Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1925.

Shannon News, 8 September 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1925.

Tile fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers this evening.

A fair number of Shannon football enthusiasts journeyed to Wellington on Saturday to witness the game between Hawkes Bay and Wellington.

The fortnightly euchre and dance conducted by the Ladies’ Guild of Yen. Bede’s Church, will he held in the Parish Hall this evening.

Notice is given in this issue that the Okulcu road is undergoing repairs and will be closed' for all traffic during the progress of the work.

The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has been instructed toi procure the gold'medal for presentation to Miss Mona Ingley, who was Dux of the local school last year.

The Bev. Mr Parnell, who is steadily recovering from the operation he underwent recently, accompanied by Mrs Famell, left for the South Island yesterday to recuperate.

At 1 lie meeting of the 'Shannon Chamber of Commerce last week it was decided to circularise those business people in Shannon and district wliu are not members of the Chamber, asking them to become members. It was also resolved to render accounts to members who have not paid their annual subscription.

Mr Ransfleld, who unfortunately had a wrist broken in the Maiiawhenua v. Southland football match a few weeks ago, has been discharged from Hospital, but is not yet able to resume work. With commendable thoughtfulness his friends at Mr Dalzell’s llaxmill organised a dance on his behalf which was held in the Maker ua Schoolliousc last Wednesday evening. The committee entrusted with the arrangements was generously supported by local ladies who provided, a' very excellent supper for the occasion. The sum of £8 was realised far Mr Ransfleld’s benefit We understand the Shannon Football Club intend holding a benefit football match on Mr Ransfield’s behalf.

The Shannon Committee, of the Blanket Society were unfortunate in the day selected lor holding a street stall, as the weather on Saturday was atrocious, there also being a number of attractions, which took many away from town. It was impossible owing to the weather to have a stall in the street, so the vacant shop opposite the railway station was taken, where a liberal supply .of goods were disposed of, the ladies in charge leaving no stone unturned to swell the Society’s revenue and despite aLI the uisadvantages of the day they were successful In raising just on £l6, while subscriptions and donations received give the Society just over £SO to commence operations with. This splendid result should be .very encouraging to the committee. During the afternoon the following competitions were decided:—Dinner, number of beans in bottle 695, Mr li. Laurvig (760) was the nearest; hand bag, length of string - , 10yds GJinelies, E. Robinson 10yds 9in.;- doll, name Molly, Mr Christian; cake, weight 6ibs p;ozs, Dr. Mackereth 61bs 33ozs, and Miss M .Curran 61bs 6ozs, tied. The Committee wish to thank the proprietors of the shop for kindly placing it at the disposal of the Committee.

The Nirealia Dairy Co. is- putting away as a reserve each year a sum of not less than £IOOO.

For forty-five minutes a man sought to evade arrest at Lyttelton early yesterday morning by swimming about the harbour. Following a wharf disturbance the constables tried to arrest him.. He saw; them coming- and took a header into the water. When exhausted! lie gave himself up—Press Association.

A local body invited up,plications for an inspector’s job. One individual wrote asking to be posted a copy of the conditions of employment, and stated that if they were .acceptable to him, he would wire his acceptance of the position, as his time wus limited (says the Auckland Star). The council thought that the dozens of other applications should be considered, though they appreciated the enterprise.

“He just waits for something to turn up—carrying a huge load around his neck till the undertaker arrives. ’ This is how Mr M. 4. Savage (Auckland West) summed up the position of the small man on the land, in a speech in the House. The first report of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Control Board covers 18 months’ work. It shows that the levy of one penny on every 16 lbs of butter and the same amount on even 3-2 lbs of cheese exported realised £77,176. Of this amount £36,905 i.s Invested and interest bearing. A farmers’ company is bChltg formed at WOodville for tire .purpose of erecting saleyards.. it will have a nominal capital of £2OOO. An offer to take up 250 £1 shares by the Southern Hawkes Bay Stock Auctioneers’ Association was accepted, as was also its offer of timber from the old yards at £250. “Wellington city continues its wise policy of providing. wholesome literature in , plenty,’’ states the annual report of the Wellington Education Board under the heading of school libraries. “Nearly 10,000 volumes were supplied to 33 schools, an increase of more than 8000 over the previous year’s numbers.”

Halo and hearty after 100 years of life, Mr Dennis Ryan, of, New Plymouth, stilt enjoys a consoling pipe and light work in the garden. His memory takes him hack to the early days of the colonisation of Australia and New Zealand, to the excitement of the gold rushes in Victoria and Gabriel’s Gully, Otago.

Some of the new Palana church ministers do not appear to be fully in touch with the work. Recently one of the pastors got stuck in the middle of a burial service, and ho set off for home to get his book Thinking that the service was ovei the mourners dispersed, but the pastor rounded them up again and tin ished off the service.

With tlie arrival of the American Fleet the sale of chewing gum in Auckland almost doubled. .Several confectioners stated that inquiries for chewing gum were frequent. “Auckland is acquiring a considerable taste lor chewing gum,” said one retailer, “and the habit, as far as I can see, is very much in vogue among tbe young women of Auckland since the beet's arrival.”

"Beautiful to look at and elegantly dressed, with an open mind upon whatever topic is discussed, adaptable, available, rich and good-hum-oured the American woman as I know her is the last word in worldliness and fashion. In my own country she is not only a popular but a privileged person, and having started by being what is called ‘natural’ she becomes mor e and more so every day.”:—Mrs. Asquith in Places and Persons.

• Hares are becoming numerous in the Muheno district, in North Otago, and are causing considerable loss among,tbe root and green crops. one farmer reports that m a paddock of seven acres oi swedes an area of an acre had been attacked, and looked as though some sheep hnd been fed upon them. They have also shown a very strong liking for green feed crops. Many farmers in .the locality would welcome an organised hare drive as a means of reducing the trouble.

Rank or rating ol their fathers is of no consideration in selecting boys for Flock House. “We have some of all ranks, captains’ sons and cooks' sons, engineers’ sons and firemen’s sons and when they sail for Flock House, they are ail on llie same fooF ing. In one draft we had the son of a captain and a son of the cook ol a transport which was sunk in the Mediterranean, and the cook’s son was by no means inferior in manners, morals or physique to the captain’s son.—Mr T. R. Lees, Managing Director of Flock House, at the Luncheon Club, Palmerston North.

A Gisborne firm which has a private telephone wire running some miles into the country lias been experiencing difficulty in maintaining connection, and ultimately decided to have the line inspected. Two employees followed the line for a distance of about 10 miles until ’they came to a point where it passed a Maori pa. Here the line had sagged considerably, and The discovery that it was being utilised by the natives as a clothes line solved the problem. The line lias now been placed beyond reach except with the aid of a ladder.

There has been some discussion recently as to the biggest crops of maize that are grown in Poverty Ray, it being generally conceded that anything in the vicinity oi 100 bushels is an excellent crop (says the Gisborne Herald). Authentic records supplied to the Fanners’ Union by one grower show that Ibis season he took 824 bushels from eight acres of land, the average therefore being 193 bushels to the acre. The land on which the maize was grown is dose to town and is land that lias been cropped on many occasions.

“Those are clays of momentous changes in every direction. Empires are thrown into the melting pot, new nations are emerging from the mould with changed characteristics and altered purposes. This is pre-eminent-ly a moment for the propagandist, whether political or religious. Never was the prophecy more rapidly being fulfilled, and fulfilled in many directions, than now, when nations are being born in a day. The responsibilities of the Christians of this generation for influencing their fellow influence have never been surpassed in the history om mankind.” —Sir Harry Luna in the Methodist Record-

The Thames Harbour loan of £4O, 000, which was offered to the public was fully subscribed.

When the steamer Physa, at present in New Plymouth, was entering Gook Strait, heavy seas washed overboard a Chinese quartermaster and, although a lifebuoy was thrown over he was drowned. ” Yesterday, a Herald representative learned from an officer of the Physa that the ouoy, which it was never expected to recover, was Joornd on the beach near .Manaia, and forwarded to the vessel on her arrival at New Plymouth. Visitors to Wellington have oltcn commented upon the superiority of the meat shown in butcher’s shops in the country districts over what is generally on View in the city shops. The country butcher is .right on tne spot and generally buys the best that , tne adjacent farms produce. Carter i Bros. ha,ve at present on the hooks a i line of wether hoggets that are not. | to be beaten unywnere in the world. New Zealand produces the best and this particular line is the primest obtainable in the country,, to-day. Happiness reigned in the home of Mr and Mrs Sanford E. Hinshaw, of Des Moines, lhwa, until they took up golf. Mrs Hinshaw, in a suit lor divorce, on July 8, said husband imposet/».inheurd of cruelties” upon her on me golf course. He would kick her ball off the course every time she made a good approach, she said, and especially would he do tins when she reached the green in fewer strokes than be did. Mr Judge Hubert mterbaek granted Mrs Hmshaw tbe divorce and 50 dollars a ..month alimony.

Mr P. O. V'eale, the scientist selected by the Federation of Dairy Factories to conduct the research laboratory in Ilawera, has arrived there ami is supervising the outfitting of the premises and obtaining ' the necessary equipment. The laboratory is situated in the old technical school. Three rooms are being converted into an up-to-date laboratory equipped to deal with chemical and bacteriological problems connected with milk and the manufacture of dairy produce. It. is. expected the actual work of the laboratory will commence in a week’s time. The results will be waiched with interest by dairymen throughout the Dominion.—Press Association.

"He’s only a Lizzie!.” exclaimed a Coast barrucker at Greymouth, as the New South Wales forward, Ford, dashed for the line. “Yes,” responded a supporter of the visitors, "but he’s got six cylinders !” FonTs speed enabled him to score three tries. .At .Whangarei there has been a

good deal of adverse comment concerning the action of the railway , authorities in sanctioning the cutting, down of a splendid grove of English oaks. The trees were planted in about 1884, when the stalionmaster gained authority to have the work done only after going to a deal of trouble with tlie authorities.

When the annual report an the Forestry Department was being debated in the House of Representatives on Thursday, Mr J. Linklatel’ said he understood that seven and a-lialf million acres of Crown lands were to be set aside for forestry purposes, and he expressed the opinion that this policy would prove a profitable one. He remarked on the sucesss of the sand dune reclamation work that was going on at the mouth of the Rangitikei river, and stated that the trees that had been planted there were doing exceptionally well. This work, he thought, might well be extended, and he commended the suggestion to. the Forestry Department.

Speaking to a reporter ai Hawera, Sir Maui Pomare said he would be a candidate at the election for his old seat, the Western Maori. The Labour candidate, Mr Moiiitt, hud stated that the Labour party was out to give the Maoris a “iuana moituhake,” meaning ah absolute government of their own. Mr Holland, however, had repudiated this in the Labour Party’s official organ, and consequently the Maoris who took any notice of the titterings, did not know where they were. The Labour Party proposed to abolish the Upper House, so doing away with the Native representatives there, and by tbe introduction uf proportional representation would certainly reduce the number of Maori members in tbe Lower House. I ; or thei loss, howevei, they were going to create a Muon Council of 12, functioning ■ outside the House as an advisory board to the Labour Government. In such an event they would have an outside body dictating to a Labour Government as to what they should do■ in regard to Native policy. Also tins council Of 1-2 would go further, m that it would take on administrative powers. What else could this mean but that functions of the Nativd Land Court would be taken over? One could Imagine what would happen with 12 Maori an embers running the Native Land Court. In conclusion. Sir Maui said he thought that the Maoris had been “pulling Mr Holland’s leg,” as that gentleman would find out when the election numbeis went up.