Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924.

Shannon News, 14 March 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924.

Nurse E. B. Wright, district nurse at Mangahao, has been granted oil 6 month's leave of absence owing to illhealth." A final reminder is given* that a meeting' (of the Shannon Athletic Club will be held in the Council Chainbers this evening at 7.30 p.m. On Tuesday evening the infant son of Mr and Mrs G. Watkins was severely scalded owing to a 'bottle containing boiling Water being u|pset. An elder brother, who was nursing the child, was also scalded.

i& Final arrangements have now been "made for the holding of tihe St. Patrick's Bail at the Druids' Hall on Monday evening next. The floor will be in splendid order and as Smith's orchestra has been : engaged to supply the music, lovers of dancing can be assured of a good! time. The many friends, of Mr T. Moynihan, who has boen an inmate of a private hospital in Pahnerston North for some- weeks, will be pleased to loam he is now making very satisfactory .. progress towards recovery from the- operation lie recently. underwent.

The Shannon <Ca!-opferative Dairy Go. are paying out "Is 7d per lb for butterfat supplied during the month | of February. The cream supply at the factory is keeping up remarkably well for this time of the year. Last month 72 tons !)cwt ,2qtrs of butter was manufactured, which, is an increase 'Of 11 tons oyer the corresponding month of last year. As a means of arousing interest among its meiiiibors the local Tennis Glub held a Ciuib match between two teams (gold and purple) on Wednesday afternoon on the" local courts, when there was a, large attendance of members and a most enjoyable time was spent by all. AjU the games were keenly contested and resuited in close finishes, those representing the gold colours proving the victors. After thp success of Wednesday's games it is to be hoped that' arrangements will be made to have another similar match at an early date.

"That provision for the taking of 5 per cent, from subdivisions for the purpose of reserves, is, I know, working out very badly," said the Prime Minister, in reply to a deputation at Christchurch. Mr Massey added that he did not know if there would be time for dealing with it during the approaching session. He knew some of the reserves were absolutely useless, and lie was not sure what was the best way of getting over the difficulty. Mr G. Witty, M,P.: "Why not sell the reserves and use the money for purchasing larger areas, which could be used as sports grounds?" Mr Massey: "I see your point. That would be the most useful and sensible thing to do." Mr Witty added that he had made that suggestion in the House two years ago. The matter cropped up when the chairman of the Papanui Domain Board suggested to Mr Massey that the Government would be able to help the Papanui people in extending their domain if it altered the law so as to enable the reserves set aside when subdivisions were made to be sold, and the money used towards the purchasing of parks.

The Waniganui detective force has again been augmented and fresh information concerningi the Oates' murder case is being investigated (says the Wanganui Chronicle).. At the Auckland Police Court Henry E' Phillips Young, who represented himself as an agent for an immigration scheme among members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

It is understood that it has been decided not to proceed witih the effort to establish Chautauqua Zealand the "guarantee" apparently being an insurmountable difficulty. The retail price of butter in Taranaki was reduced Id per lb from Monday last. First gfade factory butter can. now be purchased in most of the stores at Is 7d per lb. At a poll of Rotoruja ratepayers yesterday a proposal to borrow £30,000 for street improvement was carried by 349 votes to 20. The number on the roil is 1387. ~

New silver coins about to be.put into circulation •in Auistria are to be called the schilling, the doppel-sohil-*ling, and the hall-schilling,, out, of compiment to Great Britain, to whom Austria owes her .regeneration.

Returning from school, a little girl proudly informed her mother that sne nad learned to "punchtate." ''You see* mothier," explained the (child, "when you write 'Hark!' you put a hatpin from it, and when you ask a question you put a button*hook!" "Bad eggs never came from New Zealand," said Mr Massey at Palmerston North, when telling an audience that haif-a-iinillion eggs had oeen sent from New Zealand and on arrival in the Old Country only two w,ere cracked, while none were had. These compared favourably with Chinese eggs. ' ... .

The Radium appeal does not appear to be generally understood. At a gathering held at the week-end it was mentioned that .about £3OOO was required to .purchase the precious mineral* "Good gracious," was., the reply, "do they want all that to polish the floor?"

"I know; of houses in Scotland,", said a Laibour mjember in the House of Commons recently, "in such bad condition that if you move, the bed you reveal a hole in the wall, and you can steal margarine from your neighbour's table. I have seen two pictures in. different houses hung on the same nail."

"I was greatly impressed 'by' the solidity and prosperity of New Zealand," said Lard Harrowby, who returned to- Sydney the other day by the steamer Marama after a visit to the Dominion. "It is a country of promise," he said, "and I am sure it will not be long before better trade relations are fostered between. New Zealand and England. "Have you any property?" asked' Mr R. A. Cuthbert of an elderly defendant* in the Magistrate's Court at Ghristchurdh. "Yes, I have a small plot in the Avonside churchyard sufficient for the burial of one person. That is all the property I have in the world." TU& same defendant later said he had raised a'family of ten, seven of whom had served in the war.

An experiment in road construction work has been made, in Christchurch on the portion of Colombo street between the railway crossing and Moorhouse Avenue. A layer of tarred macadam was first put down and then a specially constructed mesh wire reinforcing fabric, known as BRC, was placed on top of the. first layer after it had been Well rolled. The top layer of macadam was then put on. and rolled well into the meshes of the reinforcing fabric. The cost of the fabric which it is claimed will prevent pot holes, is about 7s 6d a square yafd. If the experiment proves a success much more extensive use of the material is likely to be made. . The danger of eating fruit without taking tine necessary precaution to peel it has been futher illustrated (says the Napier Telegraph). A young Hastings' lad took unto '.himself an apple which he demolished with boy ish promptitude. The said apple, however, had, at one time, had a'liberal, coating of some spraying material, and the unfortunate boy's stomach was unequal to the task of digesting the poison with the result that he was confined to his bed for spme time. It is only too often that such a small oversight leads to serious consequences. There was at least one thoroughly honest investor present at the Tolaga Bay races. He had taken a ticket on Garzon in the third race and went to the totalisator to collect his dividend. He had also had a ticket on No. 1 in the previous race and handed in the wrong ticket for collection. The clerk madie a mistake and paid out the dividend as if the ticket, went for Garzon. On going through his pockets later the investor was surprised to find that his Garzon ticket was still there. Realising what had happened he returned to. the totalisator and handed over the ticket to a grateful clerk, who would otherwise have had to find the money himself. As one of the club's officials remarked "it restored one's faith in human nature." "I saw • in Auckland four-roomed houses for sale at £1250 or more than 6000 dollars," writes "A Calgary Man" in the Calgary Daily Herald of February 2.- The writer added: "A much better house. could be bought in Calgary for 1500 dollars." Incidentally, tke writer says of Auckland—he did not come South—" All the men are ramblers; horse racing chiefly. All the conversation. Was the races. They say it is worse in Australia." What did surprise the traveller, a working man and third class -out and back by the 'Niagara was the stop-work meetin» He writes, apropos of a slight delay to the sailing of -the Niagara: "Then the longshoremen had a meeting and that was more delay. Union meetings are held in working hours. All work is stopped while the meetings are held so a man may as well •attend-he can't work." The.prices current in • New Zealand far to land astonished the Calgary man. He gives instances of "as high as .£SO per acre for dairy land." ~_,..,...., ,

•M is stated,, says the ManawatUj Times, that M Rangi Mawhetu has been selected as Labour candidate to oppose Sir Maui iPomare at the-next election. '

A Scottish woman asserted at the . Magistrate's Court at Wanganui dur- | ing the hearing of a case that her opponent-another of the feminine gender—made a bringe at her. It was subsequently explained that "bringe" was giood Scotch for something between an uppercut and the rabbit punch. "I know there has been a general impression abroad tftia,t the W.E.A. has some association with, political propaganda. I can give you my delinite assurance that such is not,the case to-day."—The Mayor of Palmers ton (Mr F. J. Nathan) at the opening meeting of the W.E.A. in that town last night.

"Why should a farmer have to paya 2s 6d tax lor his dog?" inquired one speaker at a meeting of the Fordeli branch of the Farmers' Union last evening. "To stop him keeping too many," suggested another farmer The first speaker said that a farmer had to pay 2s 6d for a dog that he could not do without, whereas a man in town paid 7s 6d for a dog that was a. nuisance to everybody It was. decided to urge that farmers and bona fide drovers should be allowed a certain number of dogs free of taxation,. /

In referring to rivers as disseminators of weeds, in the course of his address to the Palmerston Lunch Club on Tuesday, Mr P. C. Baldwin .stated that goat's rue was the growth that occasioned farmers in the surrounding country most trouble, and was so thick in some places that it presented an impenetrable mass—cattle not even being able to breakthrough it. "This weed was introduced, by some genius in the Government for the purpose of protecting the Ngawapurua bridge, he remarked. - .

Approximately 400 rabbits fell victims to strychnine-pqisioned carrots at one of the Winslow plantations on Friday night, states the Ashburton correspondent of the " L yt te i Times." During the week good bait was I'aid regularly, and the rabbits fed well On Friday the time arrived for poisoning the .bait, and the result as stated, is considered splendid. The (breeding season is now on. and beside the number of rabbits killed, many hundreds of young, yet unable to shift for themselves, must perish. An inspection of-the plantation on Saturday revealed the efficiency, of the method adopted. The great majority of the rabbits must have perished within a few seconds of taking, the bait, far they dropped on or within 'inches of the bait line. Some, no doubt made for their burrows,. s but death'overtook them on the way.. One of the men who witnessed a rabbit taking poisoned carrot said that death occurred within a few seconds. Today the feeding without poisoning will be recommenced, and after a couple of days or so strychnine will be added for another kill. "Where goods of any kind are imported into New Zealand from the United Kingdom, the Continent, United States of America, Queensland or Western Australia, and where any -hay, straw, or chaff is received with such goods, the importer shall, within three days of the unpacking of such goods, thoroughly destroy all such hay, straw, or chaff by burning." Extract from N.Z. Gazette of March 6 These regulations have been brought into force under the Stock Act and are for the purpose of preventing the introduction of disease into the Dominion. The penalty for a breach of the regulations is a fine of not less than £2, nor more than £2O.

Motor cars and motorists were under discussion at the- Christchurch Supreme Court last week. Mr W. J. Sim was endeavouring to establish that" the motor millennium had not yet arrived. "A lot of things may happen to a car?" he, asked of an expert witness. "Of course," interrupted Mr Alpers. "It might be taken by the bailiff." Mr Sim: "Well, we have not yet arrived at the stage of perfection' where a motorist can assume that every car on the road will behave itself perfectly." Mr Justice MacGregor: "Or motorists." Mr Alpers: "Or motoresses." Later the witness said 'it was claimed by some motorists that they could tell from the sound of a horn at what pace an oncoming car was travelling. His Honour : "There seems to be such a thing as motor sense as well as horse sense."

In an interview at Wellington, the Hon Downie Stewart said that for some time past New Zealand manufacturers and exporters had been anxious to secure an improvement in trade facilities between New Zealana and Eastern ports. He added: "1 have been looking into the matter in various directions, and am pleased to announce that in order to test the value of direct connection from New Zealand to Java and Singapore, the Union Steam Ship Company have arranged to load cargo in May per steamer at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin for the principal Javan ports, namely Sourabaya, Samarang, and Batavia, and for Singapore The cargoes will be carried at the same rates of freight as obtained from the principal Australian ports. The steamer Sussex will be available in May, by which time shippers would no doubt, have been able to make arrangements, and this particular vessel can accommodate refrigerated cargo at the final ports if required. If a market for New Zealand goods can, be established, the Union Company will arrange to supplement the above opportunity by instituting through shipments via Sydney, to alternate with the sailings of the Sussex."