Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1924.

Shannon News, 5 August 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1924.

Tliev vital statistics' for- Shannon lor the month ending Juily 31st were: Births 6, deaths and' jnanriages nil. OwiJig to ill .health, Mr S. Henry, ol uie Shannon Post Office staff, lias been granted three Veeks' leave of absence. His position hi the meantime will be filled by Mr La Frentz, of Paekakariki. This evening at,tlie Parisli Hail a pujblic farewell, will be tendered Mr and (Mrs G. Murphy, who. are about to take up their residence fit Te Puke. A cordial invitation is extended to Hie public to attend. Mr F. '.Charles, of Vogel street, was taken suddenly ill at his home on Friday evening and during the early hours of Saturday morning ii was lound necessary to remove hinj. to the Puimerston North Hospital. We join with his many friends,Mi wishing him a speedy recovery. s

During the month ol July rain fell in Shannon on IS days for a total of 2.86 inches, the heaviest rainfall being on the: 18th when .63 inch fell. During the last six days of the month rain fell on each day. For the corresponding month of last year rain fell m\ 11 days with a total of 2.89 inches, the iheaviest being on tlie 4th when .71 inch fell.

The latest postal and railway regulation for the carrying of picture films on the railways or through the post is that they must he in a container of galvanized iron of not less tlhan. 24 gauge, strengthened by ridging two inches apart and lined throughout with hard fibre board at least oneeighth of an inch thick, rivetted to the metal. All the corners "of sides and bottom must ba strengthened by folded seams.

T'o give solne idea of the extra work entailed at the local railway station in connection with the Mangahao hydro works, it may be mentioned that 13,000 tons' of cement has been'handded and conveyed over the hill during tlie past eighteen months, while during the past two years and three months, 8000" tons of coal has arrived lor the works. On top of this there has been a large quantity of heavy machinery and stores, the figures f°r these not being available at present. The dangerous practice oL children, playing on the. poles stacked in the railway yards resulted on Sunday in a little boy, lour years of age, son ol Mr and Mrs W. Smith, of Vance street, being injured, necessitating medical attention] When returning from Sunday School this child along with others were playing on the poles when one roiled oyer, pinning him down by the leg. Mr J. Bresnehan, who lives nearby, heard the child's cry and went and released him. Tho jUtie fellow Is now in bed_ suffering from a badly bruised leg and shock. The secretary of the Waipawa Hospital Board, Waipukur a u, has received from the, Rathbone Estate trustees a cheque for £SOOO towards the maternity hospital which is to be erected at Waipawa.

With a view of bringing school Hie more in harmony. with the every day life of the community, while siniultaneoihsly lessening the necessity for punishment by the teacher - for misconduct, a code of laws has been, drawn up to improve the discipline of the school," says the headmaster (Mr Davidson), of the Foxton school in a. report to the Committee. "Thus every child in the school more than the teacher, becomes responsible for the discipline of the school, when he is made to realise that his part, no matter how insignificant it may apparently hd. is an important one. In every class, from Standard 4 upwards, two representatives for the school Council were elected by ballot by the pupils so that all offenders against school discipline are punished, not by V'c teacher, but by the scholars thenirplvos. The juvenile school Council has undertaken to be responsible for the safety of school property, the tidiness of the grounds, punctuality of the scholars, fair play in the playground, and protection for' the weak against the aggressive strong. As organised society through the different courts punishes delinquents, similarlv the Council in collaboration with the hp'id teacher punishes after a fair trial, delinquents acting contrary to thp welfare of the school. So far this scheme is working gatisfacorily and I am sure is more educative than the obsolete method under which {he control of discipline was solely in the [ hands of the teacher/'

The captain of the All Blades, Mr C. G. Porter, was born in Glasgow in 1900. He came to New Zealand as a lad. Mr \V. T. Pratt, of Apiti.-has grown 71 tous 15 cwt of swedes to the acre, .inis is thought to l>e a record for New Zealand. A Waitgaiiui resident lost a "fiver" and advertised his loss. To. his. surprise he received three notes through, the post. ', Eveiy 28 minutes during last year a person was killed on the highways | ol the United States. Highway accidents claimed 15,000 lives and caused 1,700,000 injuries. - ! "There were 987 land agents in New \ ■Zealand on April 30 last, according to I oliiciai figures," said Mr W. F. Uarrop, at the land agents, and auctioneers' annual meeting at Auckland yesterday. "Of these, 2?4 were in the Auckland district." "We still notice the excellent condition of teeth in the schools where sweet snops do not e.g., Caroline, iuv.eru.ale/ and such schools as j,oiigridge Village, in the Riversdale District," states Dr. R. Collier, Schools Medical Officer for Southland, in her monthly report to the Southland Education Board. The Manawatu, Gorge has been blocked by a very large slip, wmon will take three or lour days to remove. All traffic will be suspended for that time. As there is also a slip on tlie Akatarawa road, the only routes open to the East Coast by road from this side of the Taramas is via Wellington and the Pahiatu'a track. Coal has been disappearing from the ! New Plymouth Harbour Board yard at the rate of a ton a week. Three boys who were brought before the Magistrate for stealing coal, stated mat they were sent to the Beach to gather wood and picked up what coat was lying, on the ground by the bunkers. They were admonished and discharged by the Magistrate. A lady who 'had a totalisalor ticket on a lace at Gisbome on Saturday yielding a dividend of over £SO found on going to collect her winnings that she had lost the ticket. She immediately reported her loss to the racing authorities, but inquiry at the totalizator showed'that all the tickets had been presented and the money had been paid out. Several New. Plymouth tobacconists •have been fined for selling cigarettes to High School boys between the ages of 10 arid 14- The Magistrate said there ought to !be some provision for the punishment of the boys for trying to obtain cigarettes when under age. Mr Bennett: In these cases, sir, the boys have had their punishment at the High School. The Magistrate: 1 am very pleased to hear that. "Some people went to China. to make money, and during the past ten years there has grown a strong* antiforeign feeling in consequence of | this/' stated Mr A. E. Dome, manager [ of the Chinese Soccer team the other I day when speaking at the palmerston Lunch Club. While there were some excellent missionaries in China, there were also some bad ones, and it was imposition of this kind that caused a feeling of resentment in the hearts of the Chinese. A humorous incident occurred dunlin? the progress of the East Coast Po-verty-Bav match at Gisborne recently. An 'extra, football was kept on the sideline to facilitate play (says the Times), but by mistake it .rolled on to the crrounrl near where the play was centred. Two Poverty Bay players immediately seized it and tore up the field like the wind, while an East I Coast man vainlv attempted to collar ! both amid shrieks of laughter from the spectators. Testing mo appreciation for read-, ing among his hoys, the headmaster ol the Biackfrial's London County Council School compiled sojne interesting' figures. He invited 100 boys to count the number of books in their homes, the district being proverbial for its noverty. Seven boys reported none, and 55 under 20 books. Ol smgie volumes the Bible was an easy first with. 79, and Shakespeare a poor second with six and four single plays. Poetry was represented in 37 homes. The largest number of books in any one home was 8.3 and of 2155, the grand total, 1312 were fiction. "Who gets the eggs?" was'uie query put to an oiiicial of the Greyinoum poultry Club's Show, as an egg was noticed in one of the cages. "Under me rules of the club," he replied, "all eggs-must bo broken, in order to prevent eggs from pnzelaying birds being secured by unauthorised persons." it .seemed a pity to waste the eggs entirely, particularly as they are - so scarce at present, and tlie club therelore decided that they should first be cracked and then seiit to the hospital lor the use of the patients.

It is not generally Known that Hon sLiipiiate •conuiToJily termed green vitriol, is certain death to dandelions. The spray is prepared by dissolving lib of iron sulphate in hall a gallon ot water. This quantity is sufficient to spray 50 square yards of lawn; where the growth *is considerable, three sprays will be necessary—one in the spring, another about January, and the third in the autumn. This method is most efficient and one of the advantages is that the spray is not detrimental to the grass or other plants. "The price of sugar was reduced by 30s per ton about a fortnight ago," remarked a local retailer when approached hy a Wanganui reporter yesterday, "and this drop is equal to Is per bag." Asked for a reason for this reduction the informant stated that it was probably due to the proposal to remove duty from the Java product. If this suggestion was carried into effect tlie Chelsea works at: Auckland would probably be closed down, and, in his opinion, this was not desired by a la*rge section of the community. The quality of Java sugg,r he pointed out in conclusion, was not consistent, and the New Zealandrefined product was generally preferred by customers.

Sure and certain-WADE'S WORM FIGS. Children like them.*

A reduction of £2 per ton in the price of sugar is notified. . • Rainfall measured, in, yards has been j the lot of Innisfaii, between Towns- j ville and Cairns, Queensland, -on the Great Northern Railway,.- now in course of construction. A Brisbane newspaper of July 4th stated that j since the beginning of the year three yards of rain has fallen at Innisfleld j or in other words, 108 inches. ' Do calves eat golf (balls? This qu.es- j tion is answered with an unhesitating i affirmative by . a Napier golfer, who , asserts that while practising -recently , he drove a ball near a healthy looking | heifer, which promptly swallowed it. i The veracity of his statement is cun- • firmed, he alleges, by the fact that ' the animal has since died. A paragraph in the Ta-ranaki Horaitl of August 1, 1874, states that a survey party engaged in' surveying the road to the mountain (the Upper Egmoru Road) had come across a rata tree fully 22 feet in diameter. "When the party, came to it they ran the chain round where the tree was clear of spurs, etc., and the ends karely met. The Bishop of Goulburn, Dr. Radford, referring to bis work as a chap-" lain in the Australian-forces during the war, said he regarded it as a priceJess even though it was not at the front. He had soon got used to the digger, and had realised that it was impossible to alter his habits and speech. After a time he decided on a motto, "Keep the swearing clean, boys,'' and the men loyally helped him to enforce a new standard of cursing." That, the location of "police traps" at Auckland is kept a strict secret was evidenced in the iPolice Court when an inquiry was made by Mr F. K. Hunt.-S.iM., as to the exact position of the measured quarter-mile in Remuera road, by means'-of winch "speeding" motorists aire detected. "Whereabouts is this police trap?" asked Mr Hunt. "The constable has not imparted that information, even to me. Your Worship," replied Senior-Sergeant R-awlc. "It would be interesting to know," was the rejoinder of the magistrate, who is a keen motorist. A correspondent writes.:—"Could you, through, the columns or your paper, please give me a, recipe or pre-sm-intinn formiriher opossum, skins?"

A good recipe is as follows:—Carefully ! scrape all fat off skin. Mix fib alum, Ulb salt, .1 tablespoon of borax. Heat one gallon of Avater to scalding point (not -boiling point). Mix* ingredients with water, then let it cool before immersing the skin. Give skin a good I soaking, <amd repefat process . twice daily for [our days. To finish off the j skin, when, dry, rub inside surface t with' pumice. Another finishing meth-', od Is to-.pu.1l inside of skin to and fro j over a round stick. In the recipe the I borax is for the purpose of making the skin pliable. » At a meeting of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce, the secretary re- I ported that in connection with (lit: proposal to establish a dairy factory at Foxton, a Dominion firm had consented to finance' same. During a discussion on the proposal it was pointed out that another firm had offered to start operations in Foxton and to guarantee suppliers the same price for butter fat as that paid by 1,1 e Shannon Company, provided a guarantee of 1500 cows was forthcoming. It was pointed out that without a proper canvas being made 1200 cows were guaranteed. It was resolved that the firm be written to asking what preliminary steps sftiould be taken to set the matter afoot. An exchange says that a party numbering 14 made their way to. Major Gasgoyne's residence in Hastings recently", the occasion being the major's 86th ' birthday. All the party worn Maori war medals, and other decorations. Mr W. Y. Dennett, chairman of the Hawke's Bay Veterans' Association made a congratulatory speech and'handed the major a birthday present. He also referred to Miss Gasgoyne, the major's sister, who is only two years younger than he is. Three Maori veterans. Wera t Hione, Pur ere and Waho Puhgu (all wearing medals), also spoke. The major replied both in English and Maori. Veteran William Hislop, "who is getting well on in years, recited the poem toy Tom Bracken depicting von Tempsky's death at which one Qf the veterans, Mr Johnston, of Dannevirke, was present. A mutter which was mentioned at a recent meeting of the Horowhenuu County Council forms the subject oi a. question notice of which has been given in the House of Representatives by Mr W H. Field. The member is asking the Minister of Public Works whether he is aware that great unrest and dissatisfaction exist in the Pahautanui, Pori-rua Takapu,, and Johnsonvillc districts among settlers through whose properties the main Mangahao transmission line passes as to the damage—some alleged needless damage—caused to'farms by the construction of this transmission line, and the alleged utterly inadequate compensation offered to settlers in respect ol such damage; and whether the Minister will make inquiries and take steps with the object of removing the unrest and dissatisfaction referred to, and placing the matters complained of on a fair and equitable footing.

An instance of tlie extent to which ignorance of New Zealand affairs exists in London is to be -found in the second "British Empire Supplement" of the London Times, where sandwiched away under "Australian Finance," some statistics are given concerning the public finances of this country. They ar<e for the financial years 1924-26, 1923-24, and 1922-23-rather surprising, in view of the fact that the accounts for 1923-24 were not available till a week before the date of The Times issue, .and that those for 1924-25 will not be published for another year or so. Examination of the figures shows that they mostly have no basis in fact, and certainly no connection with the years under which they appear. The donation of a "New Zealand Year Book" to the library of The Times is a matter that ought to to he attended to toy the High Com- ; missioner's Offlce, remarks tne Lyt- ■ telton Times.

Tile annual' .Miramii Mill Ball is a function, that is looked forward ■to with unusual interest each year. It is to 'be held on Friday, August 15, at the Druids' Hall, Shannon.. Further particulars >are advertised. .\ lonespondeiit prominent in*Wellington Rugby circles, writes as follows to "Ponty":—"The time has come lor consideration of the relative positions of Horowhenua and Manawatu Union*. To my_ way of thinking nothing appears so "ridiculous as the present position. Surely there are sufflci- - ent diplomatic gentlemen in your community to allow of the creation of a scheme for fusion. I watched those forwards'on Saturday, and to-be candid they beat tin opposing forwards—wh:it is there to .prevent the Manawatu —Horowhenua Unions getting the premiership of the Dominion and becoming the second biggest union in the Dominion? Candidly the stuff is here provided it is worked up. Just put your thinking caps on and go for that 'one big union' bald-headed. Talking of fusion I wonder if the rulers of Rugby's destiny in New Zealand ever sit down and think where the ship is "driving." Unless all signs fail New Zealand tobacco is destiny to become famous the world over for its excellent smoking qualities. Like wild fire has the local produce spread over all parts of the Dominion, -capturing the trade wherever it mr.de its appearance. It is thus evident that the New Zealand article must possess, certain virtues which made it superior to the foreign tobacco and not the least is its small contents of nicotine. This fact would particularly recommend it to the smoker who studies, his health, because New Zealand tobacco, even if smoked excessively does not affect the heart or nerves and leaves the moutlh sweet ami clean. But what is equally important the tobacco is now being "subjected to a process and as a result, its aroma has been greatlv improved, no bite, no soppiness often so objectionable in many, of tlie foreign brands. Try Riverhead Gold if you like a very mild and aromatic quality, or Toasted Nnw - Out (Bulldog) of medium strength; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead Label) if you prefer a full body. —ls.* v

I LONDON MARKETS.

+ Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received "the Hollowing cable gram from their London House ..under date of the 31st. ultimo:— FROZEN MEAT.

Lamb.—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury % heavy 10ld, light Hgd, North Island heavy lQd, light 10fd, demand for New Zealand lamb runs principally on light weight —market firm, .

Mutton.—New Zealand prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavy 6Jd, light 7Jd, North Island heavy 6§d, light 3id. Better demand for New Zealand' mutton, any change in price in favour of sellers. DAIRY PRODUCE.

Butter.—Market steady ... at present prices. We quote New Zealand salted :190s (188 s), New Zealand exceptional brands 192 s (190 s), Danish 204 s (2045), Australian finest salted : 184 s (184 s), unsalted 194 s (1945). Cheese.—Market steady. New 'Zealand white 94s (90s), coloured 88s (86s), Canadian C.I-F. quotation 90s (87s). Last week's quotations given in parenthesis.

DETECTIVES AS THEY ARE.

There is a popular impression that a detective is a tall, spare man, with. eyes which, i;' they do not bore into the very soul of a criminal, always have a dreamy far-away loook. It may b e a shame to shatter this illusion, but the fact, is that a detective is the most ordinary looking of mortals, writes P. N": Hill in the paily Mail. He is of no particular type; you meet his counterpart a dozen times in a short walk in any city. Generally the more successful he is the more commonplace he looks—tihat is one of the secrets of his success. No one takes him for what he is. I have known all kinds of detectives, fat and thin, jolly and morose, bearded and clean-shaven, sallow and rubicund, greybeards anct striplings, men of polished education and courtly manner and men with,little or no learning—but very, very wise in knowledge of the ways of men. - That reminds me of another fallacy which has been foisted on tihe public. The detective hero of the story-tellor is always a man with marvellous powers of intuition a'md deduction who, with little or no effort, can point the linger at -the guilty partly. In fiction when the creator of ail puppets of the story,knows who commits the crime and how it is done before even the first word is written, this is qn'.te possible,,,but in fact; it is a very different proposition. When the services of a genuine detective are required it is because things have to be found out. Ask the detective how he does it and he will say: "By sound, eomnionsense, painstaking inquiry, and deductions therefrom based on experience of humanity in general anid criminals in particular, with the aid of the organisation of police forces of the country and a fair share of luck."

It is only solid hard work that will get a prisoner into the dock, and then only incontrovertible facte offered in irrefutable evidence will secure his conviction. The judge and jury do not want to know what the detective thinks but what he can po-ove to the utmost of the rigorous requirement of the law.

That tickling, irritating cough can be promptly relieved by a few drops of "NAZOL" taken on lump sugar. Sixty doses 1/6.* THE "ALL BLACKS." When leaving for Sydney, the New Zealand Team took good supplies of Q-t'ol (for embrocation) and Fluenzol as a means of warding off sore thrQats id influenza.