Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1923.

Shannon News, 25 September 1923, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1923.

The Shannon Bowling Club intend opening tbieir season on Saturday, October 6th.

Yesterday the up' New Plymouth express was fhree-quprter.s of an hour late arriving at Shannon owing to the postal van becoming derailed at Ngaio.

A basket ball match was played at Palmerston North on Saturday last between the junior train girls attending the High School and the'Palmerston North girls resulting in an easy win for the train girls by 32 goals to two.

At the morning service on Sunday last at the Methodist Church, the Rev. Boothroyd, in referring to the sacred concert to be held on Thursday night in aid of the Sir A. Pearso n-fund, commented upon it as being a most worthy object. He stated that at Sir Arthur Pearson’s funeral it wias a. most pathetic sight to see tire hundreds of sightless persons in the procession.

VVe have been informed that poles for the. Power Board in connection with th/e lighting of Shannon had been erected only Oft from the boundaries of properties., whicu were not favoured with formed footpaths. On making enquiries we find such is not the case. All over the borough, with the exception of the boundary qf the Recreation Ground. where the poles will be-Bft away, the distance will be lift, 6in.

A final reminder is given of the sacred concert to be" given by the Levin Combined ''Choir in the Presbyterian Church, oil Thursday evenin.pl next, the proceeds from which are to go to the Shannon quota, for the Pearson Memorial Fund for the blind. The purpose of the fund is briefly to enable the Jubilee Institute for the Blind at Auckland to establish sightless people in trades, professions and businesses by which -as far as possible they ran support themselves. If is in great, work and if is imped tlmse who have organised the concert- will be rewarded with a bumper house.

Having received 'several requests by P aaims to again secure the popular nictuire “Over ttie Hill” the proprietors .01 tire. Maoriiand Theatre announce they have been successful and dt will be shown at their theatre on Friday next. Among the soloists at t,he Blind Memorial Concert in the Presbyterian Church on Thursday night are Mrs T F. Gibson, of Levin, and Mr A. Moti erdiimd, a tenor who alone will be worth going to ‘head’. A statement’ was in circulation last week in Shannon to the .effect that some'of tk© bottles used for guessing competitions in connection with the Queen Carnival were not properly s ,-.ailed down and tl'-e contests- had been interfered wijh. On thlei matter being referred to- the Executive they at once made an investigation and tbev-find there is no foundation of truth whatever for the statement.! A.t the Magistrate’s Court at Pal-r-ersP'u rw'.h vesterOav morning before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., John Quigb,v *vv-s at Ariapeti on ipr-t v/f s charged that on 12th at Shannon, he do ‘tpai a camera of the value of £4 10s -n,' roTroerty of Alice Connolly. Tin

viicpded euihv. plcc’iuo- m tr iC-d -.vith S !-r«i.n>nri.lv. The facts as (v-iUried hv the no,ice were- that the camera was removed from +.hp nr'em i R At! of iua ownm; on' the 12th insL. ,-mt ciifeU on the accused ''’lk was interrogated at the Man gdVr

nOipr.i he. was employed. He /Wfed b” c-fronm at first, hut when *r>,p me« di"covered in his h--h:» admitted the theft. Sentence r' three months imprisonment was ■passed.

The Manpwotu Gorge Board of Con Irol has decided to raise the addition.*! 1 sum of £35.000 necessary to complete the gorge road within 18 months.

“Touching wood” does not always bring luck ;,s a FeHding resident found who was fined £3 or 14 days in gaol for stealing a quantity of firewood.

Holders of free places in secondary schools may now remain until the end of the year in which they attah ‘heir 17th birthday. Hitherto a free place holder had to leave on reaching ‘.he ago of 17. r Rummaging in some old recess-, a Wmp’.’kufan ’resident quite unexpected lv came across two war certificates to the value of £lO each (relates the Napier Daily Telegraph). It appears ‘mu the finder purchased them 6? years ago and had forgotten absolutely everything about, them.

Tie P.rnnfwood Co-op. Dairy Company (Cambridge) has just disposed of the whole of its cheese output fo> the months of August, September -and October, at 10 5-16 d per lb. This will enable the Company to pay out to suppliers for that period at the rate ol fully 2/- per pound butterfat.

Cabled news Ims reached Christchurch that the Convent of the Sacred Opart, at Tnkio. Japan, has escape' the devastating effects of the recent earthquake. The members.of the community, amongst whom is Mother wa«’a-»b,»rv 1 nughnan. daughter-of Mr H. H. Loughnan, ;of Avonside, are ah safe.

At the* Magistrates Court at Grey-1 mwi.h. itonnld I.’ Beta was charged | with actimr as a broker for the sale of j nnoss'i’m skins without having an annual' license. The defence was that, Heal was unaware of ,fhe regulation | and, when he became nwnre of it he j did his best, to «?e.t the license, and* finally did so. The magistrate ord- { orerl the confiscation of all the skins, ! val”«d at about £SO. and fined do- f replant £5 f

' Orchardists in llawkes Bay are congratulating themselves on the excellent prospre’s for the stone lijuit crop. All over the frui’'growing area peach and plum trees are giving indications of immense crops and a little thinning out of the nlum blossoms, which are’already setting nicely, would not do any great harm.

“It always pays to took prosperous whether you are or not- Everybody helps the prosperous looking man; they lack down the man who i.s going down.” This little bit of philisophy fell from the lins of the president ot the Ashburton A. fland P. Association when he was urging the meeting to agree 1o give the show buildings a coat of paint.

, ‘The vocal chords are the head, 'illroat, -"chest, and. also the valves, which ana five In number, A, E, 1, O, U. The diaphragm is like a strong piece oi: elastic winch keeps the ribs logether.” This was the reply of a candidate to a, question on musical matters, said Mr Roland Foster, when lecturing in Wellington. Another pupil, referring to Adam’s apple, said it- was also sometimes known as’“the apple of discord.”

“Beenuse there has been an earthquake in Japan a couple of weeks ago it seems my new dress of silk U to cost a. shilling a yard more,” re marked an Auckland lady to- a Star reporter, she explained that she had seen soone silk at 3/ll per yard, but when she went -afterwards to buy it was informed that, the price was now i'll in consequence of the earthquake in Japan. Although it was explained that the vendors were calculating the cost of replacement the literal-mind-ed lady could not understand why she should have to pay extra for sdl which was bought before the disaster in Japan occurred.

Prior to commencing the business at last Matamala County Council meeting Cr. S'opiord took the (his first) opportunity of apologising to the chairman lor the recent embar. Kissing position, ha had-placed ’he latter in. He eulogised the manner in which the chai'man conducted the meetings. The late episode at the council table bad, he said, caused him much regret. He also offered his ano logics to Cr. E. J. Darby. Cr. Stopford was thanked for his action Charges of assaulting Cr. Darby and arm'her conncillnr were, recently preferred against Cr. Stanford, the matter arising out of a County Council meeting.

It is understood that three of the young men who indulged in “horse puiy” at Levin and C.abi on Sunday nignt, -have loft the district.

A Chinaman named Wiiiie Chiu, from Wellington, was fined £SO at DuiusUm for being found in possession of two full sealed tins of opaim. The customs authorities suggested taut the man was engaged in a regular and large trade. There passed away on August 31st at Suva, the Lev. Mother Superior Marguerite, of the Convent of St.-Joseph do Ciunv, aged 70 years. She had been In iiiOniVe-ront health for sometime, but was active in her many duties to within some six weeks of the end. Intimation has oeen received by the Mayor of Wanganui to the effect ‘Met the arrangements made by the Borough Council with Mr Harmon Beeves, of Dunedin,' lor the financing of ■he £IOO.OOO water works loan had been confirmed. The rate of interest is 53 per cent. Another fine achievement, and still tme more New Zealand- record, is to be credited to North Taranaki Jerseys. In the herd of Mr Harry Salway, of “Hua Brook,” Bell Bloch, two members of the herd have made records of 7251bs and 7021bs of fat respectively. This is the first New'Zealand herd to produce 'two such wonderful performances in the one season

An extract from an advertisement for a public school teacher in the Cook Islands gives an insight into conditions of life in that part of our New Zealand Dominion. The advertisement states: “Applicants should be free from family ties which might hinder them in their work. They must He prepared to endure solation, and must possess the missionary spirit needed u> overcome Hie disadvantages inseparable from the pioneering work which is to be expected.” "it. is a very difficult thing to induce boys 'to take on a trade,” safil a member of the Napiei Technical School Board of Managers on Tuesday. “A boy nowadays will jump on a baker’s cart and be quite happy .so mug as he starts at £2 per week. They all live for the dollars, and the tact will have a serious effect on trades.”—H.B. Herald.

“This herd-testing is a white elephant,” said a shareholder at the Kaiparoro dairy lactory meeting lasi week, when the proposition was beu/ce the meeting; (relates the W-airn-rapa Daily News/. “It’s a matter ol opinion,” replied the chairman.' “Perhaps your grandchildren will think that you were the white elephant.”

Several dairy companies in the Morrinsville district have sold, or are contemplating the sale 01. their cheese output. .The Norfolk Co-opera-tive Dairy Company lias sold its output from August to October, about 130 tons, at lOd per lb., which wall yield a payment to suppliers of between 1s lOd and Is Hd per lb of butter-fat. At a 'wedding which took place at a registry office in the Whangarei district a.,few days ago the bridegroom, a widower, produced his first wile’s ring, but when the time came to slip it' on the bride’s third finger it was found to be too small, so it was placed on the little mie, and solemnisation of the wedding was then completed. in rue fasn place where one conventionally expects it, the famous

onig-siiig prisun of the United States

; a wonueriui lose garden is being j made. Tire plans snow a rectangle ui aboiit. twenty yams by liity yams, with a iountain in Uie niiudle oi a liiwn surrounded by gravel walks. In beds on this lawn ana siurting the whole are the groups.oi rose trees. An official hi tne prison was responsible ior the original idea, and the culture is in the care oi a well known rose expert, who chooses trees lor their power to .give large uioonis, wiucn last the whole season. ••Anyone,” writes a visitor, “who has seen a iarge prison can imagine the contrast between the usual atmosphere oi such a place and the humanising effect of this sight.” The Singling Prison isf, however, known lor other such experiments besides tmi> mie.

An effort is being made to open up an export trade m eggs, and some hundreds of dozens oi carefully selected, carefully graded, and carefully packed eggs are being sent to London, remarks the “Mercantile Ga-, setae.” The journal continues: “The local consumers get no such consideration, for they must accept what is pushed on to them bv the poultrymen, and at the same time pay a fancy price. If the export of eggts becomes an established business, then _ the local market will suffer unless the embargo on the import ot loreign eggs is lilted, and the Government ceases to control the price of wheat., if loreign eggs cannot be imported,, then the poultrymen will ‘starve’ the local market by creating sn artificial shortage, and eggs will become a luxury quite beyond the purse of be average working man. If the exporters make losses on this foreign trade they will seek to> recover their losses from the local consumers, so that in whatever direction the consumer moves ho gets a slap in the lace.”

A thousand horses were offered a the Cambridge horse fair this week. Bidding was spirited, and though reserves were high, these were exceed ■dl in many instances by £lO to Lit per head. Unbroken draughts, bob to medium, brought £22 to £27, yoVlings and two-year-olds £6. to £.'£• j Draughts broken to work wore kcen’v 1 sought after. Young heavy sorb s;i I from £45 to £65; medium Lorn PT t i £4B: spring- carters from £24 to £.’s ! Light (harness horses showed comm’evable imorovement- on recent miw and bidding was well sustniw'-' > throughout. Good town deliver'/ hot’- } ses under strong competition realised from £22 to £37; light, bmrgv horses 1 £ls to £2O for the-best; others £8 to £l2, As usual the quality of saddle horses was not flattering to the district. and little attention was be«fr.\ve(i on them. The lv*st ma-’e f-o’-' £2O to £25; others £l3 10s tp £l6 Polo ponies £2O. Hunters and loadstars from £ls to £27 10s. Shetland ponies £l6. A Shetland pony and gig realised £4O.

Meat is dear in Sydney just now. A Mastertonian was asked 2s 4d per jh for steak from a meat vendor. At Bendigo two Shorthorn bullocks, fattened at Gunbower on the Murray, realised £7O 10s each, which is an AugtiaHan record.

“it is the squeaky wheel that gets the oil,” said Mr E. J. Howard, M.P., in the course of an address. “It is those who cry out who get aid from the Government.’' People who sat quiet and made no complaint, he sSid could not expect to get any consideration.

“-•‘Do you speak English,” asked tne Magistrate, Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., of a Chinese defendant at the Palmerston Court. “1 dunno,” glibly replied the Celestial. (Laughter). “IPs the privilege or bowlers to growl—we would ne missing' something ii we did not, but it is all over when we leave the ground,” siad Mr C. Mac Gibbon, the newly elected president, the annual meeting ol ihe Dannevirke Bowling Club. A strange find was made by the owner of a motor car the other morning (relates the Oamaru Mail). It was the discovery of a number of unopened letters addressed to a business* man who formerly owned the car. The letters bear postmarks dating back as far as 1914, and in the inteival the car has changed hands several times.

A Palmerston resident recently purchased and demolished a three-room-ed cottage which dated hack to the early Mays of the town’s settlement. While digging on the site yesterday lie found a number of sovereigns and half sovereigns dated from 1937 to 1891. in all lie recovered £6O and is still prospecting. The coins were scattered about eight inches below the surface and not in a receptacle of any kind.

“I t’rtok veil arc the only man who las ever in court admitted being .a piOiksaliaial speculator,” remarked Mr. ifogden, when examining a cuent at Auckland Supreme Court, The Witness, who had eoiues. od to a penchant for buying and selling piopertios, concurred Wiih his counsel without the slightest sign of embarrassment. In crossexuuuitaToa, lire v'limns could not recall when he bought the property as lie had made •'o many transactions. “What 'does the woman’s husband do?” asked the Magistrate of counsel in a case in the Christchurch Magisl aL;’s Court. After v consulting) his client the solicitor replied, ‘‘The woman's a. charwoman.” “Well, what does the husband do?” asked the Bench. “Retired, sir,” was the naive reply. When the laughter subsided toe solicitor explained that the man was a pensioner.

At about 9.30 on a recent Monday morning (says the Nelson Mail), the fire station received the startling news by telephone that the Mental Hospital was on fire. The alarm was sounded, and the tire engine promptly rushed to the supposed fire,. No smoke or other signs of the outbreak were visible, and it began to dawn on ’•■he members of the brigade that they had been “taken in.” This belief was confirmed -when they were told that one of the inmates had escaped that morning, and it was undoubtedly he who had given the alarm. The escaped alarmist was subsequently discovered and taken back -into custody.

When a resident of Tara dale rose from his .slumbers the other morning he discovered an empty whisky flash outside his back door, and his watch dog, «i large retriever, shut inside (sa.Vs the Napier Telegraph). Evidently some intruder who had been “looking on the wine when it was red,” had paid a midnight visit to his residence, and with the trusting confidence of a child 'oarefully - put the usual ferocious dog inside and shut the door on it. He then evidently drained the flask, left it as a Darting gift and ambled homewards, or to 'the nearest lamp post. The householder Is still wondering how the convivial one managed to put. the dog inside. In a case at Wanganui last week a taxi-driver was charged with being on licensed premises alter hours. The defence was that he had received a telephone message to go to the hotel and get a parcel for a boarder at the hotel who was at another house. Counsel contended that the beer was not a sale to the taxi-driver as he was merely the agent for the lodger who was entitled to have beer supplied to him. The magisrate (Mr Barton) remarked that he could see wonderful possibilities in the boarder at n distance and the telephone. Counsel (Mr Cohen) replied that the Licensing Act would become more and more popular the better it was known. The magistrate decided defendants must get the benefit of the -doubt. The story of the defence was open to suspicion, but in this case the exolemCion of ordering was not on after-thought, but was mentioned at the time the constable was present.

It is interns! beg Co Hi" of cert"in lUes ; o A--Viand ™ ao'o. as aga’nst Clio v-tes ’’ili-e-. n-d--/“Star”l. Smokers w ; ll Worn with envv that fid. yenre ego srVceo o" 1 f-r»n Is fid to Is 0(1 P"r m .i-istc" 1 n? 9d p"r eu-ee, iho oree to O'-iv. Brandy was quoted a f 14s r>— e-allon, nun 11s. and gin 9s fid. a-low ce re re red with the cost nnwa.i Pt range <o snv. the pr.nnlar .. - dc.n': act epp-'er in the rude-' r r -no T-rnrc ago. Flour was pi- fvn-1 *l2 Co ? 1 4 per ton. as Mvr.nored with £l7 ss. the ruling rate -i ri-.-o-nf. yof wheat was 8s per i... v,i Vip-hor J hnn even t’v\ r‘ f e guaranteed bv the Government- to the farmers in the south durrg the V.-;:-. Mutton was quoted at fre-u " ■ oov A' and park did. T’ntt-r v>s i . op -jp,. ip pc; ae-ainst Is 7d to-dar, i r-i-pr-e fld as rgpVie* is 2d to l* 4d ."owls appear to have b""n chean foe’ ci -a -go. being c-oted at Is P ' v r "'rp '-<)« - eheap *-od for 1 — ?*> f]»n-o days b":ng only 1" •w” Ivn-lud. as against ” 1 ' wlrlo ... O, d-,1 n - eon"'"'red with 4s e-• Flax was quoted at £l2 per ton. -Unit one-'hit<l loss than fo-dav’s ~.,(1 hair': —-a £lO p-r fen. v.h.'ch is very much below to-day’■ ynlr.es. .