Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925.

Shannon News, 26 June 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925.

Mr and Mrs W. Moynihan left yesterday morning for Wellington, en route lor Australia, where ttiey wjU spend a few weeks' holiday.

Mr F. J. Williams representing the Australian Ladies' Pipe Band and Concert Co., was in Shannon on Wednesday making arrangements for the company to appear here on-Thursday evening next.

On Sunday next at the Methodist Church, the services will be taken by the Rev. Mr Peryma.n, in the morning, and in the evening by Mr Howard Andrew. At the evening service Mr Hunter will sing a solo.

A conipliruenlarv smoke concert is to be tendered Mr Alfred Seifert by the employees of the Miranui Flaxmilling Co., on Monday, July 6th. The concert will be held in the Miranui Dining Hall.

Word was received in Shannon on Tuesday of the death that day at A'oisewbod of Mrs S. Pettersen, "who lor many years was a resident of .-aiannou, in which town her husband pre-deceased her in 1014. The deceased lady was .87 years of age.

The keenest interest is being taken iu the sacred concert to be held on Sunday, July 5, in the local theatre, and to".be given in aid of the school piano fund. Good work has been done both by soloists and choir. A full programme with a synopsis of the production, will appear in next issue.

Constable Shannon, who lias been stationed in Shannon during the past four years, lias been granted six

'.:!.onlhs' leave of absence from the Police Force, to enable him to visit his parents in Ireland. Mr Shannon left for Wellington, yesterday afternoon, and sails to-day for Sydney, f:-om which port he leaves by the P.

..ud O. buat o.u Jmy sth, A n limine r of friends gathered' at live station to wish him bon voyage and a safe return. His successor, Constable Tum;liy, arrived on Wednesday last ami ■as taken up his duties,

Messrs H. D. Bennett, Troup and i'.oht. Seinple, members of -the Housing Committee of the Wellington City Council, visited Shannon on Tuesday when they inspected the houses erected by the Shannon Borough Council, also obtaining particulars as to cost and the terms under which they were disposed of. They expressed themselves as being agreeably surprised at what the Council had done and the information they have secured will be placed 'before the City Council with a view to assisting that body to deal with the housing p:oiblem 'in Wellington.

The annual football match between Pliiiiiuer Tcrtace ami Reliance St., took place on the Recreation Grounds on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a large number of spectators. After the recent rain the ground was very heavy, but nevertheless some brilliant football was witnessed. The first spell ended' with no score by either side, but in the second spell both learns put up a strenuous fight. Ballance street, from a line out, drew first blood. However: Plimmer Terrace, not downhearted, from the kick off set up a strong attack, all the team taking a prominent hand, Chapman eventually bringing the scores level. We uiidcrsla,nd the married men in these iwoi streets 'have challenged I lie single men to a match; the proceeds from which will be donated to some charitable cause.

"Pie date is li\e;| fur liie sacred coiM-i-rl i(j be given by Hie Shannon (:h":;iI Socicly, viz., Sunday, July 5. at -S.'lij. The set piece chosen is Bradbury's "Esther," an exceedingly dramatic and musical cantata, in "which soloists ami clio-ur singers will have plenty oi scope |o show their talents. The Society has made rapid progress both in quality ol' singing and luiinliers and the" public may look for- . ward In something good. A collection v\ ill he taken up in aid of the School Piano Fund after the running expenses of the Society have been allowed lor. ft is hoped' the public will patronise, this concert and g'ivo the society a bumper house, so as to encourage the members in their good work. This cantata, will be repealed in Levin the satire week. In all probability a secular concert will ibe given by the Society as soon as they are ready, when a mixed programme will bo given and possibly a soloist engaged from one of tl'ie leading centres.

On Tuesday evening next ait the Maori land Theatre, there will be screened the greatest of missionary films, "The Transformed Isle." This film features life in the Solomon islands and is lull of interest and has received a great reception wherever shown.

Owing to work at Arapcti being completed and most of the men having removed to the top-camp at Ma,ngahao, where the new dam is in course of construction, the post office was closed there on Wednesday, ami has been transferred iu die top camp.

The Shannon coal dealers have received advice from the Glen Afion Collieries that the Railway Board have advised them of the new tan if proposals and as they involve largo additions to the existing freight-char-ges on coal they earnestly request coal-dealers to do everything in thenpower lo protest against such heavy impositions. Hitherto the Department have allowed concessions on coal over distances exceeding 75 miles. The new vales dm.not. give long distance customers the visual privileges which they have enjoyed for the last generation. The pre-war rate to Palmerston from the Waikato mines was Us 3d, present rate 15s Od, new rate 21s lid, an increase of 95 per cent. This new rate conies into operation on the T2th prox. It is certain this iu■crease will lie sirongly resented by the public.

Mr A. J. Shailer, the well-known nurseryman and show judge, of Palmerston North, had the misfortune to fracture his right arm on Saturday night through his. motor back-firing as he was attempting to start it.

The chief advantage enjoyed by poultry fanners in the South Island lies in their possession of land suitable for wheat-growing. At least, most of them are within easy reach of the southern wheat fields, whereas North Island po'ultrymen have little or no land suitable for producing wheat, but are obliged to buy Australian grain, which means paying from 8d to Is more per bushel.

The conference at Palmerston N. of the Dairy Farmers' Union was attended by delegates from over 25 branches, Mr Noil Campbell being appointed Provincial President, while Mr C. I. Harkness, who is president of the local branch, was elected vicepresident of the main body. These two with the organising secretary, Mr J I Fox, were appointed delegates from the Wellington provincial body, to attend the annual Dominion conference to be held at Pukekohe on July 15th.

A large number of people—mostly motor car owners—bent on. procuring benzine and oil at prices well below the average of market values, attended the auction sale of Cyrena benzine at Castlecliff last week, The bidding was brisk, and the prices obtained figured from 4s 6d a tin to 3s o,i_the latter price being 1 airly representative of the minimum, In all,, some Si)OU cases fell to tlio thud of tin; hammer, while a large quantity of empty cases, sold for the purpose of kindling wood, met a somewhat enthusiastic market.

The Woodvillc telephone, ers' list is al present included in the* Masterioii directory. Objecting to a proposal for the list to be included in the Palnicrston North directory, the Woodville Chamber ol Commerce ha,s written the Palmurston North Chamber as follows: "While we appreciate your interest, we much, prefer to 'manage our own affairs, in our way and to our own satisfaction, and the action of your chamber in not consulting those whose business it alone is, is not exercising the usual courtesy that is supposed to exist between ldndred associations."

A "Up" to oroperty owners whosYlands are crossed by electric power lines, or where such lines traverse roads fronting properties, was given at a meeting of the Te Awamulu Electric Power Board. If, said Mr Johnson, farmers would twist an old piece of galvanised wire front the top fence wires around eac-li of the* fence wires down to the ground and earth it bv firmly attaching the lower end to a" piece of galvanised pipe or iron rod driven into the gr-uund, there would be no danger of the fences becoming charged with electricity. This precaution should be taken at each complete section of a fence—that is, between the gateways.

Unemployment seems to- be getting more serious this winter than in previous years. 11 was reported at Saturday's County Council ' meeting that a considerable number of men were out of work in the district. A caller at the •'Chronicle" office this morning slated that be had come from Wanganui by bicycle with his swag, and had spent a fortnight louking "for work, without result. As lie was a married man .with a family he was doubly anxious to find something to do, 'but the labour market seemed to be over-supplied at present.

For the last generation of Britons Khartoum was one of the world's dead ends. A remote one at thai---for the Khalifa ruled in the Sudan, where the only white men were in chains. South of Khartoum the map was a large blank, which popular Jancy filled wil.li savage jungles, penetrable only by a Stanley or a Livingstone. Now. less than thirty years later, Khartoum is a tourist resort. Beyond, the Sudan is a country of time-tables and conducted tours —so far only fur the rich, but with cheaper and swifter transport, likely to attract the attention of the popular tour agencies. Might up to the Equator you can 1 ravel in tripledecked white steamers fitted with ho; and cold baths and electric lights, whose pasengers, in evening frocks or dinner jackets, sit out in long cane chairs enjoying the tropical night. All is orderly, placid and peaceful.

Tuesday is '•ironing'' day at Y\ aveney, so the visitor is inlurnied uiiur inquiring why tlie main street is illuminated throughout the hay. The explanation is. that in Wavcrley, ele/-li-ic power is available to consumers utiring .he daytime mi Tuesdays only, ami uii mat nay the power mat 1 teats the. modern housewives' electric nuns also lights ihe street, lamps.

A surprise was in si ore lor a man who j.aid a vjsJi tu a Chinese vegetable garden at Avoiidale, Auckland, early one morning recently. He was nushy engaged in Idling a sack he iiad luruught with h.in whet: suddenly hall a dozen Chinese, aimed with lurks and spades, dasn.d out {rum ; ehiiul some trees and I; ire down on him with weird cries. He made (pick time across a cabbage patch to thenearest fence, and out-distanced Ins : a us tiers.

The Onehutiga Borough CeutK-i] had before it a novel request this week, when a resident asked 0.. u die council should help to replace lis hat, which lie lost al a street .corner because, he said,' it blew off, and there was no street light 10 e;iabl< him to find it. By the dine he i.:><! obtained a lantern iiom a it-at by house ins hat liad c'onipleiely disappeared. The letter was greeted wiili considerable laughter, and it was finally decided to'refer the claim t>. the gas company.

In conversation with a Wanganui farmer a reporter was informed that eu|ttlo for killing jpurposes are in fairly short, supply all along me coast, but the prices being realised lor animals that were being disposed of are on about a par with those ruling at this time last year.. The informant, added that he attributed the reported shortage to the fact that farmers sold the majority of their fat cattle to get the benefit of the improved market prices, and were now holding on to what they still had for breeding purposes.—Chronicle.

Last week a peculiar and serious accident happened to Mr C. L. Sinnett, of Karioi. It appears that a blade of a safety razor had been left near the wash-basin and -became attached to the soap. Picking up the soap in. the ordinary way, Mr Sinnett rubbed it up his arm, with the result that the blade inflicted a wound about four inches long and nearly half an inch deep. This happened on a Sunday evening, and though the nearest doctor was domiciled at Ohakune, he arrived at the surgery. 15 miles away, in a little over an hour. Five stitches were necessary, and the patient is. now doing well, although he suffered greatly from the loss of blood.

So trie interesting information which may act < vs a deterrent to would-be owners of racehorses, was given at the Supreme Court at Blenheim by Mr A. Ilore, who was for many years trainer of Mr J. J. Corry's string of horses. According to Mr Rore, a horse will consume, at an average cost of 6s per bushel, :18s worth of oats a week, .together with (at average prices) 6s 6d worth of chaff, 2s 6d worth of hv-itn, 4s worth of hay, and :?s worth of grass, to say nothing of stable-boys' wages, cost" of loosebox and straw, etc. Mr Rore reckoned that the average cost of keeping a racehorse was £4 4s per week, exclusive of the trainer's fees.

Owing tq jhe attitude taken ip in regard to Ratana Pa by the Uangitikei County Council, the auih jmos have now decided to make an<■-.:.'go-nicnts towards forming the pa int. a horough. Rat ana has decide! to make a gift of the section to each person who has erected a home there, and to transfer the land, states a Wuuganui exchange. A member of the executive, speaking to a reponer, stated that when the borough is fi ruled they will be able .to claim their subsidies the same as any other local body, and Ratana will have its in ivor and councillors and its own safutacy inspector. A threii'-A-ear-old child was burned tp, death a't Taw a. Flat on .Saturday. Mrs Bailey, a widow with four children, left her home in Uk: afternoon to. visit Wellington, taking the young-

est with Iter, leaving the others in the house. Aliom 8 p.m. thi' building was discovered to be in Haines. Millon Mexted, a youth who Jived close by,' was the first on the scene, and found two of the children asleep. Though the house was a mass of

flames, he succeeded iu rescuing one of them, and Mr Staples, another J neighbour, managed to save the little girl. The third child could 1101 be s.e,eu, and die neighbours thought that the mother had also taken U w> town with her. The charred of the little victim were discovered iu file smouldering asli.es yesterday morning by Constable O'Donnell. From the position where the body was found, it would appear that the child lu\tl attempted to escape, but was probably suffoca.led by the smoke.

The Fox tun ILerald records Ih> unenviable experience thai befell :'> iuolcvists on Sunday. Despite the severe southerly gale'that was blowing, it was decided to ma.ke a trip a.long the ocean beach from Fexten to the llangitikei River. All Went well until the return journev was commenced I when the full blast of the southerly ) was experienced, l.iltle notice had I been taken of the incoming tide up I ill this point and before many tidies [ had been accounted for on the home i run it was found that the firm sand ,' was intermittently being swept over bv the breakers. A zig-zag course t had then to he taken, the car fullowI ihg the receding waves out on to the hard beach and racing inland again ahead of the oncoming combers. At Mania's creek a big wave broke over the car with the result that the engine "coughed out," and the car was soon sucked down to the- .running boards in the treacherous sand. When I the engine was started, the strain proved too great' and the axle snapped. The car had to be blocked up with wood and hauled old later with J horses. j