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Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925.

Owing to the rain on .Saturday all cricket matches hud other outdoor games were abandoned. ;

Mr H. A. Nielsen, whoi has carried out the .duties, of postman m Siiannon for some months past, lias received notice of his transfer to Kaefnn as cadet. Mr Nielsen will leave Shannon next week.

The Mayor informs .us that 'the work of filling in the open drains in connection with the water scheme has progressed very satisfactorily and that all the drains on the town side ol the railway fine will be completed in two days’ time. He' also paid a special tribute to the roadman engaged on the work for the manner in which they have carried out the work.

At the School Committee meeting the new headmaster, Mr T. \yhite, was welcomed by the chairman, Mr Tippler. In returning thanks Mr White thanked one and all for the kindness he had received since coming to Shannon, remarking that the handshake of friendship and cordial welcome had been his experience. His first interests would always be those of the .school and in this there would be no lack of energy on his part.

Some time ugu the members of the Shannon .School Committee decided to take steps to ascertain the names of the owners who were making a practice of grazing stock in the schoolgrounds at night time, thereby causing damage to the grounds. As a result steps were taken to ensure that the damage done was paid for. Last week a resident handed to the chairman title amount of £3 which had.been assessed by the Committee as the amount of the damage.

The public of Shannon are reminded of the harvest festival sale on Thursday, at 2.30 and 7.30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. A splendid lot ol vegetables and fruit lias been sent along, and all who wish to lay in a stock of these are asked to come and see for themselves. See .means buying, as the prices will be very tempting. Arrangements have been made for delivering parcels that are too heavy to carry. The alternoon tea and supper room is. in. capable, bands so a good cup of tea is assured. The sewing stall will hold garments and articles of all kinds and these have been marked at prices that will ensure a ready sale. Although the restrictions have not been removed in consequence of the epidemic, parents will be able to purchase sweets and toys to fake home to the children. The competitions that had been advertised for them will take place at a later date. The results of the guessing for the tw,o jumpers and two cushions will be announced at the evening session on 'Thursday. A full bright evening has been arranged, musical items, and various competitions. Prizes will be given which are well worth enter-, ing fqr. Admission to all this pleasure will be the small sum of, sixpence.

At this morning’s meeting of tile Horowlienua County Council the County Hanger (Mr G. Watson) reported having impounded 115 head, of wandering stock during the past month.

“Some of these country pubs in North Canterbury .rough and ready,” commented a tennis player to a Christchurch Sun writer. He had spent his holidays wandering round the northern end of the South Island. “I went into one for dinner the other day, and the waitress said, ‘Wiot’ll y’ have? Beef or mutton? Mutton’s orf.”

The Wairarapa Daily Times (Masterton) makes the following timely comment oh expeditions to the Tararuas: The fact that it lias keen considered necessary to send out parties on two, occasions within a short space of time to search for persons overdue from expeditions to the mountains makes us urge the necessity tor those who engage in tramps to take reasonable precautions to prevent the community being put to inconvenience and expense, to say nothing of the acute anxiety felt by many. No par-, ty should be allowed to go on these jaunts unless it comprises three or more persons, and then they should be compelled to carry signalling apparatus. Searching is ’always attended by danger tq the searchers, who frequently are not all experienced bushmen. In the two cases mentioned, “all well that ends well,’’ but let us take the lesson to heart that the fullest precautions should he taken before venturing upon a hazardous adventure.

Speaking of the asphalt roads of ( Taranaki a Canterbury motorist told the “Lyttelton Times”- that one defect j which was very noticeable is that the j asphalted portion being too narrow J for two cars to pass, the frequent . pulling on to. the side and then returning have had the effect of breaks ing away the edges of the asphalt. If a remedy is not found for this trouble it might easily lead to the gradual breaking iup of the whole road.

Pohutu Geyser was very active on Sunday, says the Rotorua paper, anil gave a fine display. There has been a steady subsidence of thq craters o£, the mud geysers in the Arikikapakapa Reserve and on the golf links. The big orator near the lake, which was full of water all last winter, is now down to its old bed. For some time past the thermal vigour of the whole region round the head of the reserve near the Taupo road has been steadily decreasing.

Ttie visit of Mr W. Grounds, chairman o.f the Dairy Control Board, to Palmerston North on Monday next, will be looked forward' to by dairy farmers and the public generally with interest. Dairy farmer? will require from Mr Grounds definite statements as to the proposed action of. the Board, and alsol some say in the policy of the Board. The meeting will, no doubt; be attended by representatives of all the leading factories in the district, and dairy farmers generally.

Speaking to a Palmerston Times reporter yesterday, t/he Minister lor Railways said he could not say when the Palmerston deviation would ; be started. “Arrangements have been made,” he said, “for taking the necessary land, and a land survey is to be put in hand at an early date. When this is complete, a start will be made on the earth works and the formation of the new yards and station. . . . It might be started in .three months for all I can say. I have no idea till the survey is completed.”

A story which had been described as a true one was told by the Hon., J. G. Coates, Minister for Railway, at a luncheon in Auckland, illustrating railway methods. A man went to the station at Invercargill, and his business was arranged by a very polite yuiung man, who wound up with the remark, “We thank you very much for your custom.” The man, said Air Coates, immediately fainted. However, he hoped that would he the way in which customers would be received in future.

“After the long interference oi the Legislature with the sacredness .of bonds, people are not willing to lend money on land; they prefer to put it into some other investment,” said His Honour, Mir Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth, when commenting on the difficulty of arranging finances on farm properties. Mr F. C. Spratt, of Hawera, said that at one time a great deal of Christchurch money had been available for Taranaki farmers, but since ttie moratorium extensions had been made, this supply had been cut oh.

Mr R. Semple, in declining a request by the Dunedin Labour Representation Committee to allow nis name to go forward as a candidate for one of the Dunedin seats at the general election, said he had received requests 14 um all Over the Dominion to stand, but is undecided whether he will accede to any of them. Mr temple says there is a great deal to do in the industrial field. “It is my opinion that the workers are losing ground there every year,” he declared. “I recognise the need for political action on the part of the workers, but, naturally, I would prefer to fig hi from the industrial side.”

Another motor accident occurred last night, when Mr “Pop”. Hall, son of Mr Sydney Hall, of Levin, who was returning from Palmerston A’., struck the bank on the hill above Buckley Road, owing to the front wheels locking on turning a corner. The car struck the bank nose on, tore off one wheel and the running-board, and then overturned. Mr L. Williamson, of the local post office staff, who wits an occupant of the car was flung against the wind screen and received rather serious cuts on the face, which necessitated his being taken to the Palmerston Hospital, where several stitebes were put in. The driver escaped without injury.

The consideration now shown the general public by the railway department was in evidence at one railway station the other day when a client had wrongly consigned a small lot of goods to a station on the Manuwatu section. To re-consign the goods on would have cost the same amount as the first freight, hut tno department were prompt to meet their client in the matter and had the goods forwarded to their proper destination, only charging the difference in freight between thq original consignment and their ultimate destination. It is courtesy of this kind that inspires confidence In the general public and promotes extra business for the department.

One of the advantages of travel on the Aorangi mentioned is that there is provision for apparently an endless supply .of fresh water. Baths ad lib. can be rejoiced in, for tile adoption of the Diesel engine installed in the new steamer makes it possible io carry great reserves of fresh water. Mosi of that carried by the ordinary liners is used to feed the boilers, and the absence of these on the Aorangi gives a great latitude to passengers in the way of fresh water baths—a thing highly appreciated during the tropical part of the trip. Another point from the owners’ side of things is that the ship can carry enough to take the vessel past those ports where the water supply is either meagre or expensive by reason of the difficulty of carriage and getting it aboard. i

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Shannon News, 17 March 1925, Page 2

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Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925. Shannon News, 17 March 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925. Shannon News, 17 March 1925, Page 2

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