Shannon News TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1924.

Shannon News, 25 November 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1924.

Measles are still very prevalent in Shannon and as a result the attendance at the school is. suffering. The fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers this evening. A large number of local sports attended the races at Levin on Saturday and quite, a number report having had a successful day. At the recent Trinity College of Music examinations, Miss Winifred Pickles passed with honours (84) in violin tests, higher local grade, and also .passed (76) in pianoforte tests, intermediate division. Miss Pickles is a pupil uf Mrs E. M, Ackhurst, of Palmerston NorthNearly 250 performers will take part in the school concert to be held in the Maoriland Theatre, on Tuesday, December 16th. The children are training hard. Items will consist of songs, solos, choruses, dialogues, physical drill, fancy drill, etc. On Sunday afternoon Mr A. L. Monteith, M.P., of Wellington, addressed a meeting of ,wioirker3 at tbe Miranui mill. In the'evening at the' Maoriland jTheatre he addressed a meeting on the Labour Party’s policy. This meeting was presided over by the Mayor, the speaker receiving a good hearing. Ah accident occurred at the power house at Mangaore on Friday afternoon when the insulator base was fractured causing the insulator with its switch to fall to the ground and striking a middle aged man named Jarman, breaking his leg and inflicting a nasty cut iosn his head. After receiving, medical attention the. injured man was removed to the Palmerston North Hospital.

Not altogether a. patent, but something entirely new, is being , demonstrated in Shannon, at Shannon's leading drapery house. Howard Andrew, Ltd., have recently landed direct from New York a special importation of Warner’s Wraparound corsets and those desirous of comfortably securing a means of added grace in their department are advised) to inspect the new “laceless” corsets*at this establishment.* ' '

Tlie death occurred on Friday, morning at Moutere Hospital, Otaki, of M'rs Arthur Stuckey, a wall-known and highly respectejß resident of Man. akau. Deceased had been camping with Mrs Peaham at the Otaki Beach, but early ton Friday morning took ill and was conveyed to the hospital, where.she died shortly after being admitted. Deceased, who had previously enjoyed good health, leaves a husband and three young children to mourn their loss. She was a sister of Messrs Saxon Bros., of Buckley, and Mrs Franklin Webb, of Kara Road, ! Shannon. The funeral took place in Levin on Sunday afternoon. At about 5.30 a.m. yesterday Mr A. Morgan, of Vance, Street, while working in his_ garden, noticed smoke issuing from the rear of Mrs W. Smith’s residence which adjoins his/ He immediajtely aroused the occupants and it was found the scullery was, on fire. A bucket brigade was quickly formed and the Are was got under control. Fortunately, the door leading into the dining room was closed; otherwise, had the fire been able to reach this room, probably the whole building would have gone. When discovered the scullery was full of flames. This portion 'of the building was gutted and a quantity of jam and other articles were destroyed

A good deal of gambling is said to be going on at present among Dunedin bank customers in American drafts, >md the upward trend of sterling (states The Post’s correspondent) has been responsible for, naturally, some losses and gains. An example of the latter was given to. a reporter by a business man for whom, about three weeks ago, when sterling was quoted at 4.61, a draft for £156 came to hand. He did not lift it until Tuesday morning, when the. exchange rate was standing at 4.71. He made or saved a clear £4 10s. To the man who left a draft running into thousands with his bank there has been given a’tidy Christmas present by the ascendancy of the pound.

Palmerston North it seeking a borough overseer at a salary of £7 10s a week.

Mr R. A- VVTight, M.P., has definitely decided not to seek re-election to trie Wellington mayoralty. . .Mr joint jarvis, of Kairanga, wellknown in poultry circles, is seriously ill. Ins condition causing fiis relatives grave anxiety. An eiaeiiy woman was fined £1 m the ir’uiioe . conn ai Auckxanu ioi picking flowers from a reserve at* iNewmarket. .

A visit was paid to Matauiata on Weunesuay by tbe ivnnister for Education, tne lion. C. J. Parr, accompanied by Mr Caugiiey, Director oi liidncation. me Munster promised £-ffioo for additions to the Matamata High senool. me opening game of the Triangular shield match, played in Levin on vtecinesday last, between four rinks of the Levin Club and two from eaui of the Foxton and Shannon Clues had to be postponed before the completion of tlie game, owing to the state of the weather. it is reported taut Mr W. Cook, a fanner residing near tlie- mqut/n oi the uangitikei, caught a couple or salmon in the breakers last week. Has catch is of particular interest to anglers, as it foreshadows a big run uj salmon, for which fishermen are eagerly looking. Arthur Barmby, aged two; whu lives appropriately in Linnaeus Street (named after the famous botanist), was taken to. Hull infirmary with a brass plant pot firmly wedged on his head. He had been using the pot as a hat and his head had swelled, and his mother begged the doctor to remove the pot without breaking it. The doctor, however, had to cut away the metal—a task that Is said to nave taken nearly an hour.

An Eketahuna resident who is dairying in a small way, has (says the “Express”) been making 50 lbs of butter weekly from two cows and a heifer. The strain on his dairying accommodation and the size of his churn led him to adopt the system ol sending his cream to a dairy factory, for he saitf, they seemed to be making butter every day. This output was after tbe family had been supplied with milk and cream. Tbe following reduction on the railway freight on benzine, kerosene, motor spirit, distillate, gasoline, naptha and benzoline from Wellington to Levin have been gazetted. Tbe charge to date has been £2 10s id per ton, which, worked out at the rate of 21 cases to. the ton, makes a charge of Is 9£d per case. The amended rate is as follows;—For lots under tome ton, at the rate of £2 3s 6d per ton, or is 6£ per case, and for lots over one ton £1 17s lid per ton, or Is 4d per case.

The fleeces or some, ol the prize animals belonging to Mr W.. Rayner, “The Cliffs,” weighed out ab fol-lows:—3-shear Lincoln ram (champion at Palmerston North and Wanganui, 1923), 271hs; 2-shear Romney ram (champion at, Wanganui, 1924), 36ibs (a 14-months clip); Lincoln ewe hogget (royal champion and first prize at Wanganui, .1924), 231hs; Lincoln rani hoggets up to 291ns, unu Romney ewe hoggets iOlbs. Mr Ray-, ner says he has not seen such goon wool for 16 years. The lustre runs almost to me tip, making the fleece weigh well. The sagacity of elephants is no new story, but the following incident witnessed at the London Zoo lately is a good example of their cleverness. A little girl, who bad bought a nag of peanuts v for tlie monkeys,. having decided that the monkeys had already iiud more nuts than were good lor them, gave the bag and its contents to one of the elephants. The elephant was (Oil the point of conveying me packet to its mouth, when it unfolded its trunk, placed the bag on the ground, gently, pul its foot on the bag with enough strength to crack the nuts, hut nut to crush them, and tinea proceeded to eat the' Whole packet. The display ol discernment, reasoning and ge idleness in that simple aci was more striking than any possible exhibition iOf elephantine strength. • i wonder, by cue way, ■ writes a Home many people know who General Dawes is—the Dawes whose name has becomes a household word at the present tune as the author of the. Reparation & Agreement. . General Dawes is an American hanker, of Chicago, wnu served in •Trance, as chairman of. Urn /General Turcliasijng Board, wine a furnished supplies tq the. American forces. During u,d.-32 lie served under President l-iardmg as First uireetor of the Budget, which he systematised by organising a Central Bureau Control of Government expenditure. His fame became world-wide on me pindication of the reparations report. He is to-day the Republican nominee for the office ol' Vice-President, it is sad that * Americans admire Dawes chiefly for his combination of business acumen with explosive intolerance Qi' official red tape. He earned the sobriquet of “Hell and Maria" because he uttered the. words to> express impatience before, the. Congress-1 tonal Investigating Committee. 1

D. Cameron, dairy fanner, of Horokiwi road, 'Wairarupa, was at the Magistrate’s Court, Petone, fined £5 and costs 7s, by Mr C. R. Qrr-Walker, S.M., on each of two charges of ueglecUng to clean his dairy and tiro vessels used in connection with the business of dairy farming. The dairy inspector (W. Wilson) repeated visiting the dairy, and finding two. old singlets lying" about and ' smelling very badly; also two dirty old cans, which had evidently been in use for a considerable time, not cleaned out. The separator was in a disgraceful state, and when the top cover was taken off and the strainer lifted, it was seen that it had not been cleaned for some time. A very offensive smell was given biff. The, dairy, the inspector said, had been visited before in September and found then to be unclean. Cameron was interviewed at the time, and said that he was very busy making a new road, but had given instructions to the boy whom he had placed in charge, to keep the dairy as clean as possible.—Times.