Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1924.

Shannon News, 30 December 1924, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1924.

Dili Boxing Day there w.as a big exodus of ■ Shannon residents. to the races, at Awapuni, hut very lew‘were successful in, increasing their, wealth. While cranlting his motor car a lew days ago, Mr Waiter smith had the misfortune to break his arm at. the wrist, through.the engine buck-firing. From January Ist the mad, for Makerua will leave Shannon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 3.40 a.m., leaving Kara, road, 6 a.m., Kingston road 6.15 a.m., Kaihinau road 0.30 a-tn. and Makerua 0.50 a.m. The canvass for shares for the shannon Building Society is ■ now nearly completed and as a result the required number of shares for making a start is we.ll in sight. Persons intending to take up shares, will he well advised tQ make, early application to avoid disappointment.

Business in Shannon during Christmas. week is. reported to have been good. On Christmas. Eve the crowd in the township was not quite so large as in tiie previous, year, hut to a large extent this, was clue to the Moutoa people’s difficulty in crossing- the river and as a result tliqir business went to Foxton. Nevertheless, tine fancy goods shops and drapers, report excellent business. The kitchen safe, thief was a visitor to Shannon during the holidays, hut fortunately he did not put in, an appearance until alter the Qiristmas dinner preferring to. make his raid on the “safes” Christmas. Night, when two in the vicinity of Plimmer Terrace were cleaned up. Evidently cooked food was what. was. required, as. in one case an uncooked quarter of lamb was. left untouched. One housewife who lost her Christmas pudding states it contained some coins which she hopes will cause the culprit noi end of indigestion troubles.

A lew ctays. ago A boy named Albeit coiey, ageq eleven years, .son of Mr W. ii. Coley, of Muiierim, wnile riding ins pony tnrougli one of the paddocks ion bis lathers falm, stopped to close the gate, when a Jersey bull tinat was grazing in tbe. paddock charged tbe pony knocking it down, and goring it while on the ground- in tbe meantime the boy secured a stick and plujckily drove the bull oil, but not before it. bad killed tbe pony. It was fortunate tbe bull did not get the boy, as there, was no (One close by at the time ol tbe incident, and tins being.so the lad showed fine courage in trying to drive the. bull off. At tbe Police Court yesterday illuming before Messrs W. H. Gunning and E. J. Spencer, J.’sP., the following cases were - dealt with;—Leonard Securd charged with being drunk and disorderly was convicted and lined pi in default seven days’ imprison-, mem; Arapera Ropoama was convietn'd on a charge o.f assaulting by kicking 'Leonard Secord. Constable McGregor stated the assault was a brutal one as accuser! kicked Secord several times while the latter lay on

the ground. Both men had been drinking, which was the cause oil the quarrel, the accused, alleging that Secord had called : him a filthy name. Me was fined £3 in default 28 days imprisonment. John Mclnnes., a. second offender, was. convicted for being drunk and disorderly and was fined £1 in default 48 hours’ imprisonment. Howard Andrew, Ltd., have, a re.feience to the historical, year of 1924 on page 2 and 1925 being a year of opportunity, Their ■business hours will be a late night on New Year’s Eve and open alt day on Saturday, January 3rd, till 5.30 p.m. A hotelkeeper on the Main Trunk line is evidently a humorist, for he lias printed in big le'tters on the side of his hotel, “All Drink Free,’ and in very small letters underneath, '‘from adulteration.”

Tire Poplar Flaxmiiling Co. lias been awarded £2009 compensation m. its claim against the Makerua Drainage Board lor damages, caused through the latter’s banking scheme at Moutoa. The arbitrators in the case were unable to agree and it was left for the umpire to assess the compensation from the evidence, submitted.

Motorists will be pleased to know ] that the road through the Manawalu Gorge is .now to be kept open night and day, the old by-law making it open only between sunrise and sunset being abolished. Motor lorries up to five tons, including the weight of. the vehicle, may pass through between 5 a.m. and 7.45 p.m.

Mr H. Card, Qf Wellington, wno , purchased' the Dominion Hotel, Christchurch,' for £21,500 a fortnight ago, sold it again within a lew days to Mr David Young for £25,000. Up. to last wee.k 1233 'consumers of eioctiic light and power had signed agreements in the Horowhenua urs tnct, and 894 installations, had been made. It is expected that by tiie ena of the year 1000 consumers, wdi be using the Mangahao current. Power from MangaUao was turned on at' Pe.tone and Lower Hutt on Christmas Eve. At Petone the stieet lamps were lighted and electricity lor domestic use is expected to be available next week.

iUiimy seems a lair limit ui age m wiucn no give up momitmg lauueis iu u.v winuuw punas, xvir upmenus loev-

tutu, uj, Auc-tiluau, wad, nowevo.i, a y tv'll - uiUßf Wltou IUS.I weak ue uuuev - t .uuK Uiiti jQu, ■ jjUI nud Ute nusnnuuic iu duaiaui a iteayy laii, fraeu.ung ‘untju and necessitating • m» remui m. io me nospnai. Seme folks refuse w acknowledge tlrey are growing oiu, even wlien approaemng tire centmy. several oCcupaiiis Qi an uoinaiu nan messing saiooii were soinewnui {surprised, when a man (e.viueutiy an employ erjt entered tne saloon uooi and audressmg a patrqn who was m tire ciiair, and in Uie course ol nemg snaved, said, -*Xou take a week’s, notice. 1 don’t pay you tp be siiaved tiie firm’s time.” Tire person to whom tire remarks were addressed, although slightly surprised (relates a Nortn Utago paper), informed firm that nt oouid keep His job. Mr A. E. Brone, wlio returned Horn New Zealand by the Mafieno, expressed the opinion that the oilfields Pi I iaranaki, w.ben iully developed, will rank high. He states, there. is mucn work to be done in the way of boring and no reason to. doubt'Uiat the eiiorts.of tlro.se exploring the fields win be. successful. He considered tne item which are. being exploited with British capital solely will be among the best in. the. Empire.—Sydney cable. j pim f)r ink water, the. poet and playwright, is to marry Daisy .Kennedy, the well-known Australian vioiunsi, this week (s.ays. a London cable;. They are redecorating their iul.uie home at Evelyn Gardens. There will be orangp-OQiloured walls, orange- coloured carpets, and a golden music room. The study has a blue ceiling. “I’m an Australian,” said .Miss Kennedy, ‘‘and I must bring the colours of the bush and the paTakeets into my home.” In January last Mrs Dunkwater obtained a divorce from John Drinkwater after he had sent her a Waldorf Hotel bill showing that ne had stayed there with another woman. Daisy Kennedy was divorced some time ago from her husband, Benno Moiseiwitsch, the noted pianist.

Speaking at Gisborne with re sard to agricultural education in New Zealand, Professor Peren said that a good deal of organisation work would be necessary. It was proposed to have at least two courses, a degree course for those who wished to study the scientific side, and a diploma course for those who were practical farmers. ] t was also proposed to have a college farm,, but up to the present no decision as to its location had been made. The aim was to have a first-class agncultural college in the North Island. This college would*’really be independent of Victoria College, and its counection therewith would be nominal rather than actual. Such a proposal involved the expenditure of a considerable amount of money, and it was therefore necessary to go slow for a start. When the college became thorough established and efficiently stained research work would be undertaken and the functions of the college still further enlarged. Speculation is. rife in the iNew Zealand Government railway service as to line possible identity of the linru member of the new Hoard, of .Management. The tw.o members already appointed are Messrs F. J. Jones (chief engineer) and Jas. Mason jirs.l assistant general manager), -the failure 'to ■complete the Board immediately has given rise to many extraordinary rumours, not the. least interesting of which is the suggested appointment of a young English visitor who accompanied the. English Commission on the inspection of the Levin-Greatford deviation route. Wnat other explanation can be given of .the delay in ‘empanelling the jury?” it is well known that the late Genet ai Manager had ‘‘someone” specially in view for succession to the throne, but the new turn of affairs has put out of court Mr McVUly’s nominee, and there would now appear to be grave doubt of the ability of that officer to climh aboard the commission. 'Palmerston Times,.

Commenting on the report of the Railway Commissioners, the Warra,rapu Times says; Though the Railway Commissioners have devoted, much space in’their duty of telling us wliat is generally required.. in connection 'with our railways in order that they may he improved as a business, anu made more attractive to-the general public in the matter of travelling, it dismisses the most .vital problem as far as the Wellington province is concerned —lire Rimutaka monstrosity in a comparatively lew lines, and does not, as it should, urge that the present line over the hill should be removed altogether and replaced by something which will give the public comfort in travel, dispel the feeling of nervousness in riding over tne hill, dispense with the continual source of danger, and at the same time be a business proposition. Tne Commission says; “There is a means whereby on the existing line an early and comparatively cheap method of expediting trains to some extent and reducing costs could be secured, viz., by 'building suitable articulated . engines for this ‘ particular service—probably £50,000 would cover the oOst of such machines, and they could l>e at work within j# months.” This statement in the report may be comforting in some respects, but it may really only provide, a peg upon which the Plat of Delay, as far as the deviation is concerned, will be hung by those who control the management oi our railways.

A thrilling expedience befel Harry Nelson, a. nsheriiian, at Te Aiaioa, near oisborne. Nelson was coasting m an 18-foot boat when he was caught by a heavy gale. Being unable 10 make, land ne dropped a grapple with a good length of. rope, and rode out a severe storm for 24 hours, eventually reaching shore safely. He was without food and water. siiginiicaut leaiams *by Air Aiyao, private secretary tcpHatana, the Aia oll j healer, to a pressman ui Auciyiaiiu yesteruay:—“ill Bngiand Uiere was much unemployment. ihere was mucn distress, in many places, we visited on tlie Continent, nut stiangeiy enough ‘the moment we reached me borders’ oi Germany we could nouoe a dilierence. There vve did not hint any sign hi want or distress, tUl o everyone seemed to have plenty 01 work and in no want.” TJiere is .'nothing in tiie wiuald Jute enterprise, and the latest example ui it comes from ' Tauranga. The Bor-ouo-h Council has. plentnuiiy circularised Wellington to. the eliect that ll visitors tbriug ttieir o\yn tents tiie Council will conduct them to a. charming site .and arrange the wate supply and sanitary » conveniences and will connect up the tent wuii electric light and supp.ly a small electric cooker at a very low rental. They deserve success lor their enterpriseThe Union Company’s, ferry steamer Wahine broke her owri record ior the Wellington-Lyttelton run on Wednesday, and .clipped aibouf TO minutes on her previous test time, made only this week. The vessel made the trip in 8 hours 21 minutes, from the. time orders were received in the engineroom’lor “iuli-alhead” until the telegraph signalled “stop” at W elinxgton This run is particularly creditable to the , chief engineer and the engine room staff, and (says the New Zealand Times.” is fine, time for such a voyage. The vessel averaged 20.9 knots an hour' on the trip up, while last time her average was. 20.4 knots per hour. ‘ ... . A Masterton motorist who sun teu for home from near Martinbotougli, took the whole day to travel hvc miles. With the. assistance ol tunee men With shovels he. ploughed through a big slip, and when he arrived at Gladstone .he thought Ins troubles were. over. Stepping on the accelerator he was making for home at a great rate, when he was - hailed bv some Maoris on the roadside and informed that the bridge .the Koururau stream was down. He. leu his car in safe hands and duly reach, ed home by other means. The hi" locomotive which w : as. derailed near Paekakariki, by a landslip during the storm last week is s.tilL Iviim beside the track, rather perilously near the. precipitous descent to the beach. There was a rumour some days ago that the Railway Department, fearing that the engine could not be saved, had tipped it over the bank, but not only is this Untrue; the department’s experts hope to be able to put the big machine on the rails arnin Owing to the small amount of room available, and the great weight of the engine— something like 60 tons the woirk will not be simple cm easy. It has been decided that ihe postal department in 00-operaUon with the electoral department wall commence in the first week oi the new year the distributing of explanatory pamphlets to householders in connection witn registration under the Legislature Amendment Act- passed last session. Those pamphlets will convey mfo. motion to electors as to the gualmca'tions required under the Act, also their obligations, in. regal’d, to iegistralion and notifying change of address. The pamphlets will also deal with irregularities and disqualifications.

There ba.S been somewhat serious mortality among the trout in the. Ran-o-itikei River of late and several dead rainbow trout have been noticed m the river in the vicinity of the. lot loi bridge below Utiku (states the laihape Times). The cause; of the moitalitv has not been definitely deteimined, but it may be due to the fact that the river bed is. littered Rh llu ft slabs, the sap from which is. said to be fatal to trout in the. streams, qr to sawdust finding its. way hdu thc ri\ e;. Anglers who have visited the Bare, tikei between Utiku .and Mangawcka report that they have observed several dead trout at times, i J of them are prepared to f v tale TVl J !,, itely what is the. cause of the mortality- , , ,A Dunedin citizen who has returned from a visit to Australia says: The Commonwealth to-day has prospects of a wonderful season. The wool clip has been great, prices for wool are high, and there is promise of a record harvest. When I was there a few months ago business men were looking glum, but now the whole outlook is bright,. Everybody appears to be prosperous, and it is a good sign—-a sort of ‘set fair’ barometerthat all the theatres are doing big business. It is a matter of common lcnoweldge that when Australians have money they spend it, and I shall be much disappointed if they do not come over in numbers to the Dunedin Exhibition and send over exhibits in quantity.”