Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1924.

Shannon News, 11 March 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1924.

During the past three weeks the Borough Ranger has impounded 54 head of stock off the streets in the Borough.

A meeting of the Shannon Boxing Association Committee will be held this evening at 7.30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

Mrs Crowther, accompanied .by Miss D. Crowther, leave Shannon on Thursday next on -a holiday visit to Australia.,

A matinee enflertaijnmeijt; Avill be held on -Saturday next at the local theatre at 2.30 p.m., when Tom Mix Avill appear in the “Lone Star Ranger.” Footballers are reminded of tlie annual meeting of the Shannon Football Club, which Avill be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening next at "7.30 p.m. AH members, intending members and supporters are invited to attend.

At the Shannon School on Friday afternoon Miss M. Easton, who is severing her connection with the teaching staff at the school, was the recipient of a presentation of a fountain pen from the teachers and pupils of the infant department. Miss Easton has secured an appointment at Pelorous Sound, Marlborough, and leaves almost immediately to take up her duties there.

Tiie rainfall in Shannon for the month of February was .much above the average. 6.15 inches fell in 11 days, the heaviest being on the 12th, when 2 inches were recorded. Last year 3.86 inches fell in .11 days, and •in 192521 .21 inches were recorded in 6 days. It is rather a coincidence that the heaviest day’s rain fell in February when 1.91 inches were recorded on the Bth.

Patrick C)’Ca3la|ghan was arrested in Ballanoe street on Saturday night on a charge, of /being drunk arid disorderly and using obscene languag'e'. He appeared ibefore Messrs Murdoch and Spencer, J.’sP., on Monday morning and was convicted on both cliarges and finled 10‘s, in default 24 hours imprisonment on the first charge, and .on the second charge he was fined, £2 in default one month imprisonment.

A meeting of the Executive of the Domain Carnival Fund was held on Friday evening to consider tenders for laying drains. The drains are to be not less than two feet to start with, and must have a fall all the way to the termination. This would entail in some places over two feet. All drains to be fully opened before the pipes are laid. None of the tenders were accepted, but it was resolved that Messrs Butt and Greedy We empowered to make the best arrange-, •ments for carrying out the work and i ordering pipes. -> At Friday night’s public meeting in Fox ton tlife following letter was read from the Mayor of Shannon and given to the Band as a credential for Shannon Assistance: “In oonsiderar tion of the many times the Foxton Band has assisted Shannon public functions, I recommend any assistance that can be given- to aid the Band by way of subscriptions or otherwise.—-Yours faithfully, (sg!d.) Win. Murdoch, Mayor. Dated Shannon, March 7th, 1924,

The Otald Maori Racing Club at its last meeting decided to rovprt to the £1 totalisator. Ih consequence the 10s one will be done away'with. The programme has been forwarded to the district committee to b|3 passed. It was decided to hold the next race-meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 3rd and 4th.

The average number of passengers travelling from Lyttelton to Wellington annually is 93,666, and from Wellington to Lyttelton 94,993, making an annual total of . 188,658. This is striking evidence of the drift from, the South Island to North especially when it is taken into consideration that all the South Island immigrant arrive all either Auckland or Wellington, and are included among the Wleilington quota. At the .Horowhenua County Council meeting on Saturday last a letter was received stating that it was the desire of the County employees to hold a picnic at the Waikanae Beach on Saturday, 15th March, and asking for the use of the County lorry to transport those attending from the Waikanae railway station to the beach. The request met Avit-h the unanimous approval Of 'the Coucil, members stating their appreciation of the excellent work, done by the Coun.'cil’s employees as a body. The question !of putting hemlock on the list of noxious weeds for ;ho Horowhenua County Concil, came up for discussion at Saturday’s meeting as the result of a letter from Mr W. H. Field, M.P., drawing attention to the spread of this weed in the district and to the fact that several settlers had lost stock through being poisoned by eating it. Cr. Harkness stated that there was, not much use putting it on the list if the Government would not do its part and see that the law Avas enforced; They already bad a lengthy list and eveiy weed on it, including blackberries, was increasing in the County. The chairman had the last .-word by declaring that no one had ever heard of anyone being poisoned through eating blackberries, as had happened recently in Wellington with hemlock, and that the matter should be gone into fully. “There is an old story of a by-gone practitioner whose simple habit it was to tie a piece of string about the waist of his patient,” said Mr Garrick, Robertson, in his presidential adi dress to delegates at the Medical Conference ! at Auckland. ‘‘H|e would then ask the sufferer to locate tne pain. If it were above the string, he administered an emetic; if below, a purgative; While if the pain and the string coincided, the unhappy victim Avould -receive both. This stbry I tell you as a! warning, for It is a melancholy fact that in spite of aill our training and. constant, study there are times when it -seems easier to become a disciple of such a practitioner than to enforce our -minds to form that clear mental picture of the pathological and psychological condition of out patient which must precede a correct diagnosis.” The Christchurch correspondent of the Dunedin “Star” states that “Captain Billy” Herbert, the man reported to be walking round the world for a Avager, spent a happy day in Tirriaru on Tuesday, and as a result it was found necessary to take him to the lock nip, he being in a helpless condition. At about 5.30 p.m. ,he gave a demonstration of flute playing in Stafford street, but as rain was falling he found that the pavement Avas hardly a suitable place to while'away the time, and'he wandered aimlessly about the street until a man in blue came along an,d took him in charge. He had over £1 on him, and did not have to spend the night in the cells. When his name was read at the Magistrate Court there was no appearance of “Billy,” and he Avas fined 10s, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment with hard labour. Mr Mosley, S.M., remarked that he had evidently succeeded in quenching in Timaru the thirst he had acquired at Ashburton. If “Billy” doesn’t hit the trail from New Zealand very shortly, he’ll lose his wager and the dinky little “pub", in England.

There must still be an impression in some parts of England that newcomers to the Dominion are called upon to face wild and. primitive conditions, says the New Zealand Herald, and that the horse is the ohly means of locomotion, judging by the attire of some of the immigrants which reach these shores from time to time. Among the passengers on a liner which arrived at Auckland recently were two boys who strode the deck in all the glory of corduroy riding breeches and leather leggings, which, however, looked, somewhat out of place in the city surroundings in which they soon found themselves. Another and much older passenger was the proud possessor of a ferocious looking sheath knife, which he carried in full view at his waist. He will have to go far back into the bush hefore he finds this serviceable blade an essential part of his every-day equipment. “New Zealand has come into possession of somet-hingi more valuable than the biggest Gold Mine,” remarked the captain of an American liner the other day when sampling some of our local tobacco. “And I predict,” he went on, “that in years to come tobacco growing here will be just as flourishing ,as in Virginia, my native country.” It is gratifying to see that some enterprising people in this Dominion are realising the huge possibilities of the tobacco industry, but even the most sanguine were surprised when the local article made its first appearance. Such was the success that the manufacturers could hardly cope with the demand. And no wonder, because this tobacco represents quite a new type with a distinctive flavour of its Own, due, it is said, to the toasting process which has been adopted in its manufacture. But its greatest virtue is its small percentage of Nicotine and this is why it does not affect the heart and nerves, or the eyesight: Smokers should not fail to give it a trial. Obtainable in three strengths, Riverhead Gold, Mild, Toasted' Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium and Cut Plug No. 10 (BuUhjead) full body.*