Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925.

Shannon News, 23 January 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925.

Misses D. Brewer and JB. Hook left by the papier Express yesterday lor Hastings, where they will spend a few days' holiday. On Wednesday tine trustees of the Makerua Drainage Board made a t,our of-inspection of the southern portion of their banking scheme and found the work satisfactory.

■Mr Tippler, <;lia,inuan of the School Committee, has received advice, that the new headmaster, Mr A. T. White, will he visiting Shannon on Monday next.

Owing to tile rise in the. price! of fat sheep and fat cattle the local butchers have decided to maike a slight increase in the retail price ojt meat to take effect cm and after to-day. Two local residents were, among those fortunate enough to participate in the win of Rangimoana on the first day at Wellington, when she paid nearly half a century. It is reported one of the fortunate ones held three tickets on the winner. The Horowhenua Power Board at its meeting on Tuesday, decided to appoint a full-time meter-reader and collector, at a salary of £5 per week. Mosquitos have been troublesome ui Wanganud this summer. An endeavour is being made to allay this nuisance by treating the stagnant pools in the district with kerosene.

At Tuesday's meeting of ( the MioroHorowhenua Flower Board the contract lior the reticulation of Paraparaumu township was let to Messrs Eeles and Co. at a price of. £528, the "work to he completed within rive weeks from date.

lihe Palmerston iSorth Hospital Board has appointed a deputation consisting of D.r. Forrest arid Messrs j. a. Nash, m.p., and Hornblow, to wait on the Minister of Railways to endeavour to safeguard the hospital patients from the. noise qf shunting when arranging the location of the new station yards, which will toe situated about hali-a-miie from the institutioai.

It was insisted by Mr F. V. Moore at a conference QX local ibocly representatives in Carterton that five-ton iorxies shquld be charged an annual fee pi £25. He did not mind a modification 'oi the qtner fees suggested in tiie regulations under the. Motor Vehicles Act, hut they should, tax the fiveton lorry off the roads altogether, as this vehicle did the damage and was barred in qther countries. The chairman of the Foxton State Schqol Committee has telegraphed to tine Chief Inspector, asking hiin to. nx a date to. meet the Committee to discuss the. establishment qf a District nigh. School at Foxton, for which almost 30 students are offering. The committee jajnd Board have already sanctioned the establishment of ihe school and it now remains fqr the Department tq accede tq their wishes or give reasons fqr withholding the request.

in the course of the wool sale (says Uio N.apier Telegraph) one of the auctioneers submitted tiie clip of Brownlie -brothers., v Puketitiri, aud 'before submitting it (remarked, humorously liiat this wool, from the flock of the famous All Blacks, deserved a specially good price. There was much laughter from the buyers' benches, and one buyer retorted; "Oh, jimmy Mill is my favourite." Whetiher or not, however, the Rugby achievements of the Brqwnlies .influenced the buyers, the fact remains that their wool brought a .very satisfactory price. An instance Qf how a trifling accident may cause a serious dislocation of the electric service of any district was furnished a few days ago, when information was reeived by the Cambridge Power Board that the service had failed in the Brumwqod district. An electrician who was sent to inves-

tigate at about 4 a.m., after considerable, trouble located the trouble due

to a wild duck, which, during us flight, \had touched itw ; o wires and caused a contact, dislocating the whole service. The dead nird was removed, and the service at once re-established. As a sequel to the accident, the electrician had duck for dinner.

Twenty-six suiyhur laden ti'itckt ni,<i an empty X. vagon ran away Uc;.j the B.urnside. station on Moiiliy morning at about 6.45 (says the D';nI'din "Star"). These trucks had arrived, twenty-one hours previously, and were placed at the top of the railway ya.rd. all brakes being on, and there they stood- ail right for all that time, and then suddenly started down the incline. What caused tihem to have is not yet ascertained. They got up speed and shot into the runaway siding, which is provided as a t-afeguard in the event of such a happening, with the result that six of the (rucks were piled up and badly damaged. The strange fact is that ten of ihe, twenty-six trucks had the brakes down when examined immediately.

Over a million pieces of crockery broken at Wembley have been ,used to made roads, and paths a.t the sports ground $f the caterers.

un nis itiuii: jiorn an excursion to ihe \\ cat !L,uailf ouuiiuts, captain nuuenyue, ui 14:-' vvaifer Uiy, saiu i< <a vviieii ne was u <ooy ine iounus vare r;iiianvame ioi me great pxoius.i'Jn aim variety ol mid iue Uiat e.iusteu mere. iNuw, unioriunaiely, una; lire was steadily on we wane, 'lncmaui reason r.oa\tnis was the havoc wro.ugm by me weasels, wmen were increasing in an alarming rate. The party saw scores of these animals during theu tour, and '"u-y were, even observed, swimming ii-urn the mainland to me various islands in the Sounds. Alter the f'ecent Marion jockey Uuu-s meeting a report was erroneously puniisntju mat Mr T. bevan nau lieen lined £5 i'oa- tailing lo notuv me rieien rtuaus—i-ilieue Diu-oiwi. ivn iseyan is now in receipt 01 a leuer from the Marixxn Club suiting wuu n was tihe Qwner of riiieue (not Mr BeVan) whQ was fined for not nouiying tne secretary ol ins interest m the bracket. This correction is therelore made in justice to. the local owner whose care in observing the rules of' racing is, well-known in racing circles.

ihe novel sight ui iu.iwu lambs l'aitenuig unuer coyer ,was witnessed ay Air VV. Claude. Motion, u prominent. Lower' WiUkato farmer, iu the course of a recent trip through Canada, xiio enterprising owner was connected with the grain .business and secured at low cost the, "screenings" from several grain elevators, JBy le.eding this with lucerne hay and other supplements to the lambs hi a regular ration the most economical conversion into profit was effected. Space was economised by molding the,, lambs in pens under cover, this confinement also ensuring that, the. carefully acquired condition should,not be run off by. unnecessary exercise. The following stqry indicates me tactics which are. heing adopted to harass the shipping industry and the gtnerai public; When the. Uiunarou was due. to sa.il for New Zealand on January % the crew preferred a ucmand for "ham and eggs, fresh and pickled pork, preserved fruit—w.itn cream—and potatoes, mashed, Vied or chipped. . . ." "These," be H noted, says the Christchurch Sun, "in addition to the four regular meals a day usually provided. After negotiating all the afternoon until a, late hour at night, these gourmets decided to do without the ham and eggs, and, promised that the one hand necessary to complete the ship's complement would be found. But the vessel has not yet sailed.' Asked what had impressed him most during a recent trip through the southern portion of the Auckland province, a Dargayille resident stated the advancement in Hie use, of electricity for both lighting and power. He said he was absolutely astounded at the way,each little, town, hamlet and farm was lit up, also the number of industries which had discarded their steam, gas and Oil engines for "electricity, and finished up his conversation by wondering how long it would he before our local Power Board woke up to the fact that they were standing still and missing the golden opportunity of linking up with a supply which would pass by their door at a very early date.—North Auckland Times. To the average reader the word "sale" 'may mean little or nothing. Every shop has "sales' which are sales in name only, but When the. name of Stiles and Matheson is mentioned in this connection the thaiity .shoppers of this district "sit up ana take notice." This, of course, is due to the fact that when Stiles and Matneson,~LtdM there's nion«-y to be. saved. In another part of this paper they announce the opening ol their great summer sale on Saturday, 24th January, which is one of the events of. the year. All prices are heavily (reduced, many, lines going for cost price and less. Inspection 01 the wonderful bargains in the stare will amply prove this a fact and no one can afford to miss the exceptional saving opportunities offering.* Chief Judge Jones, of the Native hand Court, Under-Secretary of Native •Vffairs, shortly proceeds, to Tuahivyi, near Christchuroh, to open up the hearing of the. Ngaitahu case, arising out of a claim by the natives against the. Government of £354,000, the amount of compensation assessed by Royal Commission in connection with the .sale of the South island to the Government in 1848. The Government has not decided what amount it will pay in respect of the claim, the, present proceedings being simply to settle who will benefit by any, allowance tliat the Government may see fit to make. This allowance in any case will not he in cash, but wUlbe a sum set aside as if land had been reserved and the income of the reserve allocated to those natives entitled to. particioate. It is proposed to adopt a similar method to that i.h connection with l-he Rotorua compensation. Surprising revelations of the extent of betting among boys were made at a conference of headmasters at Cambridge, England- It was stated that in one class of 42 boys of an average age of 11 years, 19 boys admitted having bet on important races. They pooled their money to buy "tips." At another school a boy writing an essay on "What I do on Saturdays,' ' began by saying that his first task was to "make up his book." It was discovered that he was bookmaker for the other boy s at the school.. Bathers on the Wainui beach at wsborne recently had the pleasure of the day marred to a certain extent by the appearance, close inshore, of three sharks, about five or six feet in length. The first of the visitors was seen by a bather who was about fifteen feet away. He warned other?, avlio were in the vicitoity, and after making for the shore they watched the movements of two sharks, which remained for some time in about tU secoud line of breakers Later in th-J day ti third shark, larger than the other two, was seen I further along the beach, where a large one wag pfl« n early in tli* week. »