Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1925.

Shannon News, 26 May 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1925.

As a result of the Heavy rain during the past few days the low lying flats around Shannon were covered with water.

Our local stationmaster, Mr Thomas, is at present on his annual leave. Mr G. H. HiQare is relieving during tlie former’s aibsence.

The Pljunket Nurse will visit Shannon to-morrow (Wednesday) and will 'be pleased to meet ladies at the Library between the hours of 10 n,.m. and 4 p.m. Advice is given free.

A, irumour Kvas current in Shannon on Saturday.flight.that -the punt at the Manawatu river had Wen washed away, but on enquiry we found the rumour was without foundation.

The week-end floods brought down a great quantity of silt, which has covered the approaches to the punt at the Shannon bridge. The approaches to the bridge have also suii'tred further from scour.

By special advertisement in tins issue, Mr A. E. Hyde, land agent, announces that he has houses for sale with a small deposit down. Also sections in all parts of the Borough on easy terms. When these are paid off he will finance owners to build.

The Shannon Choral Society is a \iery enthusiastic brganisatioin. , Notwithstanding the very had night there was a muster of about 40 present at the last practice and great progress Weis made with the oratorio ‘‘Esther.” It is hoped to give this line rendering on a Sunday night in about four weeks’ time.

Representatives of the Palmerston Hospital. Board, Mrs Abraham and Aessrs -Murdoch, Pycroft and the secretary (Mr Phillips), have been appointed a committee to confer with hie flaxwiorkers with a view to the latter forming a' medical association ■ u lines similar to that of the M!annaliao workers. The. meeting will he held on a date to be arranged.

The dance held in the Druids’ Hail on Thursday last by the Shannon social Club proved a successful and enjoyable function. The music, floor and supper left nothing to be desired and the cylinder waltz competition caused great interest. The winner proved to be Miss Pickard, who was presented with a nice marble clock. The committee intend continuing the dances, they being,so keenly appreciated. ’Prizes have been donated for the competitions and are now being shown in Mr Martin’s window.

That Shannon is definitely “on the map” from a moving picture point of view is demonstrated by the fact 'that Mr Beaumont Smith has included the town in the scope of his search for prospective “movie” artists. His advance representative, Miss HUia Bloomfield, was in Shannon to-day making the preliminary arrangements, in readiness for the tests on Thursday and Friday night. Later in the week Mr Rud Petersen, tlie producer will arrive and ills assistance will be readily afforded local aspirants to the silver sheet. In the meantime their attention is directed to the announcement on page 1, am to the Maoiriland Theatre, where all information is obtainable.

BUtter made at the Masterton Dairy Company’s factory this season so far totals 558.9 tons.

Two new motor pumps ordered m England by the Gisborne Fire Board are to be capable of forcing water a distance of 1000 feet.

No more butter will be exported by the Mastertiotn Da'iry Gompany this season. The company will supply the local market during the winter.

At the sale of Mr V. Marx’s Lebrimi stud of Friesians, Mr O. A. Cadwallader (Greytown) purchased the cow Coldstream Pontiac Wayne for IT guineas.

Since the Government agreed to pay a royalty of Is per snout for wild pigs in the Whangaraomona district, it is stated that over 10,000 snouts have been brought in. It will help townspeople to realise the isolation of settlers in some parts of the backblocks when they are told that a number of residents. near Pehu in the Uiruti district (Taranaki) did not hear of Mr Massey’s death until Sunday last, a week after it occurred. They have no telephone to Pchu, although there is a post office there.

A homing pigeon, sold by Mr G. \\. Gillham, of Morda, Oswestry, Shropshire, to a buyer in Scotland,_ flew more than 200 miles back to its home.

A Hamilton wireless enthusiast, Mr E. I>. Tlobbs, has received word that concerts broadcasted in Hamilton were picked up at Tottenham, England, where they were heard very clearly.

Wad swans are reported to be fairly abundant throughout the Manawatu Line district. Several good hags nave been taken from Waikanae to poxton. In two days, it is reported, one gun managed to secure 26, while a party of five at Otaki shooting on Mr Simcox’s property averaged aoout trie same each gun.

Whilst sleeping in a camp the other night on a duck shooting trip, Mr H. H. Pattle, of Pukekohe was startled out of his sleep by something that walked over his head, and then down his bed. He jumped up, a prey to rather uncanny sensations, anti striking a match, discovered an inquisitive wood-hen blinking at him and walking leisurely out of the tent.

Mangolds throughout the district appeal' to have been a rather patchy crop this season. Where grown on new land, good crops have generally been secured, but on old cropping, there has been a fair amount of loss from mangold dry rot. In the case of early crops, the roots are now being pulled to allow of wilting before feeding in the winter, It being essential that mangolds should not be fed to dairy cows in a fresh condition.

speaking of the case of. leprosy sent down to Lyttelton from Auckland me medical officer for health, Dr. T. J. Hughes, stated that the unfortunate young man’s case was a very acute one. The disease had developed rapidly. The patient had been detained at the hospital for about a week for observation, and in order that the diagnosis should be definitely confirmed. The man had been in Fiji for only a short time. Generally contact of long standing with other sufferers was necessary and signs of the disease did not appear until years after infection.

The Daily Graphic announces that Lady Oxford has consented to review Margot Asquith’s latest book, "Places and Persons.” The fact tliai Lady Oxford, as a member of the peerage, has been commissioned to review her own reminiscences, written when she was Mrs Asquith, recalls flic comment which Mr Asquith (now the Earl of Oxford and Asquith) was gossippod to have made when he heard that his wife had sold her memoirs for £13,000. “Heavens,” he is said to have exclaimed, ‘‘l hope they are not worth it!.’*

The presence of the gum scale and other diseases among the eucalypts has had rather a disheartening influence on private planters in the disnicts adjaceut to Wanganui, and many small belts and plantations have been completely destroyed. The disease is fairly common but appears in its most virulent form rotund Palmerston North, Marton and Eeilding. The ladybird was some time back introduced into the district, and it appears to have checked the spread of the parasite, but most of the damage was occasioned in the localities -mentioned prior to the valuable insect being released. H-owever, during the past year it has been noticed that many of the affected trees are making a good recovery.

A comprehensive review of the infantile paralysis epidemic is contained in the annual report oi Dr G.‘ A. Forrest, Medic Jul Superintendent of the Palmerston North Hospital, whoi states that altogether 107 eases of infantile paralysis had been admitted, 66 had been discharged cured, four were being treated as out pa tients, 28 remained in hospital, more than half of whom should recover completely, and five had died, giving a death rate of 4.6 per cent. Many of the cases admitted were of a verymild type but Dr Twhigg deserved great credit for the energetic way in which he carried out the treatment and for the goad results obtained. The work of the massage department had more than doubled owing to the epidemic and extra assistance had been engaged. Two lull-time masseurs and one part-time masseur were now fully employed. Forty-five patients were now receiving massage, it was probable that this state of things would continue for the greater part of this year.

The apple market remains wonderfully firm and notwithstanding heavy supplies, prices remain level, Avhich should prove satisfactory to grower, shipper and importer alike. So far, twenty-three apple steamers have arrived in British ports from Australia and New Zealand, bringing roughly one million eas-s. These have been sold at an average price between 15/-*and 16/- a case. The steamers have carried that fruit well, and it has generally beer of excellent quality. Brown heart has been conspicuous by its absence and though some varieties in the earier arrivals showed signs of bitter pip, and some of black spot, it was apparent thes« faults had been on a much lower scale than in some recent years. The continual demand for apples has declined somewhat as the season advances, and some importers anticipate less htwne inquiry after Derby week has passed, but the general impression is that there ought not to be any materia, decline in values until soft fruits begin to arrive in large quantities, about three weeks hence. The' pear market has not been so satisfactory, mo inly Veeausc many arrived too ripe, but all in good condition fetched high prices. . Some importers are raising the point whether it is wise to ship so many Vicars. These, being a hard fruit, usually carry well, but the ! question is asked, is the price of 12/- : to 13s a case remunerative.—Londan cable to-day. j

There has been heavy slaughtering ol cows in the Wanganui uisuia this year for. boneless nee! and lOtliei uses (says (tie “Herald’ '}. The other uay a mob of 400 cows were on road being driven to the works.

'liie' sense Of humour was in ihc make-up of the lute Lord Le\ emuhne. ••Man," he told a women's garnering, “was God’s first thougut, arid woman ms second.” It vvas as though i. had ttuown a challenge in their laces till he added, “ but second though is are always best.”

a photograph showing five generations is at present on view in Tesla Studios, Wanganui, and is creating no little interest. The live generations shown are; Mrs Day, aged 95, of Westmere; Mrs Tyler, of xauranga; Mrs Parrott, of New Plymouth, Mi>s Barr, of New Plymouth, aim Mrs Barr’s son, Leo.

Noel Montagu Newton, the adventurer who figured so. prominently n, the notorious case in which Sir Hail Singh, the heir of the Mahharajuh ol Kashmir, was 'coerced into (parting with £150,000, committed suicide in u London taxi-cab recently by shooting himself with a revolver.

A member of the crew of the collier Ganopus, which arrived at Tunaim last week from Westport, states that the vessel, when off Akaroa, passed through a school oi whales .which numbered many hundreds, The cetaceans were visible as far as the eye could see.. One huge, whale passed under the ship, evidently thinking the Canopus one oi the school, but becoming frightened, lashed out wiin its tail, and sent a cloud of <*pray over tile onlookers, drenching some of them to the skin. ‘ Considerable anxiety was felt lest the monster might cause some damage, and great erlief was felt wiien the school took their departure.

At a meeting at Palmerston of the West Coast Dairy Factories’ Association, Mr S. A. Broadbelt presiding, a letter was received from the Railway Board, in reply to Association’s representations regarding the reduction in the rates for dairy produce, stating that although certain reductions had been made, these were special in their application and had been agreed upon as being the high est that it had been considered could be charged, having regard to each case. The Board was not in a position to make these reductions generally .applicatble. At the beginning of the year it had been, anticipated that the financial position would have been such as tQi have enabled the department to make some general reduction in the rates, but owing to circumstances that had arisen dur ing the year, the department found that it could not realise its anticipations in this respect. It was the ah of the .board to give the best possibl service a,t the lowest cost and the association oould rest assured tha the case of the dairy produce would not be overlooked in the event possible reductions being decided upon. After a general discussion the letter was “received.”