Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1924.

Shannon News, 12 August 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1924.

At / both the. morning and evening thanksgiving "services at me Presoy-', terlan Church on Sunday meco was a good attendance, the collections ex- ' deeding -last year’s. The soloist- 'at the morning service was Miss Aim and at the evening service Mr Bisnop rcnuered two solos. As advertised, the Von. ii tide's iortmiginly eucnre and. dance- win he held ’to-nignt in the palish Huh, when lovers ol the popular earn game and oi dancing may expect a very enjoyable evening’s amusement. eucnre begins at 7.30 p.m., and dancing from 10 p.m. to. 1 a..m. The total niaiivs won be exhibited..

The question was asked at, Friday night’s Council meeting, -when the water scheme was being, uisousseu, “Whether'any charge would be made to property owners for me conveying of the water pipes from the main to the boundary of a propgi'iy.” ihe Engineer replied that this would lu charged for. The cost will be about £0 10s, which goes towards the cost, of maintenance.

'me Mayor suggested at last Council meeting that the two iXHuugn cmpioyees he put on the waterworks staff during the laying oi the pipes to enable them tu gain some Knowledge winch would he useful in attending to repairing when such occasions uuse. The Council would then have someone Who could do the work. The suggestion was adopted. ' At Friday night’s meeting of the Borough Council, Cr. Carter informed the meeting that he had been in conversation with the chairman of the Horowlienua County Council in reference to tiie shannoii—Foxton road and tiie lattpr had informed him that the grader 'was now in the Shannon district and that this road would hp attended to.

An enjoyable afternoon was spent at Mrs Picard’s residence on Jsuiurday last by the members of the Shannon cnis’ Clan. Musical items y were contributed by the girls, and , wnieh altei noun tea was UisponseU. Those who contributed items were Songs : Misses F. Quarrie, M. lngley and £■ Fitzgerald; musical items: ivlissas 1).; Pickard, M. lngley, 11. Cinistophersou, and N. Bulford; recitations, Mtss V. Quarrie, M. Small, U. Moore and 1. Lee.

The Mayor stated at last Council meeting that it would not be long now before die Mangaliao power would he turned on and tlpit it would be only lifting to have some form of celebiation on the occasion. He suggested that taie Power Board and other local bodies be written to asking them to co-operate with Shannon and that' a meetings of these representatives be called. It was decided that the Mayor call a meeting as suggested. For the purpose of safetyumd giving relief to the existing conditions, and also to work in with the Power Board, a number of telephone wires in Shannon are .< to be carried by an underground Cfble. The portions to be done are from primmer Terrace to' Mr McPherson’s in Stout Street, where a 52pair underground telephone cable is to be installed, abduit 140 yards In 4 length from the Albion Hotel under the railway lino to Nathan Terrace, a 52-pair Cable, iand" from the Club Hotel under the railway line to Foxton road. This wjjl also be a 52-pair cable. A 26 pair aerial telephone and telegraph line will also be made on the left side of the road from the Albion Hotel to about a mile along the toad to Makerua. At present, this line is on the right hand side of the road. The line from the Club Hotel to the Main North road is to be rebuilt with 30ft poles. The linemen have made a start with the work and are now busy putting in tho underground telephone cable at the foot of Stout Street,

At last Shannon Borough Council meeting several matters oi importance were ueu.il with, some being in comini lice and oi course confidential. To give some idea of how much "in committee’’ they were, it may be mentioned that a gentleman called at the council oiiice on Saturday morning j and stated lie had been in the reading room—which adjoins the Council j Chamber—during the meeting and had ' overheard the Council discussing the ( desirability of renting a slicd. He liad ; called to state he had a suitable, shed ( which he could let to theml Surely • there is an argument here for the j erection of suitable Borough Cham- j bers. , > xjiie accounis passea mr at ' ■saiimlay s meeting or inorownenua c.<j>..tiy uounen tuidlifcu 3i*bob ns lu, mciutuiig 13s vu, uiicrcst anu suiKing lunu, £466 .fifes for oriuge mn-, ocx and £2io rox a ioxxy, fins oemg me largest mommy payment sniuk me inception oi the Couaiy. .. . ’ At;'the Hoxownenua county Council iheemig on *attn.tiuy it wu* aimounceU jjy me County uiei'K ifim me sum Jx 13s 5d had been received ixum ine Commissioner of Crown Lands in xcspect of the special rates on uie ire ignis Setuemems which has been abandoned by the soluier settlers.

At Saturday’s meeting of Horowhenua County Council, Cr. Darkness protested against a; settler having removed soil irom the hank on Bruce road, thereby making an unsightly nole and one dangerous to traffic or stock, on tfie side of tfie road. It was agreed mat notice be given that indiscriminate removal of soil must be stopped.

When a letter came - before the Wanganui County Council urging support of the Daylight Saving Bill, one,of the Councillors remarked: “It is about ah, you can save these days.’’

"You might judge what a proposition tiie heel grower is up against when I tell you that a buyer luted a line of young fat cows,' which , will kill out at 240 to 2501 b for wnich 1 received 35s per head,” remarked a well-known, fanner' to a Masbenon Age representative. “Yet you cannot buy v-eal under 9d or led. per. lb over the counter:,” he added.

A cheap, way of getting into , touch with members of the All Blacks while they are in England was mentioned by Mr A. M'Kenzie at the meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commer.ee. He stated that the word "Rugdeah” /had been- registered at Home as" the. telegraphic address of hie All Blacks, and any message sent care of that word would be delivered to a player wherever the team nappened to be at the time.

The secretary of the Lancaster Park Board of Control ihas been very busy of laic opening the letters of 196 applicants lor the position of assistant groundsman, at the park. A number of thp application made humorous reading and one of them, whose only qualification was that lie had made a failure Of poultry farming, said he -would willingly give the secretary 5s a week out of the salary all the time he kept the job. -

Soirie singular cased come before the Magistrate’s Court for settlement, and one was heard at Auckland when Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., gave judgment for file plaintiff for haff-a-crown. The claim 'was for the return of six pieces of music lent by plaintiff.' The defendant, who did not appeal 4 , had left six pieces Qf music with the clerk of the Court, and paid costs. Plaintiff stated that one piece was not his and he wanted his own back. .Mr Cutten, said half-a-crown would cover the cost, 1 and gave judgment accordingly.