Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1924.

Shannon News, 4 November 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1924.

Owing to the heavy rain on Friday night no cricket' was held in Shannon on Saturday, The half yearly meeting of the Fiaxworkers’ Union was held in Shannon on Saturday, when there was a large attendance *of members. A lady on the East road oounted 130 motor cars in the procession which left the school for Mangaore yesterday morning. These were followed at, intervals by a large' number of Other cars and vehicles. Telephone communication with Moutoa was. cut off yesterday owing to a couple of poles being, carried away near the bridge. Repairs l cannot be effected until the water goes down.

The children of Shannon and district after being treated to lunch at the school yesterday, were entertained at the picture theatre in the afternoon, when the BaU was packed to Overflowing, the youngsters thoroughly enjoying themselves. While cycling from Mangaore vesterday after the ceremony,/ Mr ” F. WhiWey, of Vogel Street, liad the misfortune to be struck by a passing motor car and in falling received an injury to his knee. He was conveyed to his home by a passing car. At the children’s fancy dress ball on Friday evening, the stage, which was arranged as a drawing room, was beautifully furnished with carpets, etc., kindly lent for the occasion by Mrs Hutchison. A full account of the ball is crowded out of this issue by the Mangahao report, and will appear on Friday. Owing to the floods at Moutoa. and the bridge being washed away the Shanon Co-op. Daily Go. were - compelled yesterday to bring thqjr cream from Moutoa via Palmerston North. On Sunday it came via. Levin, hut owing to the Whirokino road being flooded it will have to coane through Palmerston North for a day or two. The following is the report of the rainfall in Shannon for the mqnth efnding October 31s.t, per favour pi Mr Sinclair, of Vance Street; Rain fell on 11 days for a total of 3.79 inches, the heaviest fall being on the 19th, when 1.01 inches Of rain fell. For the corresponding period last year 3.81 inches fell on 17 day®.

The following telegram was received yesterday by the Mayor from Mr Furaert, jGovernment Engineer-in-Chief;—“Greatly regret impossible attend opening at Mangahao to-day. Hope your gathering is happy and successful and that the good relations hitherto existing between the Public Works Department and local authorities. in your district may long continue. Co-operation between officers of local government and general government is the key to. progress everywhere.”

Prior to the departure firom, Shannon yesterday afternoon of the Ministerial Party, a deputation consisting of Messrs ThWaites, Gunning, Beard and Hyde presented a petition signed by the business people of Shannon to the Minister of Public Works (Mir Coates) asking that the luggage room at the local railway station bo enlarged, Mr Thwaites, who acted as spokesman, drew attention to the present cramped condition that existed and in reply to a question from the Minister as . to whether the completion of the Mangahad works would relive the position, he stated that the Public Works had had their own' shed through Which aU their goods had passed and this would not give relief. The Minister in reply informed the deputation that the matter would receive further consideration, Mr Linklater, M,p., introduced the deputation.

On Friday night a fierce storm raged in (Shannon accompanied by Wind and rain, wMQ in Levin, we learn* the weather conditions were calm.

Dairy farmers in noUich VV.airarapu are u.eiiguueu at uie seiiouiis ■t ,lUo " pect«s. uiass vvas never inure pi.UA.u----404 anil cows never nurnea neii/uj..

"lr uie piiUcs u>ny neep right,” •'emai;i4eu ene uau-yuntn, "'many oi uo wi ii see tire rung-ro.uaeU-rOl‘, ournnig in our anaus.”

BiaeKieg on oatete has made its appearance aurrug irrc Uiol rur uiigUl ru Uie Caninriuge uisuict. mere nave heen swo cases at rencouri anti iwu a.t ivionavaie, ail proving lafcai. n appeals, inai these were isolated ana proved to. he the only cases known. Ihe inspector visited the larnis, and ait precautions have been taken.

A r\ap.er nsncrnian. caugnt hrOK4 wane ir&inng noin vne nrcanwywer receniay. ta-uuu, n«vvs ir:avcrt> last, and as. a result; a, uozen or more enenusrasis w.ere cohgregaveu rounu the favoured spot When lie went ijuere next uay. bone snuted quaxters, and went to the ouior side o. tire p;er. 'mere he, caugnt; two kaiiawai, and hy lire time an hour hau passen ne was joined ny an.ot.ner: nar. uozeii 'or so oi the hoKie crowd.

A licdiourute t 40 nurn u.u new Angncarr cmnuoy ouxiuoi nig' at rve.w. rryinoum was irusi/roreu mot mgnt anon seven o’clock, &ays a telegram, a girl living iiearnv saw a maze ana round a suck Ua sna.vmgs burning against tne back door oi the ■ behoof. *ne extinguisi.ea the nre and gay© lnionnauoin bui no ciue has yet heen discover eu. mnuUdriig was only just oompieieu and was to. be opened this week. 'me great danger attenuont upon

cuts Qh trie leet and hanus is once more evidenced by tne death at the Waikato Hospital Oh .Tuesuay. evening of Mr Charles tiioson, ageu SS„ proprietor o.i the Yvainou Hotel. A lew uays ago Mi- Gibson stepped on a rus.ty hah, which pierced his loot. Re paid little heed to me puncture, With the result that some hours later lockjaw set in, and he was promptly removed to the Waikato Hospital, where he died, hs stated, on i'ues.day evening. Ah Invercargill telegram says the oodies oi tvv.o hewiy-norn miants were l.Qund hurled in the sand on shore 0.1 the estuary hy 'two young men whose attention was attracteu oy the vigorous pawing of a retriever dog. Medical opinion is that one was stud-born and the jother may nave breathed. A woman and giri witn empty perambulators were seen • at the locality oh Friday, ihe police are investigating.

“A picture is better than thousand wo.rds and tells the whole story 01 the atmosphere of, .quality of our bronze printing inlqliri a language which needs no translation. The marksman who is proud Qi himsell lor the crack shot, figures the best the perpetuate glory of our ink. • This is a sentence from a German firm’s circular received at the “Chronicle” office from. Hanover. Toe accompanying illustration exhibits a game-titaden sportsman returning from his shooting expedition.

Unofficially the hydro-generated current W.as turned on on Saturday, and ks a result the Horbwhenua Power Board wjas able to liven the cables in- Foxton and Otaki, where the new light gave great satisfaction. Unfortunately a hot bearing in the Power-house at Mangaore resulted in the current failing just after midnight on Saturday and it was not until 1.1 o'clock on Sunday night that it was available again. No doubt there will be a certain amount of irregularity until the plant is thoroughly tested out under working, conditions.

An exchange says; It is now pioposed to raa.se tile steamer Wakaiu, hy means Qi jacks, on to. a small slipway, where the holes in the hull are ■/to he repaired temporarily hy cement. The vessel will tynen ne launched, hut as it is doubtful if the temporary repairs .will keep the ship afloat., the hold is to be filled with empty barrels to gi.ve her extra buoyancy should she take more water than lier pumps can cope with. All sorts oi salvage work have been done in tile past, but this is the first time that barrels will have been used in iS?ew Zealand, (although during the late war this method was usea several times at Home with success. A creditable piece of delivery work has lately been completed by the Auckland post officials. A letter posted in Manchester, England, provided food for rats during the voyage to. Auckland on the steamer Maihana, and only about half the envelope and its contents arrived. The only‘part of the original address that couid he discerned was “Eee,” "n,” “Rd,” “d,” and “eaiand.” From these somewhat cryptic symbols the postal authorities succeeded in delivering the tattered fragments to its correct address, namely, Mrs G. Lee, M Boston Road, within a fortnight 01 its arrival in Auckland.

In spite of the many attempts by the struggling farmer, tile gum lands of the North Auckland district l.ave proved unsuitable for general agricultural purposes. Cropping is rot I a paying proposition in those parts. There is one exception, however—tobacco thrives Well in these latitudes and splendid types of leaf have been produced on soils that not long ago were covered with ti-tree and fern. A, small portion of these waste lands if planted in tobacco would be sufficient to transform this poverty-strick-en district into regions of affluence and wealth; £SO net is the average yield of a tobacco crop per acre and often more. Few people realise the immense possibilities of the tobacco industry,, but anyone wanting information on the subject is referred to the ready manufactured article. “Riverhead Geld” : mildest of all; “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog), of medium strength; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullhead), full strength. Do not forget that all three brands i are “toasted” and therefore more wholesome than the average class of goods from overseas, ofter 30 harmful n the score of excess nicotine.—27 1