Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1924.

Shannon News, 9 December 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1924.

Mr C. Jones, postmaster at Shannon wate elected a member ol t)he Gtiamber oi Commerce at its meeting on Thursday evening.

Owing to unforeseen circumstances the meeting of retailors to have been held yesterday afternoon to fix the holidays for Christmas and New Year had to be postponed until Friday afternoon next.

A publip meeting will he held in the Parish Hail on Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. /When "the Jtiorowhenua County Qounty Council’s loan proposal of £90,000 for the ma.in highways will be placed before the ratepayers of the cjeunty. .

The public are reminded that the garden fete, to be held at the Anglican Vicarage will take place on Wednesday afternoon. The fete has been organised by the young people of the church and they are sparing no effort to ensure everyone spending a most enjoyable afternoon. There will be afternoon tea, games and competitions for the children, ice-cream and soft drinks stalls and numerous other attractions. -

On Thursday evening next one ol the biggest musical, events that lias ever taken place in tins district will be held at 'Levin, when the a Levin Choral Society will put on Handel’s “The Messiah.’’ The Society will *be assisted by a huge number ol performers l'i’am Wellington and Palmerston North, the soloists being Miss Mina Caldow (contralto), Mrs Woodward (soprano'), Mr W atters (bass) and Mr Butler (tenor)) If sufficient inducement offers Hotchen’s bus will leave Shannon at 6.30 p.m., returning after the concert.

To-night ip the Maoriland Theatre, Miss Mona Neale’s pupils will give a concert, the proceeds from which will be. given to a local family who have recently met with misfortune. The class of entertainment submitted by Miss Neale’s pupils <on past occasions has always been highly appreciated by the public ' and to-night’s, concert, should draw a bumper house, as apart from the excellence of The concert to be /given the object is a most deserving one,. ' . The Black and ■.White Orchestra made their first public appearance at the installation find dance given by the United Ancient. Order of Druids on Thursday night last. The music was very much appreciated by all present especially as the very latest music was rendered. This, orchestra should prove an asset to the town, as it has always, been necessary to get an . outside orchestra for any large dances, etc. Their next appearance will be at the pictures on Friday night. . The Levin District High School Committee at its meeting last night received an enquiry from the Wellington Education Board as to its. attitude towards, the application of the Shannon School Committee for a District High School there. After consideration the following resolution was passed: “That the-Levin District High School Gommittee have no recommendation to make, in regard to the establishment of a High School at Shannon. This Committee approves of the Department ol Education’s policy of the centralisation of high schools and in furtherance of this policy, the Committee support the application of the Levin Educational Conference for a high school proper to be established in Levin.” The garden fete to be held in the Vicarage grounds (on Uie afternoon and in the evening of Wednesday ■next will be a, novel attraction lor Shannon. The Archdeacon of Wellington (Ven. Archdeacon A. M. Johnson) will open title -l'ete at 4 P-ui. There will be an attractive programme of races and competitions, for children of ail ages, as well as events, for the elders. The Maori orchestra will be in attendance. Dancing on the lawn -will be part of the evening programme. The grounds are to be illuminated by electricity; and should give a very pretty effect. A.performing cow from Thibet will make, her first appearance in Shannon. An effort will be made to work off five j competitions not closed at, the recent bazaar. 'Afternoon tea and supper , will "be served on the ground, icecream, soft drinks, and strawberries and cream, and sweets will also be available.

There was a good attendance at the. meeting called lor the purpose of. considering how to raise funus towards the erection of a ladies’ dressing shed Ut Spencer’s creek. Mr F. itaymond nresidecl. After discussion it w.as decided to hold a stall in race on Saturday next, the public to be asked to donate goods m kind. The following committee weie elected:—Misses M. and A. Gray, 11. Bright and Messrs. Raymond. H.'Hook, • Easton and J. Gray and Mn>s Joan jamieson (secretary), lhe m'xt meetiur, W ill be held at the Council Chambers on. Wednesday... evening. me diinger uf leaving openings, unprotected along the water-pipe track in the Borough has on two occasions we know of, nearly been the cause of accidents. A - few evenings -ago an elderly lady about to visit a resident walked int,o one of these traps and had to be assisted out, while on Saturday evening the driver of a motor ear onlv missed going into the. one by the Club Hotel by inches. If it is necessary to leave them open they should be protected, otherwise the Council stand a good chance (of hav-

ing to meet a claim lor damages through a serious accident happening. The homestead qI John Harris, at Cheviot Hills, Hangaroa, has been destroyed by fire. Nothing was saved, the occupants escaping in their night clothes. Dr. A. M. Carr Sanders) Professor of

Social Science at Liverpool University, in lecturing on the standard of | life, said scientific investigations | showed the minimum lor a family of live in Britain ought to be 62/4 weekly, made up of 26/3 for food, S/10 rent, 11/3 clothing, and 4/i'uel, leaving T2/- for personal requirements and recreation. The Raetihi correspondent oi the Wanganui Chronicle writes: It must have been a shock for a King Country farmer, who this, year took upon himself the important duties oi classing his- own wool, and sold it"in the recent Wanganui wool sale}, when it became known to‘him that the wool classed B realised one penny more than that classed A. A very foolish and uncalled-for &C: tion on the part of a local motorist was witnessed in Ormond road, Gisborne, the other afternoon. A young lady was cycling out from Town when the motorist drove up behind her. He sounded his horn, ibut as she did not move beyond the edge of the concrete strip he pulled close, alongside, then gradually edged her over towards the gutter, Anally compelling her to get off her bicycle. He then made some facetious remarks. An exceedingly fine performance, in the lat stock line has been established by Mr W. A. lorns, of Martinborough, who won the fat lambs, for export prizes at t>hp Carte: loii Show. The first draft otf fat lambs from 550 ewes, numbered 400, including the show lambs. These were transported by motor yesterday to the Waingawa works and slaughtered. !The line averaged 381bs, there were no rejects, and four only were, classed second grade. The grader remarked that the une Was one. of the.primest he. had ever handled.

The Chatham islands, which lie 535 miles east of Lyttelton,, have been tne scene of many wrecks. The first wreck oi which there is any record occurred as far back as 1836. From then until the late ’sixties, shipping disasters at the Ghathams were frequent, sometimes as many as .three occurring in one year. The coast of the Chatham Islands is considered a dangerous one on account of the absence of lighthouses and the number of uncharted rocks. Forty-one wrecks are recorded to date.

The Napier .Telegraph states:. That the Petane district can produce, the best stock that can be raised in the Duminion is borne out by the tally that a farmer in that Valley has just received from the freezing works. He sent in .163 iambs, off the mothers, and the average freezing'.weight was 38.01ibs, which is. probably a record for Huwkes Buy, if not for the Dominion. Lambs are being purchased at Ud per lb on the hooks, and the above lot ran out at about 35s per head.

“I drink beer as. a food—as a sort of body-builder,” explained a judgment debtor at "the. Hamilton Court, in reply to ihis. Worship’s suggestion that the six or seven, shillings he spent, every week on drink should be utilised to pay off a debt. The. Magistrate: “Well, if you want food, Why don’t you use the money for buying beef-steak?” Debtor: “When l can’t eat nourishment I can often drink it.” (Laughter). His Worship: “Well, you will have to put. this beer money aside for this creditor every week, and I shall order you to pay off the. amount in monthly instalments of £l.”

Mr C. E. Robertspn, who has just returned from a visit to Souljh America, informed a Dominion reporter that at the time of his visit the Argentine was steadily , recovering from the slump, or, as it was. termed there, the “crisis,” and as prices for beef had advanced considerably, and new markets were opening up on the European Continent, tne country was looking forward.to a period Of prosperity. During the crisis, dairying had been turned to as a more profitable system of farming than cattle raising and fattening, but owing to the improved position of the beef market and the really unsatisfactory labour for this, technical class. of farming, Mr Robertson said he was of the opinion that no great advance would be made in dairying for some years to come. Up to the present, the co-operative factory had not been a success, but there were some... huge proprietary concerns, which engaged In the producing as. well as in the manufacturing business. One of these concerns milked on one property 7000 head of Friesian cattle, and another (founded by Mr Reynolds formerly of Cnmbrldfre, New Zealand), milked on its properties nearly 14,000 dairy .Shorthorns, Machine milking was not (practiced, and the cows were only 'milked once a day, the calves running with the cows,

A Taumarunui telegram reports the dealh o.f Mr Thomas D.e Vere Hum., of Matiere, one of the. earliest settle* & in tne lung Country and a inemoer of the Hospital Board, former member of the uiiHira County Council, and Lviatiere representative on AucKianu railway League. lor some, ye.ars.. in reporting MJt yesteruny a nnsei.in ;x Qt me. lviaiiawalu-Ui’oua lilt El Board’,’■ tine’ engineer (MX F. C.. aayl stated tnat at me request ql tne ite wonts. Department, ne accompanied tneir engineer on a hying bUl ' vey of the Levm-iMartoiii aeviauun tne line of which waS being nxe.u and tne estimate of. costs, prepared. Tins proposed deviation, it adopted,

he said, would have consmerame bearing on the. development oi me overflow channel through Moutoa, m connection with the Board’s nvei control scheme. A memorandum lias been issued by the general manager of railways to. all district tramc managers anu sta-tion-masters. m charge, requiting mem to impress on uieir stalls wnon dealing wim customers to be onngmg

courteous, (prompt and lnioniwwve. Business is to he. sougnt, and repon& are required showing tne. position m. districts in regard to. motor competition, including particulars ol- tne traliic regained, fresh business obtained and traffic stiii held hy motor transport. The stalls, are enjoined also to do all in tneir power to facilitate business and reduce, to a minimum those annoyances, and delays that usually go under the. generic terms of “red tape.” Since the passing of the Gaming Amendment Act providing lor tne issue ol 31 additional totalisator permits, sporting enthusiasts, in nearly every town ol the Dominion boasting/1 a race-track are on the. look out for one ol the. permits. Referring to the matter at Raglan on Saturday, the Hon. R. F. Bollard, who, as Minister ol Internal Affairs, is responsible lor allocating’ the permits, remarked that Raglan was the only town he had visited lately that had not shown eagerness for preferment under the Act. “The allocation Qf permits, is, as one gentleman has remarked,” said Mr Bollard, ‘‘a problem, but I assure you I I’m not losing any sleep over the

matter. Every village I go t<? local sporting friends say that their club is the one that should be considered for a permit and-not the. club in the other district, but Raglan \has remained quiet over the question, and, ladies ahd gentlemen, I congratulate you on the. distinction achieved. (Laughter). An excited supporter of. cricket in the grandstand reserve of the Melbourne Cricket Ground recently had to pay £1 for his enthusiasm. When Roy Kilner, the Yorkshire left-hand bowler, was settling his field preparatoary to bowling his first over to the Victorjian captain, E. R. Mayne, a shout was (heard from the grandstand: “A quid you don’t bowl him.’ Two balls went byharmlessly, but the third broke through Mayne’s defence, and clean bowled him. lhe challenge, of the barracker had been heard by hundreds of people nearby and they-cheered the bowler, and called to him to go to the fence, and collect. For a moment Kilner appeared disinclined t,q go, 'lmt his captain and vice-captain urged nim to do so, and he went. As he neared the fence there was great excitement as the £1 note was handed over. Kilner took off his cap, and, bowing to his challenger, returned to his place m the field. There wa)s. quite a humorous niter• change at the Marlon railway station on Saturday afternoon when the Marion delegates were extending, a welcome to the Railway Commissioners on their arrival at Marton from the inspection of the route of the suggested deviation. The. welcoming speeches were made in the Commissioners’ private railway car, and when about a dozen of Marton’s leading citizens, each over six feet in height and bulky in proportion, had crowded in, the Commissioners were visibly impressed with their physique, tq which reference, was made by Sir Vincent Raven, when he was returning thanks lor the welcome. ‘T have been- greatly impressed with the country I have come 1 through,” he said,' “Great country. Looks, as if it would grow anything.” Then his eyes twinkled. “It certainly, looks as !if it can grow men.” “I hope it will grow a railway,” quickly rejoined Mr Oln-ystall, president of the Railway League. “Well you’ye got a young one now,” said Sir Vincent amidst iaughter, his reference being to the Sanson tramway. “Perhaps we can make it.grow,” he concluded with the hearty approval of his. hearers. It is the roasting of coffee-berries that results in the development oi the exquisite flavour so much appieciated by coffee-drinkers. That As well-known. But it is not so weuknown that our New Zealand-grown tobaccos are now. subjected to the same roasting process, and with the same result. The flavour is brought fully out, while at the same time the deleterious properties of the tobacco are destroyed. All tobaccos, no matter where grown*, have this in common—that they contain Nicotine, some more, some less. And it is this poison that is chiefly responsible for the sufferings of those who indulge too freely in the use of the fragrant weed. Hpart and nerves are generally affected and often the. eyesight. Scientists now tell us that toasting neutralises part of the Nicotine and that toasted tobaccos may, thereiore, be smoked with impunity. They recommend Riverhead Gold, mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog). medium strength; and the full bodied Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead label). All are toasted—l6.*,

IMPROVED Q-TOL. Future supplies or Q-tol are guaranteed not to settle down in the bottle There is also an entire absence ni “sting” although Q-tol is a powerful antiseptic.”