Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1924.

Shannon News, 18 November 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1924.

Mrs and Miss Sliaiiklaiid, Of Cofiiiigwoou nveison) are visiting friends ui

Mr ; Jti. V. Greedy, until recently manager 01 the Miranui ttaxmiil, has taken up his. new. duties in the Gweminent iiiennp-grading stores in Wellington. Mr e) Law, who far many years vyas a. resident of Shannon, is, at present staying \yitii his son, Mr H. Law, of Ihakara. Mr-" Law's nqm© is a*t Whaka;tane»

Dr. James Hennessey, Who lias just recently returned .frqm England, is sijenUiiig a. snort holiday with '"'his ■brother and sister, Mr and Miss Hennessey, oi Bxyce Street, Shannon.

iu uur advertising, columns the ainauiiun scnooi committee and teacnat,dii mnatii uieir thanks and apjutsoi'Uiiou to aii wnq so iundi.y asoisi(eu at the children's;'• plain laiicy dress bah held on ; the 3lst octuuai-, ana winch proved such a success. ,

An advertisement appears in this issue i niegard %o Miss Bonneid's tea rooms, ihe public are alreauy well aware oi Miss Bonfield's aoiiity as a. cook/and customers win he guaranteed a •delicious cup of tea and cakes at her tea rooms in Ballance. street.

'At a meeting 1 qf the Mangahao Celebrations Executive qii Saturday evening a, Hearty vote of tln&nks W.as passed to ithe ladies "and staff oi' the school lor their untiring efforts in assisting to give the children an enjoyable aay. llianks were also accorded Mr J. T. .Bovis lor the able way in which he carried out the secretarial duties.' Mr Boyis in replying sain uiai nis work had been, made easy by tne ooi dial manner in which the com. niiUee had worked together to make the celebrations such a success.

wniie motqr-cy cling home from iviaugaore qn Jbriday evening Mr J. ivujjtu'.ts, .Qf JStqut* had tne mlslortune \o have a, spill from his. motor uiztii breaking His knee cap. It appears that in negotiating the corner •turning into. Vogei iSsftreet n© tqqk tQo nig a sweep with the result that one oi the wheels got into the water channel pausing tne i»ke ibo upset, and qn him, indicting the injury mentioned. Alter receiving medical attention he was removed do the Painiierston North Hospital. -

On Friday evening last tlhe musical cantata anu conceit party, which "gave a periorinaiice recently in tne Parisn nail in aid of the funds qi Veil. Be'cie's .feunuay icno.pl, repeated the concert at ioKomaru heforq q, large audience., 'line of cnifdren were in charge qi'ivirs Farnell and the programme rendered was well received by the auaience. Beiore returning the ladies qi the ohurcli entertained the visitors with supper, alter winch a dance was held. Mrs Bovis (piano), Miss Terry, Messrs Mason, Hook (violins), and guarrie (flute), who played the overtures at the concent, also played for .several dances beiore • the party returned honift 3

An accident occurred at the Miraxi uf Swamp, on Friday fast whicn might have heen attended with serious consequences. . Mr T. King, sen., oi Stout street, was engaged" in driving .a pair of horses, hauling four or live trucks along the tram line to got a load of flax, when the front truck left the tram fine, causing Mr King to fall under the -truck. He was dragged along under the truck for about a chain .before the horse's pulled up. When rescued, from his perilous position Mr King" was fqund to he badly bruised, all down his left side, and he was also suffering from injury to his shoulder. Mr King is now doing as weU as can he expected, but it will be some days hefqre he can return to work.

The daily average numiher of patients in the Paimerston North Hospital during the month of Octoher was 120. Operations performed during the month totalled 89.

A Maori correspondent of the Manawatu Times says; "Hapuku, one oi the New Zealand's best esteemed fish Is persistently misnamed hapuka. The Maoris themselves initiated the error, and for a reason. To Hapuku, a wellknown and much-respected chief in Havykes Bay and Manawatu, was deemed by his people to have suffered indignity each time his enemy led upon his namesake, hence the change in the final vowel. Significantly also the chief became known to his people a|s Te Ika (the fish)., an appropriate compromise for his correct name, Te Hapuku, which feu into disuse for the reason given. '

Bankruptcies in New Zealand in the past month totalled 38, as compared with 65 for the previous month. This is the lowest monthly record since January, wben the number wag 37.

A novel event at the Show at Carterton was given-when Mr J. G. McDonald's sheep dog gave an interesting exhibition oi driving a, rooster into a biscuit tin in the centre oi the oval. The dog rounded the mui up to the pivot with great skill and patience, until at last the bird sought the tin as the only means of escape. ■jlwo sparrows lacing each qtner -m mortal coinhat nad tne issue uecided lor them in . one oi' Paimeiston's quiet' streets on Thursday- morning. it came from a cat, whion, noticing the struggle from alar, executed ,a strategic advance under cover 01 the long grass that fringed the roadway anu literally killed two birds witn j one feaP. 'j ' /u last meeting of 'the T'okomaru I ocnuoi tuonumn-et; two tetters irum paieius Were reuu, eacn cuin±ucuniii 6 or alleged. negiect to cnameii uun" 0 tne visit of uie w.anganui buaru» uuctor. in one case a small boyvwxo ui-ecsed alter being examined-m another uoy.'s shin as. well as own, anu tne' imscaKe was not discovereu io,r some -clays'.- it was decided mat tne secretary write to the Board iorwarding the letters received. . winiai, playing with fireworks on fcatuiuay, Aioert vVoainouise, Qi -ViaxweMtiOVVii,' met with a. painiui aociuent. 'it appears that the. uniorfuuate noy placed some, hreworks in a v.n and set mow' aught, the result being tnat tne tin was blown into iraginents in the boy's IaCQ. One oi; ims eyes was to such ah extent tnat its roinoval Was necessary. lie also sustained minor injuries to the face and body, huis is now progressing sa&slactorUy, The Paimerston Standard says: it is stated tha,t Wiere is every possi"bility oi work on the Paimerston North railway, deviation beiflg commenced a,t; the New Year. Tne son of a former iPaimerston Norui statibnmaster, Mr Smith, ij is understood, is tq he. tbe engineer in cnarge. ttUiPPltes., of spoil are said to. ,nave been already arranged fori in anoicipaton qf an early start with this very important work.

. .Speaking at Morrinsyilfe and Waitoa just recently, Mr A. J. Sinclair (general imanage4, dN-.Z. ©airy Go.), warned dairy companies to be very "carelul in making their advance payments during the next lew months. Speculators were n,q doubt endeavouring to, effect another slump as had been experienced' in previous , years. It might be expected ajbqut next February or March, before the Control Board effected any improvements in the marketing qf New Zealand Produce. . All dairy , companies should, therefore, he very cautious with their advance pyments during the flush . months if they wished to come out right at the end of the season. Dairy companies would he very foolish.to make large advance payments in order to secure a temporary advantage.

, At •the age,,oi 105 there died recently in Paimerston North a hrother oj .Lapualn L'Angiiois, |the oominander oi me Frencn ship Comte de Pails, which (as related recently m these columns) almost succeeded in gaming possession Qf the South lsianu tor, ibe French Government. On August li, 1840, Captain Stanley, R.N., arrived, at Akaroa in her Maiesty's snip Britbmart and hoisted the rjritisn flag there, hut a, few days later . a batch of Fxench colonists arrived under the command "of Captain L'Anglois with the intention of lounding a settlement in the name • or France. Had not Captain Stanley foUed the move the French Government's plan would have (succeeded. Captain L'Anglois' hrother,. Mr Eugene August L'Anglois, died on November 4th at the residence of his daughter, Mrs J. Cooksley, 7Q-Pahia-tua Street, Paimerston- North. He is an uncle of General L'Anglois.

One aspect oj, the utilisation oi th« liniu is Wuw iJiit by avir l v uiKerc, qf'iine Public vvqiiis Department, vylia tne power at > ( iVlangaiiao /is (derived by snortening tne patii towards tne sea oi tne' Mangahao by diverting • i> through a ■ridge oi t/ne lararua range, it rises in some of the wildest couu- i try, oi. the North Island, counuy which until to-day has returned the service of man practically notuiiig. However, the turning on oi povyer means bringing this land me held oi usefulness so. that henceit wiU he practically as productive as the plains below Manganao. The catchment area' is capable ol producing approximately one horsepower per acre, working twelve hours per day, without getting tired, anu never dying of old age. "An acre oi the best of our fertile flats," adds Mr Fur-ken, "cannot dq much more man sustain one flesh and blood horse.."

Shooting the insulators off the electric power poles seems to be a popular sport around Paimerston. ano Engineer to the Manawatu-Oroua Board reports as follows:—-"A severe short circuit occurred qn the Bjangi-„ otu feeder a few days agq and was found to he a. cross-arm iburnt off the pole, no fewer than seven insulators having been shattered hy some, person shooting at them. This is the third lot of 'ibroken 11,000. yoltinsuiatoiis we have met with and the cost of replacing them f ojr insulators alone runs into £ls. After referring the matter by telegram to she chairman, we have increased the reward to, £2O, and have got a number of calico notices printed and aie posting same up at all factories and other conspicuous places. Another case of wire throwing cajne, tq . light in the Kairanga when a heavy cable was burnt through and fell tq~the ground. Every Power Board meets the same trouble and *he sooner we catch someone at it and pay out the £3O reward the sooner will the trouble end completely." It was decided to pay out an additional £2O if iihe police enquiries lead to a conviction.