Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1925.

Shannon News, 13 March 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1925.

Mr Burling, manager lor Mr Bryant, is having a new cottage erected iu Bryce Street.

Mr A. H. Richards announces lus intention of. contesting a seat at the forthcoming Municipal election.

The public are reminded that the annual St. Patrick's Ball will he Held in the Druids' Hall on Tuesday evening.

The annual meeting of members of tre Shannon Football Club will be hei.a in Ihe Council Chambers on teaiurctuy evening at tf p.m.

The local football dub are endeavouiring to arrange a match with Uie Marisi Club, Wellington, to he. played in Shannon un Monday.

According to the local land agents there is a brisk uemand lor town property in Shannon at present and quite a manner ui propeiues have onanged hands.

Mr C. Speirs, iiuxmiller, oi iMakenia, is having a large area oi swamp la.iu planted in hax and beiore very long it is anticiijateu thai his mm will he greatly enlarged.

Ail interested in. the formal ion of a League Footc-ali Cluu in. Shannon are invited to atte.iid a meeting to be held HI trie DUuids Hail this evening at 7.3 Q p.m. Intending members are specially invited to attend.

The death of the l.a'u: Mr A. Macpherson was feelingly reieued to ai the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night by the Mayor, ana a voio oi condolence with uie widow was carried in silence by me Council.

in view of tide, fact Lliat the Government subsidy lor the Library will lie available in the coming year a quantity of new books nave beerrurdered. These -should not only please old members but should add considerably to the list.

A piece of land, on the outskirts of the Borough, that was growing a line crop oi rape a short time ago, is now to be seen with a crop of maize ten feet higli thereon, thus giving some idea of what the low land is capable of.

The Borough Council on Tuesday night revised the Borough roll when several names of persons who hod kit the town were struck off and i i umber oi new names added. T|"J mil is now ready for. printing. L»e Coring date for names to be put on ihe supplementary roll is April 15th, and the municipal election takes place on April 29th.

A splendid practice was held last Tuesday by the Shannon combined Choirs, for the coming sacred concert, about -ill being present and the keenest interest was shown. U was decided to take up Bradbury's oratorio "Esther," alter the sacred concert had been given. Many of the singers expressed how much they enjoyed the practices.

At the Palmorston Hospital Board's meeting yesterday, Mr Murdoch drew the Board's attention to the exorbitant charge, viz., £3 15s, which was being charged lor the use of the ambulance to jcoinvey patients to the hospital from Shannon, and as a result the secretary was instructed to draw up a scale of charges to be made in the future based on yd per mile, with a minimum charge for shoirt distance runs.

Mr L. 11. Martin announces in another column that lie is opening up iu his new premises on Saturday, 14th iust., and invites inspection of new season's goods just arrived.

In I'his issue Mr J. Better, manager of the AABE carriers and wood and coal merchants, notifies they have taken over Mr N. Gill's carrying business and that orders can be left at Mr S. Roach's baker's shop, when they will receive prompt attention.

Over 1000 passengers have just arrived at Auckland from overseas.

A Masterlon grain merchant informed The Age that he anticipated a good sale for oats to poultrymen tliis season, owing to the high, price of fowlwheat. The oats, he says, are of excellent quality this year.

Lord Liverpool, formerly Governor- i General of the Dominion, is making arrangements to leave England on a visit to New Zealand in November next.

"Nearly the whole of my neighbours siartejd as farm labourers," says Sir James Wilson, "and an intelligent and valuable class oi settler. And to my mind it is one n tne best ways in wtuch to train : aimers." A very live interest is being taken in the method iOf disposal of Moumahaki State Farm, particularly in the VVaverley district, where it is commonly stated that some of the. large land-owners had been looking upon the farm with eyes of envy with a view to aggregating a very desirahie mock of land.

An interesting innovation in connection with! this year's series of W.E.A. lectures will he the broadcasting of the weekly discourses given by Mr AErnest Mander, every Saturday evening at 8 pan.," from Wanganui. For the benefit of owners of wireless sets, the, following is given. The broadcas * ing will bei done from 2A.H. Wanganui, the wave-length being 220 metres. The lectures will occupy about 40 minutes.

The appeal for support recently made by the Horowhenua A. and P. Association is already bearing fruit. A number of those who had entered stock for the cancelled show, have written to the secretary, offering the entry fees as a donation 'to the funds, offers which have been received with sincere appreciation. Preparations for the big stock drive are in progress, and canvassers are busy throughout the district. It is understood that a number Qf pedigree stock have been promised by local breeders.

The annual re-union of all ranks of the Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F., will be held this year on the Satur-. day following Anzac Day, May 2nd, at Palmerston North. Last year's reunion was cancelled owing to the railway strike, and this year it is expected that there will be a large number attending irom all parts of the country. As is usual at these functions a smoke concert will be held, and on the Sunday a Church parade which all ranks will attend at All Saints' Church, where the Regiment has its memorial erected to those members who fell in the war.

In a country town not 50 miles from Cere, which, like the latter, is suffering from "droughty a humorous incident occurred (reports the Mataura Ensign). A few Sunday evenings ago a. large congregation attended the Presbyterian Church to listen to a sermon on prohibition. The minister delivered a forcible address declaiming against all forms of drink, and conchided by declaring that he would consign all beer, whisky, rum, etc., into me adjacent river. At the conclusion of his sermon he announced the Irymn "Shall we gather at the river?.'' The congregation saw Uie joke, and were unable to join in the singing for laughing.

An interesting point in the topography of the Taramas was mentioned yesterday by Mr G. L. Adkin to a "Chronicle" representative. There is a spot in the ranges almost opposite Levin w.here no fewer than six rivers have their sources within a radius o-f about a mile. These are the Otaki; Ohau, and Mangahao, following the western watershed to the s.ea on the west co;:si, and the Ruamahunga flowing southward to Cook Strait, and the Waiohine and Waingawa which traverse the Wairarapa and reach the sea. on the East Coast. Five of the rivers have their rise in the slopes of one peak, named by Mr Adkin Arete Peak, but designated by the Masterton Tramping Club Mt. Carkeek.

Dame Rumour travels nowadays by radio. An extraordinary and alarming message was received by radio i>s aii Invercargill amateur on Monday evening last. He was engaged in "listening-in" to a concert broadcasted by a well-known Sydney station, when, according to his statement, the concert was interrupted, and it was announced that his Majesty King George had died, it being further stated that official confirmation was being withheld for a few hours. The broadcasting station then closed down. No explanation has been received as to the origin of the rumour, which gamed widespread publicity in Southland, causing a great deal of inquiry and comment.

The force of the winds that lay siege to the high peaks of the Tararuas is exemplified by the late of the trig station on Mount Dundue (4944 feet). Mr F. C. Brockett, who reached the top oi the peak last week, reports that the hjuge timbers forming the trig, though lastened together by stout iron straps and boits t has been wrecked by the wind. The station was erected by the late" Mr Girdlestone, Government Surveyor, In 1910. He cut the beams in the valley oi the Mangahao and had them sledged to the top of the'mountain. These beams were 18 to 20 feet long and 8 inches by 6 inches in width and depth. In some cases the iron bolts have been wrenched out of the "timber and the whole ■ triangle is demolished.

. The London correspondent of the Palmerston Times writes:—The shortest of the new skirts now being worn iu London are a shade shorter than the kilt as worn by Highland battalions. In the case of the latter the regimental order is that, when the wearer kneels, the edge of his kill must just touch the ground. Only to-day I encountered, on a stroll through the Park and down Bond street, several ladies, some of them fairly middle aged, whose dainty skirts were at least an inch short of that requirement. Some, less daring, elongate their kilts with an edge of beads, or a narrow strip of material, but the latter is slit up to above the knee, and is almost equally revealing. Ten years ago these costumes would have'been regarded as exciting when worn by a theatrical beauty chorus on the stage. Today thev flounce down negent Street at noon. The fashion cannot last, because it suits not one ladv in twenty, but, while the vogue is on it may give the police authorities qualms.