Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1925.

Shannon News, 15 September 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1925.

A local sheepfarmer who hocked liis lambs last week reports that he has obtained 142 per cent, ol' lambs from just over 200 e\vcs.

1316 milk vendors .of Shannon notify in this issue that the price of milk delivered will 'be reduced to s£d per quart from October Ist or 16 pint coupons for 3s Bd.

A Shannon Chinaman, named All Young, was charged before Messrs Gunning and Spencer, J.’sP., on Saturday morning with working a horse with a sore shoulder. He was convicted, bht the case not 1 being a bad one, he was let off with a fine of £1 and costs 7s.

At the theory examination of the Trinity College for music held in' Palmerston North recently the following pupils of Miss MOna Neale, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., A.L.C.M., L.L.C.M., were successful in passing;—Junior Division.— Doris Hook, honours, 86. Preparatory Division.—Muriel Hiibell (honours) ‘JO, Jose Thomson (honours) 96, Nance Balfour (honours) 95, Elizabeth Hibell (honours) 94.

A resident of Newtown (Shannon) while digging in- his garden last week unearthed a splendid specimen of a Maori flint axe. The axe, which was found near the surface, was about eight inches in length and was in excellent order, the edge being quite sharp. We understand the site where the find was made was a camping ground of the Maoris in years gone by.

At a well-attended meeting of the Ladies’ Guild of the Methodist Church, it was decided to hold a number of competitions, in connection with the “shop” on Saturday, October 10th. Two dinners and a breakfast have already been promised as well as a fruit cake. A beautiful silk marocain jumper valued at 30s is also to be included for guessing competition, the weight of the box and its contents having to be estimated. In addition there will be home-made bread, cakes, and cooking of all descriptions for sale, as well us a, very large assortment -of made-up clothing, including dresses for girls of all ages, and boys’- shirts and pants at very low prices.

A general meeting of the Shannon Bowling Club was held on Friday evening, the President (Mr J. T. Bovis) presiding over a good attendance of members. The committee appointed to draw up the necessary rules for the incorporation of the Gluib submitted same which were adopted by the meeting. The Maitai Club (Nelson) forwarded useful information in connection with the lighting of their green. The Lighting Committee informed the meeting that the lights on the local green should be ready for the 'opening day. The Green Committee reported that the green was now reco lying a lot of attention and given fine weather should be in excellent order early in October. The openiug (lav was left to the Club’s committee to arrange. The refreshment committee were instructed to confer with the Croquet players re the refreshments. Messrs Clayton and E. Spencer were appointed trustees of the Club and Mr 11. G. Jones auditor.

Handicaps for the Tiinaru-Christ-church cycle race next Saturday show that five men are on scratch: C. Bell, H. G. Watson, A. Leathern (Christchurch), D. Wright (Reefton), ami R, Lasky (South Brook). Wright got the fastest time lust year.

The succulent young shoots of the. early garden pea have a suble attraction for the enterprising sparrow, who descends in hordes on the vegetable patch and exasperate the hack yard gardener. Elaborate cotton entanglements and paper “scarecrows” are the usual methods of combatting the feathered vandals. An experienced local gardener, however, has found that a few ha naif uls of lime scattered over the pea beds is an effective antidote to the sparrow nuisance, the lirno probably giving the young shoots a disagreeable flavour. Tt also serves the other purposes of settling the slugs and improving the ground. In several cases where the experiment was tried in Levin last yeXr,it Was entirely successful and is * now passed on for the benefit .0: other local vegetable raisers.

“There is a man qn the Foxton line with one arm and one leg who is quite a good shunter,” stated Mr J. J. O’Shea, stationmaster, at the shunting inquiry at Palmerston. “I don’t want that to be recorded in the evidence, though,” he added smilingly.

Entries for the Tiniaru to Christchurch road cycle race total 183, a big number of North Island riders being among/this number, including that veteran cyclist, H. Henderson, who is well-known in Levin and also to many of the older sports through the Manawatu.

It is to- be hoped the Bank of New Zealand will promptly suppress the issue of its new 10s note, says the Wanganui Herald. The value indication, shown thus: ££, will doubtless cause many mistakes and consequent loss. In addition, the note is by no means artistic, being a horrible yellow offence to the eye.

A race from Wanganui between the costal steamers Holmdale and Calm resulted in a win for the Holmdale.) The latter steamer left Wanganui at 12.35 p.m., -and the Calm sailed an hour' later. The Holmdale arrived at Wellington at 12.5 a.m. on Thursday and the Calm at 3.5 a.m., the Holmdale thus winning by about an hour.

The outbreak of fire on the “Kent,” which was due to leave on September 20th, has disorganised exporting arrangements and caused a great ’ deal of inconvenience locally. The Levin Poultry Keepers’ Association advise that, as refrigerating space on another overseas vessel is not available, they are not exporting any eggs this season.

The liorowhenua Comity Council on Saturday approved of the plan of a further subdivision of Waimeha township, Mr Field’s seaside settlement. The chairman, Cr. Monk, said Mr Field was to be complimented on the way he had'carried out the reading. There was a good deal of difficulty in regard to sand drifts, but every effort was being made to stay these.

The new by-laws that the Horovvhenua County Council is adopting contain provisions requiring certain regulations to be observed in the erection of buildings. The chairman said these were necessary particularly in regard to seaside townships. If they had no* restrictions they would often get a lot of shacks put up that were not fit for the back blocks. The need was not so great for building by laws in the various other townships in the County, but these bylaws would apply equally to them.

Several large tree stumps in a perfect state of preservation have been unearthed during excavations which are being made in Christchurch, for the purpose of laying down sewerage pipes (states the Lyttelton Times). The trench is being dug to a depth of 12 feet, and timber is met with at four or five feet below the surface, although the largest log was lying at a depth of ten feet. It is thought that the timber may be the remains of an old forest, and that it lias been lying in the ground for hundreds of years. A fair amount of water, is being encountered at a depth of about four feet.

A painful accident happened to Mr { A. Ward, an employee of tile HoroJ yvhenua County Council at the raiij 'way yards on Saturday. The new 8I ton roller to he used in connection with the Main Highways Scheme was being unloaded by the crane, the brake of which had been insecurely fastened and consequently when the load was applied to- the crane the releaser pin came away and the brake handle flew round and struck one of the men in attendance. Although Mr Ward is badly bruised and suffering from shock, no bones are broken and he should be rigid again within a few days.

Several Counties are combining to enact uniform by-laws. These were before the Horowlienua County Council on Saturday when a special order was ordered to bo made adopting the draft. The next meeting of the Council will lake place on October 17, a week later than usual, to allow the statutory period to elapse before the order is confirmed. The chairman said no, doubt alterations would be necessary in a year or two, tout the Council were getting a modern set of regulations instead of the present by-laws which were antiquated having been first framed many years ago.

The provincial Organiser for the Dunedin Exhibition, Captain McDonald, waited on the Horowhenua County Council on Saturday, and asked the Council to re-eonsider its refusal to give a grant towards the representation of Wellington Province. lie gave a great deal of information about the Exhibition and mentioned the amounts given by other Counties, varying from £IOO to £2OO. They were £2OOO short of the money required for the Wellington display. Whether liorowhenua contributed or not, it would be represented by statistics and products displayed in the Wellington Court. He submitted that [ it would be unfair to allow somei body else to shoulder liorowhenua’s 1 I responsibility. The chairman (Mr I Monk): “It is not wise to stress that | because HoroWhenua hud not asked ! anyone else to bear its burden.’’ con--1 tinuing, the chairman said the Council took up the attitude that the dairy companies and those directly benefit-ting should take up the matter, but he supposed it was thought. i easier to strike straight home by tackling the local bodies. So far as Horowhenua was concerned, they could not get blood out of a stone. They had not got the money to spare and’ had no prospect of getting it. However, the Council would consider the matter again. After the organiser withdrew the Council decided that it could not a.lt-er its previous decision and could not therefore make a grant.