Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925.

Shannon News, 11 September 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925.

The shannon Choral Society has decided 1 to give its next concert in tlie Maoriiand Theatre on Thursday, September 24.

Notice is given In this issue that tlie Shannon Domain will be closed from to-day until further notice and that trespassers will be prosecuted.

Owing to the illness of her father, Pastor Foster, who resides ai r Hamilton, Mrs V. Croon,, of Miranui, left lor that town on Tuesday last.

Mr Brann has, received -advice from the Secretary of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society that they are forwarding brown trout fry to be liberated as follows:—20,000 for Otauru stroain, 10.000 fry and 100 Rainbow yearlings for the Mangahao dams.

As one of the delivery carts belonging to the. Shannon Meat Co. was crossing over the bridge in Thompson Street on Tuesday iast,. tlie horse slipped down, with the result that one of the-shafts of the'cart were broken.

The Town Clerk reported at the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night that he huR been advised by telephone that day that the sum of £125 bad been granted to the Council by the Public Works Department towards road maintenance. This grant will be welcomed by the Council.

, The Plunket Society have, been successful in securing the hall in Ballance Street as.,a visiting room for the nurse, the use of which has been granted- free by .Mr Forno. The Committee have since purchased the necessary furnishings and the room will be ready* for the nurse when she visits Shannon on Monday next.

It was brought under the notice of the Borough Council on Tuesday night that persons are cutting down branches from the trees In the Domain, and that the broken limbs, are left lying on the ground. As the ground lias only recently been cleaned up preparatory to ploughing this is very annoying. The Council decided to close the Domain until suich time as the work is completed and to prosecute, any trespassers. /

A Tokoinaru motorist had a narrow escape from a serious accident on Wednesday morning while coming down the first hill going towards Tokoinaru, owing to the car leaving the road and somersaulting down the bunk a.t the foot qf the hill. Fortunately the driver got clear, but tlie ear landed upside down, breaking the hood and windscreen and smashing one of the wheels, and; was generally shaken up. Later tlie car was hauled hack on to the road and towed into Shannon where It is now being repaired at Mr C. C. Franks’ Garage.

Advice was received by; tlie -Shannon School Committee at their meeting last evening from Mr H. W. Lawton, Science Instructor, that the R. A. Nicul School Garden Shield has been awarded to the School. Tliis is the first time that the Shield lias come to Shannon and, is a recognition of the good work in science and general improvements in the school grounds. Mr Lawton in iiis letter said: There is ample scope for further improvement and he hoped that the School would he able to carry out their lull programme in the next two years.

At the School Committee meeting last night the following report on the work, at the school was received from Inspectors Cowles and ißlackie: Organisation and management good. The headmaster having succeeded in securing the active co-operation, of every member of the staff; order and discipline, very .satisfactory; attendance very satisfactory; teaching, the staff as a whole is working earnestly and no effort is being spared to raise ttie standard of the work; pupil teachers are being given adequate instruction and training; buildings and grounds, considerable improvement has been effected; and the front portion of the play area, has been attractively laid out, in flower gardens, and a good library has been established.

From September Ist the milk vendors of Otaki have reduced the price of milk to their customers from 6d to per quajrt.

The rateable value of Auckland city is now over two millions sterling.

Local body loans to the amount of £7,099,901 were authorised during 1924, but only £2,322,703 was actually raised in that year. In the March quarter of the present year the authorisations totalled £1,143,788 and the total amount actually raised was £l,049,563.

A Konini farmer was fined £lO for allowing his cow-shed and yard to be so dirty that it worried people who used the adjacent main road. The. magistrate remarked that the defendant (Milton Alpass), being a large land-owner in the district, should set an example to the smaLler ones as to how premises should be kept.

Hie stamper in Dunedin stamped over 55,000 opossum skins during July and August, and 21,000 of these skins were taken in the Otago district, a few in Southland, and the remainder on the west coast of tlie North Island. Dunedin is the chief place of assembly and the headquarters of the opossum skin market.

Ambergris stili keeps drifting ashore on the western hays of Stewart Island. Among recent hauls was 'a line piece of matured grey ■ ambergris weighing 32 ounces. The Leask Bros, who found a big quantity early in tlie year and forwarded it-on to London got a return just short of £IOOO, which is about the best for one hath yet experienced in Stewart Island.

On the ground that business would be Interfered with, Auckland shopkeepers have made objection to a proposed new by-law regarding tlie parking of motor cars, by which it is proposed that no person shall leave any vehicle unattended in Queen Street between 4 p.m., and 5.30 (p.m., on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and between 11.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Some few years ago New Zealand carried on a big export trade in grain and it was quite a common occurrence to see three grain ' ships leave Canterbury ports for the bid land within a week. To-day we do not grow enough to meet the local demand and the -prices ruling in England arc much lower than in New Zealand. Latest quotations to hand show that high grade milling wheat is obtainable in the old country for 5s Id per bushel.

The prisoners at Paparua are allowed us much reading matter in their cells, as they desire. On the shelves of one cell .a “Lyttelton Times” reporter counted fourteen books, comprising fiction, reference works, the Bible, and text books. There were also pictures and photographs in most of the cells, many of the photographs being of the prisoners’ wives and families, or their sweethearts, while in a few cases wedding groups were displayed. In many cases fresh cut flowers were arranged in vases. The authorities give every encouragement to the prisoners to brighten their cells in this way.

For some time past the after portion of the wrecked Cyrena has indulged at the wifi of, the elements, in all sorts of manoeuvres, and following on the recent boisterous weather the stern has now found a resting place right alongside the north mole at Castlecliff, though not , m such'a manner as to embarrass the structure. The forepart of the vessel also has succumbed to the vicissitudes of the weather and at the moment lies high and dry at low tide. It is understood that steps will be taken immediately to blow up the two portions.

Concerning the recent tragic mishap at trie Waikarc Gorge, ihe Poverty Bay Herald says; “Although the accident has come as a great shock to the public, it is generally recognised that the misfortune largely serves to emphasise how efficient the motor services in this district have been, this being the first accident of a serious nature in all the years the service companies have been operating. When this fact is considered in conjunction with the state of the district roads, and the fact that as many as 1000 passengers are transported in a week by motor car, it will be realised to what a high standard motor travelling has attained.”

It is not only in this country that people have to wait for a. telephone installation. So long is the waiting list in Japan that those who are the fortunate possessors of a telephone have been allowed (according to the Telegraph Journal) to sell their rigid to the service, with the result that telephone numbers have been freelydealt wilh on the Stock Exchange and prices varving from. £SO to £250 were realised. “Even higher prices were obtained by the “lucky” numbers; “8” is eagerly bid for, as the number is regarded as signifying success; “42” and “49,” symbolising pain, unhappiness, and death, are unlucky and usually allotted to public institutions, prisons, police stations, and lunatic asylums.

About haJf-pust ton o'clock on Saturday morning the chimney of the Normanby dairy factory was struck by lightning, which knocked a por- ( tion off the top of it, then, travelling down, made a hole through the chint- ; nev just at the roof of the engineI room. The iron above the hack door of the engine-room was burst out and a 4in. by 2in. scantling smashed to pieces. Fortunately there was no one in the engine-room at the time, the attendants being in another part, of the factory; otherwise the consequences would, no doubt, have been serious, as the engine-room was littered with pieces of mortar. The whole of the staff working-fn the factory were affected by the shock, as also were the manager’s children who were playing near. But the effects passed off soon, and no one-seemed any the worse for it. The chimney, which is a concrete one 50ft. high, was equipped with a lightning conductor which no doubt saved it from being totally destroyed.— Star,

It is estimated that by the end cxf the current year there will be about 120 Plunket Nurses at work, an in- i crease of 20 over last year. Eventu- r ally it is anticipated there will be a • nurse to every 10,000 people. .

It is estimated that there are 5500 people of varying ages in the Dominion suffering from tuberculosis in some stage. The earlier admission to sanatorium, the provision of special wards at hospitals for incurable cases, and the closest supervision of cases in their own homes are aids to be desired. A return presented to Parliament this week showed the amount and value of motor spirit and benzine imported into the Dominion during 1934. The amount was stated at 28,989,126 gallons, and the value £2,322,055. The amount of duty paid on motor cycles) and accessories imported during the same period was £910,185.

The following paragraph taken from the “Arbroath Herald,” of July 34, will prove an interesting comparison to stock breeders in this country:— There was a brisk demand for fat bullocks at the Arbroath Mart on Saturday. Fifty good animals were placed in the ring, and a firm trade realised big prices, from 60s to 70s per live ewt, The top price was £4O. Fat pigs sold at from £5 to £6 each, and some lovely young pigs were disposed of as high as 40s to 46s eacii.

A taxi cab ran into a flock of sheep numbering 361 ki North East Valley, Dunedin, at four o’clock on Thursday morning. The sheep were being driven to Burnside and were owned by Mr A. W. Douglas, of Waikouaiti, Twenty of the animals were killed outright and four oters had to be destroyed. The driver of ,• the car. Leonard La Mont, had liis lights on, but said he did not see the sheep till lie was right among them. The ear was practically undamaged.

The verbosity Of Hamilton councillors is to be checked by a limit of eight minutes on the speeches of movers and.four minutes, on those of other speakers. The council made this decision after considering a report in Avhich it was stated: “The committee strongly recommends councillors to consider the great advantages of condensing their remarks and neglecting repetition with a view to expediting business and giving each councillor an equal opportunity of speaking.”

“It is a piece of impudence,” said Mr E. Goodwin, retiring president of tile Waikato Trotting Club, at the annual meeting, when describing the action of the New Zealand Racing Conference in sending its stipendiary steward to make an inspection of t-lie Claudelands track without notifying the club. At this time of the year the course was naturally rough, and it was unfair to make an inspection after so much wet weather. It was finally resolved to put the course in order.

“I notice that an element of levity usually centres round the doings of Katana and his followers when these are published in the Press. It seems to me that the man is walking in shadows as far as European credulity is said to go, but remember the institution of the Tohunga Suppression Act—its purpose is. obvious—is as nothing compared .to the efforts exerted by Katana in;doing away with this shocking and revolting superstition in certain sections of the Maori race.” —A well-known . student of • Maori lore and traditions in conversation with a Wanganui Chronicle reporter yesterday.

It-undoubtedly will cornu as a surprise to many people that .Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, the home and headquarters of the religious sect known as Mormons, holds a young New Zealander as a disciple of tins most extraordinary faith. The lady, who is a member of a family not far from Wanganui, left for America some years ago and was not heard of by her relatives till quite recently. In a communication to her parents she states that she is infinitely happy, but expresses the one regret that her family did not embrace the religion of the'Mormons. “However,” she concludes, “I pray for you night and day—-I know and feel that in the not far distant future you will be converted I”

To safeguard the Christchurch City Council,, a rather complicated procedure will be gone through in connection with fire donation of Liuu.y to thp widow of James Ward, who was killed by a fallen electric wire. The llv-laws and Finance Committee reported to the City Council that the payment of the money to trustees would not secure the council against possible future claims of the children. In order to obviate action by tiie children at any time, the committee recommended the adoption of the City Solicitor’s suggestion that the contribution be paid into" the court in settlement of a friendly actlion to be brought against the council by Mrs Ward’s solicitors. If this course were adopted, the City Solicitor considered it would not he necessary to obtain validating legislation.

Tiie overseas steamer Kent, which was burnt in Auckland llarhuur last week, was built during the war for the Federal Steam Navigation Company and took part in at least one of the exciting episodes of that period. On her way to London from the Tyne she had a fortunate escape from being torpedoed by • German submarines. When she was off Whitby, on the Yorkshire coast, convoyed by four destroyers and airship, two submarines came to the surface, one on each side of her. They were so close that the Kent’s guns could not be brought low enough for shooting. Luckily the airship saw her danger and signalled to the destroyers, which immediately sped to the rescue, at the same time firing depth charges. These had the desired effect and the enemy disappeared.

Wellington has established a hew record. Of the past 103 days rain has t alien on 82. In 1905 the population of PaLmerston North borough was 9797.. In 1915 it was 12,206, in 1921 16,547, while today it is estimated at about 19,000. Heard in the Magistrate’s Court at Hastings, on a Baniurly. Shield match day. Counsel: 1 would like to know on what grounds my friend asks for an adjournment, A Voice: On. football grounds.—Hawkes Bay Tribune.

Of the total eggs at present in the Wellington Export Sheds, 75 per cent, were supplied by members of the Levin Poultry Keepers Association. This line achievement' is, without question, the result of a truly • co-opera-tive spirit, and one which indicates the success of the movement in Levin.

The visit of the Chinese soccer team to New Zealand last season has had iis reflection upon Wanganui Celestials, who have apparently heoojme enthusiastic-over the round ball game, Visitors tq Aramoho over the weekend were astonished at the rare dash and pace of some ol the young Chinese, who were displaying them skill at. Association football in a rough paddock, with tins placed to represent goal posts. During the recent primary schools Rugby football tournament In Wanganui, a young Chinese figured as one of the most promising forwards in tlie Wellington team.

With hands thrust deep into its pockets and its coat collar turned up to the ears, New Plymouth is still shivering- and awaiting the arrival of more spring-like conditions (says the Taranaki Herald). Very wintry wea ther was experienced over the weekend, cold westerly squalls making conditions out of doors anything hut pleasant. Snow fell heavily on the the mountain, while the ranges also received a light mantle. Owing to the depth of snow, cars could only approach within a mile of the North Egmont hostelry on Sunday, while at Dawson Falls the track was also impassable and the luncheon which was to be given in honour of the Hon. A. D. McLeod by the southern committee had to be abandoned.

In declaring the profits of Messrs Joseph Lyons and Co. for the year to have been £718,000, the highest figure reached as yet, Mr Alfred Salmon told the shareholders, at the annual meeting, that this sum must be looked on as the accumulation of a multitude of minute fractions. For instances, they sold millions of quarterpound packets of their tea; the prolit on each of which had to be calculated In fractions. of a penny, and an error bf a one-hundredth part in the weight of a quarter-pound packet (about s pne-fll'th of a teaspoonfui) would he extremely serious. The company handled in packet tea oneseventh ol the total tea that came into the country. The factory prolit on tiie penny bun was 2s a thousand, and the factory had to pay cartage to me shops out of this. ■

Being a spinster might he a recreation nut’ it was certainly not an occupation, remarked Miss Melville, of Auckland, when moving at the National Council of Women, held at Hamilton this week, that the Government he asked to amend the Electoral Act to. provide that in the application funiis for the enrolment of electors a woman shall be ( required to state her occupation or profession as is required ot male electors. Miss Melville said that when she filled in her enrolment form she wrote the name of her profession on the line marked “Occupation.” When the roll was printed she was annoyed to find her occupation given as spinster. If the present system was correct there was no logical reason why the male elec tor’s occupation might not be given as married, widower or bachelor.