Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1924.

Shannon News, 12 September 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1924.

liic' annual dinner oi tue Mhauei Football Club will take place at me Aimon Hotel on Baturuuy tuieruuu<.l,l, jL.ao p.m.

xnc result oi the AU Blacks’ lust o- a j.aa n; England, winch lake's place un Saturday, wifi be posted o.utsiue tile Rost Omeq oil Sunday morning. as a mark of respect to. tlio iiiemory -qi tiie late heuuinaster, ivir v uysuy uie Sciiopl Committee meeting m iiav’e been held last evening was postponed until next Thursday evening. The many friends pi Mr T’. Uianes win he pleased tQ learn that he mis recovered sufficiently from nis seriousTliness to leave the hospital and return to his home.

Tiie silver baton presented by the Mayor oi Foxton (Mr Cbrystail) to Miss Healey, oi Wellington, who will conduct the combined Shannon ana r oxt-on Orchestra at' the Mapriiand Theatre on Tuesday evening will be on view at Mrs Aldersey’s .shop. Advice has been received irom the Wellington Education Board that the Shannon School will he closed untu Monday morning, when Mr A.* H. Morgan, tue first assistant master, will take temporally charge. Miss Gibbon-, oi Wellington, has been appointed an assistant teacher in tiie meantime. At tiie Maoriland Theatre on Saturday evening His Worship the Mayor (Mr Murdoch) during the interval oi tiie pictures will, speak on behalf oi the concert to he held by the combined Foxton and Snannon orchestras on- Tuesday evening, during which lie will explain the aim and -object ot the promoters.

In to-day’s paper) Mrs Afdersey draws attention to still further reductions in various lines. There is only one more week before the business is taken over by her'successor, Mr G. B. Drown, of Levin, and she is anxious to reduce stocks as far as possible before taking stock. Toys, fancy goods, and crockery will all be quitted ht grea% reduced prices. On Wednesday morning a special meeting of the Borough Council was held to deal with applications for renting the Borough ■ house in Stout Street. Seven applications were received and the result was decided by ballot, the drawing being carried out by the “News” representative. Mrs S. Hamilton was the successful applicant.

/ At the Maorilaiid Theatre on Tuesday evening a large attendance greeted the appearance of -the Hardeens, who delighted the audience with.stepdancing, musical items and conjuring acts. A feature of their performance wag the open cabinet act hi -which Professor Hardeen made all his 1 movements clear to the audience, yet in spite oi all this lie produced various articles from seemingly nowhere. In a few seconds he changed a watch in a bowl, to water and vice versa, he filled an empty box with a collection oi flags and handkerchiefs, including apples which lie distributed among the boys, and besides these he carried out many other mystifying tricks. Tile whole . performance was clever and smartly executed and drew forth well merited applause. Professor Hardeen announced that he will appear hi Shannon again at an early date when lie will perforin the great illusion, “Stewing Through a Woman.’’ He will also give an exhibition of freeing himself from .handcuffs and chains. Professor Hardeen challenges any resident of Shannon to produce a handcuff or lock that he cannot free hi mself from.

It is estimated that the total population oi 'the Comm on wealth on June 31) was 5,803,590, an increase of 115, 408 since 192.2.

An incident which afforded a little excitement to a lew people while it lasted, and possibly occasioned some apprehensions in the inind of one of the principal figures in the event, took place in the centre of New Plymouth on Tuesday evening when a man, wflio was alleged to have accosted a young lady in 'the vicinity of the post office and some others m Egmont Street, was chased by the irate father and one of the girls. Some other men who were in the street joined in the chase, and file culprit was captured, through the intervention of two other men, close to the cenotaph. Op the arrival ol the aggrieved lather, it was apparent he was in a mind to administer a wholesome thrashing to the offender, but, the counsel ol wiser heads induced him to take Iris quarry to the police station, where it was explained that no charge could be laid against tihe man on the facts as stated, and he wag released—Herald.

Savs the Christchurch Spectator:— “An Ashburton bridegroom tainted while on his way to ins What will happen when he begins getting the. household bills? ’ ,-v xianiui-uu turn W uraptu’S, ivieSSiS iiu.se mm G.aKuig; on opening a lU i 'cm-e oi now. o.miner gvuua, ceiv,d per s.s. iekou, lonuu tmat e mu.w gowns, h mouel jumpers, an. 15 runs oi rimxnh oi the total value* ui aiiUO, iiad been pillaged, ine case was zinc-lined and iron hound, uuiwaidiy, n snowed no signs d interierence.

uue oi the alleged systems ueiieved Hi ny rauegußiS, mat oi naeamg me lav-uume, was un uupront-nui. uustneso last year hi syuney. monstrous individual is sum to nave women out tnat m oM lavournes un courses in Uie metropolitan area nasi year uruy 143 jusUhed their posiUun in the netting.

ouioe wtuuesday many aiuxwnu tlaVcliiiJg L'ne luaioun-iuiuellui IUuU uave been ’ victims ot a uasuuuu

Uc-eU. rin some allies ironi tue te-*-tre-oi Marion (says me Auvecaty t-“ roauway was strewn w.un nroauneaued tin. “clouts,* wan the resun mat garage starts nave iuiu a nus.v lime repairing punctures. nuckui mere nave not been -any casualties u& there might he because oi a puncture.

Local tarmers wnu naye nni-siuc.i anu siopes winch are nut piougnume, siuie mat ragwort is siiuwmg u±j ve.j prominently this seas-uu. me oni> uii-ective means Qi coping wan w. on such country is. lU gt'aze it wmi’sheep, nut uniortunaieiy, in mis district, mis is not always practicable lur nnaiicial reasons, anu its spreau is naturally causing some concern. m auiicipiiuon -oi mt-turning mi. m power U'uiil iViaiiguliaO, tile iiuruwmnua Power Boar u is pusmng .on U“. construction t>i ine lateral s<-rv*co-hues. Gangs are at present wont mg on tue G-laustqne, Buckley, Manguom an. iiautere cross roaus. 'Tue uhtUstone road line is practically completed. The difficulty or obtaining wiremen is holding up the work to a certain extent, however, both in me country districts and in Levm, but n is hoped that (he main • part oi the wiring will be completed by the time the power is available. Wiien Taranaki local ffiody representatives, who met at Eiinam 'on Saturday, were discussing the provisions oi the proposed Motor Yemcles Bill it was mentioned that the BUI provided iOr the registration -oi all garages. Mr Green (Egmont County) enquired what would lie tm position oi a man who kept his cai under a pine. tree. “That win not help matters,” said the Association’s solicitor, “as ‘any structure, building or place’ is- the wording of that particular portion -of the Bill. A pine tree would therefore he considered as a garage.”

A statement which will be oi interest to many was made by the iiev. A. T. Thompson, M.A., New Zealand secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, when speaking at Palmerston North. When ailud-ing to the value oi many aspects of missionary work in tiie islands, he stated that it was a -missionary named Williams who first introduced the banana into the Pacific. That gentleman, had seen the fruit growing in a hothouse at the residence of the Duke of Devonshire, England, and realised its possibilities if establissed in a tropical climate.

The bluegum blight which started at Marton some five or six years ago has gradually worked north and south from there, liras made its appearance in tlie Levin district, trees in Ihakaru and Gladstone Road, showing the distinctive blackened and tearless appearance, as if a fire had passed through them, which is characteristic of' the blight. The trouble is apparently due to a small insect and some (success has been attained in checking its spread, by the introduction by the Governmentof a small gray ladybird. Where this bad been introduced it is stated that the gums are beginning to come into leaf again, but so far the supply of this natural enemy of the wasp is inadequate to cope with the widespread blight area.

Recently a member of the Te Awamutu Borough Council (Cr. Montcfiore) was one of the principal parties interested in a forcible street argument, which resulted in a court case, the Councillor being mulcted in a fine of £5. Enquiry was made by the Mayor from the solicitor'to the Municipal Association as to how this conviction affected the councillor’s position. A reply came hack to the effect that' until the convicted person had paid the penalty'he was not eligible to sit at~the Council table -and take part in the-business of the meeting. When the councillor concerned arrived at the meeting late, he tendered apologies for his indiscretion. The Mayor replied that the councillor could take his seat provided his Court fines had been paid. This resulted in Cr. Montefiore leaving the Council table to return a few minutes later in possession of a receipt for the fine.

At last meeting of the Hiorowheuua Patriotic Association at Levin, Mi Kecdwell mentioned that in the Cemetery there was the grave 01 a returned soldier —a stranger in the district—in rather a neglected conuition It was decided to make enquiries through the Wellington. War Belief Association and a-s a desuit a reply has been received that the War Graves Department undertakes to attend to the graves of all. men who have died as the result of a war disability A concrete wall will he placed around each grave with a headstone showing the name of the soldier and this will be kept in order by the Department. The Department expect to erect 800 gravestones during the next 12 months and a commencement will be made very shortly hetwecn Wellington and New Plymouth. The I V iu cemetery will be attended to m due course.’ The Departmental records showed that foiir returned me had found a last resting place in L vih.

Five new Masonic lodges are shortly 10 be opened in different parts „,o\v Zealand.

Rugby toothull is the best game the heart and mind oi man has eyer mvemeu.—'ihe bishop of Gibraltar. a Palmerston cyclist, whose lamp had been stolen was stopped by a constable as bet was riding Tome at night without a Uglm Wane he was explaining why he wa|s Breaking the by-law, anothei ai.iii came along with a cycle and an unlighted laflip. The constable stopped him also and the first cyclist identified the lamp as his proproperty and the second man was charged with the thelt ol it. He admitted the thelt and w'as subsequently sentenced to 14- days gaol. .1 newspaper coi'i Lapoumm «'u u \Vas uxi lwu file nei/ciigaiui udnug ut-1 lust voyage Hum migiunu to n,u\> [ i.oi-k siateu mat liie iwiuce oi Wai.es> was me busiest man aboard. duiLn>) me- nisi ~4 nours,'’ he vvireiaoaeu, "1° saw um prince dance, pnoi nu uig-ui-wm; team to deie'at, inspect uie snip, engage m tne simest m gymnastics, sWilli, walk lus Uienus uuiu iaey could hot take another step;, be 'pHolographed, lose the potato race, snoot die sun with the sextant, Jose pie pillow swatting contesi, and then dance some' more.”

An old 'Wanganui identity is conuijjuung a senes oi arueies to the wanganai Chronicle giving his recollections oi the men and anairs oi liny years ago. -Mr Justice Johnston was men pie occupant oi the Supreme Court bench, and oi him the chronicler has The ioilowmg memory; There was nothing oi the “freedom and ease” about the conduct oi Ins Court, and the practitioner who would have I sought Iq ignore His Honour’s dignity was not 'then invented, 1 shall never forget how his magnificence directed the Registinr (Mr Allan) to instruct the usher to have tlie Court windows opened. “Mr Registrar, kindly inform the usher that the direction of the wind has changed, and that a corresponmg readjustment of windows is necessary.” His ‘‘thank you,” was an acknowledgment and benediction m one He was a dear old gentleman with a temper of great force and vigour. I often pitied the Registrar. He must have had some hot old times with intervals of cold shakes ' Reserved judgment, was delivered by jVir j. L. cuoui, S.iVi., at Palmerston, ni the eivU action in widen Arthur bmerson Matin, oi Wellington, Hope uionoiis, ol Wanganui, and Arfcuur William Akers, on; Palmerston North, proceeded against C. H: Speirs, fiaxm.illei', of Shannon, claiming £IOB m respect ol a certain, agreement. His Worship said that plaintiffs sued as trustees under an agreement purporting to be made between the ratepayers ol the Makerua band D r rage Board and plaintiffs. The ag.‘ ■ -lent authorised plaintiffs, inter ai t 0 sell and dispose of certain de. res at a discount and the . ratep, '.rs agreed to pay the proportion ol ouch discount. The judgment went on to review the agreement, His Worship pointing out that delendant alleged that he had signed it on the understanding tliat all the ratepayers would do so and refused to pay on this ground. In His Worship’s opinion the agreement wag inoperative till nil signed it and that defendant was justified in believing that H would be signed by all. Further, defendant’s share had not been assessed as provided for in the agreement. The trustees, therefore, would be non-suited with costs to the defendant.