Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1925

Shannon News, 20 February 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1925

Tlie annual sil. Patrick's Bull will he iioiu hi tne Drums nan un Tuesuay, march 17th.

Airs Luke, ol' Wellington, is visiting bnannon and is wio guest of Mi's n. Spencer, of voge.i street.

We are pleased to learn that Mr and Mrs jas, Martin s fiiue aadgnter, wnu is ah inmate 01 tne Palmerston hospital, is snowing a sugar improvement.

Messrs T. ,G. Xhwaites uuq C. \\: llansmann have stated men intention ot offering fnemselves for election to tne Borough GouncU. at tne for mourning election.

Messrs G. Quarrie and C. Hook notify in our. advertising columns tfiat from Monday next tney will he making a uany delivery of fresh fish and fruit in Snannon and the surrounding district, orders can be left at Air U. yuarrie’s.

It is file intention of the Borough Council to enforce the by-law compelling residents fo keep their hack yards clean and a representative of the Council will shortly make a iiouse-to-liftuse inspection within tlie Borough with instructions to prosecute any householder who is not complying with he. by-law.

In conversation with our representative, Mr Howard Andrew, conductor of the combined chons, said there was tne nucleus of a very fine choir in Shannon, the sopranos possessing many young and sweet voices. He Hopes alfter this concert is over that they will carry on and in this connection he hu.s an offer to make to them at file next practice, it is not so very long ago that a Shannon choir came first in a district competition and. wluit lias been done can bo done again, in Mr Andrew’s opinion.

in regard to the. sacred concert in aid of tlie Palmerston Hospital Funds to be given by file combined choirs of Shannon, a committee 'meeting was held at winch tlie Rev. Mr Stewart presided. Mrs Bo.vis was unanimously appointed hon. secretary. A very good and lull prugramme is in sight, including some Palmerston performers. The utmost enthusiasm was shown at the practice when nearly 30 singers were present. The conductor (Mr Howard Andrew) was agreeably surprised at the progress made and talent displayed in part singing. The conductor asks more contraltos, tenors and basses tq attend at the (Parish Hall on Tuesday next, at 7.30 as advertised. All singers are asked to help in (his worthy cause. The date of the concert has not been fixed but it wifi be some time in March, and will 'be on u Sunday night. It will commence at 7.30 and. will last about U hours.

Made in 1288, and lost at the end ol tlie 18fit century, an oaken door that belongs to BallioL College, Oxford, bus been found in Essex.

The Dunedin Plunket Society has received advice of a gift of. a further £IOOO from Mr Wolf Harris, of London, to assist the Endowment Fund.

Following are particulars of the load connected throughout the Horowhenua power Board’s district, to date:—'lndustrial motors, 65; milking motors. 55; number of heating and ironing points, 04; ranges, 24, water heaters. 39; number ol consumers connected. 1188; total number of applications received to date, 1550; total connected load 1827.295 K.W.

As a result ol the Ridgway street tirq ih Wangaiiui on Friday last Dusuns’s (caterers) lost close on £IOOO worth o(f eggs, which had been preserved for whiter use.

A well-known figure in the missionary world has just arrived in New Zealand, Ur. iNorUicote Deck, who for a long time has carried on work among tne natives of tlie. Solomon Islands. One ol America’s large radio companies in its annual report, showed die gross sales of radio equipment for tne last three calendar years as follows; 1921, £300,000; 1922, £2,200,000; 19*2, £5,500,000. “1 am of the opinion that school committees to-day are merely bodies to look after v the school buuumg and the cleaning. The privilege of making teaching appointments has been taken away from them, and they are a lasl diminishing power,” said Rev. G. W. Dent, at a meeting of the ( Palmerston North Council of Christian congregations last night.

At this morning’s, meeting of the Horowhenua Power Board, the Treasurer (Mr P. W. Goldsmith), reported that the cash received for the safe of electricity and meter rents to date was £171)3 19s 7<L including £ll4 for street lighting. Tne meters had been read in January, the total amount of the accounts sent out being £1276 6s Id, which did not include accounts payable by large consumers. The Payments received on account of installation were £6757 13s.

Explaining the “non-consumers rate” at this morning's meeting of the ; Horowhenua Power Board, the chairman stated that the people liable for this rate were those where the transmission line came within tea chains of their boundaries, and who did not avail themselves of the power. Thos.e people situated on side roads and other places where the nearest transmission line was outside this distance would not be responsible f° l ' such a rate. The discussion was a general one, there being no suggestion that the rate be imposed in this district.

At the monthly meeting of the Horowhenua Power Board this morning, Mr A. A. Brown suggested that the Board’s officers should be instructed to point out to .prospective customers the folly of putting in lamps of a higher candle-power than was necessary to the adequate lighting of tlie room. In many eases 70 c.p. lights were being installed where 30 c.p. would be sufficient, and as every extra candle-power added to the cost of lighting, the matter became important when it came to paying the monthly bills. Other members of the Board endoifced Mir Brown’s remarks, it being decided to instruct the canvassers as suggested.

Discussing the candlepower required for lighting, at this morning's meeting or the Horowhenua Power Board, Mb C. Kilsby stated that it was generally believed that when the full load was put one. in this district, the globes installed would give considerably less light than at present. Many rooms would at present, he stated, be adequately lit by a 20 c.p. light, but the belief was that if such lights were put in. they would be too weak when the full load was connected. The Engineer (Mr T. Overton) replied that there would be no difficulty on. this score. A small diminution of light might be looked for, but not so great as to affect the satisfaction given by snch lights.

One does not have to go back to the days of the early (pioneers for examples of grit (says an exchange) as this little paragraph proves; ‘‘Up Manawatu way Jives a little widow with four children. She is uncertifioated and therefore an underpaid teacher in a State School On the Gulp day she walked seven miles in and seven miles put, not to <see the races, but to earn a pound as an emergency witress to help to keep her boy iat High School. In hoiday times her boy, good lad, earns £1 a .week, delivering newspapers and she, good mother, earns £1 10s per week cooking on a farm. Many a strong man would break down under the strain, tout woe men are apparently made of sterner stuff.”

Archbishop Julius sprang a surprise on Bishop Sprolt at a recent session of the Anglican General Synod. The Primate was speaking of the Church qf England prayer-book, says tlie Otago Daily Times, and had just concluded with the remark: “It would he unsafe to presume tlie identity of file United Church of England and Ireland with tlie Church of England. some people contend that tlie Church ,ol' England and Ireland means file Church of England.” And then, turning to Bishop Sprott, he asked: “What do you. say to that, my Lord?” It was an unfortunate query, for the bishop, who was sitting on tlie primate’s left hand sde, was haying a quiet tittle dose. - The deathly silence which followed had much the effect of a thunderclap in waking him. Tire joke was appreciated as much by the bishop himself as by the Whole house.

A somewhat novel christening ceremony took place at Taneatuu on a recent Sunday altemoon. There were (says -the Whakatane correspondent of the N.Z. Herald) two infants and a (Ml of fourteen to be baptised at St. ,Matthew’s Church. At the appointed hour the vicar of Whakatane, the Rev. W. W. Lambert, and the parents and friends (arrived, hut were met at the church grounds by the local constable who pointed out that under the infantile paralysis .regulations children could not be permitted m church or other places where people congregate. The predicament was serious, as the parents had come a considerable distance to have their children baptised, but the vicar proved equal to the occasion. He asked the ndults present to remain in the clnirch building while he conducted the christening ceremony. His request was compiled with and the children were duly baptised In the open.

For the return of a purse containing jWii 15s a, woman at Masnai**, North yorkshire, gave a taxi driver the odd coppers. Speaking at a meeting of the. Greytown branch of the Farmers’ Union, Mr W. J. McCulloch, an officer of the Melds Department, said he did not want to discourage the growing 04 maize, but he wanted .to empnasise the fact that maize only put fat on to the cows and not into the milk, where the profits, came from.

According to one Wanganui City Councillors the dust carts in New Plymouth do the rounds between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. While on the subject, the City Father stated (that recently a local dust cart was being loade.d right alongside a butcher’s van, with the result that he got two pounds cff dust and a pound of steakl

With his -arm broken in three places, and his face covered with bruises, the first thought of an Auckland cyclist was lor a gramaphone record which he had been carrying when liis machine skidded and he was precipitated across the pavement into a fence. He liad the satisfaction of learning that the record at any rate was undamaged.

The corrugations on the Palmerston Noi'tii-Foxton road are becoming more marked and felt by motorists. These innumerable waves were only discernable at night time some time back with the head lights shining on them, but now there' is no mistaking the miles pf ridges. The County has had the grader going almost continually on the road, but this does not get over the trouble which points to a serious problem in maintenance until a permanent surface is laid down.—Herald.

Mr Ayson, Chief Inspector (Jf Fisheries, expects a run of fjuinaut, salmon this year in rivers along this coast, These fish are from stock liberated in the Wairau River, Marlborough, where the Department lias been engaged for some years in intense stocking. Already the fish have been seen at Otaki, Manakau, and along the coast, where fishermen have reported catching them in tlieir nets. The' quinnathas not the same homing instincts as the Atlantic salmon, hence the fish spreading along the coast.

Two of the Timaru Borough Council’s by-laws fixing the maximum speeds round comers at six miles per hour and aoross street intersections at eight miles per hour were upset by Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court at Timaru last week. From his own experience in 1920, he was satisfied, lie said, that a car going at four or six miles an hour was not under proper control. He would have to hold that the by-law setting out the maximum speed at six niU.es per hour round corners was unreasonable, and therefore ultra vires.

Present indications point to a further rise in the price of tea, says the Post’s Auckland correspondent. About a month ago the price of tea in Auckland was raised 2d a lb for most grades. Although mo definite announcement has been made regarding any further increase in price, it is considered likely that another rise may shortly occur. The high prices for tea are explained by heavy buying of the Colombo crops, and Russia’s return as a buyer in the tea market, America is a much improved buyer, and assists in greatly increasing the world demand.

During the hearing of a rabbit case at Feiiding, defendant’s counsel asked the rabbit inspector whether he would be surprised to learn that a member of the Rabbit Board had giv _ en defendant a very'favourable report, as to the condition of his property. The inspector: “No, I would not be the least bit surprised about that.” Counsel for the Rabbit Board then asked the inspector what he really meant by this. The inspector; “Well, I am not surprised about that member of the Rabbit Board giving defendant a favourable report, lor that member is to be himself prosecuted under the Act next Court day.”

“The biscuit and confectionery trade has risen to one of the most important secondary industries in New Zealand in the last few years,” said Mr John Kingslang at a complimentary dinner tendered to the visiting delegates of the New Zealand Master Bakers and Pastrycooks’ Federation at Invercargill. He said that this had been possible onty by the various forces sticking together. He expressed the opinion that New Zealand manufacturers were turning out goods equal in quality to and better in price than those imported from the Old Country.

A London cable, dated Saturday, says: “There was quite a., boom in the butter market at the beginning of tins week, a strong demand forcing prices up 10s, but the inquiry fell off o« Thursday, and yesterday the market closed dull at about 4s below top. The reason for the sudden advance was apparently largely ,ciue to the Continent, which took about 20,000 boxes, Germany, France, and Belgium all competing. Ireland also took a fair quantity. Another factor was the demand from Home buyers, who have been abstaining for some time in view of the large prospective supplies oi Australian *and New Zealand butter, but apparently they held off too long and were compelled to buy this week. ’ Mr Massey is reported to have inaUe further progress towards recovery in the last few days (says the Post). The sciatic pains have now almost left him, and his medical advisers may allow him downstairs shortly. With the prolonged confinement to his room, it is natural that Mr Massey has become weakened physically by inactivity, and before he is able to move about he will, require to build up his strength again. It is hoped that lie may be able to pay a health visit to Australia before the Parliamentary session commences. In the meantime, Mr Massey’s official duties are being shared by his colleagues of the Cabinet.