Shannon News TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1924.

Shannon News, 8 July 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1924.

A lad named Arthur McEwen, was admitted to the Palmerston North. Hospital on Friday suffering from a fractured leg as a result of a kick from a horse,

The Purples held a very successful street shop on Saturday, when business was all that could be desired. The beautiful lifensized doll) whosei name, is to be guessed was a great attraction and-will be on view again at -tne Joy Hay Carnival,

Strong exception is being taken in Shannon by'electric-light consumers to the Power Board’s charge of 10s per annum for the use of ureters, and as a result a public meeting is to : be held at the Monument bn Friday evening to discuss the Power 'Board’s charges for meters, etc.

On Friday evening the Fisk Jubilee Singers gave a concert in the Mao,riband Theatre, to a very small attendance. It was a great pity as the oompafny . proved themselves one of the best that has visited Shannon for some time, and are certainly worthy of better support. The concerted numbers and choruses were thoroughly enjoyed by the small audience. Yesterday morning, before Messrs Gunning and Murdoch, J.’sP., a man named Ernest Edward Storr, was charged with drunkenness and ( the thei't of a bicycle valued at £5, the property of Geo. Woods. ' He pleaded not guilty to the theft of the bicycle. He stated he had, found it and was taking the machine to the police station when arrested. He was given the benefit of the doubt. For drunkenness he was convicted and fined 10s in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. Mr Poison recently quoted Mr J/ H. Darling, a director of one bf 'the leading British banks, as saying that .tire Australasian Associated Banks had levied a toll of £8,000,000 on the producers, above the ordinary charges, in exchange. ’ A The anxiety of some householders in Shannon, us to the cost oi lighting by electricity was considerably allayed when they received their hills lot* lighting from the Power Board' last week. Amateur reading of the meters had sit own alarming totals and the bills which averaged out at something qver Is per point for the month,; were nailed with, unmixed relief by ' the anxious ones.

It is reported that an hotel in an adjacent town lias been several times visited by some light lingered gentry. The other day several thefts were reported as having taken place. One commercial traveller was telling his tale at breakfast, and remarked how' lucky he was. He had changed a cheque for £'2s, and left £23 "with the proprietor. During the night his wallet had been searched, and the two notes taken. One of his'friends said he never troubled -about bis money, as he was easily awakened, and his wallet was sale in (his pocket. Ut was suggested that he should examine nis wallet, but laughingly replied that it, was all right. On being further pressed, however, an examination showed the wallet to be empty, and £l3 missing.—Feilding Star. An English emigrant, farmer, named Dix, and his family, who came from Cotswold Hills in England and who are now settled in 'the Bylong Valley in New South Wales, have among their cherished household goods, and in constant whhite woollen blankets which were originally brought into the family 104 years ago. Soft and weighty they look good for another 10Q years’ wear. Many years ago’ they were offered for sale, and were eagerly purchased by a younger member of the family at 8s per pair. The initials of the original owners of the blankets worked in the corners, can be cleqrly seen to-day, after 104 yeans.

t Mr Joseph Bagley, of Willingham Lines, wore pn his golden wedding clay the suit in which he was married. ; The jrtov- A.. ouco-i, a, retired priest, has papered two rooms of his home at Burbank, in California, wth 149,242 used pus luge slumps. He spent more than thirty years in collecting the stamps. “It’s the man who wins, not the cow,” said the secretary oi the Nei-j son A. and P. Association, in reply to } a member who askeu uu> could a j cup .be secured two years in success-: ioxi' with a two year old heifer. | “Twenty-five years ago 60 per cent.) ■of tfie population of New Zealand was j on the fand and the other 40 per cent. ) in the towns,” said Mr \V. J. Poison, nonunion presiuem of the Farmers’ Union, at Hawera. To-day 60 per cent, was in the towns and the other 40 per cent, on the land. Known .as “the human timepiece,” because ne was sQ punctual in going to work that people set their crocks by him, Mr J. Parish, a platelayer, of Wragby, Lincoln, has just retired. Once when there was ah argument as to whether he or the church clock was wrong, .the clock was found to be at fault. “Do you mean to say you sold the. property ior half the Government vaii uation,” asked His Honour Sir Joim I Salmond of a witness at the supreme ! CquUt the other day. ‘ ‘Yes, your Honour,” was the reply. “It’s usually the other way round, isn’t it?’’ .asked .His Honour. “Not in Gisborne, sir,” replied the witness. “It is generally recognised that Government valuations here are 100 per cent, too high. A, speaker at the Wellington Chamber oi .Commerce the cither day sum that German goods which came into New Zealand were branded “made in Germany” in such a way that ilie brand oi origin could be .rubbed off in ; a few seconds. He urged that the brand should be made indelible. The •matter was referred to a committee to inquire into. ■ " “That is the case of an honest thief,’' said Sir James Wilson at the Manawat.u County Council meeting. Cr. Penny said he visited a iarmer who . did not know he was o.n the council, ' and during an inspection oi the iann lie commented oil the very line covvyurd which had just been built. “Yes,” said the iarmer, “it. is made of railway sleepers from the County tramway and it is just as well hone oi the councillors are around. It took me a long time to collect them.” A good story is told by one of the members of a re-vaiuation committee anent a soldier who was asked to appear before a Land' Board and state why lie was not paying his arrears. The Board members cross-examined him regarding his finances which were in a very unsatisfactory position. “Gome now,” said one of the members, “you must have taken something off the land. Tell us exactly what, you’ve hud off the .land.” “Three pots of blackberry jam and six summonses,”, replied the soldier. Mr M. Weils (chairman oi the Cambridge Co-op. Daily Co.) informs .the Independent that it is the intention oi the Cambridge Dairy Co.'-to put up boxes of butter containing lour .lin pats. The Company intends to advertise that these boxes will be delivered to any address in Great Britain for’ Christmas presents. The idea is to advertise the Cambridge Company, and the excellent quality of its butter. Any person'' in New Zealand will be able to thus send a typical Netw Zealand present to Old Country friends at a very low. cost. The story related by a speaker in an address at a recent meeting at West GreenA man was walking from Huddersfield to Halifax, and got "lost on 'the road. Spying a boy, ihe man asked which was the way to Halifax, “I don’t know,” replied the boy. ‘.‘Can you tell me the way back to Huddersfield,” asked the man. “No,” replied the hoy. Becoming exasperated, the man said, “You don’t know much my lad, do you ” In as cool a manner as possible, the boy said, “No, sir j but l„‘ain’t lost.” Wild pigs in the back-country in the Uruti district are very numerous (says the Taranaki “News”). During last week Mr H. Larsen and his two sons destroyed over eighty wild pigs on their ‘property on tile upper'Waitara river, afijd,' had the dogs not become exhausted owing to the difficult country, many more pigs would have been killed. Last winter the destruction ,Qf lambs by pigs on this station was very heavy, and it is intended to continue the campaign, in an endeavour to reduce their number still further.’ ■ • j It is estimated that about 35 dogs met their death in Raetihi during the week-end. ,as a result oi devour mg’ poison that has been scattered in the | town. One man, who relies on his

dogs for a livelihood lost lour out oi a team ol five. Others lost two and three, and it is estimated that £2OO would not replace the losses.: One drover asserts that there was not enough money in Waimarino to buy the dog he lost. He states that he never made this known' to the. public previously for fear that someone “pinch” it. in connection wit(fi the 'proposed match - between the Manawatu-Horo-whenua team and the All Blacks at Palmerston, it should be stated that Mr A. Hannay, Piresildent of tire Manavvutu liugby Union, visited Levin on Thursday lor the .purpose oi conferring with tire President pi the Horowlrerrua Rugby Union (Mr E. J. Nash). Mr liannay advised Mr Nash of what had been done in the matter and the ,latter will report the details to the meeting of the- local Union on Tuesday lor consideration. Messrs Abraham and Williams re-' port a successful clearing sale at" the property of Mr W. Renton, Makerua, Shannon, on Thursday last, when 50 dairy cows were sold at an average price of £7. The stock was yarded in lair condition and were injost'*y of average quality, medium sorts bringing £5 to £B, with better bred lots £lO to £ls.

The Wellington City Council is stated to have purchased 400 tons of hitumen lor paying work to be commenced early in September. “I am afraid' we are turning out from our schools and colleges too many of the cuff and collar class,” said Mr J. Unklater in the House. Mr Linklater considered we were ’turning out too many’ professional ,men and too few producers. The Minister for Railways states that no decision has yet been come to in regal’d to the Palmerston Railway Deviation. A lengthy report has been prepared for Cabinet dealing with the Hi mu taka deviation, Tawa Flat Lytteltdn tunnel and the Palmerston work, but it will be two months before he can give an answer as to the fate of the latter. “It is not a scrap of gob<3 fining me £ls, because I simply haven’t got- the money,” protested a man charged at the Welilngton Police Court with an offence against a by-law. The defendant declared that he had a family .to keep, and that at present he did not have sufficient money to meet • the fine, “I quite appreciate that,” remarked the Magistrate, “but my only option is to enforce the law.” The defendant, who was prosecuted by the Hutt County Council, was advised to apply to it for % rebate. Forging a one pound Union Bank of Australia note and, a ten shilling j Bank of New Zealand note by splitting them, constituted a charge against a young man,' Edward Jack Cromer, alias Kramer, .alias Anderson, before Mr C. ,R. Orr Walker, S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate’s j Court yesterday. tlhiqf Detective j Kemp stated that the accused had been arrested by Detective Hunt and ! CoLslabie Kane who. lmd found him.’ 1 i:i h;c; act of spUrtng the notes. According to Mr A. Dunn, Cromer had ' 3 piit the notes to win a bet of a, bottle of whisky. Counsel said there was no intention on the part of the accused of uttering the notes. A remand was granted to the 2nd July. Bail was reduced froiir £3OO to £2OO. On e day an extraordinary, book will doubtless be written regarding tl\e fate that has overtaken many, of the stately homes of England. Decrease in agricultural' values and increase in direct taxation are the, “villains” of the piece. Haddon Hall* one of *he most romantic mansions'in the"lai»d, has been formed into a company. It has been registered as a private .unlimited company with a nominal capital of £lt)0,000 ini 20,000 five per .cent, preference and 80,000 ordinary shares. 1 The subscribers, each in one shareware j the Marquis and Marchioness of Gran- ! by. The objects of-th,e company (says I the “Daily Chronicle”) are to adopt an agreement with the Marquis of Granby to acquire lands, buildings and hereditaments, and to develop and 'I turn to account the same by planting, building, improving, farming, grazing, qqarrying, mining and selling timber. Wffat says the shade of Dorothy Vernon if iti re-visits her; old home? The London “Sportsman” ol' a recent date remarks that/ “unsausiac’iory as things .are m England,'tney appear to be infinitely worse in Mew Zealand according iu tne latest exchanges lrom that country. A young nmn was sent (o prison lor seven days lor making betis 'oi Is '.and; As 6d. it is true' that the Governor-General interfered, and that the unfortunate victim was released after three and ahalf days’ imprisonment, but what ai‘e we to think ol laws which enable magistrates to mete out.iuch savage punishment-.d'or so trilling, an offence? But Mew Zealand has’ always suffered lrom the anti-gambling fraternity, whose influence has gone so far as to interfere with the liberty of the Press by suppressing all betting news, just as our bigots would like to do here.” The Parliamentary correspondent of the Auckland Herald writes^—General elections are always responsible, for a number of changes in the House of Representatives, but voluntary retirement Will almost certainly account for four •' changes in the membership of the next House. The resignation at the end of their current term oi Sir R. Heaton Rhodes, the Hon. D; H. Guthrie and Mr L. M. Isitt has already been announced and a similar statement of his intentions is expected shortly from Mr W. H. Field, Win has made no secret of his-impending retirement.'* Four seats will thus be left vacant, two in Canterbury and two in. Wellington—-Ellesmere, Christchurch North, Otaki, and Oroua. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes and Mr Guthrie are; Cabinet Ministers, and all four give support to Mr Massey-, although Mr Isitt is only pledged to do so on votes of no-confidence