Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1925.

Shannon News, 6 October 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1925.

An open air address on Prohibition will be given 'by the Rev. Robt. -Baddon at the Soldiers" Monument, Plimmer Terrace, on Thursday evening.

Mr D. McLaggan, who has been in indifferent health'for some time past, acting under medical advice, has entered the Sanatorium at Rotorua for treatment. Mr McLaggan's many friends will join'us in wishing him a speedy return to good health.

Miss Mona N'ealo, of Nathan Torrace, Shannon, gave a musical evening last Tuesday, to several of her friends, in honour of her cousin. Mr George Bradford, of Christ/church, who' was in Shannon on a holiday. A very pleasant time was spent by those present.

A tour of the borough roads was made last Friday by the road committee in company with Mr T. A. Johnston, engineer-in-charge of the Public Works Department when matters connected with the allocation of the grant from the Public Works Department were decided.

• To-night the usual fortnightly euchre and dance held under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild of Yen. Bede's will take place in the Parish Hall. Euchre will commence at 7.30 p.m. and from 11.30 a.m. to 1 a.m. there will be dancing, the music, for which will be provided by Mrs Butler.

The committee of the Shannon branch of the Plunket Society have decided to hold a dance on Tuesday evening, October 13th, with.a view to raising funds for the Society. The dance will be held in the Druids' Hall, the committee of the Maori Ball having agreed to allow the pretty decorations used for their ball to remain intact for the occasion.

A party of about thirty persons who had journeyed by charabanc from Foxton to atend the Maori Ball on Friday night, 'were unable to get across the Ma-nawatu> River owing to the impossibility of reaching the punt through the sifting .up of the approaches. With, many uncomplimentary remarks aibout those responsible for such a state of affairs being allowed to exist, the party returned to Foxton.

The electric light which is now bein<j installed on the Shannon bowling green will bo switched on next Saturday week, October I.7th, at 7 p.m. To mark the occasion the committee have drawn up a programme of amuseuienis, consisting of games, competitions, etc., in' addition to which there will be oji the green produce, sweets and re fresh ii tent stalls. Music will be provided by a, first-class orchestra. and there will be a. concert programme. Kveryonc is invited to be present and as the charge for admission, is small it is anticipated the public will roll up in full force for a good evening's enjoyment. In the event of rain interfering with the outdoor amusement, the programme will be carried out in the Parish Ball. Old ladies who have readied Ihe age of 80 years are not generally credited with much agility, yet there is one such in Balclntha who accomplished a feat on a recent Sunday that many a younger person might envy (says the "header"). After morning service in church the old lady in question set off to walk to Greenfield, a distance of about 26 miles, and that she accomplished her purpose within a reasonable time speaks volumes for her stamina and staying powers.

A benevolent-looking old Leigh gentleman lias been the victim at Blackpool of a clever dodge by thieves. Noticing him on the north pier, they followed him to the aquarium, where iney pur, a little bay in front of him. The trick worked, for the gentleman held up the boy to see the animals, and while he did so the thieves took his wallet, containing £ls, from his inside pocket. Some thousands of cigarettes which were destroyed by the recent fire on the Federal steamer Kent at Auckland have been taken to sea and dumped. The cigarettes were stored in airtight tins in No. 1 hold, where the fire was at its worst; and were for. delivery at southern ports. The action of the heat and water caused numbers of tins to burst and thousands of "smokes" were destroyed. Along with other unsaleable cargo the cigarettes were loaded into barges and towed to sea. Many years ago the late Mr Andrew Jack, of Silverdale, Auckland, planted a number of eucalyptus trees, probably with a view to afforestation. These trees are now so well grown that at a meeting of the Waitemata County Council last week the assist ant-engineer reported that he was purchasing 20,000 feet of this timber for bridge work. A piece of eucalyptus with a bole of about lOin. which has been for 15 years under water at a culvert in Silverdale is to be seen at the. County office. It shows no signs of decay, and appears to be a very durable timber.

A story of how a number of Duncdin students worked a "frame-up" on a bookseller who has a reputation for driving a hard bargain in the purchase of second-hand books is at present being told with great glee by those who played part in the comedy-tragedy (states an exchange). One of the students interviewed the bookseller and told him he wanted to sell a book. He was hard up ' and wanted the money. He wanted so much for the book. The bookseller pooh-poohed the idea of placing- such value on it. Lengthy argument Ensued, but neither would budge, and no sale followed. Remarkable to state an hour or two later a man come into the shop and wanted to purchase'this •>urficu!ar book. The bookseller had to admit that ho did not have it in his shop. At intervals that afternoon and again next morning anxious .vould-be purchasers called and asked for the book —of course without result. Then Came the man who had wanted to sell the book. He had evidently forgotten about his desire to sell on on the previous day, and wanted to purchase a book with a iictitious high sounding name which he knew Vie bookseller did not stock. The bookseller again had to admit that he could not supply. His thoughts, however, were on the book he had declined to buy on the previous day. He now wanted to buy it. The student was not enthusiastic. This • book, he had since learned was being inquired for by several students, and he intended to keep it until he got its full worth. Intense bargaining ensued, and at length the sale was effected; the book, strangely enough was pro-

dueotl, and a substantial ;>um passed uto the. hands of the joyful'student. But there have been no further inquiries for the much-prized and much \ sought after book. It is still on the j • . ~os i.t the bookseller. It is in I i'r.jt.. a "dud" book.