Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1924.

Shannon News, 16 December 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1924.

Mr and Mrs 3 • .l!- Bovis intend spending' the Christmas holidays. in xsapier ior which place tbey leave on Monday ne.xt owing tQ tile- Christmas holidays next ween the IQrnngntiy meeting of me Borough Council win he he.id on inufsday evening. :. \ Before iMr Wc li. Gunning, J.P., yes teruay, morning, John Mclim.es, on u charge' o.f druimeimess, was. lined JQs in aelauit, s& hours’ imprisonment. u»ii aaturuay morning Gons.iuble. MCuregor arrested a man named Jonn Myienrest yuaiie on a charge oi at xcgeu meit wum a awelimg. He was remanae.d tQ Palmerston Worm.

rspaizen's._Mii4_dt Makerua is now receiving fiax irdmcßamtajiariki, Kaltie ana Levin, and tQ cope with tne large yuauuty oi flai’e coining in the ii.i.i xor me. past fortnight has neen worKiiig day and night shifts.

ivir L. Randall, qt Makerua, who is weii-anown in cricket and football circles in this district, is leaving on a visit to his peqple in Aus.trala at an early dates While in Australia Mr Randall anticipates witnessing two oi the. test matches.

The. Wellington Education Board at its last meeting decided, to recommend to the Education Department, that the teachers’ residence at Shannon, which is out-of-date, should toe sold for removal, and that the site toe used to increase the playing area at me school.

A meeting of the Domain Executive was held, on Friday evening. Present: [The Mayor (Mr Murdoch), and Messrs. J. V. Burns, E. Butt, J. Beard, C. Hardie and J. T. Bovis. A progressive programme of work was arranged which will be. put in hand immediately. A meeting of the directors of the Shannon Building Society was held on Friday night when a; report was received from the Society’s, canvasser, which proved to be. highly satisfactory and it is expected to have the shares fully taken, up and the. Society in readiness at the latest toy the end cf January. The annual prize-giving and concert by pupils attending the Moutoa school will take place at the. Moutoa Hall on Wednesday evening. There will toe a well loaded Christmas, tree and Father Christmas will.-be present and a big time for the children is anticipated. At the conclusion of the concert a dance will toe held. Permission has been granted by Mr Wood to the ladies, who use Spencer’s. Creek as a bathing pool to erect a dressing shed, conditionally that no damage is done to the. fences,, bush, etc., and that the. gates, are kept closed, also that his. stock are not disturbed. ” Seeing that Mr Wood has been so. generous it is to ■be hoped that this privilege will not he abused toy bathers, and others who frequent the pool.. With a view to raising funds to erect the shed the ladies •interested are holding a dance in the Druids’ Hall on Friday evening next. The ladies, are to be. complimented on the steps, they have taken and it is to he hoped they will receive the support the project warrants. Mr E. T. Moody, solicitor, notifies in another dolumn that his office, will toe closed from Friday, December 19th to Tuesday, January,, 13th, 1925, for the Christmas vacation. Howard Andrew, Ltd., have, a replace advertisement on page 2 advising tlieir many customers to. make, an early inspection of these useful and varied presents.. The Christmas rush has started. As Will be advertised later their premises, will toq open on Saturday, December 27th, till 5.36 p.m.

The committee of the Paraparauinu School have all resigned as a protest against the Education Board appointing a female to succeed Mr Barnett, late headmaster.

The County Ranger reported -having impounded 163 head of wandering stock during t)he month. Eight summonses were being de.alt with at the next Levin Court and a further seven had heen put in too late and would be dealt with at the January sitting.. , ■

It was decided at Saturday’s meeting of the Horowhenua County Council that the Council’s office would be dosed from December 24ih to tbe 14th January, 1925, and that the next meeting of the Council be held oh January 17th, 1926.

The Mail states that there are now 69 seaside residences at Otaki he.acn. whereas only a comparatively time aeo there "was a sandy waste. Mr Byron Brown has offered a sectmn ofdSd Jqr a.cljib houM it he desired toy visiting motorists. Tne Patoiatua Borough Council resolved on a reduction of nurnbrn of councillors from nine tQ six. me reduction will take effect bdxt Apr 1. i’he Council also, favour atoiy eqnjidered a proposal for the formation of « ttre Cd, and will probably submi? it to a poll at the municipal elections.

The progressive cleansing of a sinner by the churches was touched upSn toy the Hey. R. McCully at, a bt. Andrew’s Church jubilee , social Delates the Ashburton Guardian). After remarking upon Presbyptemn du - ness,” he quoted a wagas havmg said: “The Salvation Army pick a man out of the gutter,, the Baptists wash him, the Presbyterians blue him and the Anglicans starch him. An accident winch occurred to a man near Palmerston recently was. found to be due to faulty electric installation of a water heating tankTire fitter responsible for the joto has suffered the loss Of bis license for four months as a penalty for fami o to notify the Manawatu Power Boa d. of the completion, and his failuie to effectively earth the apparatus. At Saturday’s. meeting of the Hoi-owihehua County Council, tne County Clerk slaiefi that, despite the good season experienced the receipts of rates during the year had not been so good as. on previous, years to tins date. The Council' had, some vei v \ heavy payments, to meet early m the new year, and it was to be hoped that Siose who had not paid : them rates would do so at the. earliest possible moment.

“The rabbit pest wifi be a serious menace tQ Southland this summer; i nave seen more rabbits thia season inan ever before,” stated'Mr f- GUmr at a Farmers’ Union meeting. Mi 1 urn ler added that the position was made more acute, by . those who held ftu-ius Tor speculation and. took fto steps to clear their properties of the past,. knew of farmers who went to me trouble of endeavouring to clear - Jim land, while the rabbits from adjoining speculators’ .properties crept down like a cloud passing over the sun.” , • xiuuughout the district the mangold ei;op, taken on an ; average, ib exceptionally uniform this year, me strike has been regular and provmeu -ground has, previous to sowing, neen 'Well. wdfkedi-thß-JGain which has tailed; should suffice. to-. * -keepj the—ctop_ moving. Hay is now being cut in increasing quantities, and in most case* tne yield is well up to standard. Early crops of maize have been put in, as have soft turnips lor autumn teeding in some instances, whilst preparations for sowing swedes are well m hand.' The excellent season experienced has enabled, work to toe kept well up-to-date’ and by Christmas most farmers, should have their feed requirements satisfactorily arranged.