Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924.

Shannon News, 30 September 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924.

Mr W. Mclntosh, of, the local railway sta,ff, at present -on'annual leave is being relieved by Mr H. W. D. Green;

Tlije local picture proprietors received advice yesterday that the amusement tax is now. only payable on amounts exceeding 2s. A football match under League rule., was played qn the Recreation Grounds on Saturday between a Foxtqn team and Shannon players, resulting in a win for the visitors by 11 to 5. Tile children oi the Anglican Sunday under the lead •oi Mrs Farnell, have been practising for some time a musical cantata, which is to iorm part of an entertainment to be given by the children early next month in aid of the school fund.

In regard to the two petitions m circulation in Shannon—one for an extension o.f telephone hours and Hit; other for improvements to he carried out at the parcels office at the railway station—signatures! are being readily attached, the required number having been practically secured. . ■ ■ .' ; A most enjoyable dance was held by the Druids of Shannon in the Druids Hall on Friday evening. Mr J. Crowther officiated as M.C, while' title music was supplied by an orchestra consisting qf Messrs Mason, Freeman, Merwood-. Hook and Quarrie. v .

The borough workmen have completed the formation of a. footpath m riallance street front Venn street to. Vogel street and are now engaged in forming a footpath in Vance street, after the completion of which Stout street will be attended to and the rest or the town will, receive attention as the Council has the money available. This work wi.il be a decided improvement to the town, and will, be much appreciated by those residents who in the past in wet weather could . not leave their homes' without getting over their hoof tops in mud. Residents are anxious to learn whether -the water scheme fob Shannon now being carried out will be completed when summer arrives. due work is now. moving along more rapmly and the mai.n pipe lias been laid from the reservoir to the intersection oi Stafford, and Grand Streets, a distance of two. Ml.es five chains. . On Thursday last preparations were made to put the pressure on the. first section extending from the Reservoir to the junction of the pipe track with East Road and during the afternoon the water was slowly turned into tire pipes and the maximum pressure from the reservoir o.f 431bs to the square inch resulted in a perfectly ■satisfactory test. No leaks at any of the joints or fittings, could be foundThe next day similar precautionary measures. were taken to provide against dangerous air pressure and the water was slowly turned on to the whole length of pipe to Grand street and proved quite satisfactory, l.lie maximum pressure in the pipes was 661bs to the square inch.

The Mayor of Wellington iMr Wright) according to a paragraph that has been. published, is reported to have stated when the request from the Shannon Borough Council came before the Wellington City Council lor a contribution of £ls 15s towards the celebrations in connection with the turning on of the power at Mangahao that “It’s, simply a try-on.” if such a statement was. made by him it is difficult to understand. The Mayor of Wellington was invited to attend the meeting called to make arrangements and he replied acknowledging the invitation hut stated he was unable to attend owing to many other engagements. At that meeting, which was attended by a large number ol representatives of iocal bodies, it was decided to l.eave the apportioning of contributions to the Shannon Borough Council and Chamber -of Commerce as it would be more convenient for them to deal with the matter than the other representatives present, some ol' whom had travelled a long distance. The apportionment was done and the local bodies were notified accordingly. The amount asked for was only a suggestion and if any local body concerned could not see its way clear' to accede'to the suggestion the matter ended so far as the Shannon Borough Council and Chamber of Commerce were concerned. . The Mayor of Wellington’s remark was therefor totally uncalled for. The great majority of the other local bodies communicated with have willingly made a contribution towards a celebration that is of national importance and it seems, a pity that, the capital city should hold aloof tp the accompaniment of ungenerous and undignified comment by its Qhief citizen.

The annual meeting of the Club will be held in the Counul Chambers on Wednesday evening

8 p.m. i on . Friday afternoon as the New Plymouth express was from the station a passenger who ha buuKcd to shannon i.i'om Ij 1 ™ bcNcrtti suddenly discovered he was Jx ing overcarried. Ih endeavou ing ” leave the train, while it was m motion 1). fell, just-missing going undei tin wheel by inches. The tram was mimcdiatelv.pulled up, hut it was mu.. the man had suffered no injury. ' The usual fortnightly euchre party and dance, organised J>y iie 2; Bede’s ladies will be held this e\enin D in the Parish Hall, As the season n> a, awing to a close those high up on the list of euchre players grow keener To-night there will be a special fraction for dancer? m theJorm oi competition, novelty dances. The usm good things lor supper-will again be m evidence. *

Since the opening oi the All Black tour in England, the local post ome staff, have, although not compelled to do scm come hack to the office on Sunday mornings in order to receive the football results - wjhich were then uisplayed outside the office for the convenience, pi’ local sports. .This was done as usual last Sunday and shortly alter it'appeared the scores weie defaced .by some misguided person or persons,, so : that although the teams remained, no. idea qf the result could be obtained. Such actions are to be deeply regretted, and if the perpetiators will only remember that the post •office officers are putting themselves to a lot. of trouble in order to* supply this- information to them, as well as to others who ate equally keen on the game further incentive will hardly be* necessary to' abstain from such ill-considered actions in the future.

a” lady just arrived at Hastings, from England, was amazed when she purchased a roast of heel' and was asked to pay only 2s 9d. “Why ” sbe said, “if I bought that in England 1 would have to pay 7s 6d for ft ai least.”

“It’s simply a try-on,” said ihe Mayor when the , Wellington , City Council determined that a request from the Shannon Borough Council- for a contribution of £ls 15s towards the celebrations in connection with the tummg on of the power at Manga-iao could not be approved. Acting under instructions contained in a.’, union manifesto, shearers have indicated they do not intend to proceed with the shearing, which commences next week. The manifesto has been issued by the New Zealand Workers’ Union and advises shearers not to accept any engagements under the existing awardhute 1 of* 25s per 100. “New. laid eggs. Is 4d, lard in oulk hid per .lb, fat awes lbs *>d,” said the j announcer at a Sydney broadcasting station on Friday night. Bedtime stories lor children, were next jieaul in Palmerston by an amateur and later the programme of the competitions being hefd'in the Sydney Town Hall was received. In addition to.the instrumental numbers, solos aiud children’s choruses, the applause endvoices oi the audience were distinctly audible.—Standard. On various occasions prediction has been made that there will be serious snortage of stock in New Zealand, and we recently published a paragraph. staging that a buyer had purchased 500 calfskins in three Jays. •We have just been shown figures by a, Haw-era district buyer which reveal the fact fhat recently in.five days lie, on behalf of his principals, purchased no less ffian 1050’ calfskins.—Hawera Star.

A striking instance of the saving to be effected by tide installation oelectric power was narrated to a “Standard” reporter by Mr W. A. Waters, chief engineer of tiie Man-awatu-Oroua Power Board.. He stated that an industry at Longburn which recently installed electric motors of a total of .17 horse power, had, in three months, saved the cost of installation and new plant, while the electric drive would result ih a minimum annual saving of £7OO. This was in- spite’ o: the fact that a steam boiler had had to be retained for heating purposes. Further, the concern could put through in six hews what formerly''took nine hours by steam power. The blowing-up of the Avondale jockey Club’s “tote” is the culmination of a long series of unlucky luippenings. Season after season their meeting" has been marred by oad weather, a strike *Qf jockeys, train troubles, apd so on, and now a bomb. It is to be noted that the horseshoe which decorated the cover, of the club’s book is-—as a symbol of luck —inverted. This method of usTrig the shoe is said to permit “all 1 luck to drop out. In future the shoe should be printed with tttie'. extremities turned upwards, and if there is anything of value in the use of the symbol, the luck win thereafter change (says the Auckland Star- - -