Shannon News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1925.

Shannon News, 3 February 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1925.

Mr P. Qusey, of the shannon t-ek 1 - piiune. exchange stall, goes on his animal leave next week..

The vital statistics lor Shannon for tne montn ending January 3lst are as ioilows;—Births i, deaths. 1, mamuges nil,,

An enjoyable week-end cricket match was played at Shannon between members, of tihe local club and a team representing tiie *Manawatu Evening Standard, the home team w.inning by 50 runs. Both teams'played two innings.

A bowling rink consisting of Messrs Gagliardi, Quarfie, E.. Spencer, and winoiey (skip), visited on Saturday, whe.>r.e they played the holders lor the Manson and Barr Cup, out after a close, game suffered doieai by 87 tQ 24.

The following is the rainfall for Shannon during the month ending January 31st, lor which we are indebted to Mr Sinclair, of Vance Street: Bain fell on eight days with a total of 2,57 inches, the heaviest rainfall baing on the 27th with 1.22 inches. For the corresponding period year 2.43 inches fell on ten days.

During the last few days the local pust office staff- have been busy dealing with the registration of motor vehicles. To date 160 motor vehicles have been registered at the post officio and of this number 67 were registered on Saturday, this being the last day for registering. 'JJlier.e is now a penalty of £2O per day for non-registra-tion qf motor vehicles and it behoves any person who has not yet registered to get a "move" on.

The Bazaar booster writes: The old saving that "Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands, to do" is often told to children (though it often applies to grown-ups as well), so while the school is closed and the boys and girls have no lessons to worry about, they should get busy Qn rhe competitions hi connection with the Aietnodist Church Bazaar. There is no child in Shannon between the ages of 10 and shall we say 18 (though oi course they ai'e quite grown-up ait that mature agqj who cannot think oi something tney can make out of old'kerosene tins and cases, for boys 'and sugar bags or cheap material for girls. There are lots who are clever enough to work out ideas of their own and the Bazaar committee, would be • delighted to have the chance to show these hi practical form at the Bazaar. So boys and girls ge.t your minds and your fingers busy in helping on the Bazaar lor the next three weeks at least, and "Old Satan" will go Qut qf business in Shannon lor tiiat time as there will be no one idle enough to listen to him. You will soon see how jolly it Is to get your thinking caps on and fry V> make a little 'something' out of practically 'nothing' and then there is the chance of a prize. We never despair the day of small tilings so don't be airaid to cotne along and bring any little tiling you have worked out, .as there- will be nothing 100 trifling for us to put among the other exhibits. NOl charge is made for entrance in tine competitions, but each article brought becomes the property of the committee and will be sold to help the fund. All entries must be left at Mrs Carter's, Ballance Street, not later Irian Tuesday, February 17th, with of course the exception of the girls' coolring which should ibe ftianded in at the hall on the morning of the Bazaar, February

A painful accident hefel All- Gv VVatkins at the Shannon Duxiy Go.'a factory on, Friday last, tie was engaged in attending to some of the lnauiunery of the. freezer when lie Had " ie misfortune to Have tine nop Qi ins tmrd linger on tne rignt hand on at ith-e hrst joint, while tf*e uuadie imger was also, badly cut.

jlwl' pus.unasuer (Air Jones) received auyice yesiemay ium mere is. no nc-.m io. muiur veincies t-uatj are n •t useu uii 'uie rouus or streets, as oie quae a nuinoer ox motor verncies hi tue aistrict out of use n wm »■ guua news to. wieir owners to learn ,i j.s not necessary- io register tnem. up to me present'mere has oeen s.ou.i.lutiui on this point.

ine ueuion aSKing fur a re-exainin-aiuwi 01 mose onatuen who lau-eu to uass me si£in s.tanuiuu at me leceiu av"u'Ln examination, ewe ilia led oj iviesuanies Jiiwuoii ana ssium, lias nou ueen Signed ny all me parents ami uauueu over tu Mr Tippler, euan-num ui tne school Coiniimtee, wiio. is. l.oiw a ruing it iinuHiUiateiy 10 uue Wellington Education Board.

Ai tire Juvenile Conn a\ P.ulmeis iun" iWth, yesieruay, neiuie Air J. Jcioui, b.iVl., a Summon laa was. cnargea witii tiie Uieit at teiianiion in sepi.einuer last of postal packets anu uieir coiu-ents, of a total value of £i is, the property m the iNew Zeaianu uovermnent. He was ordered to come oeiore the Court in two years' time and in the interval he wu he placeu unaer the supervision o.i the I'roirauon (Juicer.

New Zealanders wliu travel abro-au are often surprised tQ discover now little other countries knoAV. about uio Dominion. But a journal, hko "Uniteu Empire," the organ of the ltoyal colonial Institute, can reasonably be (expected to know more about the geography of the dominions than wie December issue suggests it does, -in a paragraph recoraing the opening of the Mangahao hydro-electric station, it states that "the water supply for tiie Mangahao work is derived from four separate sources, i.e., the Horolioro rapids and the Arapwni rapid on the Waikato river, the Mangahao River, and take Waikato. It is estimated that the supply tram . Mesc sources will be 174,0(X) h.p."

For some time past the Siiannon Chamber of Commerce have been making representations to tue Kailway Department in connection with 1 he. inadequate accommodation provided iii the railways parcels office at 'Shannon' and during the visit of Hon. J. G. Coates at the turning qii of t'he power from Mangahao, opportunity was taken by a deputation to wait on him ,and show him the building referred to. Word has now bean received by Mr Beard, the secretary, that it has been decided to provide two suitable shelves in this, office to meet the present requirements and avoid the congestion, of parcels on the floor of the office. The letter iurtner states that the Department is ™ell aware of the necessity for providing reasonable facilities for the. convenience of its clients and should tilltiaffic at siiannon improve in the future the matter of providing additional accommodation to meet the requirements will recqive -consideration.

A fair amount qf- extra >yqrk. is devolving upon the postal officials in connection with the compulsory electoral registration which is now being carried ouf through the medium pt the various post offices. The letter carriers are now distributing the forms at each hquse and alter they are filled in he collects them and. then each one has to be carded by tfie Postmaster. As each form has to be witnessed the Registrar has authorised letter carriers tq witness the signatures of applicants. Application forms can also, be witnessed by any person whose name appears on the iotfd electoral roll of the district tq wfhich he or she belong. Mr Jones, the postmaster, informs us that some of tlie forms, already filled in by fem<al«e electors are not in order, owing to the fact that the question "what occupation?" has been filled in as "domestic duties," "music teacher," etc., whereas it clearly states qn the back of the card that the reply must bo "Spinster," "married," or "widow, as the case may be.

There has been much shaking of Heads among tlie better-informed Maoris at the suggestion that the Maoris are blood relations of the Japanese. As one native put it recently, l J eter Moko might be, but not me.' n course, all the genealogies, which are such a feature of the Maori ius<ory would have to bq re-cast should die Japanese assumption be aeceptuu is final.—Wanganui Chronicle.

If iuu people were asked to slate which country lias, the- most cattle it is fairly safe to conclude that hardly one would he able to. give uhe, correct answer. The New Zealand Official Year Book for 1925 gives a table 01 the numbers in the various countries and British India is shown at the top of the list with 116,660,000. United States follows with £66,801,880, and the next on the list are Chili, Brazil, Argentina, Soviet Russia, Germany, and France. Great Britain follows closely.' ' New Zealand figures only twenty-second on the list, with 3,563,497.

Tlie Tararua foothills are still able to produce some fine specimens, in the way of wild pigs, and a boar secured recently Iby Messrs. A. J. Doig and G. II Williams at the back of Mr Station's property was large enough to "•hidden the heart .'of. any ihunter. Tins liuge animal measured 6ft. 9ins. from tin tq tip, stood 2ft 6in high at the shoulder, ahd was Ift Sin in depth The tasks were particularly large and handsomely formed. Only one dog was used in the hunt, and the boar was bought to bay after a long and exciting chase.

Mr Fernandez, .of Uie local staff of, ine has imthe Sank of New Zealand, is a* pre*- ■ ent on his annual leave. | bulbs.

An interesting event occurred on Yinusoay at vvanganui in uie menagerie auaCned to retry'3 urous, w.neu i iiuiiebs gave nam to. twins. mo lioness was oorn at ine Newtown Zuu.

Tiie recent issue of an iMiyub-' cyoiupaeuia gives some not ibay luue-Kuuw.n, iniurinauuii rtgcu"ing tue wanganui lviver. it is siaicu tluti inc. river, wnien is 0.0 nui.cs nWs into tne sea at i\ew Piymoutn!

A 'Gladstone farmer tins wcck ie oeiveu ■ws A>er Jieau ior a luie 01 i.u lunius, a price, mat is. considered a record lor me district, xne luiuw were trucKCd at carterton lur wauguuiii and were a picture to look at.

it is an unusual occurrence for -i null 10 gore a cow, nut on a larm in lhaKafla' yes.t ; eruay, wiiiic tne euwr, were ui a yam, me bun qnai-ged out cow, KnoCKed ner over ana aauCKeher m a most ieroeioucs maimer, .u----leiupts to drive the maddened oohm away'proved, unsuccessful and rnuim it had to*he. snot, Tne cow was verv

une day last week the cnris.tcnuiTn naiuWay board tooK o.ver a enarauane lrom a city garage, to o> useu ,on the Bryu,wr run. jcngtm trouoie was. experienced, and it was louiKi that (Curoqru|iiuuin iia,d -boon used tor tiiQ purpose Qi putting n out of order, xiie vemci.e was wurtn about £M)O, and the engine has oocn completely ruine.d. -

Regarding the proposed daylight express between Auckland and' \veii.aigton Hon. J. G... Coa.tes. says tne transport■ branch is working out a. service which would be submitted to..,nun as soon as it is ready. He was quite prepared to give such a train a trial and if. the traffic proves it is required he will persist with it although in lus opinion the indications for a daylight service are not promising.

The most general desire in the head office of the Department just now states the New Zealand Hallway Heview) is to know wlio is the boss. It will take a tew months to really discover the "superior officers" oi many of the employees, so great, has been the turmoil. The familiar game oi musical chairs has been completely outdone, thougih it has. not been play- - ed to the usual pleasant accompaniment of harmony and ice-creams.

«t is said that the recent deveiopnents. in me Hatana movement arc oemg viewed witn anxiety by various )t the churches, which, since tne ailh-healing movement was founded, iiave accorued the movement a considerable measure of support. It i& eared tdiat the religious significance ■)i the movement is. now confined to .tie' gatherings at Hatana, and .mat, •jack-in their homes, the supporters >iy no means observe fully the religi)iis practices observed at. Hatana. ine •nosr. serious aspect in the view, of the •JKircli is the political development, vitnui the movement which appears •,o be claiming far too much attention.

Many miles inland from \\ uverioy Jiure live a man and Jlis wii,e, says Lhe Wanganui chronicle. Tliougli a 'rack runs past their house it is frejuentfy many months bcioru anyone, other than a member of the family, passes along it. But one. day a stranger did come, and as lie. approaonea • lie house he was observed from tinverandah by a little chap between two and three, years iofd. He was tremendously excited at his discovery and rushed to his mother exciaiiinng: "Munimyl Mummy 1 something luve daddy is coming along the roa.u." His father was the only man he could remember.

The Commissioner o.f Taxes draws attention of taxpayers, to the notification appearing in to-day's issue that the due date of payment of the income tax is on Saturday, the 7th day 01 February, 1925. Additional tax wih accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 28th February, 1925. The demands will he. posted from the oflicc of the Commissioner of Taxes on oi about 31st January, 1925. Demands must be presented With all payments, and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should he communicated with. It should he noted, however, that individuals (not companies) whose surnames commence with the letters. D, I, 3, K, O, P..W, 'will not receive their demands until some days later. In Uie.se cases a new due date—viz., 2nd March, 1925 —will be fixed, as provided by section 135 of fine Land and Income Tux Act, 1923. Additional tax will accrue si days thereafter.

Many iishenhen at Auckland, linding difficulty in disposing ol surplus ilsn caught on Saturday, have been in the habit of disposing of them on Sunday to campers and persons residing at waterside resorts. Two fisiicirinen arrested in connection witn tiiis offence appeared at the Auckland Police Court, charged with/selling lisn on Sunday, December 21. Counsel for the defendants pointed out that the fish were sold below high-water mark, and, inasmuch as that portion of the foreshore was. entirely under the control'of the Minister for Marine, it was not a public place within Due meaning oi section 2 of the Police Offences Act, ' Counsel quoted in support ol this contention a judgment oi Mr Justice Denniston under the same section. The magistrate reserved Ins decision, and expressed the view that it was very necessary for people to get fresh fish, and admitted that fishermen were in the difficult, position of nut being able to Keep the fish until Monday, and of being fined U they "dumped" them.

ENJOYABLE ENTEHTAINMEN.T. PICTURESQUE COSTUMES. Lee smithls New Follies provided a very enjoya-oie entertainment at me Grand ineatre, New Plymouth, receiuly and drew trenieuuous itppiausc iiom uie audience as Joily Jonu i-ar-kins gave ins humorous turns. Jonn is a clever entertainer and bubnies over with inarm with whicn he succeeds in infecting tne audience. As a means of dispelling uie "niues" £arkuls is better tnan u patent medicine, ilio saxoplione, an lnstnudiieiii seldom heard in this town, was played witn great ability by Earie Waiiver and be had to respond tQ requests loi' more. Tlie Indian Ensemble was welt staged and JQiiy Jonn acted the pan or an Indian enief. to perfection. But the star iieui was a comedy, -'Mrs Gallagber," in wnirh Joliy J Win LarKins took the part of Mrs Gaiiaguer, a cute old dame, and the house simply rocked with iaugnter. One feature which deserves special mention is. tne i excellent costuming. Tins, is very pic- ! iiiresque, original and striking and Aookt hardly be excelled by mucji larger companies. feome pretty dances were given J>J Doreen Adeia. Tne New Follies, will, appear at tne Maoriland Theatre, Shannon, on Thursday, February sth.