Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1923.

Shannon News, 5 October 1923, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1923.

During l.he-discussion of the Engineers’ report on the Shannon Bridge at the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night it was stated that if it is decided to erect the bridge up stream the road would: go in at the first bend on the Foxton road through Mr Garter’s property. Over a mile of road will have to be formed.

‘ At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Borougjh Council a .vote of 'condolence was passed! to Mrs M. O’Connell and family in the death of her husband who was employed as Borough ranger.

At the Council meeting on Tuesday night the Housing Committee reported that they had gone into the recommendation to erect further workers’ dwellings, but could not see their way to recommend doing anything at present. But as they have £IOO in hand and money coming: from: houses already built, they recommend another house to be built and additions made to the house in Stout street. The Kiwi Bacon Factory at, Palmerston, announce their trucking dates for Levin, Koputaroa and Shannon in this issue, with the latest quotation for pigs.

A big fancy dress hockey match will be held on Saturday next 'at the Recreation Grounds between teams from Mangore and Shannon. The proceeds will be devoted to the general fund of the School Carnival. Motor lorries will convey passengers from the town to the ground; free of charge. Word: has been received that Mr Dawsont, secretary of the N.Z. Boxing Club, will be a visitor to Shannon on Tuesday next, when he will discuss boxing matters with the loc'al committee.

Good progress lias been made with the laying down of the new tennis courts. The work of levelling and rolling has now been completed, and a start will be m'ade next week with the asphalting. Last week the senior and junior pupils of the Levin Y.M.C.A. gave .a very creditable gymnastic performance at Levin, and it is pleasing to learn that arrangements Wave been made for their appearance in Shannon on October ‘26th, when they will give a display on behalf of the funds of the Sports Queen. A Te Ruiiti business man showed .a press representative the charges on a case of paraffin oil. From New York to Auckland the freight charge was elevenpence, while the railway freight from Auckland to Te Kuiti was 3/9 and to that another shilling had to be add'ad for cartage' to his shop. Illustrating the wide scope of a teacher’s responsibilities, outside the school, which he said were in some ways more important than study, Mr .Tames Drummond 1 at the Auckland Grammar- Old Boys’ dinner, put the case well from the teacher’s viewpoint. One old boy’s father told his son that it was far more important to learn to kick with his left foot than to pass the matriculation exam. “What we have got to do is to teach the boy that it is equally important; to pass matriculation as kick with the left foot, because if he does not matriculate the father will kick with both feet. '“ju, ; .v.

At the Shannon sale on Monday next dairy farmers will have an opportunity of purchasing a high grade 1 2-yr old Jersey bull, which is by Belmont Ascot, whose 2-year-old daughters are: doing so well under semiofficial testing. The bull will be. offered on behalf of Mr R. L. Tippler. The experience of the Palmerston North resident in recently digging up a golden hoard in his garden recalls a case of discovery of treasure trove in Wanganui a couple of years ago, .when, for obvious reasons,, as little as possible was said about the matter. The lucky person was !a local lawyer, who purchased an old building in the Avenue, formerly tenanted by Chinese, and when the structure was in the process of demolition a ginger jar was found in a recess near the chimney containing) Chinese coins and 150 sovereigns. Search for treasure is always of interest, and reports of success are decidedly stimulating. A Durie Hill resident who was delving industriously in his garden the other day thought his luck had changed when he discovered in a trench in quick succession a half-crown,, a shilling and a couple of pennies, hut his feeling of gratification was " short lived seeing- that he also found that the “source of supply” was a large hole in a trousers, pocket.—Wanganui Chronicle. Marxian Socialism is sttil running at the sides, but is turning back m the middle (sayß the London Tunes). That is to say, while it is being spread by systematic propaganda among workmen,, it is' being rejected by a growing) number of former intellectual adherents. This reaction is not confined to Marxian Socialism.; the most vehement critics of Socialism, in general to-day are. disillusioned exSocialists. But it is most- marked among Marxians, perhaps because of the specially didactic and argumentative character of the sect; the temperament that makes the Marxian makes also the most vehement opponent alter conversion, in accordance with a well known psychological law. The movement is not altogether new; its germs are to be found in the “revisionism” which agitated the German Social Democratic Party 20 years, and more ago, land demanded a restatement of the articles of faith because the old ones no longer accorded with the facts,. But since.the war, which wrought as much havoc in Socialist theory as in capitalist practice, a new wave of -criticism/ has sprung up and gathered way. The London correspondent of The Post mentions that the statue of Captain -soott, B-N-, the Antarctic explorer which is the work of his widow, now Mrs Hilton Young, and was erected at Plymouth by the officers of the Fleet, has had a hew and longer inscription placed upon its pedestal. The names of his four comrades have been added, .and also, a noble quotation from the conclusion of Captain Scott’s diary: “Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, -and courage of my companions, which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.” A lecture on ‘.‘Scott’s Expedition to the South ’Pole” will be one of -a series arranged by the Education Department of the London’ County Council for teachers, and will be given by a member of the expedition.

A meeting of Mangatainoka suppliers passed a resolution, opposing ■the'Daily Control Bill.—Pahiatua telegain.

Tomato-growing on a commercial scale whilst well-known as one ol tiixe most profitable forms of gardening, has fallen out Of favour somewhat in many parts owing to the difficulty of combatting the blight. That it can be done with care and attention there appears to be no doubt, and Mr W. H. Hughes, of the Weraroa Nursery, who last year grew an acre mid a quarter without suffering) loss front this trouble, explained to a “Chronicle” representative that regular and frequent spraying is all that is required., He used the' ordinary Bordeaux mixture at a 4—4—40 strength, and ■sprays thoroughly every three weeks, taking care that the underside of the plant receives attention as well as the top. The dangerous period would: appear to be immediately after rain, which follows a dry spell, and if spraying has not. been done regularly, it should be done at this time without fail, and immediately the plants are dry.

A Greymoulh business man who visited the (Kira line a, few days ago reports that he saw thousands of feet of timber sttacked in the p'addock alongside the railway at- Katuku, the skids being full. He‘was informed by a miller that sufficient rolling stock could not bo secured to take all the timber through the tunnel. The buyers would not 'agree to their timber being shipped, as by using the railway they saved £1 par 1000 ft. and a waggon could carry 10,000 feet. That meant a. ’ considerable saving. The Grevmouth resident expressed the opinion tha% in order to cope with the traffic the tunmel would have to be used continuously, and that it would be necessary to duplicate the railway at Otira,

While Maoriland has been jubilating over a great engineering feat in the Otira tunnel, the completion of the greatest aerial railway in the world — the steel ropeway across the Columbian Andes in South America —is duo to the engineering skill of a Maorilander, James Fergusson Lindsay (says the Sydney “Bulletin”)- -'Hon Jamie” constructed many mono-rail-ways in Spain prior to tackling the big South American job. His father was a schoolmaster in Oamaru, where h'e .was born and educated and acquired his first thirst for engineering. Mr. George Lindsay, on the staff of the E.P. and L. Department of the Dunedin Corporation, is a brother of the j South American engineer. I