Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925.

Shannon News, 13 January 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925.

fixe, fortnightly meeting Of the Borough council will be held in the Council Chambers this, evening.

Applications Yor laying iqn the water to property boundaries can now be inane to. the Town Clerk, IMr J. T. bovJs.

Perry Bros.’ big circus, and zoo will visit (shannon on Saturday, .January 3ist, and will be showing m the paddock in Nathan Terrace opposite, tlie railway sited* A start nas been made by the Mahawatu County Council to form the approach on tne Moutoa side of the river to give access to tne punt at the Shannon bridge* , lor some time past some person has. been making a practice o.i grazing stock in tne. school grounds during tne night, and as a result damage has neen uone, to the grounds, which have recently been put in order. Last week three members of the committee laid themselves out to detect the culprit with tne result that his stock was impounded and (probably more will be heard of the matter later. We have received complaints that children are causing mischief at tne local cemetery by removing artificial wreaths from one grave to another and generally inten.ering with the graves by scattering the pebbles and in some instances, the artificial wreaths have been broken. Parents will be well advised to warn their children of’ the seriousness, of the offence, i

Messrs .W, Quarrie and Aim and Miss Maisie Brown, members of the weal Tennis Club, are taking part nf me Wellington provincial Champion-' smp Tennis Tournament which commences. at Palmerston North to-day. miss Brown has entered for the. girls’ singles.; Mr Quarrie, the championsnip and handicap singles, and doubles, and Mr Aim the handicap doubles. We wish them the best of good luck.

rruiound regret was expressed in onannun on batuiruay morning wneu it ueccune Known that ivir Lesne piguii, loniy soil oi Mi; ana Mrs E. pigott, ox iviouiou, Had passed away me paevious evening alter a brief niness oi nve. uays aurauon, tne cause oi ueatn being double pneumonia. The ueeeased, wnq was born at Moutoa Z't years ago, nad lived mere all ms life, being engaged m farming with ins lamer, ne was. one of tne most popular yo.ung ine.n in the district and held 1U high esteem by all who Knew him. He was a married man and leaves a family of four young children, the youngest being twins four months old. lhe family with his father and mother and sister, will have the deepest sympathy of the community in the great loss they have sustained. The funeral took place at Fox ton on Sunday when a large cortege followed the remains, to their last resting place, where the Rev. H. F. Walton officiated a.t the graveside,. A large number of very beautiful floral emblems, were received .from all. parts of the district testifying to the high respect in which deceased was held.

Cimsla.bli; McGregor lias, received advice inu-l be nasmeen promoted to tue rank >Ol sergeant, winch toon eflect ii'omi January Ist, also that he is under truns.ter to Cnristchurch, at an early dat.e.. Durmg the years Constaoie McGregor has been stationed m ahaiinon he has proved iiimseii' a most efficient officer in the administration oi the law, and there is. no doubt'it is largely due to his supervision and alertness that there has been no. very serious crime in Shanon during that period, The citizens have been fortunate in having him in charge of the local police department. He has always given offenders a fair deal, but at the same time he was. a most thorough and conscientious, prosecutor, and no doubt these qualities will be further developed in liis new sphere. He will be the recipient oi sincere and-’ genuine congratulation from’ the residents of Shannon and district on the well-earned promotion he has received, although all will regret that. it. means that lie will have to leave Shannon where he and Mrs McGregor have made many friends (luring their residence.. A novel sight seen in Dannevirke was a big double-decker motor-lorry, laden with fat lambs. It is working the Pahiatua district. About 120 lambs can be carried at a time. A consignment of 750 lambs was brought in from the Hinaluira district by six motor lorries on Monday afternoon, and railed from Featherston station. Only two lambs were lost out of the mob.—Wairarapa Age.

Pigs are now being railed to Longbum from as far north as Rotorua. Last week the Kiwi Bacon GO. received four trucks of haconers from Rotorua and Frankton and one from Otorohanga. We are informed the freight per pig from Rotorua is 3/3; which must be considered very reasonable', seeing that the distance is 359 miles..

vm xiuiusuay lugiu several . uairy cows strayeu on to. the railway line at iViakerua with the result mat a goods tram ran into them and killed one, A little later another tram came along and killed two more. Another tragedy occurred at the local yards, yesieruay when the Main Trunk express ran oyer and killed a fowll

.a a peony mie.nueu meeting of the Domain nxeouuvq nerd on. Friday evening, wnion Whs presided over by uie mayor Rvir muiuocii; it was accrued to cait tenders numeuiateiy for tire construction of a paddling pool at tne oomain, also that a man. be put «n to clean up the grounus and another to be engaged to erect latrines lor lames and gents.

it is expected mat an. attempt wm be made to riy irom Sydney to Auckland in May. next.

anere is at present a coating oi snow on rvit. Hector, a most unusuai tilling for tins time of tne year. me i\e.w. Zealand itugny Union advises mat iroin now. onwaras me adaress oi the Ail Blacks is. care of me Vancouver liugby union, Vancouver, umaua.

inere is only one borough, Lkeiaimiia, in the north island wild. a pupuiauon oi less man iuuo, while in me £>uum island there are seventeen eacii with populations of less man muo.

Mr T* Overton, who fob the past two and a-naif years ha.s been engineer io tne Horownenua Power Board, nas been appointed consulting engineer to tne newly created Franklin Power Board (Auckland), subject to the. loan be.ing carried. Blight has severely attacked many potato crops in the FeUding district, some growers even stating that it is worse this year than it has ever been previously. A resident (had a beauiiiul plot irom which he secured enough new potatoes for the family’s Christmas dinner. On Boxing Day he noticed a curious smell in the air. fie inspected the plot, where he found that the blight had wrought its devastation during the night. In quite a few instances crops of. onions have also been blighted in a day. -The position is a serious one for large growers, of which there are a number in Feilding. One of those coincidences w.lhcli attract attention occurred on Friday at Biierslie, and had a direct interest both for . the Governor-General and Lady Alice .Fergusson. For many years past photographs of all the. distinguished men who have filled the position of /Governor or (GovernorGeneral have, he.en hung, in the. order of their termi of office, on the walls of the stewards’ luncheon room. When Sir Charles sat down on Friday he found that facing him on the wail was the photograph of his. father, the late Sir James Fergusson. To carry the coincidence a stage further, Lady Fergusson likewise found that, immediately facing her was the photograph of her father, .the late Earl of Glas-gow.—-Herald.

mu uemn uccurreci in Palmerston on rnuuy oi lvir juim Jarvis, ageu one oi tne uiuest seiners. axiu n.usv mttresmig peisonamtes ill tne Maiiawaui. 11 0 was *oiie of me oiigmal *sctuers at Kongo tea Riien Known as o.cunpbeiltovvii;, qiid taxing up pig nrc-euing, was me lirst to inu'oemec me i. am worm anu Black uevon meeds into me Dominion. He aiways look a prominent part in tne anans ox me Maiiaw.atu a. and P. Association, anu latterly ms mam nueiest centred in poultry. Mr Jarvis inane the'North island Poultry Association ms. hobby and put into it a tremendous amount oi work and enthusiasm, i-io was affectionately known as. “dad” amongst, iancuers ana was a wellknown rigure at the snows.

During the New Year holidays a well-known citizen paid a visit to the Government hydro-electric works at Mangaliao, and, being provided Willi a letter from the Minister of Public Works, was courteously shown all round the installation. In the course of a chat witli a reporter, he stated that after ail the criticism levelled at the Government over the length of time taken in the construction of the works, they were well ahead of their principal clients, Wellington. City and Palmerston North. The qons.e.quence was that very little oi ihe available power had been requisitioned uip to the present to supply the needs oif the few scattered towns along the. Manawatu line and Street lighting in Petone, the Hutt and Eastbourne. So far as he could gather, no water from the (Mangahao river was. being used to drive the big pe.lton wheels, in the power (house a.t Shannon, as there .was sufficient natural drainage into the Arapeti dam to keep a 'couple of the wheels revolving.

.The present dancing season in London bids fair to be exceptionally successful, if success is to be counted by the number of dances and dancers. A year ago the absorbing topie of conversation in danceland was “The Blues,” the new dance which began well but ended badly. This year there is no new dance to arouse curiosity and stimulate interest. The ill-fated Five-Step, of which much was hoped, is dead, and although well-meaning efforts are being exerted by one or two professional dancers to popularise various productions, such as the Dog-Trot and the SixTime, it is unlikely that they will make any real headway. Though the Fox-Trot has seized the public imagination, the opinion of one authority on the subject is . that the extraordinary, popularity of the Fox-Trot will prove its own undoing in th'e end. Sooner or later dancers will begin to tire of the eternal rhythmic walk. Less strained and anxious looks, and even occasional smiles, are notioeable among dancers nowadays.

During the. past year the State Forest Service planted 8500 acres of new country in the Rotorua district in trees.—an increase of 2900 acres compared with the activities for 1923. Foxty per cent, of the. Swedish farms now ruin tneir household, dairy and agricultural machinery by electricity, and 50 per cent. Of the houses in the country districts, are lighted hy electricity.

it is a rather remarkable fact that, according to the Umciai fear Boon just issued, there is only one borougu t-tiKccahuna) in the North Island wnn a population of loss than 1000, while in the south island there are seventeen each with populations of less than iouu. commg down Murray's Track, irom TiruauKawa, recently a retired dinner, now resident m wanganui, enunced to pick up a neauy-i.oiued piece ol paper, opening it out he discovered it to he an account sales, lor hve bales of wool sold in July, iyuc. The ngures show, that the WQOI was. sold ai 4d per ih„ and the live hales, charges deducted, netted the “fortunate.” owner £2B 7s 4dl

What tragedy lies at the back of the following paragraph puhlisned —wnnout comment —m tne nows letter issucu by The New Zealand Nnt.ivn liras - Protection Association—' ‘ Two shootists out in a northern district to get anything moving that came their way, fired at and brought down a carrier pigeon. Attached to the bird was the message: ‘Mother dying, coxne quickly. —Sylvia. ’ n A Wanganui poultry enthusiast piedicts. that eggs, will he much dearer during the present year jthan last. 'The dearness wifi he attributed to two factors., namely the vast increase hi the price of feed and the. wholesale killing off of fowls.. He went on to point out that there was only two ways to keep fowls profitably, either to have’ a large number well cared for, or a small number, just sufficient for the. needs of the household. An ex-resident of Masterton, who is now in London, recently inquired at one of the leading English houses for certain woollen garments. The manager of the department said the firm had the woollen goods, but the price of the manufactured article—especially from Merino wool—was so high that it was difficult to. effect sales, and only a comparatively small quantity of woollen garments were, being disposed of. Haymaking in this district has. been held up considerably by the wet weather which Obtained during the greater part of December. Although there has been some fine weather since, the difficulty has been that all farm work, ploughing, etc., needed attention as soon as the weather permitted, and in many instances the hay-making was put off until last. The work is proceeding apace now, but the crops, have unfortunately passed the. prime, the grass having gone, to seed. Usually when a position on a public body is vacant tiiere is a large budget o.f applications for the vacancy but the fact that the big majority, are in some cases unsuitable was illustrated recently when the Paimerslon North Borough Council advertised for a Borough Overseer. Fifty-four applications. were received and considered and this number was reduced to three. At a special meeting of the. Council held yesterday it was decided to reject these, also and call for fresh applications. Arrangements have now: been completed for Mr H. Alpe, the champion long distance walker, to walk from New Plymouth to Wellington, .a distance of 250 miles, collecting en route foir the funds of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes.. The walker will he accompanied by an official of the Homes, .who,, wilt travel by motor, and* a cinematognapher. Attempts will be made to establish now records over various distances along the route, which wifi be via Palmerston North, Woodvilie and Wairarapa-. Meanwhile Mr Alpe is. in training between and Wellington. Tlie walk will commence on March 4, and he expects, to arrive in Wellington on April 17. The Government ihas. finally decided to close the Moumahaki State. Farm. At a meeting of the Farmers’ Union, which has been asking for the retention of part of the Farm, a letter was read from the Minister agreeing t.o retain the homestead area of 150 acres contingent upon the farmers subsidising the scheme. On the motion of Mr K. E. Symea it was decided to inform the Minister that the proposal was not acceptable. It is. understood that the. next development wall be the cutting up of the farm to lease to bona fide farmers, the accumulated revenue to be' utilised for the purpose, of experimental work between Wafigamii and New Plymouth.

It wus reported that during the trip of Ratana’s party to Japan one of the Maori girls had been married to the Japanese young man who came to New Zealand with the party. A m’ember of the executive informed a Wanganui Herald reporter that this is not correct. What transpired was that two members of Ratana’s own party were married by a Japanese bishop. The Japanese young man is the guest of Ratana, and has been told that he may remain at Ratana Village as long as he likes. His sister was also invited to accompany the party to New Zealand, but the parents thought that one representative of the family would be sufficient.

1 Easy money was made by an Invercargill man at a regatta Itieid during the holidays, ft occurred at a sideshow where the enterprising showman was offering untold gold to anyone who could ride his wild buck.jumper. The lnvercargillite had never ridden a horse of any description in his life, but, taking a sporting chance, tie offered to “have a go at it,” and was duly introduced to» the spectators as a well-known local horseman.” A few minutes later the horse appeared, and he prepared to mount inside the tent where throngs of people waited to see the result, when, to his amazement, the showman whis-, pered, “I’ll give you a quid to fall off.” He fell for it.

Nine alligators from New Orleans for tne. Auckland Zoo were sinpped on board the steamer West Niius, winch arrived at Auckland last week irom San Francisco, only tfiree ol the reptiles survived the voyage( the otner six dying on hoard tne steamer. Hamilton possesses tne. somewhat qufcstionajoie distinction of bemg leurtn on the list amongst the centres of the Dominion as lar as litigation is concerned. Alter Auckland, Wellington and Uinstcnurch, tne cap. itii lOi tne Waikato na.s more Supreme Court work than any other town in New. Zealand, not excepting Dunedin.

Mr Frank pawson, a reared laruier, ol Asnourton, who nas organised motor transport services in competition with tne railways in me Asnnuriofi district, has received notice of ms. appointment as a nusiness agent tor tne .Canterbury section of railways. This appointment is the first of its Kind in New ZealandTiie eleven nunuied Bornney cross ewes run at the cemrai jue vc -iopmeiu Farm tins year, cupped an average of eleven pounds Qi wool per neau, me wool ietenmg irom &>d to 2?d at the December sales. Sixty per cent, oi uyland cross iambs irom these, ewes have, already been sent away rat from the mothers.

A five-seater Hover car belonging to Mrs C. Beil, of Ufaki, was burned on me Foxton Hoad on ruesuay evening. The car was being driven by ivn r. Bell, who had maae a stop along tne road and having difficulty m starting, primed the engine. As. soon as it nred the whole engine burst into names. The car was insured in the Alliance office for £bX).

It was decided by London County Council’s Education Committee Uiat there shah be no. teaching of sex hygiene in the London elementary schools. The question had been referred to 27 borough consultative committees, of head masters and mistresses, and tiie views of the heads of secondary schools had also been obtained.

“in some small churches the minister’s wife is looked upon as a son of unofficial deaconess,” said Rev. F. McDonald, of Foxton, at the induction of a deaconess at St. Andrew's Church, Palmerston North- in men cases, he went on to say, the wife of the minister had t.Q attend to works of charity, the sick and multitudinous other matters, as weii as her own household and bring up a family, “it is amazing bow they do it, but they succeed, and are always- perfectly cool and collected,” he added. He hoped that-the congregation, of St. Andrew’s would not leave everything to their new deaconess but that they would continue to assist' wherever possible in her work amongst the people.

Not a few West Coast miners, may be seen in the week-ends around Greymouth at the wheels Qf their own motors, handsome touring cars, that a professional man might envy. Most of the owners, if not all, are. members of co-operative mining parties whose six days’ arduous toil each week is required, not with the ordinary wage, but with a full share Qf the profits derived by the respective parties to which they belong. Apart from the fact that it reflects a degree of thrift for which the miner is not usually given credit, such evidence of opulence naturally attracts the curiosity of the visitor. There is no reticence on the part of the. miner that the cooperative parties, once their initial difficulties are surmounted prosper, because the mine in which they work is theirs and because each man is efficient.

map many clauses in the new Highways Act rut the tanner very nurd \yas evident lrom the brief, reiereuce made to that acp by Mr W. H. Buick ai trie meeting oX tue general committee 01 the Masterton a. and P. Association recently. Mr liuick sard- that he bad two motor cars and a motor lorry, and was required to pay fees, on all ol\ Uiem. He would require to take out a license lor each member of bis laimiy who drove them. Further, he used ms motor lorry perhaps Once a weeK, and yet had to pay the same fee as a linn or individual who had a motor lorry in commission every day in business. There were many provisions in the Act that require looking into from the farmers’ point of view, because they were unfair to the men on the land. He suggested that the A. and P. Association and the Fanners’ Union should confer.on the matter, it was decided to do as Mr Buick suggested.—Wairarapa Times.

In replying to. an address of welcome. at Auckland on’Tuesday evening, considerable amusement was caused by- the Governor-General’s disclosures as to tire secrets. OP an old diary of Her Excellency referring to their early associations, with Auckland. Sir Charles Fergusson said that every tree, bush, and room at Government House had associations for Lady Fergusson. “i happened to find lying' on her table tills morning,” said His Excellency, “her diary of 189-2, the year when she came, here, and from curiosity 1 turned to the record. (Laughter). It read something like this: ‘Arrived in Auckland toy the Hinemoa about- H o’clock. Drove through the streets, in procession and felt very grand.’—(Laughter). There is some more coming,y said Sir Charles, and he quoted the following extract: “In the afternoon played leapfrog,” which called forth tumultuous laughter.