Shannon News TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1925.

Shannon News, 28 April 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1925.

iMr s L. H. Martin intends leaving lor England about the end of next month.

The annual meeting- of parishioners of Ven. Bede's Church will ix held in the Church on Thursday evening at 7.30 p.m.

Owing to. the Council Chambers being used as the polling place on Wednesday, the reading room and library will be closed all day.

A donation of £1 Is. has. been received by the Mayor from Mr Leon;., Tang, fruiterer, towards the Palmeiston Hospital.

A flower show will be held in the Par.ish HaU on Saturday, 9th May, in aid of the Anglican Church fund. Schedules can be obtained on application to the secretary, Rev. A. J. Farnell.

The management of the Maoriland Theatre have made arrangements to screen the results of the Municipal election at the theatre on Wednesday evening, immediately they are known.

The first chapter of the serial, "The ■Phantom Fortune," starring William Desmond, will be screened at UK Maoriland- Theatre on Monday evening next. TlUs picture has enjoyed a, wide popularity wherever shown and those who enjoy a good serial should hot miss seeing it.

The Weraroa Church Building Society held a very successful Shop Day on Friday last in Oxford Street, A number of competitions were conducted, the winners of which were as follows:—Nightdress, Mr Bill Ryder; dinner, Mrs Greggan; breakfast, Rev. Davies; child's dress, Mrs Logan; nightdress No. 2, Miss Le May; tea, Mite Merrick; Icake, Miss Procter; beads, Miss Henderson; lace top, Mrs Greggan; chocolates, Mr J. E. Wallace.

The dance held by the Druids, of Shannon on Friday evening was well attended and proved most enjoyable. Mr A. E. Mason officiated as M.C., the music being supplied by Mr J. Olsen a number of extras also being played. Dancing was indulged in until midnight when JVIr Mason drew attention to the fact that as they were on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the landing of the New Zealand and Australian troops at Gallipoli he would ask them to commemorate the event by observing two minutes silence. After this, had been observed those present left for their homes.

Yesterday, the Mayor (Mr Murdoch) received the following communication from Mr J. Linklater, M.P., in finest that boroughs should receive respect to the Borough Council's rethe same assistance as counties where the. main highways passed through: "In answer to my representation with regard to Shannon and its relation to highway construction I am pleased to inform you that the Highway Board Iras decided to include all boroughs where the population is under 6000 for full benefits under the highway scheme. This I- think will prove highly satisfactory to your Council because Shannon 'now will receive the- concessions it is justly entitled to."

Mr L. H. Martin wishes to draw attention of shoppers to values offering in Manchester goods, itemised hi a replace on page 3.

As will be seen by the advertisement on page 2 Howard Andrew, Ltd., have just landed new stocks of ladies' footwear of the very latest styles from the leading makers. They also mention the fact that this is tlie slipper season and they are carrying full stocks. An inspection is invited. A young man named William Beim, of Geraldine, died this morning as a result of a collision between push bikes last evening at Pleasant point.

Although the Manawatu Gorge Board of Control has spent all tt'ic, money contributed by tlie various Jocal bodies concerned, the Gorge road is not yet complete, ami a further £12,000 is necessary. The Government has declined to give a subsidy and will not recognise the road as a national one. At last meeting of the Woodville Borough Council it was decided to make a protest against' having to And any more money, and that the Government be again approached with a view to its taking over the road.

Norman Charles Pocock, a postal letter carrier, pleaded guilty at G's- J borne to six charges ol thefts from j postal packets, and was. committed for sentence. \

Alfred Kenning, a married man, was -admitted to the Greymouth hospital on Saturday, suffering lroni phosphorus poisoning, and died mere yesterday.

Tlie first football match of the season in Levin was played on the Le-v-iii Domain on Friday last, when the Horowhenua Power Board team met, and defeated County Council by i) points to 6, after a Hard and close game.

One hundred thousand gallons ol wine seized in a Federal raid in San Benito County, California, over a year ago and stored at 'ires Pmos, was dumped into Tres PUnps creek on March 14. R. took an electric pump several days to complete the job.

Lt is anticipated that tiie number of motor vehicles in the Dominion will shortly reach 100,000. At tlie latest meeting of the Main Highways Boards the total was given as 92,700 of which 25,000 are motor cycles. The report submitted to the Board stated that "the number of motor vehicles is apparently so much above the estimate that the revenue anticipated from this source will be greatly exceeded."

At the last executive meeting of the Wairarapa Provincial District Dairy Farmers' Union, Mr Ben Roberts, the President, tendered his resignation owing to haying been selected as Labour candidate to contest tlie Manawatu seat. In doing so, he said, ;he, did hot wish to involve the .Union in any question of politics. He had worked for the Union as faithfully as lie could because he felt that the dairy fanner, was. only a working man, and he must organise as other unions had, to resist the economic pressiure which wias developing so rapidly and insidiously. The executive refused the resignation, as the Union was non-political, and it diu not matter to them what the individual political opinion was of any officer or member'. One member said Mr Roberts had. done very good work for the Union and the dairy farmers, and it would be almost impossible to get another president who would fight for the farmer as Mi" Roberts had done.