Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925.

Shannon News, 20 November 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925.

A dance will'be held in the ■ Parish Hall on Tuesday evening next under the auspices ot.'the Ladies Guild of Ven. Bede's. A number erf novelty dances,will be- included on the programme and a pleasant evening's dancing is-Anticipated.

The dredge at Makerua has nowmade a start en its last stretch m work, which is irom the northern (branch of the Kara road going towards Kingston road. An ' attempt was made to start the work irom this end, but owing to. the position of the electric wires the dredge was unable to proceed with its work, it is expected to have the work completed in about six weeks.

At the last meeting.of'the Shannon una inner, ol G:m.tneree, owing to the lack ud' interest being taken by .members, -the membeis of the Executive decided \o resign. A meeting was neld last.evening with a view'to re constructing the chamber arid reviving interest, Theie was only a small attendance, but those present decided to elect -new offlevrs. The following were elected:— President, -Mr A. ";E. riyde! vice-president,.'Mr C. C. Franks; .-.i.'cv.einrv and treasurer, Mr T. C. riiwaites; auditor, Mr .I.l'. Bovis. No executive was atpointed, it being agreed Unit in future all meetings shall be general meetings. It was pointed out that the decision to reconstruct the Chamber had not been arrived at through any personal feelings against the oiheers, tout it was the result of a desire to make this Chamber, a success and it was -hoped by an individuai effort to do this. .-Several members eulogised the efforts of the retiring -o'uicers to _ whom ahearty vote of thanks was "accorded. It was decided to hold a special meeting on Mo'nday evening next, and in the meantime the President will endeavour tq organise for securing new members. After routine business had been transacted th,> meeting then concluded- - ' '• .

Though not a new idea, that of making each customer a,walking advertisement, the scheme achieves excellent results when employed by Grey, the boot repairer, opposite ■Maoriland' Theatre."'

The County Engineer reported to the Council on Saturday that whey is being tipped on to the sides of the road in the Kuku and Manakau districts. It would be advisable to have notices erected dealing with the matter and action taken against any person or persons-found tipping whey on County roads. The recommendation was adopted.

The property at (ho comer of Cub:: and Vivian Street, (Wellington) known as Veitcli and Allan's corner, and foi many years occupied by the well-knowi drapery firm, of Vcilch and Allan changed hands recently, the purchase's being Mr. L. T. Watkins (of L. T "Watkins, Ltd., printers and publishers, Taranuki Street). It i.s understood that the purchase price i.s betweer£4s,ooo and £50,000.

A number of councillors expressed at lust night's meeting of the City Council a measure of anxiety regarding tin state of the city finances, but were assured by the Mayor (Mr. C. J. B. Nor wood) that there was absolutely n-. cause for alarm, and that a special re port on the matter was in preparation and would, he hoped, be ready for pre sentation at the next me'eting of the council. —Dominion. ■ -

Mr .1. W. Deem, in the course of an interview with the Wanganui Cl.u'oniele, remarked that lie had been greatly struck during his visit to Australia by the superior quality of the dried /,'rufits— prunes, raisins, etc.— that were produced in the Commonwealth. He considered it was a sin that New Zealand was accepting rubbish from foreign countries when this beautiful fruit, well preserved and prepared, could he- obtained near at hand.

. 1-lo.pe, of Manawatu, has been selected to hii tiie remaining vacancy in the MW Zealand Cricket team for Aufc.rai.ta. "I am going to grant this discharge from 'bankruptcy," said His Honour, Mr Justice Alpers at Napier on Satur'day morning, when , dealing with a Maori bankrupt who was stated to be very lazy, "just toy show my attitude/ towards those Hastings shopkeepers who were, foolish enough to grant, such a man credit." On the recommendation of its works committee, the Pa.lmerston North Borough Council is to seek advice whether it can frame a by-law compelling owners who desire to erect shops with verandahs attached to set back I tire building to permit of the verandah being -built on the owner's property and not across, the footpath.

"The revenue account is keeping up have received close on £12,000 for the past seven months. The schedules of installations, are being added tq and the load is growing slowly 'but surely, and is a good illustration 0 f the progress being made by the board."—Mr G. A. Monk, .chairman of the Ilqrowhenua Power Board, at Tuesday's meeting of the Board.

Loud issued from the steamer Trematon as she drew alongside'Prince's Wharf,'Auckland, on arrival from New Yoi k. Tire noise calne from 300 Mexican parrots and 200 parakeets ibroiught from Panama by a dealer. In addition, there were 12 macaws from Central America. Two spider- monkeys and three white-front-ed capuchin monkeys were also brought, and will be lodged in the Wellington Zoo. The. parrots are all talkers.

"The average return of .the <lairy caws in-Australia is very low," remarked Mr J. W. Deem, Agricultural Instructor, who has just returned from a two months' visit to the Commonwealth, in the course of- an interview with a Wanganui Chronicle reporter. "The cows are probably to some extent, to blame for that, but the want of proper feeding is the main thing. J-here is, no. doubt that if they are fed to the maximum, they are capable of doing much better than they are doing at the present time," he added.

Owing to all the usual accommodation at the leading boarding . establishment in Wha'ngarel • being, fully taxed on election night, shakedowns were provided in an office w.hich«had become vacant and was part ofMhe property. /Some viisitors took the room and. evidently'made good, use of it. The office, telephone had notbeen disconnected v and the proprietor has since received a bill -for-bureau telephone calls to many parts of New Zealand during the period when the results of the polling were coming forward. -The bill runs into severalbounds. ;,-•".

It is generally'recognised that a fire brigade proceeding to a fire is given a clear right-oi-Avay by all other vehicular traffic. Tlie' other- night, however, slates the "Otago Daily Titties," despite the almost deafening noise of the siren from the leading fire engine, a motor car travelling in the same direction ignored Hie warning and kept ahead of'the fire engine from Cumberland street throughout the length of Lower High Street, thus hampering the progress of the, brigade. Such tactics, if Known to be wilful, are to he the subject of a prosecution.

'Tall person's were .the subject of discussion by two Cambridge residents the other day when one recalled the visit to town a- few days ago of Mr Thomason, erstwhile' farmer of Whitehall. Mr Thomason's association with the above subject is the fact that he, himself, stands 6ft Sin in height, while his family of four eons and one daughter is certainly among the tallest families in the Dominion. Hilton- is Gft 7iin; Sidney, 6ft 2in; Harley, 6ft 3Jin; Philip, 6ft 2in; and Eliza, 16 years of nge, sft 7-Jin. The above are all wellknown in. the Cam-bridge districtcertainly a family to be proud of Independent.

About a "year ago a Waihi lady lost a sum of money, approximating £SO. The police were informed, and after careful and complete investigation concluded that the money had- been mislaid. The lady in the case Avas far from satisfied at this deduction. Six months later the family moved to Thames and alter a further six months had passed the lady, one day while preparing the afternoon tea scones, went to a half-empty libur bag, which had previously escaped her notice. Her feelings may be better imagined nan described "when out rolled the package containing the lost money. She then remembered.placing it there for safe keeping.

i In the opinion of Mr ,1. W. Deem, of the Agricultural Department, the Governments in the various States of Australia were not assisting the farmers to the same extent, or with such thoroughness, as the New Zealand Government does. "Bight through it seemed to be a general recognition' that more would have to be done, and Hie Governments are endeavouring to build up their staffs for this work," he -further explained. "Really,'' he added,'"we have nothing to learn from them at all. Our .departments, are belter 'organised to help the farmer than-any of the States in .Australia."—Wanganui' Chronicle. "

The freight on the Napier Harbour Board's Browning crane was £2OB ■ from America to Wellington and £IBO ! iram Wellington to Napier hy a coas.tal boat (reports the Hawkes Bay Herald). "We did get a reduction of £lO, said the chain nan of the board, "but only after a lot of fuss." lief erring to a tale conferred upon him in the old Chnst's College days, which definitely fixed him. ai,-pla.ee in the bird .hfe of uie 'Dominion, the Hon. W. Peinber Reeves, at the Old Boys' luncheon in Wellington, said that 'he feared he was now a grey duck, and was. doomed shortly to j become either paradise duck qr a [roast duck. (Laughter).

At Hamilton a Horotin farmer named Ashley Arthur Bluett, was fined £5 on a charge of ,bemg drunk while in charge ol'.a motor car. Accused alleged that he had been drugged and robbed at Saturday's races. The police stated that accused was found in a helpless condition in.his car in a gravel pit on the main road to N©a-i-uawahia. Claims, for. compensation amounting to £12,527 have bee.i made against the New Plymouth Borough Council by several owners of land adjoining the hydro works at Mangareo on the ground that the extension of the works muis deprived then: of their supply of water from the river. The claims will be heard at the February sessions ol the Supreme Court.

. Lumbermen have concluded that redwood is the' .tree par excellence for forestry management and,permanent lumbering (says the Napier Telegraph). It has def.ed fires, that would .have twisted street (buildings into warped tangles, Lo forest fire is capable of destroying or even seriously injuring a--matme redwood forest. This .valuable tirm er is being planted in Hawkes Bay. In discussing. the-condition'of the poles used iby the board for electric wiring, at''its last meeting', the engineer of the Cambridge Power. Board stated that it was drought, as a'result of experiments, that the. -tarring of poles resulted in.two years being add-" ed to the life of the poles. Many of the -poles now m a bad condition had been unsatisfactory when erected. „it was stated at the meeting that the board had been fortunate- in having so..few. poles badly affected, ag the Te Awamutu- Power Board had last year had to replace no fewer than 300 poles, and this year was budgeted fo replace 400. v

•The funeral of the late Mr Daniel O'Meara, an qld and respected lesident of Hangiora, who died suddenly at his home on Tuesday evening, took place on Friday morning. Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Seen, The deceased w.as one of the pioneers, having arrived in New Zealand by the sailing vessel "Star of China," in August, 1875: He farmed his property -on the Oxford Rflad for "a number of years, but lived in retirement for the past ten years. He leaves a' wife and four daughters, Mesdaines Ryan (Upper Ripcarton), Burke (Manakau); and Misses F. and R. O'Meara (Rangibra). His only son died in camp during the late war. -

A somewhat disconcerting happening took -place at Mr C; Leighton's auction mart, Stratford, on Saturday (reports the Post). During the progress of a sale a lady laid her hand:oag, containing about £lO, on a couch, and when she again turned round was dismayed to_ find that it had, disappeared. Mr Leighton, on being informed, stopped the sale and announced the loss, but without result,- and the lady in question went home to procure more money. When walking along the street she met a woman who had been seen in the mart previously, and from the handbag carried by this person she noticed protruding the handles of, her own bag. The return of the bag ;was demanded, and needless to say the demand was complied with, but it was accompanied (by the explanation: '.'l took it for a joke, and was going to take it back,"

Mr Barton, S.M., at Wanganui, dealt in- a novel • manner with six •youths who appeared before him on a charge of wilfully damaging property at Aramoho by throwing stones. "The offence is well described as mischief, tout these boys are probably no worse than the average boy of'Aramoho,'' said 'Mr Barton. He proceeded to address the young offenders on the responsibilities of citizenship, and intimulted that in dealing with them he would enlist the co-operation of the head-teachers of the Aramoho and Avenue schools by asking them \ to give the school children generally a talk on civics. He would then' require the hoys to submit to him essays on the subject. He then deferred the matter loir three weeks, together with cbnsideration of the damage done, which was. liberally assessed at £8 10s.