Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 27, 1925.
Mrs WilkinsonrSimtoh, of Vance Street, and her family left for Napier to-day to take up their residence there.
Motor car registration plutes will be available for delivery from the Shannon post office on Monday next. Any persons in possession of temporary plates must return them.
A head-on collision occurred on the Mangahao road on Sunday between two cars, a Ford and a Dodge, the latter coming off second best, tout for. tunately no* serious, damage was done in either case.
Mr G. Watkins, who recently lost the top off one of his fingers ,i>y an accident at the Dairy Factory has been compelled to. undergo an operation at tiie Palmerston hospital to have another, joint of the finger removed.
The Railway Department is ponsidering |he advisability of altering the time table of ilia 9.30 train from Shannon to Palmerston. it is. proposed that it should leave .shannon at 8.4*2j a.m., reaching Palmerston North at 9.45 a.m.' If this alteration is given effect to, it should prove a distinct advantage for the children who attend the Palmerston High School, who at the present time reach school at such a late hour.
A change in Shannon 'business premises is taking place early in March. Mr L .H. Martin, Draper and Furnisher, is taking over the premises at present occupied by Mr G. B. Brown, stationer, and is having them altered tq suit his requirements. The alterations will include larger windows, ve. i 4 andialh extensions, special lighting display, and extensive interior renovation. Mr Martin is to he congratulated on his enterprise, which will result in an improvement in this part of the business area of the town.
At the meeting "of the Shannon Borough Council, Cr. Hyde drew attention to the ex'honbitant charge made iiy t.lie Palmerston Hospital Board for the use of the ambulance by Shannon residents, ke said he had proot that the Board was charging £3 15s to take a patient from Shannon to Palmerston, whereas the local taxi proprietors' charge was £2 10s, and he recommended that the Board 'be written to asking them to reduce the charge. The Mayor said that some time ago he lmd got tihe charge reduced to £-3 10s, and he had not 'been aware that any instructions had been given to make an increase, hut if tiie matter \vas left tQ him he w;ouid have ,ji attended to as he considered the charge an injustice to local" residents.
A cable from Berne (Switzerland) says that during fire drill at the Gonzen at Sargans, a fireman's ladder touched a ihigh tension cable and four firemen were electrocuted.
Some dissatisfaction is being expressed by settlers on the Waitarere Road, for Uhe construction and metalling of which a Government loan was raised some time .ago, at the slowness with which the work is proceeding. In a number of small sand cuttings, pick and shovel men only are employed, and although good workers, the.y are making slow progress, whereas a plough and scoop would do the work in a very short time.
A refresher course 'for school teachers, In pursuance of the Education determination to make the best use possible of the time lost by teachers owing to the infantile paralysis epidemic, opened at Levin yesterday. Some thirty teachers from tne district extending from Tokomaru to Paekakariki are attending. The course, which will last for a week, is under the direcyon of Inspector Blackie, of the Wellington Education Board's district
The. N.Z. Newspaper Proprietors Association, nqw meeting at Rotorua, conferred fife membership on Mr Henry Brett, of Auckland, who yesterday celebrated his 82nd 'birthday .He wa b presented with a gold medal in recognition of his. services journalism.
At a meeting Q f sqq canterbury school teachers a? plan was drawn up and approved for distributing home lessons to the scholars through the newspapers while the epidemic is on. The scheme will be sent to the Department for approval.
At the Appellate Court in Wellington 'On February .13, the appeal of a section of the Mauopoko tribe, against the recent subdivision of the land in the vicinity of 'the Hokio township, on the ground that in the original division of the Horowhenua Block in 1886, they had wrongfully been cut out of the block, was dismissed.
. A young man who mounted the steps'of the iPalnierston North Post Office yesterday morning (says the Times) was evidently in love. He was the owner of a most detached air and seemed quite oblivious to events about him. Slowly he wandered up to the slots in the wall, and dropped a parcel of fresh fish through that marked "Parcels," solemnly tucked under his arm a fetter he was carrying, and wended his way back to his starting place..
Now the evenings are drawing in, it is noticed how inadequate the road lighting is in Manakau township. There are no lights at all on the road running up the hill from the station yards, and several of the existing ones are not exactly where they would be of most benefit to night traffic. A petition to the Council is being spoken of, to try and remedy these mistakes, and to make the roads safer for pedestrians at night.
Addressing the 400 teachers who are undergoing a refreslnej course u-t Wellington, the Minister of Education said: "It is true that the one branch of edu_ cation about which I have doubts is the university." He agreed that there were too many professional men such as engineers, lawyers and d->stors, tiling turned out of the university. Was the university the centre of oound culture and research as it should be? As regards high /schools and technical, schools, he thought that while the vote could not be materially rodured, a better system could be deyis-d.
A very fine crop of barley has just been threshed out/\ at the Central Development Farm, eight acres averaging 63 bushels to the acre. Four acres each of the cape Barley and Russian Black Skinless varieties were grown the former variety of which gave a return of 67 bushels. The only manuring given was one ewt of superphosphate to the acre. The barley which will be used on the Farm., was grown to be fed to pigs, being boiled with mangolds or turnips, when, with the addition of skim milk, it makes a perfectly balanced ration.
Exceptionally high tides were observed at Hokio on Monday and Tuesday, the entry of the new: moon combined with a strong westerly wind being responsible. The breakers came right up to the sand dunes and the Hqkio creek was ehbked with drift: wood right up to the footbridge, which, was submerged. Huge logs were doposited a't the criossiiig and some remain there. The tide reached a higher level than the "oldest inhabitant" at. the Beach can remember and presented an interesting spectacle, the effect of which was heightened by the roar of the surf as it crashed on the Beach..
A couple 'otf lads got the fright of their young lives a day or two ago (relates the Waipa Post). They had dragged home four or five benzine tins tied together with string. They solved the problem of untying them by applying a match, which effectively burned the string and incidentally caused an explosion, some liquid °r fumes apparently remaining in the containers.. One lad suffered burns on his fingers and the other got a smack across the forehead with a flying piece of tin. They Were lucky and now realise that matches and benzine tins are a dangerous combination.
Eight acres of wheat, four each of the Major, and solid straw liisctn, were grown at the Central Development Farm this year. The crop 13 now in stook, and promises to yield a heavy return. Questioned by a "Chronicle" representative yeste.-d-iy, the Manager of the Farm (Mr J. F. .-'h°;phard) said that he doubted if . ta'rng the cost of raising the crop, and of putting the pasture into grass agfin, it would pay to grow Wheat in tT.is district, for'the grain alone. In the case of the Farm, however, the yiain was only a secondary consideration, the main object of. growing the crop being tQ provide straw, which was fcJ in the form of chaff to the stud catlio, being mixed with a ration of pulped swedes or mangolds.
An interesting addition to the stock at the Central Development Farm has been made by .-the transference from the Moumahaki Farm, now relinquished by the Government, of the pick iof the Ryland stud flock. These comprise sixty 2-tooths, thirty 4-tooths and twenty 6-toofh ewes, 84 ewe lambs. 78 ram lambs, and three older rams, 275 sheep in all. The Ryland is a sheep which has attained considerable popularity in some parts of New Zealand, amongst sheep-farmers who ' breed'/'for the fat lamb trade, as the cross is said to mature equally as early as the Southdown cross, and to give a heavier carcase. The breed hns the further advantage of producing a. j fair fleece, the Moumahaki ewes last year averaging between nine and ten | pounds of wool, so that, in the case of lambs not fattened.'a good sized twotooth can be expected to carry a payable fleece. Included amongst the rams brought down from Moumahaki is a splendid four-tooth bred by Mr J C. Stephens (Timaru), whirth took first and champion at the Royal Show In Palmerston North last year.
A Hobart cable states that a largely attended public meeting declared ail beer and spirits "black" and decided to refrain from drinking them until the price of beer supplied by a certain brewery is reduced. A citizen's committee has been appointed to control the strike.
A horse, attached to a gig, bolted from the vicinity of the Otaki railway bridge on Sunday, careered madly along Aotaki Street, capsized the vehicle at the Bank of Australasia corner, and then raced along the footpath to the detriment of shop windows in Main Street, eventually pulling up in a confused mass.
A recent topic of much interest in Hobart has been the price of beer. At present it costs 6d for a small glass, and a campaign is to be launched to bring about a reduction. The slogan is 10 ounces for sixpence. If a reduction is not obtained by any other means, it is intended to organise a beer strike!
With his fiancee, whom he kissed after lunch in a public cafe, a commercial traveller was arrested at Bordeaux and charged with indecent behaviour. The couple who are to be mlarried in a few days time, were both taken to the police station and formally charged but the magistrate dismissed the case.
Mr. Peter Moko states that a very large gathering of natives is expected at Ratana at Easter, and will probably be nearly as large as the recent Christmas gathering. Mr. Moko adds that the movement was gaining strength daily. He had also noticed that since the trip abroad the volume of correspondence had in'ereased. He was having a particularly busy time of late answering correspondence.
The Carterton correspondent of the Wairarapa Standard says: Mr. McKeen, Labour M.P., spoke to a spars© house ou Monday night. He hurled abuse at the Press because it was not Labour and generally condemned all political thought except that which he represented. He was accorded a hearty vote 'of thanks on the motion of Mr. Ben Roberts, a Labour aspirant for the Manawatu seat.
A young Franklin liousewilc had an unpleasant experience. She hud occasion to go to a cupboard,' an uausually large one, and while .ihe was inside her nine-months-old baby, which had crawled after her, touched the door*, which SAVung to and locked. The mother found herself imprisoned and was unable to force the door. The baby screamed and the woman called for help, but some time elapsed before attention was attracted. A neighbour then entered the house and released her.
Respecting the earwig nuisance, the director of the Cawthron Institute wrote to the last meeting of the Kaikoura County Council as follows: — Referring to inquiry re earwigs, which infest the shingly ground near the sea, the insect was a native of New Zealand, and the institute knows of no method of dealing with it except by means of poisoned bait. The insects are partial to slices of apple, which, if peppered with arsenate of lead, would kill them. The director knows of no instance where earwigs had b'een imported from other countries as enemies of other pests.
The Associated Board offers two gold and two silver medals annually to candidates who gain highest honours marks in the Jjocal' Centre practical subjects. In recent years it has not been possible to award these medals, tout this year all. .but one have been gained .by the following candidates: Advanced Grade, gold medal, Alison H. Allsop, Christchurch, piano, intermediate Grade, gold medal, Ethel Wallace, Greymouth, piano; silver medal, Nellie Ottway, Wellington, singing. Two local exhibitions are offered, value £ls and £lO, to LtQcal Centre candidates under 18 years of age who show exceptional musical promise, the purpose ibeing to assist tiheir further training in music. These have been awarded as follow: Pihyllis R'owe, Wellington, advanced pianO; David T. Christie, Napier, intermediate violin. Two candidates have been recommended for exhibitions • wfhich will give them two or three years free tuition at the Royal Academy or Royal College, in London. These are awarded by the London office and Information has not yet been received.
A Levin deputation, headed by the chairman of the District High School Committee and the president of the Levin Chamber of Commerce, waited on the Minister of Education on Friday with a request that a High School proper be 'established in that town. The Minister received the deputation sympathetically and in the course of his reply eulogised the present district High School, which h'e said provided facilities —especially in the matter of manual and technical instruction—that were not excelled in any other school in the country. He would not pledge the Department to the erection of a school in Levin but indicated that he was favourable to it. He advised the deputation to see what could be done hi the direction of providing a site by local generosity —though he would not make that an absolute condition—an a to iigain approach him in a year's time, when, if the attendance warranted it, ' he would see what could be done towards making a grant for a building. He indicated that it was desirable that there should be 200 scholars to obtain the full benefit of a high school proper, though 150 would be the minimum necessary. The District High School , closed last year with an average attendance of over 100 pupils. In the course of his remarks the Minister said he wished it to go out that the natural location for a high school proper for the country between Palmerston and Wellington was Levin. The Department had no intention of es- j tablishing district high schools in the I smaller centres.
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