Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1924.

Shannon News, 13 June 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 12 , 1924.

The, .Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co. are paying out to suppliers J/o per lb lor buiteriat supplied during .he month of May. •A collision'occurred on the ' East Road ou Wednesday afternoon between a. motor' lorry and a milk, cart, the latter coining' ouit oi' the i'ray minus u| wheel. Shannon arrested a man named T. Gordon, at Mangahao on Wednesday on a charge oi breaking aiid entering the premises of a Chinese at'Otaki. die is to appeal' at Ota,K, to-day to answer the charge. Owing to . the ever-increasing business oi the" Shannon Daily Co.'s store, the directors have decided to -inulc additions by way oi a special drapery, -department.' It is also intended to instal iiew an'd 'most ujp-to-•Jate machinery in the factory. • A man named Clark appeared before Messrs Gunning and Spencer, J.'sP., on Tuesday last on a charge; of vagrancy. He tlenie'd Uiat he was a vagrant and stated he 'had work to go to. lie "was convteted and ordered to cOme up lor sentence if called upon, promising tlie Bench he would get away to work Jinmediately. The dentil took place at. the i'-U----itterston North Hospital of Mr *>■ Davis, one of the oldest settlers of the ulaloombe district. The deceased gentleman was horn in Devonshire, England, over 70 years ago, and came lo the Dominion in 'the ship Jesse Redmond some 50 years hack. The last '& years oi .his life were spent in Halcombe, where his wife predeceased him four years ago. Two sons and two' daughters,, (Mr W. Davis (Shannon), Mr Q. Davis (O-hakune), Mrs F. Cowdray (Halcombe), and Mrs W. Riddler (Shannon) are left to mourn their loss.

A "Joy Ray" Cheerio" was held-at the Parish Hall on Wednesday and over a.hundred attended. A jug, basin and two cakes were filled with the ."Ray" and all present were keen to get them. The lucky ones were: Mrs McGregor, the jug; Mrs Tyler, the basin ;■ and Mi's Hoskins and Mrs Pottit, the cakes. Mr Beard addressed those present .albout the great future of the ray. He stated that a window ■j'ull of knitted garments would be on view next [Friday and Saturday at Mr J. V. Burns' shop, and any persons could have a chance of obtaining tfhese for the ismall amount of one shilling. ■■ The annual meeting of the Royal Arch, Chapter, U.A.0.D., No. 2 district, was held. in. the (Parish Hall, Shannon, on Wednesday evening, there being a. fair -attendance of members. R.A. Rro. Tippler presided. After the business was dealt with., P.A. Bros. C Hook, C. Brassington, and R. Hook were initiated into the Chapter and took their P.A. degree. The election of .officers for the ensuing term resulted as follows:—R.A.D.-Bro. J. Crowthe.r: TU.P.A., Bro. R. D. Tippler; n.V.A.D. Bro. S N. Stilwell (Levin); R.A., Secretary, Bro. P. D. P. Syimonds (Otaki): R.A., 'Treasurer, Bro'. Johnson (Levin); R.A.B.'s Bro- Rippon and Lemmon (Levin); R.V.A.B.'s, Bros. C. Brassington and H Hook; R.A.G, Bro. C. Hook. The installation ceremony was ably performed toy P.D.P. Bro. H. Hook. The next; meeting of the Chapter will he held in Levin early in September.

An organ grinder who passed away at Auckland the other dav is understood to have left, a will' containing bequests'to 25 people, most-of whom had shown ibim kindness. He nJso left small sums to various charitable institutions in Auckland. Another . small gift is to the workmen in a. certain foictory in Bohemia, where his nephew is employed.

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About 80 per cent oj the motor cars sold sin America are bought on the ''hire purchase" system.

•Shortly rafter 3 tectives Holmes and Bussell, togethu | with the police matron, visited tie confectionery premises., known, as tiie I "Riaitio," in Cuba street, Palmerston, , and ui rested Mabel Maud Thornton for .allegedly keeping a common ing-house.-The New Zealand Rugby Union has' appointed- C. E. O. Biadeiey, oi Auckland captain, and J. Richardson, o Southland, vice-captain of the All Black team, which is to go to Australia. The captain and vice-captain of the team which is to tour England ■will be appointed after the return ol the team from Australia. No town in the world has so many telephones in proportion to the population as Stockholm, where there are 87 telephones per 100 inhabitants. triie American- Telegraph ajnd Telephone Company has nut Uneludeu Stockholm in its statistical table an. puts Minneapolis first with 23 telephones ,n.cr'loo inhaibitants. At the Magistrate's 'Court at Wanganui, Raugi Whakateka was charged with failing to cut blackberry from his land, situated in the Wahofeira County. The Inspector of Noxious 'Weeds stated that the defendant, who owned 170 Q acres of good l'and, had been a good farmer at one time. During the last two years, however, he spent much of his time in Ratana, and ids laud was going back (juicklv_go'rse and blackberry having taken control of it. The native admitted the facts, and was convicted and lined £3 and costs.

When a portly Maori emerged from the Courthouse at Wangaiiui the other daV, broad smiles and se.tisatibfaction :wroathed his swanlny countenance, for the line inflicted upon him for a certain offence had not touched his pocket to the extent he had anticipated. The reason lor the native's elated appearance was explained after he had left the precincts of the Court, when he expressed himsell in the following teams: "Ha! Te judge he thfiik ■'because 1 have no solicitor 1 got no money, and him not fine me heavy!"— Wangaiiui'Chronicle. "There is an unsatished demand lor boionius," stated Mr J. Scobie, of the Fairheld nursery, to a "Chronicle" representative yesterday.- .'.'This year 1 have had 10,001) 2-year-old trees, for sale, and could dispose of as many more,if 1 had them." Mr Scobie explained that enquiries had come from as la.r afield as Australia, the home of the boronia, which is a high tribute to the locally grown art-* ele. Incidentally die mentioned that the cost of "transport on plants to the South Island was as high as to Australia, which argues the necessity 'oi a revision of local freights. Speakinjg uitJ WajngaJnui, Mayor (Hope Gibbons said that the man who could fix the exchanges of the wori. could go to London and make a mii lion a year. Aill the exchanges went through London. He 'Was associated with a .company that imported to tht extent of three-quarters of a nwilion to a milllion a year. They did not know from day to day what the exchange would be. When he was in New York in 11)20 he tried to find out, hut itliey did not know what caused- it to go up or down. It was then 3doi. 30 cents to, the £, instead of the onl* inary idol. ! 80 cants. Exchanges «';i,s one of the problems of finance. Like his predecessors, Mr Ramsey MacDoiiald is commenting .upon the arduous character of a Prime Minister's life. In response to an invitation to visit Peru, he remarked that he was rapidly'beconiing an old-man, because just as years, sjient by cruisers at war were counted double for the purpose ol' estimating their age, so the time spent as Prime Minister ought to count at least treble in a man's life. He is allowing the For-eign-Office staff to smoke ,as much as they like while, at work. Visitors, too' are not obliged to throw a.way a half-finished cigar before 'they approach the building. Lord Gurzon forbade smoking in 'the corridors. ' The activities of the cargo pilferer is well-known, and the pettiness to which they will descend is illustrated by the statement made by Mr J. Scobie, of the Fairheld nurseries, to a- "Chronicle" representative. One of the nurseryman's greatest troubles he stated, in sending plants even across to the South Island, was the amount, of pilfering which took place en route. Special precautions were taken, the stem of the plant being inclosed in a lattice-work arrangement, but even then tiie plants were dragged through, the tlhiei risking the damage to the roots. Flowering plants were objects of particular attention to the depredators, consignments of these almost always suffering.

The "smart set" in New Zealand is foil-owing in the steps of American society leaders, judging by the slbirt front' evidence in a recent ease in Gisborne The following, . whiidh is vouched for, is another instance, and happened'not J.OO mites from the \\";iirarapa (says the StiaJmtard). A few choice spirits, including the'local domme and medical officer, had a night out, and when, in the early morning, ihe domme collapsed under the table, a member of. the party suggested it would ibe a huge joke' to carry Win, to the cemetery and leave him there. No sooner said than 'done, and he was laid on a: newly rl'ormed grave, '.with folded hands a.nd a bunch of toi toi placed therein. Then the doctor, as .a final blessing, placed a lighted match to the grass, which flared up' and *et alight the.man's clothing. The onlookers wlaflched with ileliigh'V until the man was severely burnt when they seemed to realise the enormity of 'fflieir deed, and carried the poor unfortunate home, roused Ins- wife a.nd. thrusting him into the opened door, hurriedly left. It was many weeks before the burns were healed, but, of course, they had happened accidentally, and the public was never token 'tinto the sufferer's confidence,