Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924.

Shannon News, 11 July 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924.

• Whitebait has made its appearance in. the Manawatu river and as a result they have been an sale in Shannon.

Up to the present no trace lias been discovered of the missing Pay envelopes at Mangahao. The police are siiil making investigations. At a meeting of the Domain Committee on Wednesday evming it was decided to set aside the sum oi £<JSO to he spent on a playing area lor children at the .Domain.

A meeting of residents of Shannon will he lieid aft 'the inonuniejat tlhis evening to discuss matters relating to charges lor meter, etc., in connection .with the electric lighting of the Borp ough. \ Qwing to the absence from town of some of the members of the Borough ..Council and counter attractions the usual fortnightly meeting to have been held 'on Tuesday evening, was adjourned until Friday evening. ■'• ,

The rainfall in shannon for the month ending June 30th, was 4.77 inches, rain falling on 17 days, the heaviest fall being on the 2?rd, when 1.33 inches was registered. For Che corresponding; month o.f "last year rain leil on 21 days with a total of 4.11 inches,, the heaviest being .69 inches on the 3rd.

The many friends of Mr B. Mohekey of Moutqa, will regret to hear of; his death which took place at Moutoa at. the beginning of the week. The deceased nad been ailing for the past, two years. He leaves a, widow and two young children, who will have the deepest sympathy of ,a large circle of faiends.

Lovers of euchre and dancing aro reminded by advertisement elsewhere that the Ven. Bede's ladies are still running their very popular socials every second Tuesday; and next Tuesday evening patrons may look forward to a realiy enjoyable time. Have you seen the end-oi-season prizes? Have you enjoyed excellent music ahd a truly sociable time? Have yqu tried and the foxtrot? This is tfhe place to learn. Next Tuesday, Parish Hall. Euchre at 7.30 p.m. Supper and dancing at 10 p.m.

The Chinese residents of the Manawatu have subscribed £l2O towards the eost of 'entertainment of the Chinese University Soccer, team. The unsuitability of tha desks with which many of the public schools are equipped was emphasised at the meeting of the Auckland Education Board. It was resolved to obtain a medical report upon the subject.

A record which should take some beating has been made by Mr G. H. Ambler, an Auckland exhibitor who is a competitor ait the Levin 'Poultry Show. Mr Ambler has at three shows, which Levin is She last, exhibited 24 birds, with which he has taken 19 firsts, 9 specials, 1 cup, 3 seconds and 2 thirds.

Half the human race—the female hall—will be interested in this:—'Mrs Sebastiana Marroquin, of San Francisco, aged 44, has just igiven birth to her twenty-fourth child. Like Napoleon's mother, also an Italian, she married at fourteen. There is a wonderful power in the Italian race, as great to-day as it was 3000 years ago. Caruso was his mother's nineteenth child.

"He said lie had given it to Mr. X, the dirtiest and most unscrupulous lawyer in Wellington,;" stilted a young woman of her husband, in a maintenance case held before Mr. c. a Orr-Waiker, S.M., yesterday, in the Wellington Magistrate's Court. On, her husband denying this fact, His Worship stated that the words were probably an effort to get her revenge on the counsel for his "stiff" cross-examination,

In the suburbs of Melbourne a New Zealand visitor saw larger and more pot holes to the square chain than any town in -New Zealand could produce*

A by-law has been framed by the | Mastertjoii iiuxough Council to pro-J hi'bit the growing of prickly hedges . wiDMn four feet of the road frontage of any section in the borough. j An Operatic Society has been formed in Feilding with an initial mem-1 bership of 45. Some of the possible \ works mentioned lor production were "The Geisha," "The Toreador," and '"The . Cingalee." . J It is reported that the trout placed; in Tama Lake, in the National Park,) are "doing well, despite the fact that the surface freezes in the winter months and is covered with ice a couple of feet thick. "A Mother," writes to the Foxton Herald, asking why, though have been two cases of blood-poison-ing and one death in recent maternity cases at Foxton, no enquiry has been held by the Health authorities.

. "Before you order off a player, you must be quite sure that you get the right man," said Mr. T. A. Fletcher, president of the Wellington Rugby Referees' Association last evening. "Having done that, it is your duty to stick to youir guns." The Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association has secured the services Qf Mr John Hopkins in furtherance of its Queen Carnival scheme: Mr Hopkins ha s already circularised vjarious (.organisations requesting assistance in the movement and inviting the nomination of a candidate for the queen carnival, which is expected to continue for ten weeks.

For years, said a speaker at Marton plough match, dinner,: when speaking of the ladies, mankind has been endeavouring to elevate womankind. Among savages they were slaves, but among us they have all our privileges, all our money, and in these days of tailor-made garments wear/nearly all our clothes, and we smile and wonder what next! "Women in politics are just like women being courted—if you say 'yes' you are done," said Lady Astor, addressing members of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship at a luncheon in the. Holborn Restaurant. Lady Astor confessed that so far the House of commons has been "down on her." It not easy, to go where one wanted, even in private life, but in public life it was appalling. The fact was that men did not want- women in the House, and she did not blame them.

. Recently the butchers at the Kaiapoi Freezing Works came upon a curious thing, in the jawbone of an old 'cow (states the local "Record") was found an axe-head. This was hardly complete, as one side of the hole where the handle goes had been broken off before the cow picked up the implement. The jawbone had grown partly around the but it was protruding and one can imagine the pain the animal must have endured until it got used to carrying the lump of metal around in its mouth. The axe-head measured 5§ by 2' inches, and the action of eating had worn the blade of the axe quite sharp. ' Possibly the axe had been picked up in mistake for a bone. The butchers reckoned the cow had car-* ried it for two years.

The ■ following advice from the Mahawatu Times will appeal to Levin "wireless" amateurs:—"The reception by a local enthusiast of an American broadcast concert the other, evening was marred by frequent howlings and whistling caused by interference from local receiving sets. Too many Palmerston amateurs rotate the turing knobs of their receivers in the same way as they would turn a butter-churn. When they hear the "carrier" wave it seems to be a signal jfor violent twisting and turning of every knob within-' sight—"never mind the other fellow" style! A little more patience and thought for the other fellow to tune in will prove instrumental in, obtaining better conditions for everybody. If these amateurs will be a little more patient and ro.tate their tuning handles slowly, they can be assured of better • results—and better feelings." A remarkable outbreak of fire occurred in a chimney at Rotorua (states an exchange). The brigade arrived promptly, to find quite a simple problem they thought, but it proved to be knotty, for the chimney, only a month old, had been built with mortar composed of sulphur pumice and cement. The whole of the surphur in the concrete foundation was alight. The fumes arising from this were very unpleasant, and pouring water on the sulphur only increased them, nearly driving the men out of the room. They solved the problem, finally, by digging out the foundation i with picks, and carrying it away in sacks. The floor supports were charred in several places, and a light breeze wo-uld have fanned them into flames. It was a unique experience for the t firemen, and probably could not have been met with in any other part of New Zealand, and very few parts of the world. The damage is estimated to be £lO. It has 'been noticed (says the Wanganui "Chronicle") in some towins .w,h|ere electric current has been switched on recently that the consumers are complaining about the increase in their lighting bills, compared with those for gas. Questioned in regard to the matter, an electrician gave an explanation for the increase. He pointed out that some people, whian they had fiheir places fitted out, generally installed lamps of too strong a cahdlepower for ordinary purposes, and, besides, burned electricity till the "wee sma' hours," entertaining their friends, and showing them oyer the house with its new fittings. "Show me a house where the people follow the simple practice of 'switching off the light whenever they leave the room, and I'll show you a house where the cost of lighting is all in favour of electricity," he concluded.