Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1924.

Shannon News, 28 November 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1924.

A meeting oi. the. Executive of the Domain committee was called tor Wednesday evening, but lapsed lor want of- a quorum."

A meeting of creditors, in the bankrupicy estate mil Walter Clifford Flogdeil, late of Shannon; was called lor luesday" afternoon, tout lapsed, none o: tne creditors attending.

At the meeting of the Horowhenua Patriotic Association held at .Levin- on Wednesday, Mr Murdoch (Shannon) gave notice of motion that the raje ot interest on loans obtained by returned soldiers from the Association be reduced to 3 per cent. An evening (Of song interspersed with instrumental items and recitations will take place a,% the. Methodist Church nex.t Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. A very attractive programme has been arranged and as the price of admission is. only Is for adults and 6d for children, there should be a' large attendance. jUiie ionovving pupils* of Miss Agnes Aim, L.'i.C.L., were successful. in the recent music examinations for pianolorie:—Associated Board Qt the H.A.M. and R.C.M., Lower Division: Edna Murray; Trinity .College of. Music, London, junior, Ethe.l Jamiesqn; pre-, paratory, Nancy Eastom At the theory examinations conducted by the Associated Bqard of the R.A.M. and R.C.M., London, in June last, Miss Aim was successful in passing her L.A.B. qualifying paper. While discussing the water scheme at the Council's meeting on Tuesday night reference \was made to a couple oi lariners wlio desire.d to connect up with the supply 'and in reply to a question by the. Engineer as to the size of the farms and what amount of water would be required one councillor quite unwittingly said one of -the farmers was a milkman and would rqmre a.'lot. Rough on the milk vendor!

on Wednesday about ;15 members of the localbranch of the N.Z. Farmers' jOnion spent a. most pleasant and instructive day at yie Government Experimental Farm at Weraroav a thorough inspectiotn of the farm was madQ under Une guidance of yie manager,'Mr Sheppard and the visitprs gained much information whicn should be of value to the.m,; in the future. Luncheon was provide'd and a hearty vote qf thanks, to the manager was carried, for the courtesy and hospitality, accorded by him" to., tibe visitors.. ;

Txie shannon Anglican and Presbyterian tiQys' Bible. .Glasses lie.ld. a combined niee.ting on Wednesday evening at. the. Parish HaU, soihe 34 boys being present.' Tlie; Bible lesson was taken by Rev. A. J. FanxeU,-tbg Rev. A. ■ F: Stewart also speaking tq ilie. classes. The. evening was afterwards speait in competitive ga;mes, when the Anglicans, proved tjhe successful class,: Supper followed. Mr A, 11. Morgan and Mr J. Riches were tne guests of the evening. The. evening was brought to a close with musical items, the boys enjoying themselves immensely. At the Magistrate's Court at Pal-

merston qn Tuesday befoi-e Mr J. L, Stout, S.M., W, Swlndlehurst, contractor, ;of Shannon, proceeded against Woods Motors, Ltd., Palm'e.rston North. Plaintiff claimed from

defendant the sum of £45, be.ing the amount allegedly agreed upon between the. parties as tne. value of & motor cycle de.livere.d l>y plaintiff to defendant in part, payment on tbe purchase of another motor cycle and which defendant, it was alleged, had failed to deliver. Mr Moody appeared for plaintiff and Mr Cooper for defendant. Mr Cooper a,sked for a second adjournment of the hearing as an important witness for defendant had not put in an appearance. Mr Moody objected tq any further adjournment and his objection was upheld by the Magistrate, whereupon Mr Cooper consented *tQ judgment for plaintiff. Judgment was, entered accordingly for plaintiff with costs.

In our advertising colums Miss Holmes, dressmaker, notifies the. ladies of Shannon that she is now locat-

ed in Plimmer Terrace, nex;t. to Mrs O'Regan's shop, where dressmaking of all descriptions is being undertaken. ■• - '■•• ,■'

In our advt. column Mr B. A. Fros-

announces [that he has commenced boot' repairing in premises in Ballance Street, opposite the Maoriland Theatre. ,

The population of Palnierston'North is now, estimated tQ be 18,326. A London cable says tne Prince of Wales, will leave. England for south Ainpa on March iJS, and will visit tne West African colonies en route. me public works uo.tines - that power from Mangahao will he. cut on irom i> a.m. tui n">on on Sunday, j.novemuer both, tor tne. purpose Qi permitting, of the hydraulic gates on tut tunnels being tested. xne boat mat was u&ed m tho Kaiu lauuuy was eveniuauy wasiiea up on tuo uioutania uectui. me in accordance wixu .an ma superstition the- wairou Lai., set it on hre so wiat it snouia cause np more drownings.

A venturesome oiiine*' m the pai-K ia*u at iviasi'ei'ion iouua imnsuil cuuuonted by u«e- ° f lUd sWullh WU)C " whs haruuurmg a brood «M live cygnets, wiilioui warning tno patent bird attacked the battier, wno readied the bank under pressure, a length ancad'of the .enraged guardian. following are. trie revised railway c-narges lor woqi lrom locai biJUuu.., iu woiiingtQn: uiiau, previously is 4u plus 40 per cent., or t*S Id pe A - otae, iiow reduced tq 4s 4d plus U 5 per ceui. or as od; Levin, reckoned on vie same qasis reduced from tis id to os on. and Koputaroa from &s cu to as "Jo. rrovuieu suiiicieni inducement js iUi-iuuuuuug n ia" the* indention to iiom a ouwiing tournament 'at Levm uurme iae uhrisimas. noiiuays, uetwuen. tne Levin, tfoxton, and ssuaauuu aubs. Xiie matter will be finany uocided at Voxtqn next wednesuay, .un tne occasion of tlie. second round "' tne Triangular Shield Match. "1 can just remember the late Mr Costley," said Mr Knignt at me Airland Hospital Board meeting on w ednesday. "He had a habit of sunny down at the roadside, and I can-recall how he had pieces of wire tied around nis 'boots to keep them on hjs leot. Wnat was in his mind we did • not know, but the £90,000 he left was a great bequest to the. people ut this. city." . i » At the conclusion of the race for me Levin Gup qn Saturday, the. president, (Mr T. Bevan), the Minister ior internal Affairs (the. Hon. R. V. Bollard) and official party adjourned to the lawn where the. Cup—a massive trophy donated by Mr J. Bebbingtonwas presented tq the winning, owner, Mr* A. -D. Webster, of Otaki. Cheers were given for the winner Bitters, the owner, and jockey, the. win being a very popular one. William. Thomas Moulin, tablet porter at Waikanae, was arrested on Saturday by Detective Holmes and Constable.. Satlherley, and during the afternoon was charged at Otaki that he did on October 18th indecently assault a male child. The. accused pleaded for hail hut there was a strong police objection owing to ( the seriousness of the offence, which was upheld. A remand was asked for and granted and therefore accused will appear at Otaki on Friday next. "Have, you noticed," Mr (Jeoige Uobey remarked recently, "the many peculiar ways Americana have of acknowledging an introduction? One gentleman lrom New Orleans, in shaking hands with me for first time, told me 'l'm amused to knqw you! 5 A New Yorker, when introduced, saiu: 'I m glad to have you know me,' while the remark of a third man from the land of Stars and Stripes was im obliged to know you' to which i couldn't help retorting, 'Not necessarily!' " jueap year, ]1920, established a then record lor marriages in the Dominion, the total- number registered for that particular twelve-month being 12,175. Again leap year is with us,, and, though there are still- six. weeks to go mere is every indication that will see'another record entered up. Only figures touching Auckland couples' are available, but even these snow that to date over 1700 couples have been poined in matrimony and by December 31, the. total should reach 2000.

'mat the difficulties which the suliiier setters ihave experienced have nox uestroyed their sense otf huuiour was evidenced at a meeting of returneu men held recently to. discuss tne revaluations. One ma.n sta.ted that he naureceived notice that, the Government had remitted £3Glk Qf his capital account. "Whenever 1 get a hill O'W" them," he said "1 rind 'please, renin on the bottom. Does unis notice tney have sent me mean that they are going to send me .£300.'-' The reply, n any, was drowned in the howl oi derision with whioh the question was greeted. An incident unique in Parliamentary history occurred ni Melbourne last month, wlhen the. Victorian. Assembly had to adjourn its sitting because there was no.t a. quorum present one evening. The. officers) ql the House were puzzled at the sudden disappearance of members from their, accustomed places, and it w.as not until sometime later that the -mystery was solved ."An adjacent 'picture palace was screening the wonder picture of the year, "Nanook oi the North," and the parliamentarian's ha,d transferred t/heir interest for that evening at least to this JSskiino epic, "Nev.er before nave sq many spell-binding thrills, such amazing besmty, such heart pulling appeal been put into any .film, says a. leading Australian, press critic. "Nanook. o.f the North" will be screened at the People's Pictures on Thursday in aid of the Levin School Picnic Fund. A good cause and a good picture should draw" a bumper house.