Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1924.

Shannon News, 1 August 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1924.

The many Mends, pi- Mrs Kersey will be pleased tc? hear,- she,,, is much improved .alter her indisposition.

The snannon Police station is at presient receiving a muoh-neeaeu coat'of paint. Mr Lennie, of Levin,

has the contract/ jfor pamtaing me building. The "silent policeman" has not yet been placed in position at the corner opposite (the Club Hotel. At present he. is resting alongside the War Memorial waiting to be fitted up. He looks tired ot waiting. - a visitor to Shannon .nuriug Uni week will be the Rev. F. B. Redgrave, 01 the New Zealand Board 01 Missions. He will assist with the services iat the Anglican Qnurches at Tokomaru and .Shannon on Sunday. A starjf has toeeja, .(made by tne Horowhenua County Council to metal the county roads in this district. It is hoped; attention will be given to the Foxton-Shannon road, which at present is in a aiost disgraceful condition.

An endeavour is being made to reorganise the Shannon urcnestrai Society arid practices have, already been neld. .As there is plenty of musical talent in the town no difficulty Should be experienced in getting tne Society going. - The death occurred at BtumythariH; on Tuesday evening of Eva, tne eldest daugnter of Mr and Mrs J. 'iluroa, of Shannon. The little girl, who was only eight years of age, took ill. about a month ago. Much sympathy will be extended to .the bereaved parents in their sad loss.

The digging Of -Jlie drains lor laying the water pipes has now been completed to PUmmer Terrace, Hie men have now returned to toe intake where a lew days* work is to be done, preparatory to laying the 8v inch pipes theire, alter which they will continue laying the pipes to Pliuumer Terrace. . ' ,

The fortnightly euchre and dance held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday ■ evening l was well, attended considering the boisterous evening and a. most enjoyable time was spent by those present. The winners of the euchre touirnament were:—Ladies : Mfs Mercer .1, Mrs Cairns 2. Gents: Mr Raymond 1, Mr Harding 2. Arrangements are well in hand lor the public social .to toe tendered to. Mr* and Mrs G. Murphy, which will be held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening next. Mr and Mrs Murphy leave for Te Puke on the Bth pft'ox. During their residence in Shannon they have closely identified themselves with the welfare and social life of the town and it is anticipated there will be a large gathering of citizens to bid them - farewell. A man named Thos. Hamilton, alias Thos. Butler, who was arrested at Foxton on Friday last on a charge oi breaking and entering at,that town, when searched, was foundi to be in possession of some of the articles stolen from the residence of the Rev. Mr Farnell, of Stout Street. He is to appear in Palmenston. Worth today to answer this charge; also for ©ffenceg committed at Levin and elsewhere. Those who were not wise enough tq> reserve their seats for the match between the All Blacks and tihe combined Horowhenua-Manawatu representatives at Ralmersfcon Nortih on Saturday assembled at the Showgrounds hours before the match in order to gain some vajntiage point from which to view the contest. Trees within good distance of the oval, goal posts, fences and sheds on adjacent grounds ware scaled by many, and as a result numerous amusing incidents occurred, and assisted to relieve the monotony of the long wait. A rickety fence, which afforded seats lor quite a number, swayed and crumbled under its heavy burden, but although legs and arms flew in every direction, none of those involved was injured.

Over 2Q fawners in the MaiiawatuOroua (Palmerston) Power Board's area are now .milking by electric power. ■.uu'liu irust-nstti were picked up on tiie Hoklo oeaon hy a local. Maori last weeK. A nsh, five and a-naii ieet lutia, vva a on til© l\ai lwi (Wangunui) beaen on Sunday morning.

.n. njioe died miner peculiar circumstances at Walton the ouier day. The animal, which belonged to Mr Kennet'h McCardle, discovered a bug ox wasunig sooa on- tne side oi tn« load, became curious .as to what me contents tasted like, and started to like the soda.* 11, did not prove goon noise feed, and shortly .afterwards the animal was found dead near me locality of its repast. Mr J. J. JBxyce, of Kiwitea, has received official intimation that camixet has decided/-to .appoint a Magistrate io conduct :the puDiic inquiry into line administration of the paimerston lNoi'in Hospital, with, special reierence to the case of the treatment aneged to have been received .J>y Mr Bryce's daughter. The date oi tne inquiry has not yet been fixed hut steps are now being taken to arrange the order of reference.

Although it is not yet possible to obtain tlie true gate returns unui an unsold tickets lorwarded to outsiuu unions are returned, Saturday's takings at the All Black matcii at Palinerston .are expected to be between £I3OO and £I4OO, in which case me amount will exceed the gate of-August, 1921, by' approximately £2OO. On this nasi s tn e attendance has been roughly estimate-u at between 16,000 and 18,000 people. /Bhe, unenviable life of the commercial traveller in New Zealand in winter time was aptly, epitomised by Captain R. C Hammond, manager oi the Northern Steamship Company, ai the annual dinner of the Auckland Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association. "The commercial - traveller," he said, "lives practically in a suitcase j'ihe is up to bis knees in mud, be wnere he can. In fact, bis life is worse than'a sailor's." The speaker paid a high tribute to the unselfishness oi the •commercial traveller, in organising benefit entertainments, particularly in the country districts.

The case of a returned soldier-far-mer was referred to by counsel at the Wanganui Court during, the bearing of a .civil .action. He stated that the man lived in a very simple manner, and during the first year on his property did not kill a, single sheep for food. He had been very hard up indeed and had lived »n bush pig and deer, which he managed to kill. The mian was only sixteen miles away from town, but had not visited it on'c e in three years. ' In fact;, he had no clothes suitable for.him to go to town in.

The ignorance of farmers m connection with registration of machinery and title giving of .notification of the sale of same was brought up at Morrinsvilie■'■'Co:llrt ■ (states the New Zealand Herald correspondent), when J. Miln was charged with selling an engine for attachment to. a. milking plant and failing to notify the department of the fact, and to whom it was sold.- Miln pleaded guilty, saying he had not known it was necessary. This action being brought .merely as « warning to other farmers, defendant escaped with, a fine of £1 and oosts. Mr J. W. Butler, director of tlu Wellington Boys' Institute - and i- ■ member of the Wellington Hospital Board, who met with /a serious motor accident at Waikanae a few months ago, when returning with the Boys' Institute Band from a tour which included Levin, is at present staying at 'New Plymouth with his daughter. H t is accompanied toy Mrs Butler. He had been under treatment at Wellington hospital far some weeks, and went to New Plymouth. three weeks ago He was conveyed by motor ambulance to the station and his carriage, in which he lies on his back, was accommodated in the guard's van.

While digging in war ruins near Arras a French workman has found a Roman coin of extraordinary interest to tiie antiquarian, and student of history (reports Science Service). I is a gold coin, one and a half inch in diameter, and in value the Roman equivalent of the English sovereign, or the American five dollar gold piece. It commemorates the.relief of London from an invasion of Frankish barbarians by the Roman general Constantius in the year 296 A.D. The coin shows the Roman general, who was the father of ' Gonstantine the Gmm being received in grateful homage lithe city of London, following its u-> liverance. The town is shown as a fortified place, with a gate and wall, and is identified "by : name underneath. The coin carries the curious legend, "Redditor Lucis Aeternae," "Restorer of Eternal Light." This may be a symbolic expression of .restoration to the blessings of civilisation, but bv some it is thought to refer to the cult of Mithras, then popular throughout the. Empire, and of which the Roman general was a devotee. As reported recently it is intended to export 440,000 dozen eggs from the Dominion this year. Mr G. H, Bradford, manager of the Canterbury Coop. Poultry Producers, Ltd., in conversation with a reporter, stated that arrangements had been made to ship 140,700 dozen eggs from the South Island between August 18 and September 30 and that during the same period 104,400 dozen would be exported from the North Island. About August 18 the steamer Port Curtis would load 600 cases of eggs at Timaru and Oamarui. The first shipment to be sent from Lyttelton would he on September 9, when the lonic would load 1000 cases. On the following day the KaTkoura would lift 1040 cases at Port Chalmers On September 26 the Rotorua would load 850 cases at Port Chalmers and on September 30 she would load' 1200 cases at Lyttelton. This made a total of 2200 cases at Lyttelton, 1890 from Port Chalmers, and 600 from Timaru and a grand total or 4600 cases from the South (Island during August and September. TJhirtv dozen eggs would be packed in each case, so this gave a grand total pi 140,700 dozen.

The Ford Motor Company lias acquired 307 acres at Dagenham, on the Thames. It intends to erect a lactory there width, will* employ 10,000 men and turn out all-British Ford vehicle at the rate oi 500 a day.

One oi the two tuatara lizards ;.. Johnson's- picnic garuens, upawa, uieu oai Saturday (says me juyiujiiun Times). The lizard was one oi a t ., mat n'as teen in 'Mr Johnson's possession lor sixty-eight years.

Three gentiemens hats, a pounu note, ana a lauy's valuaule scan—this represents me naud oi some light lingered persqns lroni flue aressms rooms ol one Qi our district haiis while a dance > was being held tins week. It is understood tne matter is in the hands of the police.

Tne iiabeock tester is generally the omy sure way to pick the winner in a herd, but many nien have piCKed a cnampion in a saieyara—-because oi their Knowledge gained by long practical experience oi what indicates me euaracieristics of a high class cow.

"They say landlords are uayngm robbers, hut I think ttaere is auouuer side," said Mr W. H. Field, wnen speaking to'the Rent Restriction bw in the House. "A man told me he aid not net % per cent, on his rented houses/' Mr P.. Fraser: Will he give us the figures? Mr Field: He told me' he would. Mr Fraseir: Delighted to get them)

in Taranaki during the past few weeks a jersey sale saw, f hi round figures, 500 pedigree Jerseys find ready purchasers at an average of approximately £55 per head, and well over 500 guineas was paid in several instances for outstanding , animals. The gross return was in he neighbourhood of 26,000 guineas. This serves to emphasise the remarkable degree of confidence which exists in the future of the dairying industry.

Several complaints have reached the Wanganui Chronicle .concerning petty thieving from graves in the lactic cemeteries, m one case a family plo t was stripped of a. number of vases which relatives were in the -habit ci regularly refilling_ with flowers. At the AmmoliQ Cemetery a woman seen talcing rilabons from, wreaths. WJaen a by-stander ventured to voice a remonstrance tftie ■ woman coolly, retorted: "I've a family of fouir or five girls to provide hair ribbon lor, and this suits me .better than toying it." • "The time for little wooden church, es in ibolih town and country is gone," said Archbishop Julius in "the course ojf ihis sermon at the new. chuirch of St. James, Lower Riccarton, when complimenting the people of the parish on -erecting such a sub-, staintial stone building. The Archbishop added that wooden churches were not abiding, and the time had come when they should build nobler structures, as their fathers had done in the old land. The previous church in the Lower Riccarton parish ihad been, destroyed by fire. "Wooden, churches ought to be destroyed by fire or in some other way," the Archbishop added. Every farmer is familiar with the wooden triangular device which is occasionally placed round the necks of cattle in order to prevent them from breaking through fences, but few would recognise it from the description given by the defendant is a case brought by. the Society lor the Prevention of Cruelty to animals at the Timaru Magistrate's Court recently. In explaining the article to the Court defendant at first referred to it as a "Y.M.C.A," but as the Magistrate did not appear to, comprehend, further explanation was necessary. The sign of the red triangle. is now known the world over, and the likening of the farmyard arrangement to the badge of this famous organisation provoked broad smiles.

A. youthful contributor to the Wanganui Chronicle relates that he witnessed an unusual sight near Aramoho...a duel in the air between two' seagulls and a hawk. "When 1 noticed..the'conflict." foe writes, "it had evidently been in progress for some time i'qr the hawk was almost exhausted, although his opponents were apparently quite fresh. The hawk's deienoe; lay entirely in his adeptness in swerving, for as the seagulls . kept consistently rising and then swooping on ihim, he just-as consistently swerved sufficiently to avoid the attacks. Presently the hawk dropped exhausted to the, ground, where his foes still maintained pecking and screeching until they suddenly rose and disappeared. The hawk remained on the ground, tired out. Soon the 1 seagulls were seen returning with two 'more 'of-their kind, and again they attacked their enemy. Although there were four gulls to one' hawk, the solitary defender managed to ward off the swooping attacks for some time. Presently the gulls discontinued their fighting with the hawk, to fight with another seagull, which had just, arrived. They soon flew away, screeching and fighting among themselves, and the listless hawk, after a rest, was able to make good his escape." The inner history of toe agitation to increase the number of All Blacks by one is thus revealed by Tuesday's Christ-church Star: Accoruing to information received in Christchuireh to-day, all was in train ior the selection of an extra half-back for the Air Black team, when the move was scotched in a .very peculiar manner. Those in favour of the proposal had D. Wright (.Auckland) in view, but np sooner had the question come before' the Management Committee of the New Zealand Union, than from another quarter tame strong pressure for: the inclusion of H. E. Nicholls as the additional man. In the end it was: the old story of Auckland versus Wellington. Then it was discovered that Nicholls was first emergency on the selectors' list. Learning this, the Ar/cklamd group speedily threw in i r hand and the whole movement petered out. j

Frost fish have .been ivery plentiful round the coast during the last few, days, ahd good catches' have been, made by various people. One night recently. Messrs Don. Bergman and G. Garland found 53' of the frost fish on Ohope Beach (Bay of Plenty), and another party of whites got a , haul of the fish earlier in the week. —Whakatane Press.' •

The Levin Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting decided to write the chairman and engineer of the Horowhenua County Council congratulating them upon the acceptance ny the Highways noard o.f the County's roading scheme. In mentioning the matter, Mr D. W. Matheson said it should he put to the credit of the County Engineer that his very full and exhaustive report had heen adopted by the, Highways Board without (material alteration, a fact worthy of favourable comment.