Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925.

Shannon News, 30 January 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925.

Mr and Mia Hesford, of Shannon, who have been on a visit to the Old Country, returned to Shannon on Wednesday. In reply to a question at tho Council meeting .on Tuesday night as to when the water scheme can bo officially tuirned on, the Engineer (Mr Edwards) stated he would .be able to announce the date in a week’s tune.

At last meeting of tne .Shannon Borough Council a copy of the. new regulations dealing with the licensing of motor drivers was received. The Town Clerk reported that he had already issued several drivers’ licenses. The Mayor (Mr Murdoch) at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening said he had negotiated with the Wellington City Council for the loan of £llO0 1 at 6i per cent, to complete me water scheme.—The Council resolved to accept the offer. Before Mr E. Spencer, .J.P., on Tuesday, a man named Frank Flynn was charged with drunkenness, and committing a nuisance on the Napier express on Monday last. He was convicted and fined'.£l, .in default seven, days’ imprisonment. Tiie death occurred at Shannon yesterday morning ol Mrs Pat. Edwards (uaiha Tapuae), of Pretoria, road. The deceased lady, who had been ailfhg for the past six months, was 58 years' of age and is survived by lier husband and a grown up family of six children. The funeral will fake place at Moutoa.

Replying tQ criticism Qf the men employed on the Shannon waterworks construction,, the Engineer (Mr Edwards) said the men were doing their best and have done good work. He impressed on the Council that the work had to be done - carefully and steadily and he intended that when the .work Was completed nothing would be wrong. Cr. Gunning, at the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night, said he thought some provision should have been made for assisting residents, who, desired to connect up with the water supply. This had been done by many corporations. The money could have been advanced at a reasonable rate to. be repaid 'by instalments. It Was the opinion of tne meeting that the amount likely to be required would be so small that it would not be necessary, but. should anyone require assistance and they wrote tq the Council they would receive consideration.

Cr. Murray at the Council meeting on Tuesday night, in enquiring what pressure of water was. supposed to be in the pipes, stated he. had witnessed an experiment where through a piece of hose there had been a spray of only about three feet from a four-inch pipe. If this was going to be the pressure, he said, they would be lost should a fire occur. The engineer, replying to this statement, said it was ridiculous. He did not know Where this occurred but he was. quite certain the full pressure was not turned on. The pressure at the Council Chambers would be 80 lbs to the square inch.'

Los Angel.es has completed the “degradation” qf the horse. After next July, anyone detected driving a horse in the down-town district will he liable to imprisonment.

“The only vvay to tax a motor car is on benzine,” observed a member of the Chamber of Commerce recently to the accompaniment of several ‘‘Hear, Hears.”—Wanganu i Chronicle.

Settlers in the Te Aroha district are placing great faith in the new vaccine treatment against mammitis, judging by the fact that at present about 300 U cows are in course of being inoculated.

a'Chinese restaui’ant-keeper in iiainilioii, uiuario, was tinea Xao fur using an ornamental- teapot which, when tne spout was turned once poured tea into ms customers 1 cups, nut when tne spout was turned twice pours not tea but whisky. me vvapawa lYldil tells nils one; -i .Vi.uu. -L vviiu, was a jjasociiijci oil tuc xasi uam irurn i>u±Jiei iu vvu*±»u\v'a. cuigineu at re iiUuive, ami as tne iUUV eu out ii'Om tne smaon ieanseu ue Had ieit a parcel neninu min. uw i usneu. across to uis norne, caugiii a nurse, overtook me train at opapa and secured'ms parcel.

a reuiarkanle coincidence occurred tu ,a Wedumg in tot. Luivc s Ciiuicn, uuiuam, aecciiuy. Mrs ivruivott, -or riaiiipuen, wno .was. a guest at her gi anu-uaughier's wedding, was married m me same enuren ab years ago. iur Eiutin, me organist, whq piayeu die “W ending March,” playeu me same march at the grandmother's wedding oyer (hah a century ago. lire noard ul Governors of tne New Zealand institute nas resolved to protest agamst me lnnoductmu of plains and animals mto Toaganro national park. The ‘ resolution was moved i>y prolessor Easterheld, Dr. Cockayne, wno seconded, said the heather winch nud ijcen introduced was German, aim not iscottisn. It was very inflammable and caused the risk oi flre. The oldest building in the Hutt Valley, a house built by Mr Percy 8o years ago, and now occupied by Tna sens, is being pulled down to maiC way for a new railway. A condition of the sale of tlie land was that me owners, be permitted to remove and re-erect the building. The timber is excellently preserved and a long life is considered to be still ahead of it when rebuilt.

On Friday last at the Foxton Magistrate’s Court, before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., the District Inspector ol Factories (Mr J. Lowden) proceeded against A. O. Olliver, butcher, of Longburn and Foxton for failure to close ins shop ,at the hour of 4.30 o’clock in the evening as provided /by the Shops and Offices Act, 192,1. A similar charge was laid against R. Bryant. Each was fined £5 and costs.

A Palmerston resident, who sallered acutely irom long standing and apparently incurable nasal catarrh, says that in sheer desperation, .when at the seaside, he waded in up to his chin, and, immersing his face, drew the salt water through his nostrils twice a day. Before the. week-end he returned home permanently cured. In gratitude he desires that any of our readers who may be similarly afflicted should know this.

Two line fishermen at Hokio yesterday secured a whip-tail shark about six feet in length. This .variety, although common in some parts <ctf the South island, is almost a stranger in these waters and this is said to he the first that has ever been seen at Hokio. The. head )and teeth differ considerably from that of an ordinary shark while the body is small and goes off into a formidable whip-like tail that is said to be its means ot defence.

A country resident had a remarkable experience recently with regard to the insect known as the “borer” (says the Wanganui Herald). Finding that the insect was in the piano, the lady of the house opened the front of the instrument and placed a tin of varnish stain on some newspaper inside the piano. The powerful fumes from the varnish resulted in some hundreds of grubs falling from the woodwork on to the paper. These were immediately swept up and consigned to the flames. Kerosene applied with an oil-can to the infected parts of the piano resulted in tire destruction of the remainder of the grubs.

J. and P. Coates, Ltd., the big sewing cotton undertaking, reported mat the net profits for the year ended June 30tb last amounted to £3,107,213, after allowing for depreciation and taxation. This Js not a record for me company, hut is larger than the profits ior 1922-23, when there was some reaction in the earnings. The shareholders have already received .15 per cent, in dividends for the year, and it is now proposed to pay a bonus of 2i per cent, less tax, malting a total for the twelve months of 17£ per eent. less tax. This is the same rate as tne distribution for each f of the preceding four years. A sum oi £200,000 is placed (toi dividend 'reserve fund, which is thus brought up ,to £2,300,000 and £398,580 is carried forward.

“I>m satisfied that Honolulu is an over-boosted place and three weeks without a party of congenial companions is quite enough to spend there.” This was among the remarks made by Mr C. S. Thomas, a Christchurch. solicitor, on his return from a holiday trip tq Honolulu. “The bathing of course, is wonderful,” he said. “Tile water is delightfully warm, and one may stay in for three or four hours without getting a chill or feeling any evil effects at all.” He went, on to say, however, that the Waikiki beach itself was not worth calling a beach. It consisted of a hard coral sand, and there was not more than a few feet tot it. One stepped off a bank into the sea. In the water the great danger was the sharp coral ledges. The vyater was very shallow, and one could go out for over .a quarter of a mile without getting wet above the hips. So It was very easy to strike a ledfe with a foot, and if a foot was cut it was generally poisoned.

Tiie London Daily Mall political correspondent ,says that while the Government is anxious to re-establish free gold and silver ,in London, it is unlikely to restore sovereign circu atiqn tor some years, because the amount of gold hi a -sovereign is now worth considerably more than 20s 4d, causing a loss to. the Exchequer G gold replaced notes. That a favourable dairy season lias been experienced in So.uth Taranaki is proved by figures Which show t'hut the aggregate output of eight represented approximately a 6 per cent, increase. Six lactones show individual increases ranging from five to twelve per cent, over last season s output. Strange to say, tw.o lactones show a decrease, but that is attributed j to a reduced number of suppliers. Death removed the last of the ] -oneers of Norsewomd on .Monday aiicrnoon in tlie person of Mr uie u. Luna, wno was in his 83rd year, fhe de-> ceased was horn in Laur /ig, Norway, and came to New Zealand in he novding in 1872, and look up i'a..ning. He leaves a Widow who tas been an invalid for several years, also four sons. Two sons—WUliani and Alfred—were killed in 'he Greai War. There are also, three daughters, A universal superannuation scheme for everybody in the Dominion will be introduced by Hon. G. J. Anderson, Minister of Pensions, during the conning session of Parliament. The Minister, speaking at Thames, said he would be occupied during the next six months preparing a scheme which would be in the nature of, compulsory old-age superminiuation. He wanteu to relieve, the mind of everyone from the fear oi want in their declining years, it was not a party matter. A iiumber o.f young-men appearcu before the S.M. at Foxton charged with playing “two-up,’’ and after a deal of evidence the solicitor for the defence contended that there was no evidence to prove that the street was a public place. The S.M. said dial the point w.as a fatal one. There was no evidence to prove tlie men vvere in a public place. He would 'dismiss tlie case on the grounds, that ,no. proper evidence had been submitted that the men had been playing in a public place.

An outbreak of fire occurred at Carterton at the residence of Mr W. Sorenson. It is surmised that the fire was caused by an electric iron. It was intended to have used the iron during the day, but there was no power available, and it is presumed that the iron was put back on the mantleshelf without being switched off. Later in the alter noon the power was restored, and ns there was n-o one home at the time, tlie fire got a fair hold before being discovered, but it was extinguished by the Fire Brigade after some damage had been done.

Ice creams, no matter how pleasing to the palate they may be when the weather is sweltering, do not make good body builders. This has been discovered by a Maori, one of the Territorials attending the camp on the racecourse. The other morning he paraded sick, and was removed to tlie hospital, it being considered necessary to operate upon him for internal trouble. However, on being admitted' to the public institution, it was discovered that his complaint was not as serious as was aj first expected, and that he was suffering from the after effects of eating twenty ice creams in one afternoon. —Wanganui Chronicle,

The death is reported from Paraparaumu of Miss Catherine Blair Maclean, eldest daughter of the late Mr ,Robt. Blair, of Arrochar, Scotland, aged 66. The late Miss Maclean was born in Dumbartonshire (Scotland), and arrived in New Zealand in 1910, being accompanied -by her mother, who was 80 years of age, her sistei Jeanie, and her brother, Mr John Maclean, to join her brothers—Messrs Robert and Malcolm • Maclean. Deceased had resided in Paraparaumu ever since, and was a prominent worker of the Methodist Church, took a keen interest in the Horticultural Society, and was renowned for her hospitality.

Medical men confessed to the members of tlie Medical Society in London that they had tried the effect of cocaine on themselves in the interest of science. Professor Dixon declared that after injecting U grains he had no feeling of pleasure such as was commonly spoken of, but only headache and intense insomnia. Dr. Copeland, who works in co-operation with the professor, mentioned that lie had sniffed synthetic cocaine. At first ho was afraid the was going to have a lit of convulsions, but afterwards, he added, “There was' a period of exhilaration in which I was very talkative.’’ It was suggested by Dr. ,H. 11. Dale that the cold laboratory was hardly, the place to reproduce the experience of the cocaine-taker out to enjoy a hectic life. Sir William WUI- - the Home Office expert, who presided, declared that .he did not know of a case in which cocaine had been used for murder.

Sam, the great polar bear at the London Zoo, lias just celebrated lhs Mst birthday at Regent’s park, Zoo ; animals date their .birthday from the day they arrive at the Gardens—the real date is usually uncertain. He is tlie Zoo’s senior mammal, but not senior specimen—a wretched vulture holding the title of “father o>l the ,zoo,” with a 24 years’ residence. Sam’s life tragedy is that he has always been known as somebody’s husband. For years he was “Barbara’s Husband,” and the famous matron quite eclipsed him. He is now known as “Lizzie’s Husband.” The haggard old veteran was mated with a three-year-old spinster after Barbara dfed. The Zoo authorities were not quite sure how Sam would regard her at the first meeting. Would he look upon her as a blushing bride or as. a tree meal? Lizzie settled the point. As soon as she was turned loose with Sam she dashed up to him and scratched his nose. He is quite resigned to Ids position as “Lizzie s j Husband.” He looks the part.

There is more rust on oats this year, in the EUesmere district ai least isays the Christchurch Press) than mere has been for the past 20 years. When cutting- Gartvn’s, Huns, oi Da - ish, the binder is often obscured b> the cloud of rust raised by shdking of the straw, and the dnvei soon becomes the colour of a Red Indlß ‘ | • From the Hamurana Fishing Lodge came great accounts of the run ox trout in tiie Hamurana stream, bin Wednesday evening and eaJly next morning, says the Hot Lakes Chronicle, the collective baskets of those living in the camp accounted for over 160 fish. Major Samuels got a good basket of 57, and Mr lan Robertson took 43. Col. Blakeney was also successful, and -Master Bob Fotheringham took 17; Col.' Richards and Messrs Moore-Jones and Ho are all secured good baskets. The morning run was quite remarkable, the trout being in great numbers and in fine condition. At a gathering in one of tjne leading King Country towns where there were a large number of boys present wno were leaving me primary school (stales, the Auckland. Sta l '), A visiting euucationist asked all the boys who had passed the sixth standard and wno. wqre going to follow, out farming to hold up their rignt hand. Four boys held up their hands, and men, when a show of hands was asked for those who were going to follow other pursuits, no less than 23 hands were held up. Inquiring further why, so many boys were not willing to go m for. fanning, the chief reason given was that there was too much work at farming. Some amusement was caused by one outspoken boy saying that the people who lived in the city had the best of it, and could go to good concerts and picture shows, A narrow escape l.rom a serious accident occurred on the Paekakarfi-a rtui yesterday afternoon. A lorry belonging to the norowiienua power board, on which u number of workmen were travelling, was crossing tlie niil towards Wellington, when, some ..iiiuuLjce up, tlie driver attempted iu change into a lower gear. The gear reiused to engage and the. car began to run backward qn the steep grade, iue m akes were applied, but the

speed attained had now become so great that they -refused to act- die of the younger workmen, \ernoii j humus, of Levin, jumped 'Out, but

was caught beneath the front axle and drugged for some distance, sustaining severe cuts and bruises on tlie buck, which necessitated medical attention. The lorry .was now travelling backward at a considerable pace. For some time the driver succeeded in keeping it on the road,' but a sharp bend proved too much for him and it went over, crashing to a standstill against a fence which, fortunately, was situated a few feet below the level of the road. The remaining occupants of the. vehicle escaped unhurt.

in a descriptive article regarding me Auckland noaches, a northern paper says; There are freak nauiers, wno take the whole business, very seriously, cme was seen in fne dressing sued ai Devonport recently. He nipped in, immaculate In namieis a,iid suk snirt, and opened his nancL-u-ag and produced a numboyaiit costume—something ill green and yellow, donning this, ne proceeded to Stull nis ears with option-woof, is ext ne took out his double set of false teeth and lucked them away carefully in a i. title piusli-lined box. a bathing cap went on next. By this time interest was fully aroused, and there- were wnispeis .qf “What ei§e will he do? ’ A pot’ qf cocoianuibn came out next, and an anointing ceremony was Observed with meticulous detail. Then, picking up tw-o. towels, one very large and rough and ’Turkish, the other quite small and soft, his resplendency marched out, carrying in one hand a tali tin of talc powder. There, was a mischievous shriek of “Hey! You’ve left your soap behind!.’ 1 from one ui those who -had been enjoying the pantomime, and, quite unexpectedly, the tunny' bather popped back into the shed, this time to remove (his hornrimmed goggles. It was all very interesting, but the probability is that the man in the faded, costume of lasi year, who has his swim and dries himself on a tattered towel, enjoys his dip with greater zest than does the scented dandy.