Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924.

Shannon News, 7 November 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924.

lTlhe vital -statistics Jtor Shannon for the. month ending October 31st are;—Births 8, deaths *, marriages 1. Mr H.. C. Jones, our local postmaster, who has i>eea laid up for the past three weeks, suite/ring from an ulcerated -teg caused by a Knock, will resume duty on Saturday next.

Guy: Fawkes. Day was celebrated on Wednesday 'by the small boys and girls, of- Shannon with fireworks display in the evening, there ibeing numerous bonfires about the town.

A record crowd from Shannon visited the Palmerston North ShQw yesterton, and as a result the town presented & vfery deserted appearance all day.

A full ''meeting of the U.A.O.D. Lodge was held last evening,' A.D. Bro. Mason presiding. Initiation took place Which were fjQllowed by arcard evening, -at which refreshments were provided.

Telephonic communication with Moutoa which was interrupted during the flood, lias been restored. The mails from tfiis district now come, via Levin.. The mail for Moutoa, which closes at 4. p.m., does not reach there until next day. Mr s Manning, who has toad considerable experience in Australia and New Zealand, a.s a dressmiaker; intends Commencing business at' an early da.te in the shop in the Maoriland Theatre, where up to date work can be secured at moderate prices. A full range Of the latest materials will also be stocked.

An act of vandalism was perpetrated by gome person or persons on Monday evening, when a number ol flags used for decorating the streets for the JMajngahao celebrations were mutilated. Some were also stolen. We understand the police have the matter in hand and that more will be neard .ojf it.

The following letter of appreciation was. received by the Mayor (Mr Murdoch] in regard to .the exceUeut' arrangements carried Quit by the Executive ot Monday's celebrations:—'! wish to convey tq title Shannon ,Uorougn Council through yo.u the appreciation of the Prime; Minister', the Parliamentary Party and myself' tor the very fin.e arrangements you made at XQ-day'g ceiebratiQns. Each aiid ail expressed their satisfaction at tbe uays outing and w.ili not forget tneir visit to. Shannon. We arrived at Wellington in good time and are now (11 p.m.) busy considering the country's legislation. With kind regards. Your faithfully .—J.' Linklater."

Tile Foxton fire bell rang quit an alarm shortly alter 4 o'clock on Sunday morning," the cause being an outbreak in Mr Rider's boot sn-op in a portion of the "Moutoa Buildings." * VVhen the brigade arrived the me had a strong noid of the interior oi the shop, line flames, catching the ceiling. The interior was filled with dense smoke lrom the burning stock. A lead of hose was soon .brought -to bear on the conflagration which was guickly got under nut not beiore consideraole/dannage had been done to the stock', fittings .and interior. Mr Rider informed the Herald that the stock was insured for £2700 and £2OO on the fittings in tfie Atlas. Office. He assessed- the value of the stock at £3,500. A large quantity of stock was burnt and considerable damage done to the balance by water and chemicals. The floor of the building did not suffer much damage nut the wq,Us and ceiling are badly charred. The building is Owned by Mr F. S. EEteton, [ and we understand, it not covered by insurance. Mr Rider said everything wag apparently safe when he left the shop on Saturday evening at about 8 o'clock and ihe cannot account for the outbreak. It fs generally .admitted that but for the good services of the, .brigade, and a splendid blocfc of buildings ; would have suffered disaster*

Mr F. Johnston has been appointed Borough Kab.ger and taken up his duties.. . '

Mr and Mrs J. Murray, who have been on a, holiday yjts.it to ie. PuK.e, iiaye returned home.

During ins. visit to 'the school'-en Monday last Mr Massey mioirinea t-"e cnairinan that W ins opinion uie rising generation were developing into a itur-haired r<aee. Under trie auspices ol' the Siiannon nranch Qt tne i\ew Zealand warmers' union, jvu' iviocuiioen, Government agriculture inswuoto.iv will address larnieijs on "pastures"- on Wednesday evening next at toe council Cnambers.. '

' it is tile intention ot uie ladies' committee qi the Methodist, cnuron tq noid a baaaar ©aiuy m February, preparations nave oeen going on ioi some tiihe and it-is- anticipated mis nazaar will eclipse all outers so lar held by the committee. ■- '" A Jjunedin teiegram says the liuine xvjpeaay was sent inoiuu liuo morning to. iiihii uiris.tciuifcn engagements. ronton people w:no had to visn. Snminon aoi; ui« Muagaiiao oeieoiatiuxj.s, were uouipeiieu um travel \ia A-voiisoi,ea aiid riuiiieisauh isorui, a u is»,u.aoe.Ql auodt 0.0 nines on accuum. ui me noqds.

rv jjircn tree in Kew Gardens, yi.. v is Old, nas receauy nau its' uiig U'UiiK cleared out" aim 'nueu wiui brtckWQrK. ine .v.Qterau is iwuils'ning well alter ahis drastic treatment.

it would be hard to hud a more' ag giieved person m" Hamilton ai uio present time than .uie man wuo, .wnne waning his turn at the Ponce court or a minor breach oi py-iaws, (dad his bicycle stolen, "i wouiuu t have lelt it like urat m nont ot. a hotel," lie complained, "but m lioni oi the court ftt jus.ti.ee I thought h would be sate."

For assault cm the Chiei Engineer on the high se.as t five ol the crew o. •the Maheno were sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Wellington to-day. For reiusing duty they were sentenced to foui'teen -days. Two, ior assaulting the leirigerating engineer, were fined £2, or seven days. Fortj. others, tor refusing (duty, were or tiered to. pay fe 6d costs. -

Hisj Excellency the Governor-Gen-. eral (Viscount Jellicoe ot Scapa) took the opportunity t prior to his. uepurtuice from Palmerston North ior Wellington last evening to. invest Major J. L. jC. Merton with the colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-Service Medal, which he Was awarded some time ago. TJie medal signifies the completion of 21) years' service in the colonial forces.

Four German experts engaged ; by the Electricity Commission to direct the manufacture of' briquettes at Yajllburn,., and admitted iinto, the Commonwealth undjer speial immigration, provisions, arrived in Melbourne' reently. They were % accompanied by their families, who comprised eight people. Neither parents nor children speak English. An officer of tUQ Electricity commission wi. s sent to Europe specially to engage the men.

"The ragwort menace, which created much concern in the King Country some eighteen months ugq, is ii.jw dying out, 1 ' writes a Te Kuiti. correspondent. "Last summer this pernicious weed, which wag to be seen in every part of the district, was attacked by a, grub, which worked its way through the pith of the plant and destroyed its vitality. So far this season there seems to he' scarcely any growth.' of ragwort." An accident which might have been followed with more serious results, occurred! in the .Union ißank in Christchurch. At albout 3 p.m. Keiiu Nevill,, a junior, escorted tw.o of his friends through -tile place. Eventually they .arrived at the strong-room, where there, was a leaded revolver. Nevill then picked up the weapon, and accidentally pulled the trigger, with the result that the gun discharged, and the bullet flew perilously close to all three, lodging in the arm of one of Neyili's friends., who was immediately removed to the hospital, where he f was operated upon.

A unique experience is related o.\ Mr F. Uownes, supervisor iqr t-iK Wanganui River Trust, In compauy with .two well-known local resiueius, fie was proceeding up the river in a launch when a large black snag in distress was noticed. As it coua.d i either a\yini, diye nor fly, Uie paru manoeuvred ro.und and caught tin: bird. It was. found to' have a large raihiDOw trout, which was still alive, stuck in its throat, and could neither eject, or swallow the hsii which, wnen careiuliy measured, proved.!to be Xlt inches long and 10j| inches in circunilerence, and it provided breakfast tar the party.

- For some weeks now the Prune Minister has. been a anartyr to sciatica, and on recent days he has suffered 4 good deal oi pain. He was far from we.ll at the Maiigahao celebrations on Monday and had to rost tor some time before the ceremony. With the great strain upon'him dining the closing weeks ol tbe session he has had little' chance, of re.st or treatment, and so the sciatica persists. When moving the second reading oX /the {Legislature Amendment Bill in the House yesterday afternoon Mr Massey was evidently suffering a good deal. Be stopped in the ea r iy 6tages of his speech and said something to Mr Downie Stewart-as if he would discontinue lias speech. Mr Wilford suggested postponing the second reading, but Mr Massey decided to go on with the Bill, which, he did with an effort. He remained in the House and saw the BUI through all its; stages. Apart from the sciatica Mr' Massey's health is. perfeMly good. His friends are anxious thai he should take a rest as soon alter the session as possible. It has been suggested that (he should go to Hei-■ ensviile and there take a' course o the (baths which are said tQ be tno best in thte country for *heumajic. complaints. This the Prime most jorobaJbly win do.-N.-Z. Times,

A tender of £18,130 has. been accepted for the. new Hastings Hign School.

The number of dairy ooiws in the Dominion is at present approxima/e----■ly 1,250,000, an increase of about 15,000 since ii&a, and a 100 per cent, increase ojver 191 L The population- 01 the. Dominion uses up the butter-Lat Of '250,000 cows. "Wnat anout Scotland?" asked an interjectox ,qi tile riiiiie . Ministwduring the iatter's address at non yesterday. Mr Massey prompuy replied; "'mere are a guod many Scotsmen in this country, but 1 would remind you that it is. possible to have too much Scotch!" (Loud laughter).

■A movement, has been inaugurutou co iorin a Drainage' Board in Koputaroa district, to take, in that ajioa i'rom Bryant's hank' on uie &nan>nuii-Foxu)n road to Whnokino. me objective ot; the proposed Bourn will be to dredge the Kqputaroa river and the County drain and raise level oi the banks on the Manawau river to meet such floods,as Wlu .t a. present, obtaining in the locality. Mr Salvatore Cimino, newly appointed musical director of the new Manawatu Paramount Theatre, dieu suddenly in Palmerston Nonth on Saturday evening. He had attendee a performance in the evening, apparently in as good health as usual, bm on his return to'his liotel Mr Cimino had a seizure), collapsed, .and expired almost at once; He belonged to a well-known Wellington musical family.

Consumers of. electric current are advised that it will be necessary to shut off, the power on the afternoons of Friday,, Monday and Tuesday next between the hours Qf 1 and 3 o'clock. This is tQ enable certain adjustments to be made at the Mangahao Power Station. When these are completed it is confidently.anticipated that there will be no. further and that the consumers will get a continuous service.

During the Ministerial inspection of the Mangahao power /house yesterday a temporary break-down occurred in the motor operating the lilt. The fact was taken advantage of by Mr Massey during the banquet which followed when he -facetiously remarked apropos of eulogistic references to the New Zealand Parliament: "i quite agree that the Party I represent is a solid one.. At the powerhouse to-day a lot of us heavyweights got into the lift-, and all the power at Mangahao could, not get us to the top of the building." , The original name of the present town of D'annevirke. i§ "Umutaoi'Oa. ' In the second or tihird generation alter the arrival of the Maori canoe takituwu, from Hawaiiki, .a gre=u battle was fought at Tahoraiti. im' victors retired to the spot bow o<:oupied by the town of Danneyirke, and from the length of time occupied in cooking the speared victims in the native ovens, pr umu, the place was then named Umutaoroa. In recent years this name was wrongly given to the post office three miles north of the town. The Masterton telephone fiend was particularly brutal on Tuesday afternoon, says the Masterton Times. Hinging' up local residents, he report-, ed that a* weliVknown sheep-farmer hadbeeh killed in a motor car accident on the Bldeford road. As the name of a well-known JJideiord resident was given as being the speaker, the story appeared to" be genuine, and the news spread rapidly. A doctor and a police constable were despatched to Bideford, but upon arrival there found 'that there was absolutely no truth in the statement. The despicable act caused a grievous shock to the wile, relatives and intimate friends of the sneep-farmer. At Monday's meeting of the Manawatu Drainage Board, the? chairman i (Trustee Wood) in discussing the failure of the drams to. carry the i flood waters, stated that, in his opinion it was better to concentrate on the' Manawatu river rather than

spend money on tihe smaller drains which' proved useless at a critical time. "It won't be in our time, l suppose, but tiie time will come when instead of working on these small'drains, w.e will spend our money in dredging the Manawatu. L we dredge and 'keep on dredging, the river will clean itself and eventually' become big enough to carry boats imp to Longburn. Its the same principle as with the snial.l creeks; clean them out and' they clean themselves."

Tliq secretary of a group of district dairy companies interallied a Palinerston Standard reporter on Friday that he ha.d -received cables from London asking- for 24 hours' options on buitter and cheese. More offers, he said, had sheen received than for IS months past. The prices quoted we're an advance on present. London rates. Discussing the effect of the British elections on these offers, our informant said that the cables -were probably lodged on election day so that, if a stable Government was "returned, big business could be done. "It goes to show," he added, "that, there is si large sum of money available, for investment in Britain . ortie tiie country is assured of a Government such as must now follow the Labour Party. In this inspect the result of the elections is of great promise to this country."