Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1925.

Shannon News, 2 June 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1925.

The fortnightly euchre and dance will be held in the Parish Hall this evening.

A head-on collision .between two motor cars occurred on the road to Mangahao .on Sunday, but fortunately no serious damage resulted.

The annual meeting of the members for the Shannon Chamber of Commerce will be held in the 'Council Chambers on Thursday evening next at 8. o’clock, when it is hoped all members and intending members will attend.

We uinderstand a number of residents of Shannon are taking exception’ to the new mail arrangements whereby the evening mail to Shannon has been cancelled and they have communicated with the PostmasterGeneral pointing out the injustice which Shannon is suffering by the change.

Only about half a dozen dairymen attended the meeting held in the Parish Hall on Saturday when Messrs G. Williams and Ralston gave an address on the prevention and cure of contagious maminitis. Mr R. W. Taylor, chairman of the Shannon Dairy Co., occupied the chair. At the conclusion a committee of those present with power to add was set up to get the required number of cows to warrant a representative visiting the district.

The dance held by the Shannon Football Club in the Druids’ Hall on Friday evening was well attended and proved a most enjoyable one. Mr Roll ika carried out the duties of M.C. and Mrs Butler provided the music. During the. evening His Worship the Mayor presented the Cup won by the Juniors as runners-up in last year’s competition and in doing so complimented them on winning it, and at the same time stating he hoped he would also have the pleasure of presenting the cup to the senior team at the end of the present season.

At the Choral Society practice on Thursday night the conductor expressed great regret in losing a valued member of the society in the, person of Mr Jacobsen who was leaving the district. Mr, Howard Andrew said he was sure the Society was very sorry to los.e him and wished him every success in his new sphere. Mr Jacobsen has been a staupch supporter of the society and has been the treasurer of same. Mr Jacobsen said lie was very sorry to leave Shannon and especially sorry to break his cohnection with the Society and thanked them for their good wishes. Mr Roberts, senr., was duly elected as treasurer of the Society.

The -secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has received a communication from the Minister of Internal Affairs Publicity Office stating that it was the Department’s intention, to publish a special booklet referring briefly to the scenic and historic attractions of the various districts in the Dominion in order that tourists may obtain ail indication of what is to be seen in the various towns during a tour of the Dominion, and the letter asked for a short description of any places of interest in this district, also stating the means for reaching' same. The letter will be dealt with at the Chamber’s meeting on .Thursday night.

A well-preserved six foot bronze statue of Apollo has been discovered in Pompeii. It is regarded as the most important 1 artistic find of recent years.

An instance of the integrity of those engaged in the cult of the Jersey ..cattle breed was given at the pedigree sale held at Kaponga on Wednesday, when a well-known breeder of Kaponga refunded a sum amounting to over two-thirds of the [ purchase price paid four years previously for a heifer which had failed to fulfil the expectations of the buyer. The danger Qf pinning pudding cloths was emphasised at the inqjuest at Oxford on Mrs Jane Larner (56), wife of a Stokenchurch labourer. She made a roly-poly-pudding and pinned it in a cloth to boil. When it was cooked she found one, of three pins missing. She warned her family to be careful when the pudding was eaten. Afterwards she complained of something hurting her throat. She got worse, and was taken to hospital at Oxford, when an X-ray examinatiiotn showed the pin in her throat. She died after an operation from heart, failure. A verdict to that effect was returned. r

A complete agreement has been reached by the Conciliation Council in the hotel and restaurant employees dispute. The only point left for the court to settle is the date on which the new Dominion award is to come into operation.

Spring tides, the heavy rains and a fresh in the Rangitikei river, which was the highest it had been for many years past, were the causes responsible for tiiq flooding of the low-lymg portion of the township of Tangimoana towards the end of last week. Week-enders who arrived at the seaside resort on Saturday found that the lower areas had been converted into a lake, and all that one could see from the high ground were fences and houses surrounded by water. In parts, the Water was as deep as five feet,, and one or two of the houses had 18 inches of water above the floor level. The flood subsided in the afternoon, the waters finding their way out to sea, and leaving fish all over ’ the place, which were collected in large quantities.—Standard.

An extraordinary catch was made by a member of a party of Rotorua fishermen on Wednesday evening at Lake Tarawera. Mr J. Pennington, a well-known angler, had a tremendous bite, and, before he could check his reel, some 100 yards of line had run out. Mr Pennington found he could not move the fish that he had hooked and had to wait some time before there was any movement. When at last the fish moved the party enjoyed plenty of excitement in the dark. When the fish |was played close enough to * land, the whole party anticipated that Mr Pennington had caught a very large trout, but was astonished to find he had captured an enormous eel. It was found to measure sft in length and 16in. in The Only scales available weighed up to 201 b. and the fish considerably exceeded this weight.