Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924.

Shannon News, 21 March 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924.

A dunce will be held In the Moutoa Halt this evening in aid o.f the Mou!toa Football Club.

The Mayor is making arrangements for a strong committee to meet at the

Council Chambers on Tuesday evening next to make final arrangements lor the unveiling of the Soldiers’ Memorial on Anzac Bay, April 25th. A shop day will be held in Shannon oil Saturday by the Moutoa Hal] Committee in aid of their hall fund. The stall will he erected near the Council Chambers where contributions will be thankfully received. On Monday last Constable McGregor arrested on warrant at Mangahao a man named George Edward Welch, who is alleged to haVe stolen jewellery to the value of £49 from a dwelling at Waiuku. He appeared before Mr R. Edwards, J.iP., at Palmerston North, on Tuesday morning) and on the application of the police was remanded to appear at Auckland on Wednesday. \ An interesting technical point came up at the Levin Magistrate’s Court yesterday as the result of a case brought against the • kjngineer in Charge of Public Works, for allowing a horse to stray unattended within the Shannon Borougpu The Magistrate, Mr J. L. Stout S.M., contended -that as the Engineer in Charge did not personally own 1 the horse be could not legally be cited as defendant, and suggested that the ranger discover who was actually responsible! in such, cases. His Honour caused some amusement by stating that it might blei necessary to* issue a summons aga inst His' Majesty the King or the Minister of Public Works, or sornp official whose special function it Wag to answer such proceedings. In its present form there was 1 nothing for him to do but to dismiss the information.

On Tuesday evening Constable McGregor received a complaint that a man was on the premises of Mr T. Hodge, Bullance street, and refused to leave when requested by the- occupier to do so at the sarnie lime using obscene language. On investigating he found the man had settled himself down for the night in the washhouse. He arrested him and on Wednesday morning, the> man, whose name is John de Lacey Crowley alias William Clifford, appeared before Messrs Gunning and Spencer, J.’P., charged with being a rogue and a vagabond', and also with using obscene language. The accused, whp has . several convictions receded against him, pleaded guilty to both charges. On the first charge he was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment with hard lalbour, and on the second ho was fined £5, in default one month’s imprisonment. The sentences to be cumulative.

At Tuesday’s . meeting of the Horowhenua Power Board it was stated toy the Board’s Engineer, Mr T. Overton, that the Central Power Board, Waikato, was purchasing electric ranges for its consumers as a great many unsuitable ranges were on the market and it was necessary to protect consumers against the installation of inefficient types.

1 On page 0 Howard Andrew, Ltd., have a replace advt. which will be very interesting to the ladies of Shannon and district.

Tile Otaki Dairy Co. paid out cheques to-day fox February supply at the rate of Is 6d per lb butterfat. A 3ft-frost fish was found on the Otaki beach this morning and readily sold at 2/6 per lb. On Saturday two fine fish were found, one sft 6in and the other 4ft.

A valuable gold ring has been found inside a 71b cod landed at Whitby. The fish was caught at a spot whpi'e several vessels, including a hospital ship, were sunk some years ago. A jeweller stated' that the ring was of the design known as the lover's knot, which was very popular about 1614. General satisfaction was expressed at Tuesday morning’s meeting ol the Borowhenua Power Board at the statement that an electric water heating system could be installed which under the Board’s charges would cost only 3d per day for a night and day service. It was generally agreed that this was considerably cheaper than was possible under any other system of iheatingi.

A Maori Court, the first to bo held at Otaki for some twenty years, will probably be held at the Itaukawa this afternoon when Natives will bo tried for offences. Years ago oll’ondois \veic fined so many head of stock. One Judge, now deceased, offered to pay one offender's fine provided she would give him in return three geene. Tho* accused offered to do so but after the fine was fixed handed over one goose only. The AH Black ;Rugjby football team to tour .Great Britain will be selected ■on June 3rd.

Speaking at tlie DuJnedin Rotary Club Dr. Mayo, of the United States, said ’ the New Zealand newspapers were better than those of the States. He had been pleasantly surprised to find that their foreign news was much better than that published. m American newspapers. In regard to .the medical profession, Dr. Mayo remarked that in New Zealand we had men of whom we might justly be proud.

Recenty Mr B. E. Holland wrote to the Prime Minister regarding calling Parliament together not later than May instead of the end of June. It is understood by the Post that Mr Holland has received a reply from Mr Massey stating that the matter is to be considered by Cabinet, but expressing the hope that there will be fewer no-confidence motions next session than last session, as in that way Parliament will he enabled to do more work.-

A billion mark note, which he had bought in Germany- for 18d, * was shown to a Standard reporter at Palmerston North by a New Zealander, who recently returned from a visit to Europe. The pre-war value of the note would be £50,000,000. Staggering as the figures appear, those on a luncheon bill which the .visitor brought back as a souvenir are more amazing The document shows that the charge was 32,750,000,000 marks, then equal to only About 2s 9d in English currency.

Indications locally point to a very successful football season this year, there being the greatest keenness displayed amongst th 6 various clubs, whilst tlie interest of supporters is indicated by the number of medals offered for competition within the Union and amongst the members of the various clubs, Mr P. L. Hollings, of Foxton, has donated two gold medals for the best forward and back respectively in the Union. Mr T. Wrigley, Of Levin, has donated a fiveguinea gold medal for the most improved player in the Union, and each of the various clubs have also received offers of trophies which will help to stimulate their members to even greater keenness. J

A discovery has been made in France which it is thought will revolutionise wheat growing all over the world. It is a fertiliser, which has been so successful that better results are obtained in less than a week by its growth-than in a month’s ordinary growth. The seed corn is first soaked for several hours in the fertiliser and is then planted. Whether it is’ planted immediately or eight months after soaking the result is exactly the same. The seed germinates in a very short time. The final crop is much heavier than usual and the straw is much longer. The fertiliser can he used with root crops. It has been approved by the French Government.

A number of Manaia farmers had a bad experience with the recent gale. Some beautiful liucerne paddofcks were' completely ruined, temporarily, by the salt spray. In one paddock where the lucerne stood about three feet high every leaf was shrivelled off, and now nothing hut a forest of Stalks reimains. The lucerne will come again, buit in the meantime a vast quantity of good fodder has been destroyed. Carrots likewise suffered to the -extent of the foliage being withered, hut the . roots are not injured. The grass also- suffered, and carried so much salt that it is proving injurious to the cows. A fall of rain is now required to wash the salt off the grass and drive it into the soil, where it will he beneficial.

One day there was a slight earthquake tremor in New York. If the shock had been severe enough to cause a panic, what would ha vie happened? A New York paper estimated that in such a case few of the streets in the- business quarter would have had room to bold the crowd pouring down into them from the skyscrapers, even supposing they were clear of vehicles. New Street, for instance, could .accommodate at one time only 44.5 per cent, of this occupants of the structures abutting on it, and Exchange Place only 38 per cent. The risk of such a congestion from any kind of panic that might occur during business hours is stimulating the movement for restriction on the height of office buildings.