Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 10 1925.
No definite word has ..yet been received from. the Education Department as to whether the schools will re-open on Monday next.
T4xe annual general meeting of the Shannon Football Club will be held in ttie Council Chambers on Saturday evening next at 7.30 p.m. All members and intending members and supporters are invited to attend.
A meeting of all members of the Shannon Bowling Club will be held on Wednesday evening at 7.30 p.m. at the Pavilion to discuss installing the electric light on the local green and to deal with other matters in connection with the Club.
The annual St. Patrick’s Bail will be held in the Druids’ Hall • on Tuesday evening, March 17th. The committee .notify in this issue that the. Jazzmanian Orchestra, which 'has gained wide popularity for the excellent music they supply, has been engaged for the occasion. This combined with the efforts of the commitlee, promises the ball to be a most enjoyable function.
A rumour has been frequently circulated in Shannon that the Mangaore (Butchery is run in conjunction with the Shannon Meat Go., and in this issue, Mr Anderson, the proprietor of the Mangaotre Butchery, gives the statement an emphatic denial. He states that his business is in no way connected with the shannon Meat Co. either in Shannon, Levin, hr elsewhere.
"Mr A. T. White, headmaster of tire Shannon School, in this issue requests that parents of scholars in the upper standards procure immediately the necessary text books for the year, a list o.f which may be obtained at the school any morning of this week. A course of study will also be provided and parents are urged to see that their children devote at least a short period of each day to study, especially Standard VI. pupils.
At the railway station last evening, Mr A- H. McKay, who leaves to-day for Te Awamutu on promotion, was waited on by a njuimber oi business men of Shannon for the purpose of furewelling him. Mr Thwaites, who acted as spokesman, said that it was with mixed feelings they were saying good bye, and that although they were sorry he was leaving they were all pleased to learn that the transfer meant promotion. Those present felt sure that 'Mr McKay by his ability and reliability would gain still further promotion in the service. In presenting Mr McKay with a cheque on behalf of those present, he wished him every happiness and success in his new position and trusted he would always have pleasant memories ol Shannon. Messrs C. G. Franks, A. E. Hyde, and Thomas (s!ta(tionrnlaister) also paid tribute to the guest’s many good qualities both us a, railway official and as aIT i end. The proceedings closed with tiie singing of “For He’s a Jolly Good allow.” On Saturday evening Mr McKay was also title recipient of a presentation front the railway staff who presented him with a leather suit case.
An Auckland telegram says tile immigrants by the Remuera composed bright healthy people, including 26 English schoolboys taking up farm work. These were lads of good type. Thv'eaptaiu is very proud of the hundred children on board. They are of an intelligent type and he is sure they will become worthy citizens. The voyage was a pleasant one..
In conformity w.ith the decision of the Associated Banks to issue notes of uniform size and standard colours the Bank of New Zealand has jiust issued a new series of notes. Ail denominations of notes are of uniform size, 7 inches hy 3£ inches, and tbe front of each note bears a portrait of tiie Maori “King” TawhiaO' in an ovaf medallion, the position of the medallion varying in the notes .of different denominations. The backs of idle notes are ail identical in design, and this design includes circulai medallions at, each end of the note depicting, in one, .a group of Maoris and in the other a landscape with kiwis in the foreground and a volcano in the distance. In the centre of the note .is the seal of the Dominion of New Zealand. The colours of the notes qf the various values are: Ten shillings, yellow; one pound, violet; five pounds, blue; ten pounds, brown'; twenty pounds, green; fifty pounds, pink, one hundred pounds, olive green. The ten pound note is already in circulation and the ten shillings and one pound notes will appear in the course of a few weeks.
During the past seven months of the dairying season 56,116 tons of butler vyas graded in New Zealand, as against 45,817 tons in the corresponding seven months last year, an mci case of 82.4 per cent. The 'cheese totalled 50,497 tons, compared with 52,944 tons in tne seven months of 1924, a decrease of 4.6 per cent. The net increase' of butter-fat produced is 13 per cent.
A Thames telegram to the Chronicle 10-day sa,ys: “hjotqnuji,” the carved rununga, which was erected at Purawai, Thames, about 1870, was handed over to the trustees of the Auckland Museum on Saturday for safe keeping. This step \yas decided on because of the inability to keep the place in repair. The house was carved by the Arawa tribe and is a .replica of that shown at Wembley Exhibition, which was originally intended for Pai’awai, but tlic suggestion was made that it should go to the British Museum. The tribe agreed to set to work and carved another to take its place. “Hotonui” has been the scene of many notable gatherings in the last fifty years of the tribes of Haurahi. Regret was expressed at its removal, but the Museum is considered the best place for it.
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