Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925.

Shannon News, 27 March 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925.

The ladies of the Shannon Groqiuet, Clulb are holding a street stall, tomorrow.

A reminder is given of the. Shannon Golf Club’s annual meeting tonight.

In this issue the Town Clerk notifies that all rates unpaid by the 31st March will be sued for without further notice.

\ The municipal roll is now open lor inspection at the Borough Council office during office hours. The supplementary roll will close absolutely at 5 p.m. on April ,15th.

On Monday next at the Juvenile Court at Palmerston North three boys will be charged with breaking and entering the residence of Mr Adams at Tokomaru.

The directors oi the Shannon Coup Dairy Co. contemplate closing uown at the end of the season the Marotiri cream receiving depot, and the cream, in future will be collected /by the company’s motor lorry.

The cream supply at the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Qo.’s factory is keeping up remarkably well for this time of the season, this being largely due to an abundance of feed in the Moutoa district, where dairy farmers are experiencing a good season.

On April Ist and 2nd the dates of the Manawatui races the Railway Department are issuing one day excursion tickets from- Shannon to Pals.c.ii North, the fares being first class 4s, second class 2s 3d return. With this big reduction in fares no doubt a large number of residents will avail themselves of the trip.

A bank book was picked up_ in Levin the other morning about 9 O’clock belonging to a resident of Shannon. The finder very thoughtfully wrote to the owner and caught the first m,au, and the owner had the satisfaction ot knowing it was sale soon after 11 of the same morning. Will be have such a quick mail service when the expresses are cut out?

At the Council meeting on Tuesday evening the Town Clerk tabled statement showing the position of the district fiuhd account. He said as this was the last meeting of the Council of the financial year winch ends on March 31st this account would be in credit on that date or outstanding revenue would be such as would cover liabilities which is necessary in accordance with the Act.

At the combined choir practice held lasi week a start was made with the oratorio “Esther,” and the rough edges of some of the choruses were taken off. The conductor, Mr Howard Andrew, was agreeably surprised at the progress made. Notwithstanding the rehearsal to be held next week the choir decided to hold an extra practice that week, so keen were they to learn the new, work. Intending members wishing to take part are asked to join up at once.

Something of a novel feature will be held in Shannon on Sunday week, April sth, as advertised. A grand sacred concert will be given by local and visiting talent, whilst a combined choir of about 40 voices will render several pieces. Tins choir has put in some solid practice work and it is surprising what good work they have been enabled to accomplish. A local orchestra will also render items. The full programme will be in the Shannon News next week and residents may look forward to a real good one. A collection will be taken up in aid of the Palmerston North hospital by the nurses and staff, who will be present at the concert,. The concert was a suggestion of the Mayor to the dilferent church choirs of the town who have thrown their very best into the effort and success is assured.

• In a replace on this page Mr L. H. Martin draws the attention of men t° the special yeduciions being made m suits from this date until Easter.

Dr. Julius, the retiring Primate .and Archbishop Qf New Zealand, who has been president of the Christchurch Council of Christian Congregations since its formation, attended his final meeting in that capacity this week, and was given an affectionate farewell. He is to leave on a visit to England after Easter.

It is uqw definitely understood that Dacre will be available for thb Mew Zealand team in the second test cricket match against the Victorians.

A new epidemic has broken out in Wanganui, namely late-flying. No less than twelve kites were to be seen flying at (high altitudes in the city yesterday.

Of the 226 applications received for the position of caretaker of the raceoourse, four were selected 'by the committee of the FeUtbng Jockey Club, and arrangements are being made for personal interviews.

A contributor to an exchange writes: “While playing poker the other day I was dealt four eights and the joker, which made five eights in all. 1 have played the game lor 30 years, and have never seen or heard of five eights being dealt to a player.”

liapimana Wapteti, who died at Manakau* last week, is stated to be 106 years of age. He well remembered the tribal battle of 1820 among the Maoris of Waikanae, then known as Kuititanga, He was considered by those who knew him to be a, very clever faith-healer, having many wonderful cures to his credit.

The latest excuse for going to wet .Carterton from dry Mastertonl A resident explained to his wile, on one hot day recently, that his reason im a flying visat to the southern town in his car was to obtain a nag of sugar, which is sixpence cheaper in Carterton than in Masterton. w»fe y is still thinking the matter over.

The election of Mr Hampton as president of the Amalgamated Society oi Railway servants, us regarded as a triumph' for the moderates m the ranks of the society (says the We - lington Post). Although Mr Hampton was chairman Qf the Cant er bui j strike committee during the rauyvaj strike late Easter, it was he who moved the vote of censure on the old executive at the biennial conference of the society last month for hay ing called the strike.

There seems to be almost a plague ol “Daddy long- legs” this autumn, and qne Palmerston resident reports that liis 'property is infested with them. The Insects breed m the ground, and to watch their method of emerging from their chrysalids is> interesting. The insect worms out a certain distance, and then a liund comes along, and grasping him oy anv available portion ol the unat-om*> drags him completely out. Bto just as profound as the problem of whether the lowl or the egg was lrrst, is the question: Who pulled the first o e out?

proof that some women take more care of their husbands than others do has been furnished by a discovery that was made by one ql the health officials who had occasion to visit Aramoho. It appears that a man was suspected of being an epidemic contact by his wife, and the latter locked him up in a back room. He bad been there for five days when me inspector discovered him, and the unfortunate benedict explained tnat food was passed to him through a window. The inspector successiuilv pleaded for the husband’s liberation, and an overjoyed benedict returned next day to his work.

One of tile official party with the All Blacks, thus eulogises Ported, the team’s skipper and one, of the selectors in England.: “Cliff Porter played the game. He recognised at the time of the Irish match that he was not, play ing in file same form as -Parker, and so he stood down in favour oi tlie Canterbury man. The same tiling happened in tne Welsh match. When it came tot picking the team against England, however, Porter was at tlie top of His form and naturally badly wanted to play. He and Richardson and the manager had a chat ovei Bnnas and Porter told the other two that°if they had ariy doubt about it he would stand on the bank. He dat not play. This shows what a great spoil the AU- Blacks’ captain is. Not many men in his position would have stood down so willingly or without having a big fight for it.”

A correspondent writes as follows to file Palmerston Times:—“l have been waiting to see whether anyone would detect the hollowness oi the statements made in regard to file Palmerston NQrth railway deviation by tlie Minister and by dm politicians who prattle about things being “kepisteadily in view.” The Muiistei s latest evasion is to promise early completion of the land survey; but, u the survey had not already been made why did he publish the elaborate plans of the deviation in liis recent statement? Is it not fairly obvious that the Minister is dodging the commencement and prosecution of tins w ork, because there is a rival scheme that affects at least three other electorates, and from the political point of view, it will be useful to delay tips work till after tlie next election?”

'Hie Sheffield cleric wlio opened a marriage service with the hymn—'‘Deluded souls who dream of Heaven, and seek to find it here below, was beaten in his choice by the bride-to-be who, asked to choose a hymn, suggested “Olt in danger, ol't m woe.” Schoolboys .furnish several examples of appropriate hymns. Nevei was a last line sung with more enthusiasm than at the service held after there had been read a class list in which a boy named Jordan had, alter many futile attempts, managed to appear. Every eye, was turned to the youth when were reached the li nes __‘ ‘Sorrow vanquished, labour ended, Jordan’s passed.” A touring team of cricketers played a famous school. The tourists called themselves ’“The Heathens.” They were dismissed for an lignominous score by two schoolboy bowlers named Wood and Stone. The captain of the school, at. prayers that night, selected the hymn “From, Greenland’s Icy Mountains, and every boy put all he 0 the significant lines—* The Heathens, In their blindness, bowed down to Wood and Stone.”

Having travelled some 300 miles by motor and rail, with baggage, 'including racing bicycles, a party ol live Gisborne cyclists arrived m Hamilton to compete in a sports meeting, only to And that the meeting had been abandoned! The secretary had notified competitors oi this fact, anu men left Hamilton ior a lew uays. The Gisborne entries were late, and were not qpened until it was too late to rectify matters.

During the liearuig of a case at tile Napier Police court in widen a man was charged with be.ing in a ll hotel after hours, the police evidence was to the effect that when the man in question was accosted he stated, “What’s the good Qi making a fuss over it, make it a £2 and 7s costs affair, and let it go easy.” The Magistrate: “I’ll take the gentleman's advice; £2 and 7s costs it shall be, with this addition that if he doesn’t pay he’U go to gaol for 14 days.”

The Otago Daily 'Dines states that Alan Clyde Holden, of the Kaikorai School, who was notified that lie had tailed to secure a Junior National Scholarship by four marks wrote asking for a recount, and was informed that the marks as given were correct. He then wrote enclosing 10s, and asked for a re-examination -of his arithmetic papers. He has now' been notified that. 34 additional marks have been awarded to him on this paper, nence the gains a 'scholarslup by 30 marks.

While fishing in the vicinity of Coiac Bay recently, a party of natives named up a fish about 13 inches m length, which had three feet on tether side. As the fish continued to walk about the boat, the Maori considered it was tapu, and instantly made for the shore, where the fisn was cast overboard. Mr H. SPaar* secured the fish and sent it to the museum. It turned out to. be a gurnard, and is plentiful in Australian waters, and on the coast of the North Island, but is seldom seen in the southern part of New Zealand.

The North Canterbury Hospital Board has just had its balance sheet “tagged” by the Aifditor-General because it placed on temporary deposit with the Christchurch City .Council a sum of £4OOO that \yas lying idle in a loan account. The Board's action meant that the money earned, a sum of £lls in interest that would not have been received if We loan money was left in the Bank. The chairman (Mr Ofiey); It is ridiculous when you cannot invest money with the City Council, where it is os safe as in toe bank. 1 think if you get a balancesheet back, and it is not ‘tagged you are not carrying out your duties. Mr Leadley; Well, anyhow it is a tag on the right side. (L&ughtei). A man eighty-six years of age, who • applied at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court for maintenance orders aeamst several of lhs.sons, said be had had a family of 26. A iew years a°x> lie had married again and now had five small children dependant on him whose ages ranged from i line veal's down to three.. The complainant said he had a military pension of £2 2s a week, but h|is old age pension had been stopped, the pension people telling him to take action against his sons. He received about 17s 6d a week frojm the charitable Aid Board and his wiife went out to work. An order was made for ios .per week against one. of the sons. The summonses had no.t been served on the others.

Tlie Electoral Department, in a wild desire to add a new definition to a well-worn word, seems to have fallen foul of a number of intelligent women who insisted, in their applicatio forms', m stating on tlie. line marked “Occupation” just exactly what occupation they were: engaged m, suon as typists, saleswomen, and so on. in doing t-lfis they have invalidated the 1 application forms, as it seems that the onlv occupations for women recognised by that erudite. Department are the married state, widowhood, or spmstership. It may be that the aveiage woman’s nfind is much occupied with the contemplation of these alternative states, but there is not the slightest authority in any dictionary for describing them as occupations, -and the incident illustrates once more toe stupidity of Government Departments, and the price that the public have to pay lor it.—Christchurch Star.