Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924.

Shannon News, 24 June 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924.

TJtie usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held in tlie Council Chambers this evening.

The Druids oi' Shannon invite■ the public to the euchre and dance to be held in the parish Hall to-nighit.

A meeting oi" the Shannon branch oi tile Fanners'- Union will be held in thej Council Giaanjber on; Thtrrsday evening..

A heavy thunderstorm passed over Shannon early tliis morning accompanied by hail and heavy rain, and as a result tihe creeks and low-lying country weze flooded.

Mrs T. Moynihan, who is at present an inmate of a, private hospital in Palrnerston North, ft reported no be progressing favour ably after <hei: recent operation.

Several times lately the lights in different portion of the town have failed. Although "the Power Board's employees latjtend to them immediately, a, good deal Of inconvenience is caused where Arras have no other light to fall <back, on. ,The latest bookings for the pruids' Hall are lor a cabaret at an early date. An advertisement" giving lull particulars will appeal- in our next issue. \Ve must congratulate tlie promoters on arranging this function, Which will he of « permanent nature and conducted on the same lines as in the city;. Something novel and amusing in the way of a local art .gallery is Joeing opened on Friday am the room heniiidi Mr. Board's store. WPrks of art by local celebrities will he on .view, and highly amusing some of them will be. li any person has not a catalogue, they may be obtained free from the booksellers and tobacconists.

The annual ball of tlie. Bowling and Tennis .Club, the event of the year, Will be held in the Druids' Hall on Friday evening next. The music will consist of an orchestra of seyen instruments i The committee has spaced no ■effort to make this function a social auccesia. Card playing will be provided for non-dancers and as there will be a large response from outside Shannon it is to be hoped the local public wiU roll up in numbers. Next Saturday afternoon, commencing at 2 pan, „a great treasure hunt will be held, in Shamion. A. .valuable cash prize, will tfte the reward of the successful, hunter. Keys will ibe sold at 2 p.im in the vicinity, of the treasure. Place of sale will be anoounced on Fridajy. ■should the treasure not be discovered by 4 p.m. another key will he issued; 'but there ; should be no difficulty in tracing it by the first.

The Mayor of Shamion has received a letter 'from the Minister of Public Wjorks rwith reference to the represe(ntat)ioSas w/hich .were made to him by the borough relative to a proposal to stock the dams at Axapeti with trout.. He replied that the intention in acclimatising sporting fish in our waters is to provide good sport jand that fishing shotald be free to all who complied with- the regulations, with, regard to taking out a license, etc. This principle should be strictly adhered to and no body or persons §h)Ofuld he allowed to have a monopoly' of fishing in any particular water, or do. anything wlhich restricts the freedom m 'the individual in this respect, subject to his complying with the regulations. . Tlie Waters referred to are in the Wellington; Acclimatisation Society's district, and in all probiahihty that body will undertake the of the, dams referred to. A« the dams are fed by streams at the head" of the MaDgahao -river;- they must naturally bej considered from point of view, of establishing, fish therein as part of ifeat riser.

" Yesterday Constables MoQregojr and ! Shannon arrested three men at Man-1 gahax) on charges of assault and com-1 mitting a grossly, indecent act at Shannon on June' 10. The men were to appeal- -before the Court this morning. Owing to the .wet weather, the gate receipts at the Palrnerston »Jer Show last week show a drop oi' ±#l* as compared with last year, notwithstanding that the Exhibition was open for five days instead of four as previously. Following are the daily totals with last year's figures in parentlhesis: Tuesday, £45 (£118) j Wednesday, £339 (£619); Thursday, £3ll (£457); Friday, £291 i£232); Saturday, £BB4Totals: 1954, £1213 J- 1923 £1428, In the weight-guessing competition (sheep) at the Paimierston there were ten competitors who tied lor , first "place. These are as follows:—C. iiaKer (Palrnerston North), B. Rowlands (Feilding), A. L. Harris (Kario-i), H. Kilsby (palrnerston North), arid H. James (Dunnevirke), each. 2s7lbs; D. Buchanan (Tiakitahuna), J. Coins (Kairanga), S. S. McCuilum (Rangiotu), H. Cohr (Kairanga), and | Jack (Palrnerston North), each 256pbs.

Sentenced at thej age of eighteen to seven years' penal servitude and five years' police supervision lor stealing tis sd, Richard Haistead, aged . tsa, complained at the Old Bailey, tihat he had "never had a chance." He was placed 'on probation, but reappeared in Court, accused of burglary. A detective said that since; Haistead had been bound over toe had made an honest effort to get a living. There was no doubt that he had received sentences in. his earlier life which ihe would xiot get now. The chairman (Sir Robert Wallace), indignantly: 1 have often referred to such sentences. The detective added that Haistead had two-thirds of his life in prison. Sentence >yas postponed. The Wlalkatq-Wiest Coast Railway Board is in a quandary for want oi .funds and the cnairman, JVLr C. Johnson, stated at last - meeting that the provisional committee haa incurred i expenses Avhich were represented 'by accounts totalling nearly £3OOO. When the board was constituted members in opposition to. the provisional committee programme were elected and the Board had since set itself, the task of winding up the affairs of the committee. A number of "the accounts sent in were disputed, and. although the board had power to strike a rate it was adverse to doing so until it had ascertained exactly what was owing. Practically every .bank had been approached for a loan with which to pay pressing accounts that were not disputed, but in every case the (board's application had .been refused. The position" was sudh, said Mr Johnston, that he did not know what the" board could do.

A discussion took place at the Returned Soldiers' Conference at Christciiunch on Saturday as to whether the conference should meet on Sunday or not. During the discussion-the Rev. Walter McLean said' that the conference should not meet on Sunday. Through the. Returned,Soldiers' Association tne Government had made Anz'ac Day a holy day, and how could they expect the public to regard Anza,c Day as a sacred day if the conference 'did not respect the Sabbath of the people. Mr B. J. Jacobs said the marttei; did not concern him, as his name implied, but he thought that the Sunday should be (respected. As the Synagogue across the street from the conference was just commencing its service, a. (humorist remarked, amidst laughter, that Mr Jacobs should go there (reports the "Lyttelton Times"). It was decided that the conference should not meet on Sunday, but that the committee could work on Sunday if it so desired.

How a number of valuable ancient

tablets now in, tlie Assyrian section of tlie British Museum were got out of Mesopotamia by a ruse was told to a Daily Mail reporter recently by Sir Erest A. W. Budge, who has just resigned the iveepership of the Egypjtuntiquitdes. "1 was travelling along a route in Mesopotamia behind a funeral. When we came to a bridge the funeral passed oveiitt, but the keeper at tlie barrier stopped me and asked me to pay toil for the funeral. Apparently tlie leader of tlie cortege had said that 1 was one' of the party, and would pay all dues. There was notlhing for it but to pay, which I did. On arrival at my destination I discovered from my servant that the "funeral" was a fake organised by him without my knowing" it. Within the coffin, instead of a corps©; weire these tablets which I wanted, but oyer the removal of which there was great local opposition. I never laughed so much in,, all my life,", added Sir Ernest. A distressing fatality occurred in the Manawatu River at Karere. Road', on Saturday morning, when Mr A. W. Park, a single man, aged 23," was drowned.- A gang of -men undea-. Mr Park, belonging to the ManawatuOroua Electric Power Board, was engaged erecting the power wires across the river, and a boat was being used in which were Mr W. Fletcher (owner of thei boat)-' who resides at Karere Road and the deceased. At the time of the accident, flhey were towing one of tlie wires across the river, and got into difficulties, with the result that the boat* capsized jahd precipitated the occupants into the river, which was in ai state of fresh, due to recent rains. Mr Fletcher succeeded in getting near the Linton bank, and was rescued in a state of collapse by Mr J 1 iSoutliey. Another member of the gang Mr A. Steer plunged in,, from tiie Longburn side with his clothes on to aid Mr Park, but he was washed down into some willows. He cot ashore and ran down the river, divesting himself of his clothes as he ran Plunging in again he got within a few feet of the "drowning man, only to-be caught by the current as Piark disappeared. Mr Steer, exhausted and bruised, managed _to struggle ashore clad only in a shirt, but Mr Park was not seen again. He was previously employed bygone of th e waikato Power Boards «*nd was a-j skilled and experienced lineman.

The steam shovel employed On the Wallace street .(W.eMington) tramway extension work is doing yoeraan service, in a fortnight it Has driven further than a gang of 30 men could toil in oyer six weeks. ,

A statue of a chicken in bronze onj a granlite pedestal is soon to ooaumeiuiorate the strain of Rhode island Red poultry, which Has made the American State ©I Rhode Island famous throughout the world. (i A petition is now being circulated in unau, asking-tlie Minister in Uiarge oi Uie i J ostai Department to take steps to build a post office on the land already, acquired. The member lor tihe-~'district has ibeen interviewed, and has promised to do his best in the mattetr.

w.angaiiul has been gazetted a city, ana me proclamation no uus eilect win take piawe as lrom isi juiy. Tne amalgamation 04 Gonvilie and Cas tieon n Willi \vauganui nas inereiaseu uie population o"i tne untied norough to over au.ooo, tnus bringing Hie area witmn the. deiiintion 01 a city as lam uowu in 44ie Municipal Corporations Act, 1920.

A contract was signed in Sydney last week lor building a .new theatre at a cost 01 £;WO,OOU. It will .really oe two theatres, one being a 1001 garden theatre. The lower one will aiccommoUiate 18Ui> pjatrons and «ie root garden theatre 1400. Tihe stage in both cases will be &J feet wiue and 43 feet deep, with a proscenium opening of 24 feet. There will .be no shops in the frontage, but there will be twelve storeys 01 offices. The proprietors are the Fullers. Ohau wiill experience.'a number of changes shortly, several farms having changed hands. Among Uie latest to sell out are Messrs L. W. Jefleries (Muhunoa East), and T.' Howland (Kuku). The Easton -estate at Muhunoa East is going back 10 sheep, two gangs of lencers and drainers now 'ijeing employed to get .everything 111 readiness lor the forthcoming reason. It is understood that Mr K. Hoiston,. who has been farming at Ohau lox over 30 years, is selling his 'cows shortly.

Mrs Hannah MoKeuzie, of Hamilton has •refused an oiler made by ttiu' Hospital Hoard ot £2OO ia settlement oi a claim: lor damages and has issued a writ against the board claiming £IOOO. Mils McKenzie was aAi inmate of the hospital in November, 1921, and sfhe then underwent a major operation to iter chest. Several days after the operation she inadvertently placed her left hand, which had been temporarily (paralysed jas the result of an operation, on a hotwater bottle. As an outcome the left hand was burned and suffered considerable injury. It is alleged that she has completely lost the little finger of the liand.

Those who were interested in lihe case of Mrs Higgins, .wile or John Christopher Higgins, will no doubt be glad to hear that she has safely arrived at Viking, Alberta, Canada, and is now actively engaged in the duties of l'arm life amongst her own people (states an Auckland paper). Her eldeat boy; is also working on tlie l'arm. In a letter to the Mayor of Waishi Mrs Higgins again expresses her appreciation of the kindness and practical sympathy extended towards her during the darkest hours of her great trouble, and which has 'been the means of her making a iresh start in life in a new land.

A new one was "put across" an innocent at= the Eliei'slie races lust week. It happened on lib. Leger ■ stand when ;a small hoy; who w.ais in company of a couple of women suddenly detached himself and approached a man on the stand. "Can you tell me how'. 1 can get this ticket cashed?" asked the lud. "Take it to the tote." "But they won't pay me (because. 1 am too young." The innocent took the ticket, saw that it was on ihe number of the winning horse, and then decided to help the lad out by paying the .amount of the dividend, £4 odd. The lad was most profuse in his-thanks. Later, the, man who cashed the ticket presented it at tlie tote, only to he told that nhe' number was-correct, tout that it was on the race run on the (previous day of the meeting. The kind gentileman is now looking for the .young lad with the old head.

"I'm whaf they call a 'profiteer," said a manure worker in the Arbitration Court at Christchurch, to every- ! body's surprise, when he was asked lto state what work he did. He explained that the term was applied to him by theother workers only. His work consisted in mixing chemical manure with "filler" in proportions which varied according to the grade of the product as sold. "I see," said Mr Justice Frazer, "it is equivalent to the water which the chemist puts into the bottle." Later on the manager of the.works was asked by Mr W. C, Prime (for the employers) about the man 'who said he was a profiteer." "No," interposed M. C. Renh (for the workers), "he said he was called a profiteer." Mr Prime laughed, and accepted the correction (states the Sun). "It's not an official term," remarked the manager. "In fact, this is the first I have heard of it."

The activities of a small but clamorous hand of Communists who have secured election to the Christchurch Labour Representation Committee are causing a good deal of perturbation in Labour circles at the present time. The Labour memtbers of Parliament, it is stated, are fceing continually attacked hy the Communist element, and interesting developments may take place as -a result of these attacks. One Labour M.P. stated to a Lyttelton Times reporter that originally the Communists held aloof from the constitutional Latoour groups alnd confined their to attacks from outside the mioivement. But latterly they had been' endeavouring to get into the movement with the idea of gaining control of the situation. Their methods were causing a good deal of trouble, and efforts would have to be made to fire them put altogether.

According to the EianlOia.Times, loud complaints were voiced W m passenger on the Main Trunk express which left Auckland on Sunday evening The train was a. lengtny. one, and the heating apparatus was not effective in the last six cars. im. night was bitterly cold, and perience of the women and childien was a Oiard one, the juveniles crying ail night.

Jb'ojio wing - are ta'ei bufcterfat payr menis ior me various lactones in the distract ior the period May-June: Levin co-operative Hairy Co., ("butter), i & id wnakaronga (nutter and cheese) is ou, Awahuri is 4d (butter), Palnierbuhi •Aorth. Hairy Company Is 4d (butter;; i\ew Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union is 3d (butter), Tiakitahuna Is 3d (cneese), Kairanga Hairy Company is M (butter), Manawaiu Kehance Is 2d (cheese), Kavenswood Is (cheese).

••.ue you ui favour oi Uie present uoyiu lainily or .a, nepubliCY" was a .iueaiion asivcu at me upera House in >vanganui at tne close oi political uum esses given by Messrs ivioiiteiui an.d Mcivceii, Labour. >LIVs. The reply leii 10 A'ir Monteith, wbo said it was a matter for the English Government, and he was not a member of ii, i\o doubt Mr Ramsay MacDonaid could answer the question much better*

<_>ue wonders where we are drifting! tiaiwits or sheep " (asks the Utauo Haiiy Times). That «he question. Strolling lihrougu' one of Hie focal storerooms, one sees three ciassers at work sorting rabitskins in preparation for the ioithightly sale in Duuedin. Lying on tlie door in heaps are upwards of 100 bales of'rabbnskins, or say, abaut hall a million skins, equivalent to 100,000 sheep. There aire several jpijher agents handling skms fortnightly, Uie rabbit season being present at its height.