Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1923.

Shannon News, 11 September 1923, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1923.

A geneidl meeting of itiie Public Works Cricket Club will be held in t[be Council Chambers on Saturday next at 7 p.in.

At the general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening it was decided to. urge the Postmaster that a proper light be put in the letter-box lobby.

Miss Mona Neale, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L. Nathan Terrace, Shannon, has received word that her Ei«rd Concert Gothic Harp has belt England and is expected to arrive here early in October.

A soccer football match was played in the Recreation Grounds on Saturday last between teams from Foxton and Shannon. The local hoys, most ol' whom were playing tjheir first game this season, made a very fair show against the, visitors, only suffering defeat by 3 goals to 2.

Referring to- the proposed swimming pool for Shannon at me Chamber of Commerce meeting Mr Howard. Andrew said the time must- come when there, would be a swimming poop at every school in the Dominion, He said “Teach the child to swim and you may save its life.” On Friday last Miss Ellis, who has resigned Irani the local school staff, was the recipient of a presentation from the pupils and staff of a manicure set and brush and comb. The presentation was. made by Mr Vaysey, headmaster, who expressed regret at !her departure, wishing her every success in her new position. Miss Ellis has accepted a position on thie Nelson lEducation Board, and will take up 'her new duties at Wakefield.

On Wednesday evening in the Methodist Church, at 7.3 Q. the Rev. Mr I‘apakura will conduct a service one behalf of Home and Maori Missions. Mr Pa.pak.ura is well known in Shannon, having spoken here in the theatre a few months ago, and needs no introduction to the Shannon public as an able speaker and first-class vocalist. There is sure to be a bright service as Mr Papakura will sing one or two solos and all who come along will enjoy good singing and an interesting address. Come and bring a friend to the Methodist Church on Wednesday evening at 7.30.

Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce meeting oh Thursday evening Mr Howard Andrew said that it was Ihe duty of every citizen to boost the town he lived in and it was a pleasure to hint to see that the business men of Shannon were alive to that fact. “Shanon is our town ia,nd we ■must bo’ost it,” he said. Speaking later Mr Murray said he wa_s pleased to hear Mr Andrew speak in that strain, and stated that in the past the claims of Shannon had never been pushed. The district h.ad immense possibilities, with the flax .industry and the opening up of hundreds of acres of rich country < and now the time was ripe to push it. At present there Was no,thing of an attractive n'a.ture and it was the duty of the Borough Council t.o improve‘the town and place it in the position it should hold.

The October meeting of the Horowhenua County Council will be held at 9.30 a.nk Mr Stan Austin, of Foxton, received ia cable on Friday from Japan to the effect that hisi mother and sister are both safe and well and are proceeding to Hong Kong. Out of fifteen applicants Miss Boris Dempsey 'Was appointed assistant clerk by the Horowhenua County Council to-day at a salary of £156. Miss Dempsey has lor a number of years been on the staff of the Levin Borough Council. ,< “The grand old man” of the Greymouth Jockey Club, Mr John Walton, Was able last week to attend his 50th i annual meeting of the clnb-ia record which will take much (reports the Grey-mouth. Star). The meeting was held in thelafternoon to allow Mr Walton (who is now in his 94th year) to be present. In a, forestry lecture at Auckland, Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., referred to the tanekaha,, a New Zealand tree, which gave a most valuable_ red dye, used long ago by the Maoris. The Germans got a pink dye from it also, which they used for gloves. Pink dye from aniline did not stand -perspiration like it, and the use of the dye from tanekaha gave the Germans almost a monopoly in the. sale of pink gloves. A remarkable coincidence attaches to the deaths of Mrs Elizabeth Barnes and Mr Andrew Jennings, a brQther and sister—two well-known and es teemed Nelson colonists, in that they ■ both passed away a short time after 7 o’clock on Friday evening last, their ’ deaths being coincidental almost to the minute. The deceased were both members of a well-known Nelson family. Their parents came out to Nelson in the ship Mary Ann, and the family have lived at Nelson for some 82 year s . Electrical connecti’ons made during August by the Thames Valley Power Board constituted a record since its inception, according to the report of the -manager, Mr R. Sprague. One hundred milking motors alone were connected, making a total of 572 milking motors to date. Consumers now total 2305. It is estimated that a further 50 milking motors will be connected during September. There was a keen demand for the third shipment of New Zealand cattle which was landed in Melbourne recently, and the 600 bullocks realised the very stisfactory. average price of £29 10s, and the 100 cows brought an average price of £l6 10s. On the trip across several of the cattle were lost. Out of a. total of 720 all told, this represents a loss of less than 1 per cent. Mr McLean, who is exporting the cattle, states that the fourth shipment. of cattle would comprise 720 head, .including about 100 cows. • According to the Waimate. Witness, Mr J. Slinger, foreman of the water and drainage works, has devised an ingenious method of laying the pipes under the tarred roads and streets, which will obviate the destruction of the road surfaces. Instead of the old method of digging} trenches, Mr Slinger’s gangs attach ai boring apparatus to the house supply pipes, which carries them under the road to the side where the mains are laid. The value of this idea, can be easily understood. For refusing to agree to increase the affiliation fee from one penny to threepence a member, for the purpose of assisting to finance the Daily Herald (the British Labour paper), the Gardroom Amalgamated Union, with a membership of _70,000, one of 1 the strongest unions in the cotton trade, was expelled from the Trade. Union Congress. The general secretary of the union in a letter to Mr Bowermian; .sjeci/ahary of the Tradja Union Congress, points out that 11,000 members voted in favour of the levy and 39,000 against it. li is surprising how some people prefer to remain in splendid isolation instead of marching with the times (remarks the South Land Times). The electrification scheme was being discussed by > number of fanners' when one astonished ttie rest ‘by declaring -that ha ivftnhl iinf takp f.hfi DOWBI’ Ull-

der any consideration. “1 would sooner pay the rate” he continued, “than install the light or power on my farm."

When, reference is made to the carrying capacity of a, farming property, it. is generally meant to refer to the amount of slock it will carry. At the Assessment Court at Mataura counsel was putting up his case lor a property down Waimahaka way. In doing so lie referred to a property that was carrying lour mortgages, and the holder of the fourth one would gladly accept a £5 note lor his interest in the concern. The embargo upon the importation of German, Austrian, and Hungarian goods is now removed, as from. Saturday last, and trade with those countries may be resumed, subject to the tariff set up in protection of industries in the Dominion, and in other parts of the British Empire. The effect of tire new regulations is that German goods specified in the first schedule of the Gazette notice will be subject to a special depreciated currency duty of 33£ per cent., in addition to the rates set out undier the general tariff. Articles coming into New Zealand are divided into two classes—goods unlikely to prejudicially or Injuriously affect industries in the Dominion and in other parts of

the British Empire, and those which ate likely to. affect such industries. Two Wanganui residents, neighbours and friends of long standing, quarrelled over tire cutting) of some trees on their boundary end the result was a court case. James Watt, solicitor, complained that Bernard C. Smith, auctioneer, wilfully trespassed on his land on St. John’s Hill and destroyed 17 macrocarpa trees growing thereon as a break wind and shelter to plaintiff’s orchard. The plaintiff claimed £5 for damages to the trees, and £SO as exemplary damages for wilful trespass. The defendant admitted that he did trespass and cut back the trees, and he paid into Court the sum of £5 in satisfaction of plaintiff’s claim. The Magistrate ga,ve judgment for £45, and costs £9 is. Mr Waft, announced that he intended to give half the amount to the Pearson Memorial Fund and the other ; to the Salvation Army. 1

At the annual meeting: of the Mas-I terton Dairy Co., Mr B. Brown said: I “The reserve fund is the best thing a company can build up.” The 'bald hjead land neck of a man appearing in answer to a summons at Thames Police Court were completely covered with tattooed designs. “I confidently expect to see one thousand more cows milked in this district during the coming season than during the season just closed,’’ commented the chairman of a Gisborne daily company, recently. The news comps from England that McDonald, the ex-Australian pricketer, succeeded in bowling out an opposing team so rapidly that he was able to motor to another district, bowl against another team, and return in time to bat lor his. regular club. The Rev. b. F. Rothwell (Masterton) this week suffered a severe apoplectic stroke at Wellington. Mr Rothwell, who is about 60 years of age, had * not been feeling too strong for some little time past. He is this year’s President of the kjethodist Conference. - ' No fewer than six agents waited upon the Haniua Dairy Go.’s directors. After listening to a speech from each representative and discussing the question, for several.hours it was decided to consign the output. The Waipukurau borough loan of £14,000, issued at par, interest 5J per cent., has been oversubscribed. The Telegraph says the success of flotation of a per cent, load is a striking tribute to the confidence of investors in the solidity of the Central Hawkes Bay centre. “And what is the other storekeeper doing?” was a question put to a witness by the judge in the Arbitration

Court at Wellington during the hearing of an application for an extension of hours. The reply Was somewhat unexpected. “Closing the front door and selling at the back,” replied the lady in the box. (Laughter). “Perhaps you don’t know that a mortgage is something which never sleeps,” said Mr H. E. Holland, M.P. at his meeting in Dannevirke, when referring to the hea.vy burden of interest charges which farmers had tq meet. “It works day and night, and never goes slow and gets you in the end.’.’ * The Masonic fraternity at Masterton contemplate building a . new lodge, which is estimated to cost £6ooov . The foundation stone laying ceremony is to be performed shortly by the Governor-General, Viscount .Tellicoe, Grand Master of the Order. The settlers at Chatham Islands have long been handicapped by the lack of a regular shipping service. In order to enable them to' receive mails and stores from the main land, at definite periods, Cabinet decided on Monday to subsidise a steamer (service between (Lyttelton and the Islands. Advice has been received that the Earl of Gassillis, eldest son and heir of the Marquis of Ailsa, first principal of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland, left London last week in the Orvieto 1 to visit chapter lodges working under the Scottish Masonic constitution in New Zealand and Australia. During his stay in New Zealand, the Earl of Cias.sillis will in-stal "the first grand principal of the Order in New Zealand, at Dunedin, and he will also attend chapter mjeetings in other centres. Mr Sydney Buckland, a returnee soldier, living at the Mangapourua soldier settlement, 'about 40 miles from Raetihl, met with a serious accident while drying gelignite last week. He had six plugs in a camp oven, and this exploded. The explosion practically blew him out of his whare. and he received severe flesh, wounds on

the legs and' hands. Mr Buckland wa* conveyed, to Waimiarino Hospital, after having been about 16 hours on the road. After the accident Mr Buckland removed several pieces of,' the broken camp oven front ftiis legs. He is making good progress. An instance of how insects wil change thyur diet when the native food is not available is demonstrated in a New Plymouth garden. There is a bush-clad gully attached to the gar. den, and the owner has planted the slopes with climbing roses. The wieta, a fearsome-looking beetle hot unlike a. scorpion, measuring up to two and ahall inctpes. has taken a great liking to the tender rose tree timber, ami during the night comes ou,t to feed. Half-a-dozen of these creatures wi in a few hours eat through a branch half an inch in diameter. The result is some very fine roses are being des troyed, and the owner is wondering how he can successfully eradiate the

pest. Mr Thomas Wilford, Leader of the Opposition, has a flair for breezy anecdote. He stayed, during a visu to England, at a famous London hotel in which at that time resided also Miss Marie Corelli,, the well-known authoress. He was a passenger in the hotel lift- in. which were also Miss Corelli and an absiit-minded but world-famous diplomat, who, intending to give instructions to the liftboy looked straiglijt at the authoress and said, “My Suite!” to which she indignantly replied, “Sir! How dare vou!” The confused diplomat, exceedingly apologetic for his faux pas, volubly explained, and the authoress of “The Sorrows of Satan” led the peal of laughter, im which even the lilt-boy joined. .... An interesting insight into boy psychology is given in letters which the general manager of the Christchurch tramways received from a! Southland youth, 17 years of age. He is most anxious, it appears, to become a motorman, and despite the fact that he has been two years at a secondary school, he will have no objection to start as a cleaner. Mr Frank Thompson’s reply that he will have to wait until he is -1 years of ave does not -appear to have dampened Ins ardour, for in a. second communication he indicates that lie intends making* application hi a lew months on the form supplied lam. Evidently this fame -of the Christ-

church tramway system has penetrated to Southland for the general manager’s correspondent, refers to it as the "“best in the South Island, and probably in the Dominion ”

Tire Rata Dairy Co. is paying out Is 6d per lb. for butterfat for September.

Speaking at a meeting of Eltham retailers Mr G. A. Wilkinson said that the people of this country were holiday mad; if they did a little more work it would be much better, to which observation thoughtful people will say, “Hear, hear!” The sheep industry at Rotorua is growing. Two farmers there have each 4i)QO breeding ewes, and they have come through the winter in the pink of condition.

The following appeared in the “Lyttelton Times” fiity years ago: “Telegram, Wanganui, August 28—The Presbyterians have passed a resolution in favour of instrumental music in church. The malcontents are likely to secede.”

A special meeting of the Union delegates of the New Zealand Rugby Union will be held in Wellington on September 14th, to' make final arrangements for the All Black tour to England during the 1924 season.. On the West Coast in the good old digging days a policeman had to take an escort of prisoners over the hill, and one of these was a Chinaman who- had disappeared. * The guardian of the peace was equal to the occasion, and promptly grabbed another Chinaman as a substitute. It ‘was no use the unfortunate Celestial protesting, for he simply had to go and bear the brunt of the offence -of his defaulting countryman. ‘ln a return presented to Parliament it was shown that there are 554 owners of, estates valued at between £20,000 and £30,000; 271 between £30,000 and £40,000 ; 98 between £40,000 ■and £50.000; 53 between £50,000 and £60,000; 104 between £60,000 and over. There was granted by way of rebate under the provision of the Land Tax Amendment Act, 1921, £146,294, to persons and firms, and £30;588 to companies.

On being asked if he thought it would be necessary to convene an early session, of Parliament, alter his return from England, Mr Massey said he wap at present of the opinion that, the House would assemble at the ordinary time—toward the end of June. Mr Massey expects to reach England early in October, and he may return to New Zealand early in thp new year.

One of the oldest landmarks in the sßulls district -is being demolished. This is the 50-year-olu Flower’s flour mill, which - participated, in leading the multitude in toe pioneer days. The dismantled niatai timber which the building was constructed of is in a truly good state of preservation, proving that the old time timber millers produced an excellent article. If •a town has no railway, freightage costs are high, and as Bulls never has had a railroad, competition from more fortunately situated millers was probably responsible for closing Bulls’ first, and perhaps, last, flour mill. Time has no respect for man-made landmarks! This is a democratic age,, says a correspondent of thje London Daily News. A bus was hung up for a lew minutes at Ludgate Circus. Alongside was a Rolls-Royce, and in it a resplendent individual in. a silk liat, who asked the policeman regulating traffic to direct him somewhere. Our driver, taking a hand in, the discussion, inquired of the silk hat “Where d’you want to get mate?” Silk hat having explained, received detailed instructions, and moved off. Our driver thereupon put it to the policeman: “All right for rule now, sir?” Politeness to policemen on point duty probably pays when you have to keep to scheduled times.

Sh ; Hubert Stout (Chiei Justice) is notably lacking hi ostentation, aiiu is noi'at ail averse to using the ordinary everyday streets cars, prior to the installation oi tne electrical trams in Wellington Sir Hubert sat oiie day in a crowded horse car, cheek oy jowl with the proletariat, but morepartieuiarly by a large labourer, who incinerated tobacco with great skill. A well known Wellington business man, finding he had inadvertently come out without money, explained to the conductor his position, saying he would pay next day. The labourer with the ,pipe turned to Sir Robert and said,* “There y’&i'e, mate! If it had bin the likes o’ me or you he’d have called the police!”

- Spring flowers and narcissi lend themselves particularly to graceful decorative effects, and the decorative section at St. Mary’s show next Tuesday should therefore be a strong and keenly contested one, the more so as valuable prizes are being offered. The schedule will be found m our advertising columns and entries should be mad*;, at the “Chronicle” office on Saturday evening, or in the. meantime with Miss G. E, Kebbell, the hon. secretary. A number of visiting nurserymen have promised to make displays at the show which should be well worth a visit. It will be located in the Century Hall and will he something of a novelty for Levin, as no Bulb Show lias .been held since prewar days.

A couple of weeks ago lour lady tourists to New Zealand, two journalists and two school teachers, visited the National Park. They were evidently under the impression that there' was first-class accommodation up in those high altitudes, as included in their lug-gage was evening dresses and similar finely. On reaching the park—they walked the latter portion of the journey after being motorer from-Waimarino— they found nothing more inviting than an empty hut, and not even wood for a fire. TP tourists settled down to spend a miserable night, and their peace of niimj was not improved when they found on ihe wall a notification that the habitation was the famous haunted whare where, according to the legend the sweet-faced Maori woman comes at the dark hour before the dawn. When daylight came the tourists started to beat a hasty retreat. Their next adventure was to ™ eel some strange-looking men, whom they later discovered were prisoners on their wav to woik on the new road that is being built through the park.