Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1924.

Shannon News, 5 September 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1924.

Owing to. a recurrence oi injuries received while at fh e H'ont, Mr tmrke, •oi Baitance street, has been- oraereu to Hiahmer Sanatorium.

An invitation dance is to 'be bold in tile Druids’ Hail .pin Friday, Sept, liitii by the staff of the Public Works Department, . .... With a view to improving the carrying capacity on the terrace land oi lus larm Mi; Buriing, manager lor Mr Bryant, has had the whole of the terrace land drain-ploughed.

A resident bf Makerua last season put down about an acre oi land in onions and received such a prolific crop that he has decided to put down this season three’ acres.

Mr R. Daw, of is going in extensively lor planting pinus insignis tree§ in the gullies on any waste area oi his larm. Mr Daw is ''convinced that they will become a valuable asset in the. future. Applications are culled in this issue ior renting the Borough cottage in Stout street,- the'terms being £1 per week payable fortnightly, the sum. 01. £lO to be deposited with the Borough Council as a guarantee. Applications ciose .on Tuesday, tire 9th September. A good evening’s enjoyment will be obtained- at the concert in the Parish Hall on Wednesday, 10th September. An excellent programme consisting" of humor bus dialogues, glees, songsrecitations and instrumental items, given by local and outside talent, will be thoroughly enjoyed.' The feature to be screened at the Shannon Theatre on Tuesday fiext, in conjunction with the Hardeen. Wonder Workers, is “Three Jumps Ahead,” featuring Tom Mix- The prices are: Adults 1/6 and 2/-, plus tax; children 9d to all parts. The HUrdeens are really clever and wonderful and this, together with such a splendid picture, should make the entertainment novel and enjoyable.

The Ladies’ Guild of Ven. Bede’s for some time past have been making preparations for holding aj bazaar and arrangements have now been made for the hazaar to open in the'Druids’ Hall on Friday, September 12th at 2.30 p.m. and closing on Saturday night. There will be plain and fancy goods, produce, gollywog, sweets and girls stalls; also side shows and competititions. Among the special attractions will be the baby competition for babies, up to 12 months of age and up to two years, also a Turkish dwarf who will be on exhibition and am Egyptian who will forecast the future. Further .particulars will appear in our next issue. " ,

Whether the present prosperity oi the Dominion is clue to its policy pi wade protection: or whether it would oe beneficial to auopt. ia policy oi iree trade, was the hinge upon which an interesting debate swung, when urged on Wednesday evening' between.- teams representing the. Miranui mill and the Palmerston North Debating Society, the judge’s decision being in favour oi the latter proposal. The wording ot the subject was: “That New Zealand should adopt a policy of freetrade,’’ and lor the (affirmative Messrs V. Christensen, e. A. Wright, and L. Hardy (Palmerston North Club) spoke, while the negative was advanced by Messrs H. A. Seifert, j. Pedder, and J. W, Robson. At the conclusion ol the debate, the judge, Mr j. A. cbiquhoun, awarded the honours to the affirmative, and distributed the marks as under, at the same tame criticising the various speakers o n. several points in their addresses Affirmative: V. Christiansen 80, Wright 65, Hardy 45 reply 45; total 235. Negative: H. Seifert 72, Pedder 50, Hobson 52 reolv 40; total 214. • ■ '

Shop rents in Wellington city just now are being based upon an average of about £1 per foot frontage per vveek, remarked a city property agent to a Times reporter.

Tite Manawatu Gounty Council has resolved not to contribute to the cost of the celebrations pn connection with the turning o.n of power from Mangahao.

Rabbit skins are, not merely a valuable commodity-in Southland; they have become a source ol temptation to burglars. One night recently' a thief entered a depot at Wyndham and carried off between 250 and 300 skins.

“As far as the demand for dairy cattle was concerned July was a shocking month, one of. the worst ever known in Auckland.’' So stated a representative of a large finance business when creditors in a bankrupt estate were discussing the question of disposing oifi the stock, it was added that conditions were improving and that now was a . favourable time tQ; Sell,, . (

Mi; A. Dinfiie, who was cliiei engineer qh the Mangaliao hydro-ohc-trie works lias beentransferred'as district engineer to Arapuni, where he will represent tire Government ih the construction -oi the liydro T electric works by. Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth and Co,,

Referring %o the Main Highways Act a speaker at Inglewood on Monday night sard it was like opening the family Bible; it was full' of legal phrases. Some of the people who drafted 1 bills and got big salaries in Wellington should be sent up to Taranaki to draft cows. “There is a separation order out against you now, and it you go near your- wile you ’are liable jto three months’ imprisonmelnt,” said Mr Hunt, S.M., to a husband in a maintenance case at Auckland. “And 1 promise you the. three months if you do not leave her alone,” “I hope you’ll make it six if I go near her,” replied the defendant. When a population of one and athird millions has oyer £100,0001,000 on deposit "in private accounts, in addition tQ a multitude of savings in offer directions, there is not much encouragement I'Q.r socialist theories. New Zealand has substantial qualification fox the title of “a nation of capitalists.”—Auckland Herald. A little comedy in legal proceedings was enacted at ibe OtQrohanga Ronce Court when two iiuga/its clanned anu counter-claimed lor exactly the same amount. The claim being admitted, and defendant securing judgment on h|i,s •' counter-claim., the account \vas exactly squared, but through a difference of costs plaintiff collected the important suni of 4s from defendant as a result of several hours’ work by the court -and counsel.

At the meeting of tne Manavvatu Drainage. Board, the chairman (Trustee Wood) in reply tQ a qUcstion by Trustee Collis as to the condition ot the .outlet of the Main drain, stated that he was assured that if was in a satisfactory state. “A man told me recently,” said Trustee Wood, “that the drain had never been in such a satisfactory condition for years, but I take no notice of such people now as I find that when anyone starts praising us up he wants something and I get away as soon as possible.” Go-operation is on its test, said Mr W. R. Lowry, at the annual meeting of the Tatua Dairy Company, when urging the shareholders not to- be enticed from their company. There was a movement, throughout the Dominion, he said, to wreck co-operation, and he urged the shareholders t O, be loyal and to keep the factory going at its fullest capacity, thereby obtaining the best payments. Inducements were made tQ suppliers with good payments, and he knew; the reason why, they would be made, but, he -asked, could these concerns pay more than the market value of the . produce? “Stick to your company,” .he added, “and youTl always get the value of your produce.”-

Circumstantial statements are in circulation in Christchurch to the effect that a Dominion Conference of representatives of persons who, if it were not for the law, would be bookmakers, is to be held ip Wellington. It is stated that the conference is the first of its Hind ever held in the Dominion, and that it is being attended by about one hundred would-be layer 0 of odds. One of the objects of the conference, it is stated, is to discuss proposed legislation having for its. object the legalisation of bookmakers. A spirited contest for the position of secretary of the organisation that looks after the interests of those desiring to become legally alive and doing is- reported to be another important event in connection with the conference. An aspirant from Auckland has entered the lists-for the purpose of ousting the present secretary who is mysteriously referred to as an ex-member of parliament. and a man with some influence, presumably with members of Parliament.

Football in the King Country! “A regular Dq-nnybrook” is the description given to the closing scenes oi a football match played "last Saturday at Otewa between the Otewa juniors and the Huia juniors (said the King Country Chronicle): The trouble -is alleged to have had its origin in illfeeling in r.egard to an accident in a previous match in which a hefty Otewaite sustained a broken leg. Shouts of hostility were , among the early indications Of trouble, and when at the end Of the match -two players set. out to settle a argument between' themselves things' became really lively. Some of Ofewa’s fair supporters did a haka to encourage their men folk, palings were torn from the fence and converted into ready-to-wear shillelaghs, the Huia supporters went to the rescue of theiy fifteen, and the “foight” was on in‘earnest. Just how it all .ended Is not clear, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt. Spec ulation is rife in Otorohanga as to What whl happen when Otewa visits that town for a return match.

Within the past few months three disastrous fires have occurred in u.e Woolston Tanneries, all involving damage to the extent of thousands of pounds. * The directors have offered a reward of £IOOO for information leading to the detection of those responsible for causing the fires. Spurred to action no doubt by this handsome reward sevejrai persons liave communicated with the Christchurch police on the matter. As yet the theories produced, however, have proved entirely, without foundation ahd, in some case& not a little ridiculous. A police official staged that' there :had been several inquiries from people who were evidently suffering from some illusions and in their hallucinations had imagined all sort of-foolish theories. Mr C. M. Ollivier, managing director of the Woolston Tannery ies, agreed that there has been no evidence gained that might lead to the a-pprehension of th who are blamed for the periodical out-, breaks, “I still have hope s that the person responsible will be caught,” said Mr Ollivier, “although, as yet, we haye no clue

Tlie tia with the message allegedly i uia ihe Ripple, which was picked up ou the Wairoa beaoh, has reached ivipicr, and is considered to be undoubtedly a hoax. “How. long does it take a motor, ear 10 go ,i 5 yards at full speed'/” asked counsel of a witness ah the i Magistrate’s Court at Baiclutha. “ulu, I don’t know ; what do you think ! about it?” was the nonchalant reply. 1 Within the past week a sharp rise

amounting to several shillings per 1 cwt. has taken place in the beet marIket, and prospects are for a still further rise in the near future. Ths beei which being practically ready in the 1 winter is, now getting, short, a n d \ there are indications Qf a consignment gardening pi prices for tne next couple of months, or until the spring feed (begins to come away well.

Ihe fact that the captain of the Poverty Bay Soccer team, E. Woodrow, is minus an arm was not lost upqn the Governor-Genera!, when he was introduced prior to the match on the Gisborne reserve on Saturday afternoon. “You’re pretty game to play with a handicap like that,” said His Excellency. “May 1 ask how you lost your arm?” When informed that the missing limb had been left at Messines, his' Excellency remarked: “Well, all i can say is that you are very game, and a Very fine sport.” The Secondary Department of the Levin District High School has another to add to its list of examination successes. The trustees of the Wanganui Boys’ College annually offer five scholarships of £SO per .annum, tenable in the first place for one year but renewable for the remainder ol a boy’s school life, subject to satisfactory conduct and progress. Word has now been received that Harry Arcus, a pupil of the local school, has after examination, been awarded one ol these. The win.ner, who is not yet fourteen years of age, received his primary school education at the Lyall Bay and Ohau Schools. At yesterday’s meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, the president explained that it had been intended that a party representing local bodies of the district should pay a visit Qi inspection to Mangahao before the water was turned on. It had, however, been announced in-' the Press that the water had already been turned on. Under the circumstances, he did not consider that, there would be any use visiting the works until the official opening ceremony. Neither the Government nor the Public Works Department, he said, had offered members of local bodies the slightest inducement to visit Mangahao, either in the. way, of advising them as to the .date or providing conveyance at the other efid. It was agreed, qn the chairman’s motion, to abandon the proposed trip.

The story of a bull in a china shop is time-honoured, hut it is not often that such incidents occur in. real life. On Tuesday aftejrooon, however, a resident of Golumba road,. Masterton, had a rather exciting experience with one of the hovihe family. A drover was faking some cattle along the road when a Hereford bullock became excited, rushed through a vacant section, and jumped a fence.' The animal made straight for the residence, and entered the back door. The surprise of the lady of the house can he easily imagined when she went to the kitchen to prepare a cup of tea, and found the room occupied by a longhorned bullock, frothing at the mouth with excitement. The lady immediately summoned her husband, who handled the bußiock carefully a]pd got it to leave quietly. The drover and the occupants of the house consider themselves lucky that no damage was done—Wairarapa Times.

At last week's meeting of the Horowhenua Rugby Union Management Committee, opportunity .was taken on the 'occasion of Mr E. Nash’s resigning tlhe chair owing to. having disposed ol; his business, qf passing a motion of appreciation of the work done by him, as president - o£ the Union and chairman of the Management Committee. Mr T. O’Rourke (Otaki) in proposing the motion, §poke highly oi the excellent work done .for Rugby by the retiring chairman, during his tenure of th® position and also of his long connection with football in this and the. Manawatu district, which .he had represented on occasion. He expressed the hope that Mr Nash’s services would not be lost to the district, and wished him every success in whatever sphere of activity he might engage in. The motion was, seconded by Mr Robinson (Foxtan)," he and other members speaking highly of Mr Nash’s services. The motion thanking M.r Nash for his excellent services to the Union and for the use of his rooms for the purpose of holding committee meetings, was carried by acclamation.

Here is a striking record of bow a soldier settler Is making good down in Canterbury. Four years ago a returned soldier, Les. Hodgins, bought 50 acres of land at Horsham Downs that would carry 15 cows. To-day it is carrying 57 head" of stock, including only two calves. The season before last this returned man took 9;-’OO lb of butterfat from 36 /.cows. This season he took over 10.5001 b from 40 cows, whilst in iMarch of this year he took 10481 bof butterfat. Next season he will milk 50 cows, and all this without ploughing or raising root crops. The secret of this new method of farming is in systematic top-dressing, chainJiarrowing, and so forth, on an altogether new scale. The total quantities of manures used by this farmer annually qn the 50 acres is as follows: Eight tons, guano, 8 tons super (44-46), 8 tons slag (best), 24 tons lime; with 56 tons lime this year toi counter any possible bad effect from such topdressing. After paying for the extra top-dressing, Mr Hodgins took £250 more than an old farmer neighbour had done, whilst another farmer said; i “I positively believe that Les. Hod-1 gins will* yet milk 100 cows on that 50 acres.”