holidays from to-day, instead of on September Ist,

A fully equipped imitation coal mine will be provided for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley next year by the Institute of Mining Engineers and pixel Mining Association of Great Britain.

On rising at six o’clock on Wednesday morning a local resident discovered a horse tied to his fence and a dog patiently waiting alongside. The resident (who is engaged on the night shift at the dredge did not reach henna until 2 a.m., land the horse was not there then. The horse remained there all day unclaimed, bo the police were communicated with, iind are now looking for the owner, but up to going to press had been unable to find anyone to claim it. The secretary of the Tennis Gluib is in receipt of a communication from the Bowling Club asking if the former is willing to forego the balance of their lease of the tennis courts, as they would like to consider the question of putting down croquejt courts. The Tennis Club have replied that they will not stand in their light. The .writer trusts 'the movement will eventuate as the putting down of a croquet lawn will not only be an asset to the town but will provide enjoyment to those who are unable to participate in the more strenuous games.

The paper used in printing Bank of England notes is manufactured at a special mill in Hampshire, where no worker is allowed to enter any part of the building other than the room where he is employed. A peculiar freak of nature observed in Eltham recently (states the Argus) was that of a primrose bud, just blossoming out, which was growing from the edge of one of the leaves, entirely detached from any stem. The- bud was quite robust looking. Human bones, believed to be those of persons who died in the Great Plague of 1664-1666, when many bodies were buried in, pits in Easts London, have been excavated by workmen, behind Thames Police Court, Stepney, E. “A good bricklayer. can lay from 100 Q to 1200 bricks per day,” said a creditor at a bankruptcy meeting at Hamilton, when the creditors were trying to ascertain from the bankrupt, a builder, how he computed hia estimates. “But the trouble is the union ' limits the numebr of bricks that may be laid to 400 per day,” interposed another creditor. Mr McKenzie Forbes, in conversation - witii a Wanganui Herald reporter, said some people seemed, to h-'.ve a great objection to planting hta'.hrr. P.(» considered it was one of the finest shrubs they could introduce into poor mountainous country .f New Zealand. It was valuable as a foc-d , for sheep and ‘in addition they never heard of far an-:* losing sheep in the Highlands of Scotland during snow storms. The reason was that the pheep when snowed in had plenty of feed to keep them alive. The mutton | fed on heather was also very palat- ! able. Mr McKenzie Forbes added that ; if ithe farmers of Southland would in- ! troduce heather they would not have a repetition of the losses experienced during the recent storms. The use of motor cars as “sittingout” places during dances is a practice which motorists believe should be discouraged in Gisborne, says the “Poverty Bay Herald.” Last week a car was left outside the City Hall while its owner attended a dance, but he contends that the lights. were switched on. When the policeman, tame along, however, the lights were out, and the owner was accordingly charged with the offence. Counsel appearing on his behalf alleged the practice of “sitting-out” on the part of loving couples as the cause of the car owner’s trouble. He explained that such a couple had apparently used the car, but before doing so had of necessity to switch off the inside light, thereby also turning out the j headlights. When they left the car, i they omitted to switch the lights on . again, and hence the absence of lights j when the policeman came. |

Among the many new and interesting pictures shown by Bishop Averill In the course of his lecture on Palestine at Auckland, was an amusing photograph showing one of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, floating on his back in the Dead Sea, reading a book and holding an umbrella over his head.; He said that the waters of the sea were;the. saltest ever known, and they wesei so buoyant that horses were puzzled in swimming, because they were, practically unable t’o sink. Another amusing picture was one showing excavations made by the Turks in the] English Church a,t Jerusalem. It appears that the Turks heard there were canons connected with this Church, and these excavations were made with a view to discovering them. i

Did New Zealanders realise how wonderful their country Was and 1 the asset it possessed in Its climateP This l question was asked by Mr R. A. Bur--1 rows, a Canadian visitor, of an Auckland Ha had had a drive about'the Mangere and Tamaki dis--1 tricts, and could isay that he had j never seen such a country. ‘‘My I friend drove a fat pony home: and turned him out into a paddock with ( plenty of grass, and this is the dead of winter,” said Mr Burrows. "In I Western Canada, stock has to be stalled and hand fed for seven, months in the year. At Westfield I saw fat bullocks straight from the paddock, the like of which are unknown in- Canada. It would'be no use trying to give the price these £l6 ‘ 10s steers would bring in Canada, because there is nothing to compare with them. T hear people grumbling about hard times, but whalt are hard times in a country with such a climateP”

In reply to the query; “How does your husband. treat your’ a witoues* at the Thames Police Court said: “He doesn’t treat me at all. He drinks on his own.”'

“Your Worship, a 30-inch pipe is as easily handled by . men who know how to do 'it as you would handle a pair of socks.” This quaint statement was addressed by a councillor to the Mayor at a meeting of the Port Chalmers Council when culverts under roads were under discussion. While illustrating to the parents at the dental hygiene lecture recently at Masteroon how he majoriy of people discarded the most nutritious portion of the food and gave the children rubbish, Colonel Hunter stated that if the hens were given the same stuff that, was put before the children, people would not get much in the way of eggs.

There will be a partial eclipse of the moon on the night of the 26th. She will enter the imbral shadows at 9hr. aamin.; centre of same at lOhr. 9.smin; and pass out of the shadow at lOhr. 57min. p.m., New Zealand mean time. ■ The .amount of the moon obscured at the greatest phase is.a fraction less than one-sixth. No fewier than 46,000 families are in Vienna without a place to live. They cannot rent even one room, because since 1913 not one house has been built in Vienna, which is now the poorest city in the world. In some cases four or five families live in one small room.

The suppliers to the Shannon dairy factory have just received a welcome bonus of lid per lb. of butterfat supplied during tihe season. Added to the average monthly payment of 1/6J, this made a total if or the season of 1/8 per lb. of buttterfat. This is a record for the Dominion for the past season, the uearest pay-out being the Hawera Co., 1/7*.

The second reading of the Immigration Restriction Amendment Bill was movied in the Legislative Council yesterday by Sir Francis Bell, who said the Bill repealed the requirement of the oath of allegiance from His Majesty’s subjects by birth, but the obligation still remained on aliens, who liad 'been naturalised. The Bill was read a second time without discustion.

‘‘We don’t want to make the mistake that the Harbour Board did—camp lor about thirty yiears on a spot and then find out that it belonged to somebody else,” said one of the members at a meeting of the. Wanganui Ratepayers’ Association ,recently. “It was like the case of a man at Castlecliff who built a house and then found out that it was ort another man’s section.

An amusing incident occurred dur-. ing a marriage service in an Auckland Methodist Church recently. The officiating minister had just reached the most solemn and impressive part Of the ritual when the gravity of the congregation was upset by the sudden appearance of a white goat, which walked down the aisle and collided forcibly with the bride. It was necessary to suspend the ceremony until the animal was removed.

There is joy in simple things. Mr Priestly, oi the Sudan Mission, Baid he had received s, letter from Mr 1). N. MacDiannid, a missionary, thanking him lor the gilt of ah accord eon. Mr MacDiannid stated that one evening when he was playing ‘‘So Long, Letty,” the natives gathered round, and the strains oi' the music lad varying effects. Women swayed, the inejn danced themselves into a frenzy, and one native laughed bo immoderately that he was seized with hysteria, and had to receive treatment. Mrs MacDiannid seized the accordeon, and put it away till they recovered thfir composure. The natives expressed theiT astonishment that so great a noise could come from such a small instrument. What the natives will do when they hear the bagpipes one can only conjecture.

An extraordinary /example of the faithfulness possessed by some domestic animals was clearly demonstrated in Napier last week (relates the Daily Telegraph). An inmate of the hospital who cam|e 'from Wairarapa for treatment, 'happened to! be moving about the hospital grounds with the aid of crutches, when he noticed a dog which looked remarkably like one h|e had left safely at home. His curiosity getting the better of him he called the dog by name and was surprised to find,. on examining its collar, that it was his own. The dog, which was suffering from injured feet and genleral rough usuage had apparently travelled across, country in search of his master, it is now being held by somef friends until the owner is well enough to go back home with It.