Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924.

Shannon News, 5 December 1924, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924.

In connection with. the Levin Choral Society’s production of “The Messiah” on .Thursday next, a charabanc wifi leave the Shannon Post Office at 6.30 p.m., returning after the performance. The return fare is 3s. At the Chamber of Commerce, meeting lasi evening it was decided to call a meeting of retailers to discuss holiday arrangements for the. Christmas : and New Year holidays. The meeting will be held on Monday at ‘420 p.m. in the Council Chambers.. Arrangements are' well in hand for the concert tq®be given by Miss. Mona Neale's; pupils, at the. Maoriland Theatre on Tuesday evening, the. proceeds from which are in add Qf a local family who have, recently met witn misfortune.

The president of the. Chamber oi Commerce drew attention at the meeting last evening to the unsatisfactory system at present in vogue in Shannon -as to the removal of nightsoil. He said it was a disgrace to civilised people, in ■ referring to the leaky |kefrosene #ins use.d, and the carelessness in remoyal. One of our Government Departments. adopted a novel scheme. They have evidently appointed two secretaries, one to write letters and the other to answer them. Besides the saving of postage, replies are more prompt, and although the scheme has not been in force, long, the replies so far have been, quite, as. satisfactory as those received from, the various departments. one of the. biggest musical events that has ever been held m tins district will take, place in Levm on Thursday next, December lltn, when the iLevin cnoral Society, will put on Handers. ‘•Messiah.” IJne- -Society .will Jbe assisted by 25 performers from Wellington Choral Society and an ordh.es.tra. horn Palmerston JN. The soloists are Miss Mina Caldow (contralto), Mrs. Woodward (soprano), Mil Witters (bass) and jMr Butler (tenor). If. sufficient inducement offers from Shannon Hotchen’s. bus will leave Shannon at 6.30, returning after the. concert for 3s, The tickets, are 4s, 3s and 2s, and are. Obtainable at Howard Andrew, Ltd., who will also Be prepared to secure reserved seats for patrons.. ;

Reference to. the damage done by the. recent hood to the. Shannon Bridge oyer the Manawatu river was made, at the last meeting of the Manawatu Co.unty Council when Cr. Barber moved that the controlling body, the Horowhehua County Council, be asked, to expedite, the work of repairing tlie structure, as the ratepayers in the district were, very awkwardly placed and were suffering considerable loss .owing to. the difficulty of transport to Shannon. r lhe Council, continued the. motion, regretted the delay which was taking place and urged that the engineer be instructed to. take immediate, steps, to provide temporary means for traffic to pass over the river. The. motion, which was seconded by Cr. Hunt, Was carried unanimously.

A dance was held in the. Druids’ Hall last evening by members of tlie Druids.’ Lodge, also the annual public instaUation, of officers of tne Lodge. There, was a splendid attendance of the public, also a number of visiting brethren from the. neighbouring lodges and a most enjoyable evening was. spent. Mr H. Hk>ok officiated as M.C. while the music was provided by the Black and White Orchestra, which was much appreciated. -The installation of officers 1 was conducted by D.P. Bro. J. Growther, when the following officers were duly instaUed into their various offices:—Bro. A. Mason, A.D., Bro. W. G. Quarrie, J.P.A.; Bro. J. Dusohenski, V.A.; Bro. a. Graham, 1.G.; Bro. H. Williams, 0.G.; Bros. W. Terry and R. McKenzie, A. 8.; Bro. J. Alexander and A. Payne, V.B. The ceremony proved mpst interesting to the pubjic. Shortly afisr supper was. served and dancing was continued until after midnight. On page 2 Howard Andrew, j id., have a very interesting anno l a cement in reference to men’s, su-ts and BorsaUno hats.

In : another column of this issue Messrs Hotchen and Watts announce that they intend to run a charabanc on Sunday next from Shannon to Otaki Beach for the use of Shannon residents.

A large quantity of hemp and wool have been railed from the railway Son during the iP ast few days. a trophy valued at £.l ia das «been donated by Messrs Howard Andrew, Ltd., to tb,e Shannon Tennis competition among tins seasons iUst of all interested in the erection oi a dressing ished for lady bathers at Spencer's Creek will he held m the Council Chambers* Ave understand that the propuetors of the Miranui naxinUl, wno endeavour to make every provision ior tne recreation o.f tneir employ cos aftef working hours, intend putting down two' asphalt tennis courts. Local sales of butter manufactured dy uie snannon Dairy Co., are on me inciease and on Wednesday a large order was. railed away for distnoution' among a number of railway reireshinent rooms. i lie iiiany friends in Shannon oi Mr \V. Clayton, oi Gunning and cu., Ltd., will regret to hear that h,s moiner has passed away at Welling-, ton. The. deceased lady had been ailing for some, time and the end was not unexpected,. Day and iiignt. snil.ts hii.ve bcoii working at the. Miroiiui Fiaxhiili ior some weeks past to deal with me large quantity of. ha.x coming to hand. 'Seven shippers are being run during, the day and four,,at night and d is expected tlhe number running at night wifi have to be further increased.

A much needed acquisition has been made by the Tennis. Club to. thencourts iii Vance Street' by the erection of a pavilion which is now completed. The club have been without a pavilion.-since the opening of tincourts, mainly due tP) want of finance, but xiow that the building is completed a regular afternoon tea fist will be set up. The building,. which is well finished, , consists, oi tivo dressing rooms, a convenient/ kitchenette and 4 large afternoon tea robin.

The • garden fete to be hold mi Thursday afternoon at the Vicarage will be opened by the Veil. Archdeacon A. M. Johnson. The young people of the church are endeavouring to raise funds for installing a hot water service at the Vicarage and have laid themselves, out to give an enjoyable afternoon’s pleasure to all who attend. There will be children’s, competitions., games oi till sorts, ice cream and soft drink stall, etc. .

The. WoodviUe District jockey Club has made final arrangements, for a special train from Wellington far its meeting on December 10th and llth. The train will leave Wellington on Wednesday at 6.5 a.m., Johnsonville 6.30, Piimmertpn 7.6, Paekakariki 7.41, Otaki 8.21, Levin 8.49, Palmerston North 10.5, and arrive WoodviUe at li a.m. The return .train, to Wellington leaves WoodviUe on Thursday evening at 5.57 p.m. and arrives in Wellington 'dt 10.53. Excursion tickets will be issued from Thorn don to Linton.

A- .very enjoyable programme, which, was greatly appreciated •by those present, was given at the (Methodist Church last evening. Selections were rendered by, Mrs Bovis’s orchestra, and added greatly tQ tire enjoyment of those present. The anthem “Break forth into song,” and two choruses were given by vocalists with assistance from Floxtqn. Solos by Misses Aim and Quarrie, and Messrs, Bishop and Thwaites merited the .applause they received. Misses Burling and Roberts and M: Swindlehurst and B. Roberts rendered vocal duets, and Miss E. Quarrie and W. Pickles gave violin solos which were greatly appreciated. Recitations were given by Evelyfn Swindlehurst, Yera Quarrie add Miss Dorothy Capes,. the latter showing herself to be. an elocutionist of great ability. The church officials render their thanks, to all those who go e generously helped in the programme.

A Pahiatua telegram (reports the death of Mr Peter Thomson, manager of the Bank 0i New Zealand there. He was a very popular citizen, identi-' flea with several institutions. He had been an inmate of the hospital' lor the, past six months and underwent a severe operation. He? had been in the Bank service, for 43 years.

Several hundred Maoris will be as-sembling-at Kaiapoi during: the' next few weeks ffir (connection with the bearing by the Native. Land Court oi' the famous Ngait.ahu claim for £350,000 against the , State as the result ol the purchase, of? South Island, lands from the Maoris. The case, opens on 19th December. A number of members of the local Muaupoko. tribe are interested in the claim.

There, is a possibility of Mr Henry Ford visiting the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition at Dunedin next year. This. information comes from Mr Ford’s private secretary, who informed a member of the Exhibition Committee that if his principal does take an extensive holiday next year, as at present intended, he will visit New Zealand. * ■ ■ ■

‘ An outstanding feature of an audit of 29 champion daffodil shows throughout New Zealand this season is. the remarkable success of the. variety, Lord Roberts, which figures as Champion at no fewer than 13 shows. The next best records are those of Renown and Great Warley, each of which won three championships. Their, follow tMichael, Victory, Felspar, Macebearer, and Yellow Poppy, eacn with two championships.

The New Zealand Free Lance Christmas Annual (just out) is a bright and attractive souvenir of New Zealand We and Christmas, jollity. Fully one.-half of its 80 pages are devoted to happy cartoons and tit/bits of scenery in which both islands Qf New Zealand are well treated, une conspicuous feature is the centre double-page' photograjphic shield or all the Prime Ministers and Acting Prime Ministers who have ruled New Zealand from the Year One. Ihis striking historical collection has never before been published.

In view, of the prominent part taken by wool at present in the exports oi tne Dominion, a , wool-classing competition which wiU be held, m connection with the Horowhenua, A. and P. Association’s Show in ianuary next, should attract considerahie interest. The competition ongmaieu in an offer by Mr H. Lowry, oi a,, medal for such van event, and Mr W. Kilsby has generously offered anotner medal for second prize. Points wni be given for picking-up the. fleece from the floor, throwing on fable, rolling, and classing, and announcing the spinning quality and breed oi .la samples of wool. Mr H. Lowry will act as judge. - A medical' correspondent wrileo tile Christchurch Star; it is usunusnihg that so long as. we are in neuiux our temperature is always me same —viz. between DU. and id . tiogrees Fahienheit. That is why the uuwor takes your temperutuie with a cluneal thermometer. Unless you are Hi, the thermometer ought to register degrees. It does not mutter wiuethd it is midsummer yr midwinier, u matters not whether you are in the cricket field making a “century” w.itn the perspiration streaming down yem face, or whether you are shivering m an east 'wind watching a football match, 'your temperature is always the same. The. nigge.r sw.eitemig on the line and the .Eskimo sitting on the North Pole, are both of exactly the same temperature as registered by the thermometer. One’s own feelings are deceptive. It is well known that, in a paroxysm of malaria, when the temperature is mounting up and the patient is quite hot, lie will slnver till his teeth chatter again, and he ’will draw. the. bedclothes, around mm closer arid closer and try to keep warm.