Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924.

Shannon News, 17 October 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924.

Hie pay-out of tiie Shannon Dairy Co. lor Dujtter-iiat suppiieu awing uie month .of September will be is 7* a per lb, '

We understand *iie local" Cricket Club haye been succes.ful in securing a cricket grounu on Air liook's ±iuperty at m e top 04 Stout' Street. Arrangements have been made toi toe aulas Tennis. ciut> to visit Shannon on Labour Day, and being the iNewman Cup, qf w.hich it is the Holder, tor play.

Yesterday afternoon 7500 trout iry yvjpre liberated in the '' Mangaore stream at Shannon by Messrs Jbraun, H. Hook and J. Crowther on behuij oi un e Wellington A-ccinnatisaition Society.' '

At the. Farmers' Union meeting on Weunesday evening, when reference Was made to the proposal to license cream lorries, one member stated the farmer made the roads, paid nates for their up-keep and it is now proposed to. ask him tQ pay again for using them.

The fortnightly euchre and danc e conducted by Ladies' Guild' of Vea. Bede's, held in the Parish Hah on (Tuesday levelling, -was well attended and a good time was spent by present.. The winners of the card tourney were: Ladies, Mrs Davis 1, Miss mvis 2; men, Mr Harding 1.

A dance will be held in the Druids' Hall on the evening of Labour Day, Monday, October 27th, by the Tennis Club, at which the members of T>ne Bulls Club who are taking part in -the Newman Gup Competition on ttiat date will toe the. local Club's guests. Mr Jones, the postmaster, who is suffering from an injury to liis leg, has been ordered by his medical adviser to lay up foi- a, few days. During his indisposition Mr Cairns, the chief clerk, will be acting postmaster, while Mr of the Levin oftice, will take up duty in the local office.

At a meeting of the Mangahao GeUebraU'on' Committee last evening, it was decided to accept the. tender of tne JLevm Band to supply music on tne opening day. It was also, decided that the only compiimentairy tickets, to be issued lor the banquet will he tliQse to the Ministers ©and members 01 Parliament, engineers oi the Public Works. Department,' the Press, and the executive and to the subscribing local bodies to the extent 01 one ticket for every £1 contributed. A number of tickets .will be available* for admission at 10/6 per ticket.

At the Borough. Council meeting on Tuesday .evening, the Mayor-,- in referring to ,yne wandering stock nuisance, di'ew attention tQ tne la _ cl at iii respect to tne cases against Qffenuers. recently heard at tne Court in Levin, tno had only struck out due. case and toe remainder had been adjourned. lie asked whether the Council intended going on with them. Alter a short discussion it was .decided that they all be struck out. and that a sealed copy <oi the by-laws he properly executed and forwarded to tne Levin Courthouse as. required.

On Wednesday evening the Mangaoi'e ping-pongites. paid a return visit to tiie Shannon players who had visited them the previous week,' and alter several splendid .and close games the visitors onoe again proved victors by 9 games to 8. At the conclusion of m e games Mr H. Hook thanked the. visitors lor the sporty manner in .which they had played the game that evening; stating that alter such a close finish, he thought, should the Shannon Club ha,ye the opportunity of again meeting the Mangaore Club they would have no difficulty in putting it over them. He presented the ourp. to Mr Blackwood as captam of the Mangaore Glub, who in a jQvial manner suitably responded. Supper wag - then provided. The remainder of the evening was spent in song and music, items contributed by the following being highly appreciated: Messrs S. Henry, Owen, G. P. Anderson, Broad, Blackwood, W, Quarrie, K. S. Henry, R. Moynihan and. H. Hoo.k,

I The Malngahao Celebration Committee last evening received a dona- I ti'on of £2 2s from the Shannon Good Dairy Co. It Was also reported mat (although tihe Foxton Borough Council had refused to contribute, » number of citizens of Foxton intended subscribing the suih of £5 towards tllie celebration^. There is a well-known Dunediii citizen wmo, recently, Mad *; words with his Office, boy. The othce boy completed the argument by seizing a chair and striking his Qinpioy&r upon the head- A stay ifi- hospital was necessary for the letter. Only six Germans, of whom live were females, in N.ew Zealand during the first eight mouths of this year'- The principal foreigners who entered the Dominion during the period named were irom Jugoslavia. These comprised .176 males and 41 females. With the twofold object of killing gorse and providing a supply of marKetable timber theWaitotoia County council have planted 2000 macrocarpa trees on the Waiwhatu reserve m tihe Brunswick district. Firstly the gorse was cut and the trees were then planted nine feet apart, the rows also being a similar distance apart. London papers, have announced the engagement, of Mr Oliver Baldwin, son of England's.previous. Prime Minister "to Miss. MacDonaid, daughter of the" .present Prime Minister. Mr 6. Baldwin is a very aggressive Socialist, andV took the platform for the Labour Party against Ins father's policy at the last general elections. A record as a church lay reader is possessed' by Mr W. H. Sandle. oi Stafford, Westiand. It is estimated that he has conducted over 400. services, at Kumara, and though beyond four-score years, he still journeys out iii his capacity of lay-reader. Recently he was honoured at a civic, reception. Quite a number of land owners have just received the following memorandum from the Commissioner of Taafles: "Your land" tax; assessment and the claim for land tax as at March 31, 1924, have been withdrawn as the result o.f amended legislation." This refers to the increased exemption for mortgages which will afford relief to many hard-pressed men. The Mayor of Shannon, Mr W. Murdoch, in conversation witfo. our representative, expressed disappointment that the Foxton Borough Council should refuse to -contribute towards the function at Shannon to celebrate the opening ceremony of the hydro-electric scheme. He concluded by etating that no invitation would' be extended to Foxton Mayor and- Councillors to attend the function!—Foxton Herald.

A Napier former who received a yam seed from Jamaica last year was successful in growing over 4cwt. of the vegetable from one seed {says an exchange). The successful grower, Mr M. McMahon, of Buha, said that the yam, which is a. variety of pumpkin can toe used equally well as a vegetable or for making jam. The pumpkins had kept well throughout the winter. . Owing to their extremely rapid growth they have to be planted 30 feet apart.

Speaking to a Wanganui Chronicle reported recently a farmer said that the damage done by wild pigs in the country at the back of Wanganui wag a very serious matter. The position was intensified by the fact that ,a lot of the country had gone back into second growth, and as so much cover was provided the animals were difficult to •exterminate. In one instance 90 breeding ewe s were put out in a Pjacloek. The percentage of lambs is not known, as the pigs got the lot.

The Foxton Herald says:—At last night's meeting one of the deputation that waited, on the Council from the Chamber of Commerce, used as one of his arguments for the asphalting of portion of the approaches to the town the fact that the roads were so bad that people went to Levin to shop. He said he could name four or five local residents who caught the mail car and went to shop in Levin rather than come over the bad roads into town. A councillor: .Perhaps .they would still go if the road were asphalted!

A real instance of a bull in a, china shop was. provided in Broadway, Stria/Word,' on Saturday afternoon, when" two Jersey bulls calmly #andered in tine hardware shop of Mr H. T. Cooper. _Despite the fact that immediately before the entrance a nigh glass case obstructed progress in a direct line, the bulls took the right turning and continued their investigations into the crockery department, where choice glass and china were exhibited. One bull ma.de the round trip and departed via the front door, while the otjher proceeded by way of the store room to the back door and thence Jo the street,- When tne visitors had departed it was found that nothing on the shelves had bean touched.

Everybody knows how insistent I starlings fere, wiheA bfuilding their I nests, on forcing their way into unlined houses and whares. Lately in the country it has been discovered that these birds have been the cause I of spreading a most irritating skin disease, and several people who live in whares in the country have suffered most laQute discomfort through a parasite iJ&yadtag the walls and sleeping quarters of. /their homes ; (states the Auckland Star). A painiul rash soon develops and spreads all over the skin. The pests are too small to be seen by the. naked eye, and need to be put under the microscope to find out their true nature and the source from which they come. ••The strongest lime whitewash has been tried, but in many cases has not freed the walls from the pest. Many patients suffering from ttoe irritation have come to the city for treatment, aM confess that they can get rest neither day nor night, and feel a. weakening of the system which is most depressing. TQ burn the bed-1 ding and the. w'nare itself is often the only cuie.

It is understood a syndicate will ,be fqrmed to can enormous quantities o'i mussels, pipis and cockles in Ohiwa Harbour and other parts of i the Qpotild coasts, says, a Press Association telegram frorn Opotiki.

The shareholders of the Opotiki Dairy Association conhrmed a resolution increasing" the company's capital to £515,000 by the creation of £15,uuo additional shares. The increase is rendered necessary owing to tne steady expansion in the supply of. cream..

Radio broadcasting, throughout New Zealand is now, at a standstill, apparently lor an indefinite period, owing to the ultimatum by Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Ltd., in respect ol its claim to. patent rights of certain apparatus. ,

A story of expert, criminals he had deiended, and who were artists in their particular fine, wa s told by Mr 6. T J. Alpers in the course of a lecture at Christchurch. Two Australian pick-pockets, said Mr Alpers, came within this category. The leafier of the pair was a gentleman in manner, a client who paid his bill and expressed surprise that tne charge w 9-s not much more—a rare tvp'e pleasant gentleman and his associate landed in the Dominion just prior to the Grand National meeting in August- They w.ere arrested at Riccarton by Chief-Detec-tive Gibson on 11th November, and by that time they had banked tp their joint credit £2500, all removed irom the hip pockets of patrons of the sport of kings. The method w.as simple. By jostling, one man. placed pressure on various part of the victim' generally in a queue or a tight-ly-packed tram, while the other deftly lilted the contents of the hip pocket, AH the money remained unidentifiable except the numbers ol Which a farmer was able to quote of the notes stolen from him. An order was made for restitution oi this amount. The qther £24.50 will go to Australia—less a small consideration for being unsuccessfully deiended.