Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924.

Shannon News, 11 April 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924.

Mr Lionel Buckman, of Shaimuh, was removed to the Palmerston N. Hospital ion Tuesday last, where he is to undergq an operation. The inscribing of additional names on the Sojdiers' iMemorial has now been completed, the) unveiling of which will take place on Anzae Day, April 25th. ' We learn a Start was to be made this morning whilst lie wiring of that portion of the line from Mangaore to Shannon which-will supply the. power for the temporary lighting of Shannon. As the work of wiring should only take a few days it is anticipated everything should be in readiness for the lighting of Shannon by the Easter holidays as all that will he required then will be the turning on of the “juice.” • A man named John Mylchreest Quayle was arrested on warrant at Mang/ahao on Wednesday by Constable .McGregor oil a charge of theft at Upper Hutt. Yesterday morning he appeared before Messrs Spencer and Gunning, J.’sP., when he pleaded guiilty (1) To the theft at Upper Hutt of a camera, gant’s sports coat, and 6s in money, the whoii© being of a total value of £4, the property of Frank Allen ; (2). also, did steal .one travelling bag, two men’s shirts, one pair trousers, one coat, one overcoat, and a silver cigarette case, the whole being valued at £4, the property ol CeciP Salisbury. He elected £,o. be dealt with summarily by the justices. He was convicted arid sentenced to three months’ Imprisonment, with, hard labour on each charge, the sentences to be cumulative. The accused had' a list of convictions already against him for similar of Pences.

’ The Stanley steam car belonging to Messrs Madge Bros., ©i Palmerston North, which went over the hank 'this side of Arapeti last .Sunday week, was Hauled hack on 'to the road, on Wednesday. The work of getting the ear uip the hank was most difficult, just over Uvo days. The spot where the oar Went over is one of the steepest along the road, .being a droip of about 300 feet, and it was fortunate Ine car did no.t goi down the full distance. As it was it fell 150 feet before its,..career_ downwards -was stapped'hy"Trees. To haul it up three sets qf .Mock and tackle were used. Great difficulty was experienced in finding a suitable anchor as there were no trees on the bjank opposite and the anchor had to he made secure by being taken around the cor-ner-nearby. It .is surprising the car was not smashed beyond repair alter falling* such a distance. The spokes were knocked out of the Wheels and tlie hood, steering handle and one of' tile doors were smashed off; and a few minor (breakages in the imechancal parts. Before hauling the car up new wheels were attached. The car was afterwards towed into Shannon and is now at Mr C. C. Franks’ garage undergoing repair. It i.s a marvel -the two men who were carried to the bottom In the car were not killed, as tlie seat on which -they were sitting was crumpled up beyond all recognition.

The Otaki River Board since being formed lias done good work and a fine groyne of about 250 yards in length, and costing approximately £7OO, has been built. A few days ago members of the Board made an inspection of the whole river and shortly a start will be, made with boom groynes. “I do not think our young men ought to go out of N'ew Zealand, because I think there arte as good openings for them in the Dominion as anywhere else,” declared the Premier in one of liis speeches in his electorate last week. He took comfort from the fact that all tlie .jNew Zealanders whom he met at Honic or in Canada told him they were coming back,

The Foxton school teachers have formed a Shakespeare Club.

‘‘Any person who wilfully damages an electric transmission line is, under the Power Boards Act, liable to a fine upon conviction of up to £500,' 1 said Mr. W. McArthur, when exhibiting to the “Waip'a Post” two insulators that had bpeir shattered by bullets. It is stated that an application is to be made shortly to get the speed limit on the'Huitt road, Wellington (which has been bitumenised) increased to 35 miles an hour, and that such an application will probably receive favourable consideration.

The potato is threatened by a rival. It is called the “dasheen,” a name which suggests possibilities for the punsters, bhe new tuber has a nutty flavour, and is very “mealy,” while it is dripr than the potato and is said to contain 50 per cent, more food. Its introduction'is the result of research .work by the U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, and at present it is being cultivated in Florida.

Coming up from the Ross Sea the whalers now in New Zealand waters called at the Campbell Islands. Four settlers y r ere found living there, lonely, •guardians of some '“45,000 sheep. Three of these men w'ere brought up to-the Bluff, together with 80 bales of wool, Whlich are going on to Port Chalmers. They have had the wool waiting for over a year for a vessel to call and pick it up. The statement was made, by two elderly defendants in cases beard at the Paliiatua Magistrate’s Court -Unit they could neither read nor write. “Although they have lived in the same bouse they have riot spoken to each other for the last 10 years, except in anger,” remarked counsel during/ the hearing of a maintenance case in the iPahiatua Magistrate’s Court.

Dargaville lias a versatile clergyman in the Rev. Mr Gliitty, of Holy Trinity ■ Church; One issue of the North Auckland Times records that the rev. gentleman, who is totally blind, preached to an, over-flowing •congregation, gave an organ recital that delighted his audience, and gave a splendid exhibition of trick swimming and life saying at the public baths. One of his (feats was to swum 4uth his hands and feet tied together. That in live years’ time the traffic on the railway, line from Palmerston North, to Wellington, would be too much for the existing track was the opinion expressed by Mr F. C. Hay, engineer of the Manakatu-Oroua River Board, at the meeting of that body-. “There is a limit, to the haulage on a line of this description,” he stated, .adding that there had been that the department was very seriously considering the improvement of the outlet from Wellington. Mr Just .C. Moller, general manager of a big firm pf rennet manufacturers in Copenhagen, who is visiting New Zealand for -the purpose of studying the dairying industry, 'in, the course of an interview said: “In competition with'Denmark on the Home markets, New Zealand butter exporters are at a disadvantage on account of irregular shipments. But 1 can say without hesitation that the quality of New Zealand ibuitter, as compared with the Danish product, does not dictate its price on the Home markets.” “I say advisedly,” declared Dr. Truby at Dunedin, “there is no newspaper Press in the world that so generous as the Press of. New ZcaJahjd in dealing with any matters the editors personally believe. The Plunket Society has never had any trouble in that respect in this country. Wo have had the unqualified backing of the newspapers, or wo could never have carried out the work that has been done.”

Colonel J. TI. •'Whyte. D. 5.0., the 1924 President of the Manawatu Golf Club, has had a distinguished career as a soldier. H’c lias been connected with the Central Command the greater part of the time since he passed the Staff College at Camberlev about a dozen years ago. He was awarded th’e D.C.M. in the South African War, the D.S.U. (lvitli a bar) in the Great War (served on Gallipoli and in Palestine). While not a crack golfer (he may even be “plus a few”), Colonel Whyte is Very keen and it is doubtful if any member of the club derives more enjoyment from the game than the President.

A humorous incident occurred at the farewell social to Rev. McArthur on Tuesday night, .at Cambridge, when opts of the church members made him a personal presentation. Addressing Mr. McArthur, the donor said “Mac” was a splendid man, but “one thing thou Sackcst;” hud tvhe .presentation was made to supply that want. On opening up the mysterious parcel, it was found to contain ' a. “ hard-hitter. 1 ’ Mr. McArthur has been a member of the “hatless brigade ’ ’ for many years, and when he donned the presentation hat—about four sises too small for his head —the audience rocked with laughter.

The Otaki Dairy Company was fined £5 on Friday for selling butter containing more than 16 per cent, of wa- ,, tor. The sample of butter taken contained 16.68 per cent, of moisture. For the defendants, Mr Aim ore said that during the churning, part of the water was wcrfked into the butter and frequent tests were made to ascertain the percentage. Churns -in most creameries were set inclined towards the drain end and the water collected at that end of the churn during the working, of the butter. There was always an appreciable difference in the percentage of moisture in different parts of the churn. The result of moisture tests showed as big a variation as 1.7 per cent. A sample at one end of the churn might show 15 per cent, of water and another sampl-e from the other end as much as 16.7 per cent. The largest of the company's churns would make 13- cwt. cl butter and there was always some variation in such largo quantities. He asked that ,under the circumstances that onlv a nominal penalty be imposed The company’s butter was on? of the best brands on the New Zealand market and this was the first prosecution in SO years.

A. Durgaville resident eighteen months agio lost ft gold watch. Lust week he found the watch in a tuft of grass and though exposed to all weathers for the period mentioned, it required no attention beyond winding and is keeping perfect time. Few people realise the enormous power required to drive a vessel like the battle cruiser Hood through the water at her full speed of 31 knots. Her engines develop 150,000 « horsepower, and, if she were tied up alongside New Zealand equal to the three hydro-electric schemes considered necessairy far the North Island —Mangahao (24,000 li.p.), Waikaremoana (#,000) and Arapuni (96-,000 h.p.) —a total of 160,000 h.p.

An. appeal was made by the Hamilton Borough Council in the Supreme Court concerning its conviction by Mr H. A. Young, S.M., for failing to obey a request by the superintendent of the Hamilton Fire Brigade to station a fireman at the Town Hall during public performances. The council contended that the superintendent had no authority to issue such instructions. The appeal was dismissed bv Mr Justice McGregor who held that the superintendent had the right to make such a requisition, which came within the meaning of safeguard and means of escape. The engineer of the Manawatu-Oroua River Board reported to the meeting of that, body that the .contractors lor survey! n-ff were expected to complete the field work (by the middle of May. Plans had been prepared showing the proposed nytun outlets for Moutoa, Biickley and Koputaroa districts and these would he submitted to, the drainage boards for consideration. The work of classification of land in the board’s area for rating purposes was held up pending the result of a petition for the addition of certain lands to the district of the River Board.